Todd Earwood » daily idea http://www.toddearwood.com Connecting the dots of life and business Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:43:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Thankful for Good Laughs http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/11/21/thankful-for-good-laughs/ http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/11/21/thankful-for-good-laughs/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:18:00 +0000 Todd Earwood http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/11/21/thankful-for-good-laughs/ One of our best Daily Idea show yet! We found a new formula for creating good web content. Turn on camera, ask strangers questions about their families during the holidays… let the magic happen.

]]> http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/11/21/thankful-for-good-laughs/feed/ 1 How to Avoid Meetings that Suck (Video) http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/10/08/how-to-avoid-meetings-that-suck-video/ http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/10/08/how-to-avoid-meetings-that-suck-video/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:31:26 +0000 Todd Earwood http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/10/08/how-to-avoid-meetings-that-suck-video/ Our Daily Idea web show has really exceeded our growth expectations and this week is significant for a couple reasons. We’re going to three shows per week (yes, we’re actually working towards “daily”) and today’s episode shows myself and three others on the DI team who act out what NOT to do with business meetings. For those who haven’t watched my other videos, I’m the guy in the white shirt.

]]> http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/10/08/how-to-avoid-meetings-that-suck-video/feed/ 0 Daily Idea: My Journey to Creating a Real Web Show http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/27/daily-idea-my-journey-to-creating-a-real-web-show/ http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/27/daily-idea-my-journey-to-creating-a-real-web-show/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:43:13 +0000 Todd Earwood http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/08/27/daily-idea-my-journey-to-creating-a-real-web-show/ DailyIdea.TVLast week, I posted about my LA-based partners in Almost Mediocre (AM). They were my first taste of creating an audience around more than text and pics. Our videos may not be your preferred taste in humor, but we found an audience (actually, a really great one). We have sold our wares to some big names in Hollywood and somehow still can’t reach an agreement with MTV.

After seeing the successes of AM, I took some personally time-consuming and worklife-altering steps to create a web show. I bought a Mac, a camcorder and found a host to start shooting what we called Moxy TV. The learning curve was just insane! The Mac wasn’t and still at times is not intuitive, but I flew to LA and shot my first show with my AM guys’ help (good idea). I waited until I got back to Kentucky to start editing (bad idea) and after 15 hours of trial and error, I edited the first show. The result… not very good. I quickly learned audio was very important, which meant buying more equipment. I scoured many forums for how to shoot, edit and publish video. Since everything was new, there was no quick tutorial that solved all my issues. I learned by trial and error and many, many hours.

Four months later, Rob and I decided there were opportunities with a daily web show and after considering many options, we decided Daily Idea was our best concept (think lifehacker meets video with more fun). We knew the quality level had to be raised and while I enjoyed working on the videos, it wasn’t the best role for me to play. We set out to find a director that could execute our vision with creativity and efficiency. Finding videographers was easy, but finding a director you want to work closely with who can share in our vision and still be creative was seemingly impossible. Most startups need some luck and this time it bounced our way by finding Jay. After we found Jay, we snatched up two great writers (Chad and Jason). We auditioned several people and Jay picked Nikki Key to be our host and that’s been a great fit as well.

Fast forward to today, we’re in week four of being “public” and we’ve quickly passed the four figure mark of viewers. We’re happy with the growth of viewers and this week we have our first episode featuring a fast-rising name in the valley.

Here’s a few things you can do to get involved.

  1. Watch the show below about how to ace a job interview
  2. Leave a comment below on what you think
  3. Grab our iTunes feed
  4. Add us as a friend on MySpace
  5. Join our Facebook group
  6. Suggest an idea for the show

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