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Whether you are doing a YouTube video or a video for a training course, you need to be prepared for that video before you click the record button. People often miss this step, and as their videos progress, it becomes obvious that their performance was off the cuff. Speaking off the cuff in a video makes people look unprofessional. In order to be prepared for a video, follow these steps:

Know what your video is going to be about. Don’t change the topic of the video while you are in the middle of recording it.
Give yourself some bullet points. These bullet points are main ideas that you need to talk about in the video. Giving yourself these bullet points will allow you to talk about everything you want to cover. An off the cuff video tends to leave important information out of the video.
Have these bullet points in front of you while recording. Memorizing all of the bullet points and their order will take up too much time. The easier option is to have a script in front of you while you are recording the video. Make sure that the people watching the video cannot see the script. Another thing you want to do is put the script at eye level so you are not looking up or down too many times in order to see what the script says.

Those are the steps to prepare for your video. Preparing for a video in this manner will also result in longer videos. In the beginning, many of my videos were off the cuff, but now I have created numerous videos that are not off the cuff. By taking 5-10 minutes to prepare myself for my videos, I have been able to create longer videos and talk about everything that I wanted to talk about.

Preparing does take up time, but it will ultimately save you a lot of time and retakes.

reading script

Videos are more important than ever, and I believe that videos have the potential to be game changers for any business. However, too many people are ignoring one method that will allow them to produce higher quality videos.

All you need to do is create an outline for your video. The outline should highlight everything that you want to talk about in your video. What do you want to tell your viewers? What tidbits of information do you need to include? What examples and testimonials do you want to talk about? The best way to get all of this information into one video with few retakes is by writing an outline.

In addition, you should put this outline somewhere you can see it while doing the video. You can put the video directly above the camera you are using or on a wall that no one can see. You don’t have to memorize the outline you create. You just need to see the outline while doing the video.

This tactic will allow you to say everything that you want to say and not blank out when you are recording the video. Give your viewers your best by taking the time to create an outline for your videos. With an outline, your videos will become longer and get more views.

How To Get Prepared For Your Video

One Powerful Way To Produce Higher Quality Videos