In this eighth installment of a ten‑part series on making 2014 a great year, Billy addresses the common fear of recording video on a phone or camera. He stresses that the barrier must be crossed and offers a concise, step‑by‑step mindset and practical approach. First, he advises adopting an authoritative, older‑sibling tone when speaking. Second, he recommends visualizing a single, specific prospect rather than a faceless crowd, tying the message to that person’s problem and solution. Third, he encourages rapid, imperfect production—record anywhere (office, car, desk), ignore technical interruptions, and focus on delivering useful content. Throughout, Billy repeats that the viewer needs the information the speaker has, and that confidence grows with volume. He previews the next video, which will cover distribution tactics on YouTube and Facebook.
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Hey guys. Billy here. This is video number 8 or 8 or 8 in our 10 part series on how to make 2014 just a really good year. In the last video we actually talked about, you know, how to get your prospects to know like and trust you. And we talked about how that's with video. Well, there's a lot of people that have issues doing what I'm doing, just standing up, taking their cell phone and recording a video. But you've got to overcome that. There's actually one of the trainings that's in part of the things. The Costa Rica program in the Empower Network talks about how to overcome this and they do a phenomenal job. But here's what I want you to take from this video you have. You got to get over it. You just have to overcome that fear. But what I want you to do is act like you want to speak first off, like you are an authority. It's almost like you're an older sibling. The way you speak to your younger siblings, not necessarily rude, but you speak with some authority. So when you do the videos you need to speak with some authority. The second thing is don't think about you talking to thousands and hundreds or however many people may watch your videos. Think about talking to one person. You know, a couple of videos back, we talked about knowing your prospect. Who are they? What do they do, what do they want? What are their fears? Well, when you take that and picture that as just one person, that's who you're talking to. And the person you're talking to is somebody that needs the information that you have. It's somebody that's struggling and wanting to get better, whatever problem that they have. Remember we've talked about this before in your videos, you want to take the problem and you want to address that problem. You want to agitate it and let them know that this is the solution. If you have an issue with speaking, you've got to get over it. The best way to do it is just to make some videos and it doesn't have to be perfect. One of my last videos, I think the one from a couple of days ago, I actually my cell phone was going off or a warning came up on it as I'm recording the video. So I stop, go up there and mute it. I mean all this is recorded or you know, ignore the message. But my point is it doesn't have to be perfect. You know, I do some of these here in my office, I do some in the car. I mean, I've done them just sitting at the desk. I mean, just all kinds. It doesn't matter where you do them at. And I've even had videos where I show you some of the different tools and stuff we use. It doesn't matter as long as the content is there. And be yourself, speak with authority and realize that whoever you're speaking to, you've got information that they need. You are going to help them solve their problems, their solutions. They need you to do these videos and that's got to be your mindset. So the next video, video number nine, we're going to talk about how to actually take these videos, what to do with them. I mean, you want to put them on YouTube and Facebook, but we're going to get into the specifics of how to do it to get the most bang for your buck. So your best way to overcome the fear is to get out there and just start speaking, speak with authority, kind of like an older sibling, and then realize that the people you're speaking to need what it is that you have to offer and just do a bunch of videos. The more you do, the more comfortable you'll get. Alright, see you on the next video.
