24.07 | July '24: Summer is (NOT) here!

With the holidays coming up, this month was basically all about preparing for that... But I still managed to find time and add some new content and even start some noise on the socials!

Writing the articles...

There has always been this one type of article I personally really love to read and those are these little nuggets. Short and clear explanations on a single subject. The best thing is that these short bits of information are fully inline with the current generations, as we see more and more of these types of things popping up on the internet, like the youtube shorts and tiktok video's. I guess you know where this is going, but I added a first nugget to the website and there are a few more coming up soon, and I have to say, it is a lot of fun writing these things. I thought it would be quick and easy, but keeping the information as short as possible is an expertise on it's own! For now, you can find the one I wrote in the Power-Ups! section, but given I expect them to grow rather fast, don't be surprised that they will get there own category on the website soon. Next to this one, I was able to rewrite an article I wrote a while back, which was still present on the old website, but not yet on the new one... It is the article called "Crushing those Public Speaking Jitters" and it is honestly one of my favourites! It is partially created with AI, but based on my personal experience and knowledge and I have to say that it was really fast to create. For the new website, I decided to rewrite it a bit in my own words.

Videos & Scripting...

I did some practicing on this again and decided I simply need to have a good and peaceful surrounding to do this, which I currently don't have. The full month of August I will be at my in-laws in Slovenia, where I have my own office without any distractions, so I will make sure to take all the gear I need and start recording there.

On a side note, I realised that the nugget article I introduced this month are a really good source for some nice short video's, so probably some of those will start to pop up as well :)

Website & Social Media Update...

Over the last few months, I started working with some AI to improve the last bits of SEO and I believe we can call it final now. Also received some really nice feedback from some of my coworkers and they really love the layout and looks of the website.

Somewhere half way in the month I decided it was time to simply start making some noise on the socials and thus, I created some reels and stories to get the name out there on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube! This also helps in getting some familiarity with video editing, which I will need soon, so double benefit there. While messing around with this social media stuff, I also found out about "Threads". Something I never thought I would use, but since I am busy now anyway, let me include that one as well to get some communication going.

For now, all the video's that have been uploaded are simple teasers, no real video's yet, but this will definitely change starting August as I will have time and a surrounding to make some nice video's. Hang on tight for those :)

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Costs vs. Income

My goal is to keep providing all the basic information on StageRebels.com for free to those that need it, but at the same time, it does cost me time and money as well. In an attempt to just cover some of the costs, I decided to use Amazon Affiliate links and I played around with Paypal Donations, for which you can see the button at the bottom of the page.

Conclusion

Well, it was quite a month and I lived up to the slogan of "Dare to Share" with Social Media posting. Somehow, I was really looking up against it as that would really be the moment of putting it all out there, but I did it and I am proud about it!
I honestly have a good feeling about next month where I will create time to make some really nice video's. I am very hopeful I can create quite a lot of them so I can start spreading the word quickly. For now, I am posting this Blog a bit early so I can start my holiday in time :)

Header Image
Early July we had this nice summer storm with some heavy thunder and this is the picture I took from our garden! Kinda amazed myself with the outcome :)