Hey Everyone! I am going to start going live on a regular basis on YouTube. I received a couple of tips from others but I want to hear from you in this tribe and from Alexa. What are some do's, don't, tips, etc. that you can give me (and others here too) who have gone Live on YouTube. And thanks to @Jenny Sharratt for the suggestion. She saw one of my videos and suggested they will be perfect for going live. I'm listening😁👍🏾🤗and appreciate this idea!❤️

When I first joined this community, you may have known me through LEVERAGE. However, after careful thought, I decided to narrow my focus and build around the work I have loved doing for more than 18 years—helping non-native English speakers communicate confidently. My WIN is that I took a leap of faith and launched Speak Excellent English Academy on Skool! It is a completely FREE community for beginner and intermediate non-native English speakers who want to improve their speaking confidence, pronunciation, listening skills, and everyday conversations. The academy will officially open on September 1, 2026, and I am excited to welcome our first members. Choosing a clear focus and finally launching this community is a major WIN for me! 🎉

Gidday Brains Trust. I thought I would provide you with a range of interviews with various YT Creators that you might be interested in. This post will be continually updated as required. Click here August 2026 Lives: Check out the live with Jenny Sharratt of Life with GenX Values. It was an absolute pleasure to interview Jen. Lillie Handy Dominiguez - Channel @LillieHandyDominguez Thursday 27th August 2026 Engineer-in-Mind, a Kid-At-Heart, and Lover-of-Life. Retired electrical engineer to real estate investor to Realtor and Content Creator. Lillie resides in San Antonio Texas USA) Check out Lillie's Live Q&As. She is a powerhouse in her own right. Come along and give her some love. Live starts at 6.30pm Texas USA time; 7.30pm USA & Canada EDT, 5.30 pm Pacific time. Friday 28th August: 9.30 am Aussie EST and 7.30am (Western Australia) time. September 2026 Lives Alexa Saarenoja - Wednesday 2nd September 2026. Alexa's YT Channel @Alexa Saarenoja Alexa started the Creator Boost Tribe - Skool Community and a powerhouse in the YT Educators arena. Alexa resides in Finland. Live starts at 3pm Finland Time. 5pm (Aussie EST) and 3pm (Western Australia Time. Sorry folks in the USA and Canada it will be 3am (EDT) and 2am (Texas time) and 12 midnight (Pacific time) Please set your alarm clocks as you will not want to miss Alexa's interview. Mike Bayer - is the creator YT Channel: Old Me Living Wednesday 23rd September 2026 . Mike was monetised very quickly. He resides in South California (USA). He is famous for his saying: "If you ain't dead yet, you ain't done". Live starts at 3pm (Pacific time). 5pm (ET) 6pm (Texas) and Thursday 24th September 2026 8am (Aussie EST); 6am (Western Australia) time October 2026 Lives Dr Saundra Stancil - Propelled To Greatness (YouTube Channel), Institute of Gift Basket Design (YouTube Channel)Gift Basket Professional Group (Skool Community) Wednesday 1st October 2026. Dr Saundra resides in Maryland (USA) and is a business coach as well as many other activities.

I just wanted to share a recent experience. I have been creating long form video. Friday, I realized I could utilize my frontal views to create YouTube shorts. I went crazy. I created videos and thumbnails for the shorts. By Monday, I had 6 shorts. Monday night, I realized the thumbnails were poor quality. So, I attached them to a ChatGPT chat and ask for Photorealistic image. They looked fantastic. But Wednesday night, I reviewed my channel on the TV. The short thumbnails were cutting off the banner and Hooks. I worked to recreate the images with ChatGPT. I needed to leave the top empty and bring the Hook down into the Safe Zone. One of the major issues was GPT Image 2 kept placing the Text outside the side of the Safe Zone. We eventually had to strictly define the Pixel locations. By Thursday morning I had corrected it. Please be careful when creating thumbnails.

Gidday Brains Trust, I recently did a live where I chatted to Claude AI re a # of things. One of the participants asked me to ask Claude re laws around privacy. Claude obliged and also developed a checklist. You can see the whole live here: https://youtube.com/live/3dvQT_-3Kl8 I thought this check list and the research Claude AI undertook might be useful to you. So, I asked Claude to create a Word document for you to download and review at your leisure. Any and all feedback welcome.