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Bedtime Story Readings on YouTube. Really, Matt? 8 Apr 2013 | 08:01 am
That’s a comment I got from one of my original viewers who’d just found my new bedtime story ’experiment’. I guess he wasn’t thrilled. But yes, bedtime stories. Below is a sample. Why? A few reasons: ...
Protect your Creative Confidence 17 May 2012 | 05:00 am
This TED video struck a chord with me on a couple levels. One being that any creative person has experienced that moment, early in the process of a project, when someone stops by and says something li...
Embrace Being Stuck 4 May 2012 | 04:27 pm
My advice for writers and filmmakers when they find themselves physically stuck or delayed. Don’t piss and moan and scream at the United Airlines lady! Don’t join everybody else in acting like your l...
Be a Subscriber MAGNET 3 May 2012 | 04:29 am
Matt Koval here. Not a lot of people know that it did indeed take me 2 years to get my first 64 subscribers. I didn’t know what I was doing, yet I kept reading about all these kids getting tons of h...
Helping Launch YouTube EDU 4 Mar 2012 | 07:21 pm
YouTube invited me to be the host of this interactive quiz to help promote their new educational initiative, YouTube EDU. It was also asked that the videos be distributed on my channel. Most of the ...
Story vs. Spectacle on YouTube 7 Feb 2012 | 10:00 am
"Listen up, hater!" YouTube is hardly the perfect platform for a traditional, narrative filmmaker. Most scripted projects get buried by the daily video blogs and Epic Meal Times of the world. It’s a...
Making Branded YouTube Videos 9 Jul 2011 | 02:18 pm
Producing branded videos on YouTube is tricky business. Much of your audience is there because they’re sick of television ads and all that is corporately produced. They like the personal engagement...
YouTube NextUp 30 Apr 2011 | 11:34 pm
Imagine a fully grown man sitting on the floor of his dining room, wearing a blonde wig with pig-tails. It’s a hot summer night, and he’s sweating through his costume. He’s alone and frustrated. Thi...
YouTube Consultant 31 Mar 2011 | 10:45 am
Social media consultants are a dime a dozen, and I don’t plan on joining the masses. But after watching too many businesses fall flat on their face with YouTube, I decided to offer some help. My crede...
About 8 Dates 23 Jan 2011 | 04:50 pm
I should have written this blog post back in November to announce the new web series, but when you’re a jack-of-all-trades, life is a constant game of prioritizing. I figured it was more important to ...
