As I mentioned below, in the bonus section, you're going to have the full course on how to look your best on video, but I do want to give you just the basics right now. So you can hop right in. The biggest problem most people have, when they put a video camera on them is all of a sudden, they start freezing. And they do this because they're either memorizing something and they're trying to remember so their body freezes and they're see how awful that looks. Or they think, Oh, I know I'll use a teleprompter. Hi, my name is TJ Walker at media training worldwide.

We help people see how awful that is. People are reading a teleprompter, it's a difficult thing. And they tend to speak in the same tone, same volume, same speed, body freezes. And only lips are moving. And it just looks awful. It looks frozen.

So for example, right now, I'm not using a teleprompter. I'm also not using notes. I'm just talking to you. You may say, Well, gosh, I couldn't do that. Guess what you do it every day with clients, it's not going to be easy The first time you do it or the second time you do it, but once you do it after a while, it simply becomes second nature. And that's important to do, because then you can do what you do.

Normally, when you're having a conversation, your head moves, your face moves, your hands move, your bodies move. The biggest thing that makes people look awful on TV is nothing's moving, but their lips and it just makes them look scared, nervous, uncomfortable. So couple other little tips, it's important to lean forward a little bit when you're on camera. So if I'm sitting back relaxed, and I'm a little bit fat these days, but even if you're not fat, you're going to have a double chin. Everyone looks their worst, heavier sitting back. You don't want to be perfectly straight, you look stiff, nervous and uncomfortable.

You have to hold yourself up high and lean forward. Now. I happen to be standing right now. Now, but if you're in a chair, get you lean forward from the waist, about 15 degrees into the camera. The other thing that's noticeable, your face your facial expressions, because if you have a blank look on video doesn't look black, he looks scared, nervous, uncomfortable, need a little bit of a smile on your face, even when you're talking, just to look comfortable and relaxed. Now, when it comes to eyes, they're very noticeable.

So if you forget what you're going to say, and you're doing this, it looks really bad on TV, and on video. The other thing is if you have your notes next to the camera, for example, so you're doing this Hi, I'd like to tell you I'm really the best authority on this subject and I really know my stuff. I become literally shifty eyed. So I would recommend just look at the camera as if it's a human being or if you want to have someone interview you and you can look at that person that's easier for somebody People do but slow it down. Especially if you are a solo practitioner. You can't necessarily demand someone be with you.

It's always faster to just talk right in to the camera. Now, people have this mistaken notion that's not professional to move your hands when you speak. Nothing could be further from the truth. You'll see on sitcoms occasionally, the nervous guy going like this all distracted. Let me tell you, I've done media training and presentation training for 30 years with 10,000 clients from over six continents or not over six continents, six continents. And I can tell you, I've never yet had anyone move their hands too much.

And every week, sometimes every day in a week, people freeze their hands, put them in their pockets, and they look scared, stiff, nervous, and uncomfortable. The other thing people have a problem with is they record themselves once they Listen to it, they hate their voice will get over it. Everyone else has to listen to your voice, every meeting you've ever been to every new business pitch, your client prospect had to hear your voice. So you're gonna have to listen to your voice. It's that simple. It's highly unlikely you have a bad voice.

It's extremely rare to have a voice so irritating that people run out of the room, you're just not used to hearing your own voice, because you hear your own voice distorted through the bones in your skull. So when you're hearing it come through a speaker, it's much less distorted than how you normally hear it. Get over it. Everyone else has to listen to your voice. So the basic the fundamental thing you've got to do to get comfortable speaking on camera, is you just have to do it a bunch of times. And if you want to practice and not show anyone, that's okay.

But you can't just do it once look at and say, Oh, well, I'm clearly not an on camera person. That's a silly outdated notion shirt. It was a time maybe a night 62 on all the networks said you must look and sound like Walter Cronkite and have a sir. Those days are gone. I mean, does Oprah look like Rachael Ray? Does Tom Brokaw necessarily look like people you see on podcasts with wildly successful viewership?

Does everyone have a deep voice? I mean, Adam Carolla has a nasal twangs. I mean, there's all kinds of people out there who look different sound different, different accents, fat, thin, skinny, tall. It doesn't matter. As long as you have good ideas that you're sharing with people, and they could understand, that's the fundamental thing. So these are basics you need to think of when trying to look your best on camera.

The main thing is, don't be flat, get scared and tighten up your voice and go like this. That's the biggest problem most people have is they become flat, monotone, low energy. So you You're going to have to overdo it a little project a little louder, a little more energy than normal, and move. Do that and you'll come across fine on camera.