1 month of content in 1 hour | Updated guide to content batching & planning + free content calendar!

Jade Beason
18 Oct 202316:25

Summary

TLDRThis video script offers a comprehensive guide to efficiently managing social media content creation through batching. The speaker, who operates multiple online platforms, shares her secret to creating content in just four hours a week. She emphasizes starting small, focusing on one social media channel at a time, and gradually increasing the batching period. The script outlines the importance of scheduling dedicated time for ideation, planning, production, editing, and scheduling content. It also highlights the benefits of batching, such as achieving a flow state and maintaining consistency across platforms. The video includes a free resourceβ€”a content calendar template by HubSpotβ€”to help viewers organize their content across various channels, ultimately boosting productivity and audience reach.

Takeaways

  • πŸ˜€ The speaker manages to create content for multiple platforms in just four hours per week by batching their content creation process.
  • πŸ“… To start batching, focus on creating content for one week in advance for one social media channel at a time to avoid feeling overwhelmed.
  • πŸ” Batching should begin with small goals and gradually increase to avoid attempting too much at once, which can lead to failure and frustration.
  • πŸ•’ It's crucial to schedule time for every part of the content creation process, including ideation, planning, production, editing, and scheduling.
  • πŸ’‘ Ideation should be a continuous habit rather than a scheduled task, with ideas being recorded as they come, using accessible note-taking apps.
  • πŸ“ A content calendar is a valuable tool for planning and organizing content across multiple social media channels in advance.
  • πŸŽ₯ When producing content, having a detailed plan ensures that the creation process is efficient and enjoyable, reducing the likelihood of wasted time and effort.
  • πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Batching the production of content, such as filming multiple videos in one session, is more efficient and makes the most of prepared setups and mindset.
  • βœ‚οΈ Editing videos in batches can help new editors learn and become proficient with editing software, and it's beneficial for those with slower laptops to export videos overnight.
  • πŸ“… Scheduling content in advance is essential for consistency and allows content to be published automatically without the need for manual posting.
  • πŸ“ Preparing captions, descriptions, and other content elements in advance ensures that there are no last-minute obstacles to publishing scheduled content.

Q & A

  • How many hours per week does the speaker spend on average creating content across multiple platforms?

    -The speaker spends on average about four hours per week creating content.

  • What is the speaker's secret to creating so much content in a short amount of time?

    -The speaker's secret is batching content, which allows for efficient content creation.

  • What is the first rule of batching content according to the speaker?

    -The first rule of batching is to start small and not to try to batch too much content at once.

  • What does the speaker recommend as a starting goal for batching content?

    -The speaker recommends starting by batching one week's worth of content in advance.

  • Why does the speaker suggest focusing on one social media channel when first starting to batch content?

    -Focusing on one channel at a time prevents overwhelm and allows for better management of content creation across multiple platforms.

  • What common mistake does the speaker often see creators make regarding scheduling content creation tasks?

    -A common mistake is not scheduling time to batch every single part of the content creation process, leading to burnout or incomplete tasks.

  • What does the speaker mean by 'Flow State' and why is it beneficial for content creation?

    -Flow State refers to a state of being fully immersed in a task with no distractions, allowing for efficient and high-quality work.

  • What is the speaker's advice on capturing ideas for content creation?

    -The speaker advises having a note-taking app accessible at all times to capture ideas as they come, regardless of the situation.

  • What role does the speaker believe the audience's perspective plays in ideation for content creation?

    -The speaker believes that putting oneself in the audience's shoes helps in coming up with content ideas that the audience will love.

  • What free resource does the speaker mention for planning content in advance?

    -The speaker mentions a free Content calendar provided by HubSpot for planning content in advance.

  • What does the speaker suggest for planning individual content pieces before production?

    -The speaker suggests breaking down each content idea and ensuring everything needed for the content is prepared before moving to production.

  • Why is batching the production of content beneficial according to the speaker?

    -Batching production saves time and effort by reducing setup and preparation, allowing creators to make the most of their filming readiness and mindset.

  • What does the speaker recommend for video creators regarding editing?

    -The speaker recommends editing in batches and exporting videos overnight to avoid laptop performance issues.

  • What is the importance of scheduling content according to the speaker?

    -Scheduling content in advance ensures consistency and allows content to be published without the need for constant manual posting.

  • What tool does the speaker use to schedule social media content?

    -The speaker uses a program called Later to schedule social media content.

  • What is the speaker's advice on preparing captions and descriptions for content?

    -The speaker advises preparing captions, descriptions, and cover photos in advance to streamline the publishing process.

Outlines

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πŸ“š Content Creation Efficiency: Batching Strategies

The speaker shares her experience managing multiple social media channels by spending only about four hours per week creating content. She emphasizes the importance of batching content, which involves grouping similar tasks together to streamline the content creation process. The speaker advises starting small with one week's worth of content and gradually increasing the batch size. She also recommends focusing on one social media channel at a time when beginning with batching. The video is sponsored by HubSpot, and the speaker promises to provide a complete guide on batching social media content.

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πŸ“… Scheduling and Planning for Effective Batching

The speaker discusses the common mistake of not scheduling time for each part of the content creation process, which can lead to burnout and inefficiency. She suggests isolating different tasks such as ideation, planning, production, editing, and scheduling, and setting aside specific time periods for each. The speaker also introduces the concept of the 'flow state,' where one can be highly productive and creative by focusing on a single task without distractions. She provides a free resource from HubSpot, a content calendar template, to help viewers plan their content across multiple social media channels and emphasizes the importance of detailed planning for each content piece before moving on to production.

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πŸŽ₯ Production and Editing: Maximizing Efficiency with Batching

The speaker moves on to the production phase, where content is actually created. She highlights the benefits of batching production, such as saving time on setup and being in the right mindset for creating content. The speaker shares personal anecdotes about her preparation for filming and suggests making the most of good energy and flow when creating content. She also touches on editing, admitting that she uses a video editor for her content, but still emphasizes the importance of batching editing sessions. The speaker provides a tip for those with slow laptops to export videos overnight to avoid performance issues during editing. Batching is applicable to all content formats, not just video.

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⏰ The Importance of Scheduling and Preparing for Consistency

The speaker wraps up the guide by emphasizing the importance of scheduling content in advance to maintain consistency across social media channels. She shares her personal practice of scheduling content at least a month in advance using a tool called Later. The speaker also advises on preparing captions and other content details in advance to avoid last-minute stress and to ensure that the content can be published smoothly. She concludes by encouraging viewers to like the video and leave a comment if they found the batching guide useful and invites them to watch another video about her favorite social media content creation tools.

Mindmap

Keywords

πŸ’‘Content Creation

Content creation refers to the process of producing various forms of digital content, such as videos, blog posts, social media posts, and more. In the context of the video, content creation is the core activity that the speaker engages in across multiple platforms. The video emphasizes the importance of efficient content creation strategies to manage the workload across two YouTube channels, Instagram, Tick Tock, and an email newsletter.

πŸ’‘Batching

Batching, in the context of this video, is a productivity technique where tasks are grouped together and completed in dedicated time blocks. The speaker uses batching to manage her content creation process efficiently, allowing her to create a significant amount of content in just four hours per week. The concept is central to the video's theme of managing multiple social media channels without spending every waking moment creating content.

πŸ’‘Consistency

Consistency in this video refers to the regular and reliable production and distribution of content across social media channels. The speaker highlights the importance of being consistent to maintain an audience's engagement and interest. Batching content helps achieve consistency by allowing content to be prepped and scheduled in advance.

πŸ’‘Ideation

Ideation is the process of generating ideas or concepts. In the script, the speaker discusses the importance of having a continuous flow of ideas for content creation. She suggests keeping a running list of ideas and being in the habit of thinking from the audience's perspective to generate content that resonates with them.

πŸ’‘Flow State

Flow state is a psychological term referring to a state of mind where an individual is fully immersed in an activity, experiencing a heightened level of focus and efficiency. The speaker mentions flow state as a benefit of batching tasks, as it allows creators to focus on one task at a time without distractions, leading to better work output.

πŸ’‘Content Calendar

A content calendar is a planning tool used to schedule and organize content in advance across various platforms. Provided by HubSpot in the video, the content calendar is a key resource for planning out content ideas, ensuring a structured approach to content creation and distribution.

πŸ’‘Scheduling

Scheduling, in the context of this video, involves setting up when and where content will be published or posted. The speaker emphasizes the importance of scheduling content in advance to maintain consistency and reduce the workload on any given day. Tools like Later are mentioned to automate the process.

πŸ’‘Captions

Captions are the text overlays or descriptions added to content, particularly important for social media posts and videos. The video script mentions pre-writing captions and descriptions as part of the batching process to streamline content publishing and ensure that all elements of a post are ready to go live.

πŸ’‘Editing

Editing refers to the process of revising and refining content to improve its quality before publication. The speaker mentions that editing can be time-consuming and should be batched, especially for video content. She also suggests exporting videos overnight to save on laptop resources.

πŸ’‘Video Editor

A video editor is a professional who edits video content. The speaker discloses that she has a video editor for her content, which allows her to focus on other aspects of content creation. The role of a video editor is crucial for high-quality content production, especially when managing multiple channels.

Highlights

The speaker manages to create content for multiple platforms in just four hours per week by batching content.

Batching content is a method to remain consistent across multiple social media channels efficiently.

The importance of starting small with batching to avoid overwhelming oneself with too much content at once.

Recommendation to focus on one social media channel at a time when beginning with content batching.

The necessity of scheduling dedicated time for each part of the content creation process.

Isolating tasks such as ideation, planning, production, editing, and scheduling to enhance productivity.

The concept of Flow State and how it can be utilized during batching for optimal creativity and efficiency.

Ideation should be a continuous process, not limited to scheduled brainstorming sessions.

The habit of recording ideas as they come, using accessible tools like note applications, is crucial for content creators.

Putting oneself in the audience's shoes can help generate content ideas that resonate with the target demographic.

HubSpot's free Content Calendar is introduced as a tool for planning and organizing social media content.

The benefit of using a content calendar for coordinating campaigns, growing audience, and scaling social media marketing.

Planning content in detail to streamline the production process and avoid last-minute stress.

The advantages of batching production, such as filming multiple videos in one go to save time and effort.

The recommendation to batch editing sessions to improve focus and efficiency in post-production.

Exporting videos overnight as a tip for those with slow laptops to prevent system crashes during editing.

The importance of scheduling content in advance to maintain consistency and reduce daily workload.

A pro tip for batching captions and descriptions to streamline the publishing process and increase posting frequency.

Transcripts

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fun fact I currently create and share

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content across two YouTube channels two

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Instagram channels Tick Tock and an

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email newsletter now you might be

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thinking my gosh this girl must spend

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every waking moment of every single day

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creating content and you would be

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surprised to find out that that is not

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the case in fact I spend on average

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about four hours per week creating

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content and that includes everything

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from ideation prepping my content

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filming my content all the way through

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to my content being scheduled and ready

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to be published now if you're thinking

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absolute cap there's no way that she

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manages to get that much content created

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in such a short space of time I would

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not be mad at you for not believing me

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but the truth is I batch my content and

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that is how I'm able to create so much

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content in a short period of time and

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that is how I'm able to remain

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consistent across multiple social media

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channels so if you would like to learn

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how to achieve something similar stick

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with me because this is my updated

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complete guide to batching your social

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media content also this video is brought

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to you by HubSpot more on them later

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alright first rule of batching is that

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we need to start small a common mistake

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I I see a lot of people make is they

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hear me talk about batching because

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let's be real I don't I don't ever shut

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up about it they hear me talk about

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batching and they're like Jade I tried

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to batch three months worth of content

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and it was too hard and it didn't work

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and I'm like my love you tried to batch

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too much at once we can't go from never

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batching content and creating content on

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a fly so literally being like selfie

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caption post we can't go from that life

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to batching months worth of content like

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that I like to think of it like a muscle

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like you have to really train it and

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exercise it before we get to the point

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where we're batching like months of

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content in advance so with that in mind

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we want to start small for most people I

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recommend you start by batching one

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weeks of content in advance so that is

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your first goal you're going to try to

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come up with ideas plan create and

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schedule one week's worth of content on

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your respective social media channel in

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advance speaking of social media

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channels this whole process that I'm

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taking you through Works across every

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single social media channel however if

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you are just starting out with batching

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then I do recommend we focus on one

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social Channel at a time because again

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if I'm telling you to batch one weeks of

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content in advance but you're across

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every social media channel known to man

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that is still going to be a lot of

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content that you need to create so let's

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do one social media channel at a time

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and one week of content in advance just

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to start off with some of you might want

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to stick with just one week in advance

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because maybe that works really well for

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you and for others you might want to

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increase the amount of content that

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you're batching so actually you have a

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month's worth of content in advance it's

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completely up to you and you'll figure

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out what type of Creator you are and

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which works best for you once you get in

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a good habit of batching your content

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okay so next we're going to schedule our

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batching sessions now I know I keep on

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calling out common mistakes but the

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reason why is because I've spent a lot

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of time working with a lot of creators

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so I really feel like I understand the

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mistakes that a lot of creators make and

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I just want to call them out so that you

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don't make the same mistake so when it

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comes to this section the mistake that

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people often make is that they don't

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schedule time to batch every single part

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of the content creation process so what

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normally happens is that someone says

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okay I'm gonna batch a week's worth of

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content in advance I'm going to set

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aside for four hours on Sunday to create

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all of the content the mistake is that

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we've not isolated all of the tasks that

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are required in order for you to create

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that amount of content it's not as

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simple as just sitting down for four

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hours because we've got to come up with

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the ideas we've got to plan the content

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out we've got to film it and we've got

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to edit it and if you try to do all of

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that in just that four hour sitting

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you're either going to be burnt out

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you're going to be tired or you're just

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not going to get everything done you'll

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end up completing the session feeling

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like you've not accomplished anything

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and you'll feel more frustrated than

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anything else right you'll feel like

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batching doesn't work for you so what

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we're going to do instead is we're going

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to isolate the different things you need

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to do as part of content creation and

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batching and we're going to schedule

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periods of time to do each of those

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things so the first thing that you might

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want to schedule is time for ideation

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now in a moment I'm going to talk to you

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about ideation in more detail because I

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actually don't think it makes sense to

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sit down for an hour to come up with

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ideas because actually it's quite hard

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to be creative when you're doing it that

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way but in case that works for you you

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might want to set some time aside for

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radiation you then want to set some time

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aside for planning usually if you're

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creating one week's worth of content you

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need like an hour at least plan that

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content so you've got your ideas but now

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we need to break them down into actual

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plans you then need to schedule some

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time for production so that's creating

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the content then editing and then of

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course scheduling and I'll break down

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all of these elements in a lot more

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detail in just a moment like one of the

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biggest reasons why isolating this task

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is just going to really really work for

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you it's because it's going to allow you

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to benefit from something called Flow

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State now flow state is essentially when

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you're in a state of flow Joe what I

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hate when I do that I do this all the

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time I say a word and then to explain

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what the word means I just say the word

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again like with a different infliction

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come on Jay do better essentially what

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it's describing is when you're in like

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the Zone when you're doing one specific

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task and one task only and all

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distractions are eliminated and you're

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really in that zone you're usually able

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to create your best work and be super

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efficient with that work so when you're

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scheduling these periods of time to

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complete all of those tasks make sure

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that your environment is distraction

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free there's no notifications popping

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off you're not like in a really busy

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cafe or something unless that also works

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for you you know what I mean though you

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want to benefit from really getting into

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that flow State okay let's talk about

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ideation though because this is a super

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important part of batching your content

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you need to be able to draw upon great

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ideas for your content on a regular

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basis especially when you're ready to

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sit down and batch some content the last

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thing you want to happen is to set

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yourself up to sit down and start

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planning all your content out and

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realize that you actually don't have any

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good ideas we've all been there okay so

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how do you ensure that you have got a

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constant stream of ideas running to you

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ready to go the second you're ready to

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put them to good use well the trick to

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ideation is that it is continuous so

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this is actually more of a habitual

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thing than like a sit down and focus on

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it type of thing and what I mean by that

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is you might have noticed that the best

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ideas come to you at the most

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inconvenient times like in the shower

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going for a walk on the treadmill like I

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mean please let me know in the comments

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if you can relate because those are when

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my ideas come for me right and there's

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actually been a study to say that you

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come up with the best most creative

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ideas when you're not focusing on coming

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up with ideas because your brain is more

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relaxed and then therefore more creative

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don't quote me on that because that's

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not the scientific reason but I'm pretty

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sure I heard someone say that once so

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with that in mind what you need to do is

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get in the habit of having something

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accessible where you can add your ideas

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whilst you're on the go so if you are

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like an iPhone Apple kind of person then

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you'll be able to use your notes app and

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it will integrate from your laptop to

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your phone to your iPad and you'll be

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able to add to your notes whilst you're

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on the go you can do the same thing with

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like Google Drive and various other note

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applications as well the most important

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thing is that it's accessible whilst

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you're on the go like I can't stress

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this enough you don't want to have a

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great idea and then be like let me just

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wait until I go home and fire up my

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computer we need to be able to add it

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whilst we're out and about okay so we

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need a running list of ideas that you

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want to be adding to as a habit moving

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forward if you're someone who's like

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great but these ideas aren't coming to

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me at any point in my day I want you to

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practice the habit of putting yourself

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in your audience's shoes even when

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you're scrolling through social media

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mindlessly every now and then stop and

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think to yourself if I was my target

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audience right what would I want to be

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seeing on social media how would I react

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to this YouTube video how would I react

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to this Tick Tock or this real the more

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you get in the habit of putting yourself

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in your audience's shoes the easier it

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will be for you to come up with content

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ideas that your audience will love okay

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let's move on to planning and I'm

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excited for this section because I have

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a free resource that you're going to

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love and that is going to be super super

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useful for you this resource is brought

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to you by a HubSpot you know how much I

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love to bring you free resources

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courtesy of husband and it's essentially

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a Content calendar so I told you it

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would be relevant right now for the

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planning section of your batching

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process essentially what we're doing is

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we're taking some of those ideas that

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you've written down and we're breaking

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those out so that we know when we want

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them to go live and we have a greater

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idea of what that content is going to

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actually involve which is why a Content

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calendar brought to you by HubSpot is

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going to be super super useful for you

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now planning your content in advance

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using hubspot's calendar is going to

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allow you to do a few different things

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it will make it easier for you to

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coordinate campaigns it will make it

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easier for you to grow your audience

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extend your reach it will also make it

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easier for you to scale your social

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media marketing and it will will of

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course boost your productivity now this

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template is useful for everyone

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especially anyone who's on more than one

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social media channel or if you're ever

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planning to be on more than one social

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media channel essentially when you've

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got multiple channels you're juggling a

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bunch of different balls in the air and

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speaking of a personal experience that's

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hard like if you guys tried juggling am

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I just like not coordinated no because I

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used to dance I'm not going to put

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myself in the uncoordinated bucket I'm

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coordinated juggling is difficult though

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so this template is fully customizable

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and allows you to organize all your

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social media content in advance across

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multiple different channels it's

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available in Excel format it's super

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easy to use and it even gives you some

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useful tips along the way as you plan

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your social content I recommend once you

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download this calendar you bookmark it

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so it's super easy for you to find and

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you share it with your team if you have

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other people who help with your social

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media presence of course the link to

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download this calendar is available in

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my description it is completely free

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brought to you by HubSpot so make sure

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you grab it so now that you've got your

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content calendar provided by hubsport

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and you're planning out all of your

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content what you now need to do as part

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of the planning process is actually to

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take each individual content idea and

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break it out and make sure you've got

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everything you need before you go into

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the next stage which is all about

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production so for example if you're

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creating any formal video content

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whether it's a YouTube video whether

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it's a tick tock or real whatever it

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might be you want to make sure that in

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addition to having the idea for the

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video you've also broken down what the

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video is going to include so if you're

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going to talk about a certain subject

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make sure you've done your research and

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you've written down the prompts for your

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video if you're doing a vlog make sure

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you've already identified the purpose of

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the Vlog or what the most entertaining

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element or valuable element of your Vlog

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is going to be and make sure you've put

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some thought behind how you're going to

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bring that to life you've thought about

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the different scenes that you're going

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to capture right put some work into

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planning the actual video because your

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future self will thank you so that you

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don't sit down turn on your camera and

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then you're like

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right we've all been there we want to

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avoid that so by planning your content

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in a bit more detail you'll be able to

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avoid that and this also is relevant for

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when you're creating like Graphics or

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photos for example if you know you're

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going to go out and do a photo shoot

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then make sure you figure out where

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you're going to go what are you going to

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take photos of do you need to bring

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additional lighting with you if you're a

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fashion Creator are you going to bring

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different outfits so you can get changed

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like all of that stuff with your

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graphics like say you're going to create

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some graphics for Instagram okay well

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what are those Graphics going to say yes

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you have the idea for the carousel but

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have you actually written what each

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Carousel was going to say yet so really

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plan everything out to the most detail

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that you possibly can because as I said

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your future self will thank you all

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right so let's move on to the fun part

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production this is where we're actually

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creating the content and this is usually

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what people think the whole batching

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session is they're like oh I'm just

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gonna sit down with my camera when

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actually as I've just demonstrated there

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are multiple things we need to do before

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we even get to this point so now that

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we're here what we want to focus on is

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actually producing the content and the

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beauty of you spending time planning out

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all the content is that hopefully this

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section is really fun and easy for you

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and you can kind of just relax a bit and

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let your personality flow now even if

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you don't want to do the other steps

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that I've just broken down which I

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really recommend that you do even if you

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don't want to do those batching your

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content in terms of the production

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schedule is one one of the most

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efficient things that you can do and let

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me tell you why if you're like me you

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need to get ready and let me tell you

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film ready is not the same as day-to-day

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life ready for me so me getting ready to

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film is a bit of an effort and I want to

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only do it once and film a bunch of

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videos in one go the same goes for my

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setup and you might have a similar

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situation I've got lighting I put

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blackout blinds up which is not an easy

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thing for me to do I've got to stand on

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my chair my chair has a wobbly leg I

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always think I'm going to fall and break

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my leg it's like a whole ordeal I don't

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want to do that every day I want to do

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that once a week or once a month and

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just get it done in one batch right

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there's also a lot to say for your

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mindset so when you're in a position

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where you actually feel like showing up

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on camera because I know for a fact that

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most of us don't feel like being on

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camera all the time the people who do

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are usually very successful creators but

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for most of us we actually need to be in

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the right frame of mind so when you are

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in that frame of mind make the most of

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it batch a couple videos in one go and

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really make the most of this energy that

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you're bringing for example today this

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is my second YouTube video that I filmed

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and I'm about to film another one

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immediately after this because I'm

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feeling good the energy is Flowing I've

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had a coffee and I'm making the most of

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it the same goes for when you're

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creating Graphics right so when you're

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creating Graphics because you've really

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written out all the stuff that you might

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want to put on this Carousel or graphic

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you're producing you also want to batch

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your time that you spend actually

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designing that graphic so you want to

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spend an hour a week or a month getting

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your canva up and taking all the text

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that you've already prepped and written

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down during the planning phase and

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actually putting that into a template

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designing it so that that's ready to go

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in batches too so the batching is

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relevant to all content formats not just

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video alright so the next stage is

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editing which this part is more specific

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to video creators and I just need to put

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a huge caveat here I have a video editor

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and I have never pretended otherwise

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okay I'm not going to sit here and be

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like oh yeah I just I just edit in five

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minutes and then it's ready to go I

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don't most of my content is edited by my

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video editor the only editing that I do

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nowadays is if it's very like light

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touch editing for like I don't know a

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program that I run or something or if

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I'm editing like a real I tend to do a

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lot of my real that aren't cut Downs of

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my YouTube videos by myself now so I do

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that editing on at my Tick Tock I do

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that editing myself but everything else

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is done by my video editor shout out to

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you Jamie now that doesn't mean that I

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don't know anything about editing

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because I did used to edit my own videos

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for about eight months whilst I was

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working a full-time job and whilst I was

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doing a bunch of other businesses as

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well so the thing that used to really

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helped me was you guessed it editing in

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batches so setting aside a period of

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time and granted this chunk is probably

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the longest chunk that you need to set

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time aside for especially if it's like a

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long YouTube video but setting aside a

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period of time where you've got no

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distractions and you're just in the

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editing flow it especially helps if

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you're new to editing and you're trying

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to get used to things like the shortcuts

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on the different programs that you use

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you can really immerse yourself in the

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process of editing when you give

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yourself a set period of time to

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actually do that right a final tip that

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really helped me and this is going to be

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great for any of you a lot who have slow

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laptops because when I first started

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this channel my old laptop was old it

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used to sound like it was like taking

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flight every time I try to edit a video

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on it export your videos overnight

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because exporting your content when

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you're editing it using something like

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iMovie or you know just some kind of

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video editor it can really make your

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laptop have a mental breakdown and it

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can make editing any other videos almost

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impossible so save them and then export

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them overnight last but not least

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scheduling this is another step that I

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feel like is missed quite often it is

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unfortunately not enough just to create

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your content and edit it and have it

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saved in a folder good to go a lot of us

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actually need to schedule our content

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ahead of time because when we schedule

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our content ahead of time our content

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goes out without us having to do

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anything and that is usually what we

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need in order to remain consistent so my

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social media content for example let's

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take the Creator project this is my

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second Channel that I launched about two

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months ago right with the creative

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projects Instagram Channel all of my

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content is scheduled out in advance I

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use a program called later it's

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literally scheduled a minimum of one

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month out in advance and it goes out

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automatically without me having to lift

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a finger The Only Exception is my Friday

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posts which are the story of the week

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which obviously I can't batch because it

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depends on what the story of the week is

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but everything else is like scheduled

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good to go well in advance I'll put a

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link to the tool that I use Below in

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case you want to check it out to

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schedule your content now Pro tip for

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this one before we wrap up is captions

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right if we really really want to get

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good at this batching thing and we

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really want to get good at scheduling

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our content don't leave anything to

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chance like schedule every single part

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of your content including your captions

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on Instagram write your captions down

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already so they're good to go on YouTube

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write all your descriptions down on Tick

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Tock create a draft already write your

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caption and already add the cover photo

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so that when it comes time for your

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content to go live you do not have to

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think about a thing it either goes out

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automatically or you press publish

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yourself but you don't have to come up

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with a caption on a fly because if you

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do have to do that let me tell you right

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now you will not post the content as

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frequently because it will become a

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barrier you'll be like oh I've got to

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write a caption oh I've got something

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else to do and then you just won't post

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it so all of that prep all of that

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batching that we're doing ends up going

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to waste all right my loves that is my

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updated guide batching please give this

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video a like and also maybe leave me a

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comment if you found this useful if you

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feel like hanging around I recommend

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watching this video it's all about my

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favorite tools that I use for social

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media content creation some of these are

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super unknown and it feels illegal to

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share them but you are going to find so

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much value from them do not forget to

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grab your free social media content

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description thank you so much for

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watching as always I'll see you in my

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