It feels like I have tried to start this thing up that many times..haha.
New plans for this blog though! I plan to post my vlogs that I do on my vlog channel, http://www.youtube.com/WiseManDrummer, and some other random blog posts about my life.
Hopefully you guys will enjoy it and keep coming back for more!
For now, here’s one of my latest vlogs about getting partnered with Social Blade! Wooooo! haha
-Tyler
© 2012, Tyler Miller.
Hey everyone, hope you are all having a great day!
As I have been going about my normal business and thinking about my blogs, I am starting to wonder if I want to move them to their own domain.
If I would do this, I know where my gaming blog (Player Select) would go. I would just put it on my TGameNTech domain since it would be game related.
As far as my personal blog, I’m not sure where I would put it. I might keep it here. Dunno. Also, I might start up a third blog (a tech blog) and put it on the TGameNTech domain as well.
If I started up a tech blog most of my posting would be on it and the gaming one. I would still post on this one, just not as much.
Hmmm. Decisions, decisions.
I know that moving my gaming blog to my TGameNTech site would help traffic to my YouTube channel as well. It would be a lot of work but I think it would be worth it. The question remains, where would I put this blog?
Maybe I will just leave it here on blogger for the time being. Dunno yet.
If you guys have any thoughts or suggestions I would love to hear them! Feel free to comment below!
-Tyler
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TylerTGNT
Tech Channel: http://www.youtube.com/TGameNTech
Vlog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/WiseManDrummer
Personal Blog: http://www.wisemandrummer.blogspot.com
Gaming Blog: http://www.playerselectgames.blogspot.com
Some of you may have seen, some of you may have not, but I recently posted about my latest purchase of some PC fans along with a light kit off of ebay.
As far as the Light Kit off of ebay, it is a purchase I have been wanting to make for a couple of months now. If you don’t know, I have a YouTube Channel, TGameNTech, where I review technology products and games. I have been using a pretty cheap light set up thus far (two desk lamps) and have been wanting to upgrade. I talked to someone from out at school who recently picked up a set off of ebay (they sell new) and they look promising. Here they are.
Julius Studio Softbox Lighting
It looks like it’s a deal that’s too good to be true ($380 set for $110) but I will soon find out. I have been told they work great so far so I am confident in the purchase.
Both of these things are being bought to advance both my quality and production. The fans will help keep my PC cooler, therefore making it last longer, therefore giving me more bang for my buck.
The light kit will help my videos tremendously. We learned in all of our video classes that lighting is huge. You can have an amazing camera but if you have bad lighting, the video will look terrible. I really hope I can make a big jump in quality with this kit.
Step by step I am making my way to better quality videos and gaining a bigger audience on YouTube. I also hope to get a better camera in the future and add a video element to my Re:Media Designs business.
I guess this post doesn’t offer much advice if you are looking for it…except that nothing comes overnight. If you want something you need to work for it. I have been making videos for over a year now and I am just now getting lights. Better late than never and I know they will help my quality. Just take things one step at a time and don’t overwhelm yourself. Don’t think it needs all done at once.
Remember, slow and steady wins the race. Don’t be like the stupid rabbit who got beat by a turtle.
-Tyler Miller
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TylerTGNT
Tech Channel: http://www.youtube.com/TGameNTech
Vlog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/WiseManDrummer
Personal Blog: http://www.wisemandrummer.blogspot.com
Gaming Blog: http://www.playerselectgames.blogspot.com
The more I read and the more I browse the internet, the more I see different ways to expand your reach and your audience. The newest site I found was triberr.com.
It might take awhile to understand how triberr works (I’m still not 100% sure) but I think it can really help expand your reach.
Triberr is based off the principles of “tribers” (which goes along well with Michael Hyatt’s “Platform” book).
You must first be accepted in to a tribe, and you achieve this by posting on a tribe a few times and then a message is sent to the “chief” and then they will determine if you are allowed in or not.
You select a tribe to try to join by genre and niche. For example, I have my gaming and personal blogs linked so I choose the categories of entertainment and technology. I found a tribe, posted in it a few times, and now am waiting to be accepted.
Once you are accepted in to a tribe you then have the ability to create your own 3 custom tribes. Tribe members are limited but I think this works out because you don’t want random people filling a tribe.
After you a part of a tribe, every time someone blogs, it goes to the tribe, and then the tribe (and you) automatically tweets out the blog link. (as seen in the picture above).
So I’m going to continute to use this service and I will let you know how much it increases my activity. Hopefully it works out well and I can get a bigger audience and help other members increase theirs at the same time!
-Tyler
Yes, I know I didn’t post yesterday and I’m already breaking the routine. haha. But hey, it was my birthday and I was actually really busy! So I can use that as my excuse. A bigger, normal post will be made tomorrow, but for now, I’m going to head off and finish a post on Player Select.
As you may have seen in a previous post, I want to start blogging regularly again. I know this will be quite time consuming with having a vlog channel and tech channel on YouTube along with running my own business…but I think it will pay off in the long run.
I have been reading more of Platform by Michael Hyatt and I think he really has some great information to share. If you own a business (or just have something to say and want people to hear) it’s a great book to pick up. It’s all about getting noticed among all of the noise and rising up on a platform in the internet world. I am almost half way done with it and have been really enjoying it thus far!
In other news….(haha just kidding this won’t be a news blog)
WWDC is today! I’m pretty excited. I want to see what Apple has to offer with iOS 6. I doubt a new iPhone will be announced or previewed today. If they plan for another Fall launch they will wait and have a separate keynote later. All I am gonna say is if Apple doesn’t change up iOS I will be switching to Android. The Galaxy SIII is looking pretty awesome right now…hmmm…
I’m just tired of looking at the same old iOS and same old icons on the same old same looking phone. Apple needs to mix it up and take some chances or they are going to lose market ground to Android and Windows Phone (as crazy as it might sound, yes it might happen).
Well, I want to keep these rather short. I don’t want people to think they have to read a book every time a blog comes up. I want to try to do these on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and do a post on my Gaming blog every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I will try it out for a few weeks and see if I like the format, if not, maybe I will change it up somehow…all I know is that it’s gonna be a lot of work!
If you guys have any comments or suggestions please feel free to comment them below! You don’t have to be registered with Blogger to comment, but you should probably put your name somewhere in the comment if you want me to see who you are (that is if you aren’t registered already).
Well, that’s all I have today for you guys, hopefully you like this blog and will continue to visit it!
See you guys around!
-Tyler
I’m reading this book, Platform: Getting Noticed in a Noisy World by Michael Hyatt…and I’m really enjoying. Hopefully I can put it into good use for both my new business, Re:Media Designs and TGameNTech. One big thing he stresses is blog use and frequency…guess I better get to work with that. haha
Not really much else to say right now, the newest thing I have going on is my business. It will take some time to get going but I think it will be good in the long run.
Well, I’m excited to read more of this book. Sorry for the lack of updates. I may be moving this to WordPress in the future. Dunno yet, maybe if I can make this blog look more appealing I will stick here. haha.
See you all later!
Yes, you heard it right, I am becoming a Twitter Ninja. Check out this link belowwww.
How to Become a Twitter Ninja in less than 30 Minutes a Day
It’s really not that difficult to do either. And it’s free (besides HootSuite desktop services which isn’t necessary)
I have really gotten used to using Buffer a lot and I suggest you try it out.
Twitter is really hard to define. Sometimes it is just a place to chat with others, but sometimes it can be a place to connect with people you never thought you would. I know in my experience, I have connected to a lot of really awesome people through Twitter and now talk to them almost on a daily basis through the network.
It just has a lot of possibilities and if you can harness the true power of Twitter, you can really make something out of it.
The guy who wrote the article now has over 150,000 followers and I’m sure he is getting more than 73 new followers a day.
So next time, before you go and trash Twitter, give it a little respect. It may seem like a stupid and pointless service, but I think it has some great possibilities. So if you haven’t yet, go sign up! It’s quick, easy, and who knows it might be worth it in the future.
Oh yeah, follow me on Twitter. TylerTGNT
(Now I am off to buffer this post and schedule to tweet out in the middle of the night…since I will be sleeping at that time…like a normal person on the east coast…)
And I shouldn’t.
There’s a lot of different ways to get your message out on the internet.
Some people use only audio, some use video, some use just text and pictures.
I think if you really want to reach out to all possible audiences, you should try to do all three.
As far as myself, I already put a lot of time in to video, a little time in to text (this blog) and barely anything in just solely audio. But I feel like if you do video you really don’t have to worry about audio that much. So I guess here are your possible combos.
Audio and Text
Video and Text
No matter what you do, you should have a text version of what you do/say. Now you don’t need to write out a script of everything you record, but you should type out the general idea you are trying to convey and go ahead and tag the video/audio in the post.
Sometimes people just don’t have time or can’t listen to audio or video at a given time. They may not have headphones in a quiet place, they may not have the write plugins on a public computer, or they can only access the video/audio through their own personal computer.
Anyways, it’s still a good idea to blog and review your audio and video content within your blog. I know this isn’t a formal lesson or anything, but I think it’s some pretty good advice in general.
Let me know what you think below or comment wherever I post this!
And yes I know, I need to work on the “keeping up with the text” part. haha
-Tyler
Hello All,
Been awhile, eh?
Hope this finds everyone still sane during this semester (and if you aren’t in school right now, I still hope you are sane).
As I am typing this wonderful post, the squirrels in the walls and ceiling of Patterson are acting up and running around. I’m not really sure what that means, but I figured I would let you know. We hear them on a daily basis.
I’m just waiting for the day when one of them either busts through the wall and ceiling and attacks someone. That would be pretty funny.
ANYWAYS.
Things are going good for the channel, for the 3 of you interested.
I’m up to 171 subs and 86,000 total views. Not bad for only having the channel for about 9-10 months. After I hit 100 subs I got a pretty steady flow of subscribers and traffic seems to be increasing as well. If you are interested, there’s a giveaway going on my channel as well. I’m giving away an Apple Magic Mouse.
Hope you entered. It’s actually a pretty decent giveaway. That thing is worth $70.
Also in the realm of YouTube, I have been getting messages for me to check out other channels and give them input, so I guess that means I’m doing something right…right? At least someone else thinks so. I also have been asked by a game company to review one of their iOS games. You can watch it below. It’s actually a pretty decent game.
Well, that’s enough video embedding for now. Can’t go too overboard.
hehe.