 Hi, so today I want to talk to you about creating a video, about creating an introduction video. If you are applying for jobs, no matter where you're applying for jobs, if you're applying for jobs on Upwork.com or on translatorscafepros.com, if you're a freelancer of any type, chances are you're applying for jobs and you have an introduction page or a couple of paragraphs that describe what you do and who you are. But in these spaces where you provide a description of who you are and what you do, as well as a resume, you could also put a video. And the reason I bring this up is because, A, it helps you stand out from the crowd right away because almost no one has videos up there. Everyone just writes everything down. B, when someone's hiring you online, trust is a huge factor. I mean, you never know when you're hiring someone, I mean, you don't know them from anyone else. It could be someone creating a fake name and posting it up online and, you know, they can put a picture and that helps out. But every little step, every little thing you can provide to be more honest, to show that you're transparent and honest, that can always help. Every little step helps. And having a video is one of the most helpful things you can do at all. I mean, you know, because they see you, you talk to them and you're basically saying, Hi, this is me, these are the services I offer and I can do this, that and that. You know, feel free to contact me for with any questions you might have and, okay, create a script maybe before you start talking just so you don't have so many ums and odds. But on the other hand, you know, if it sounds natural, it sounds natural and that's always appreciated. By the way, you don't need to get someone with professional videographic equipment to do this stuff. In fact, you shouldn't do this at all. If you follow these like famous vloggers and whatever on YouTube now, you know, people go through great pains to try to make things look natural and try to show that they're acting natural and all that. And you don't have to go through all those pains because you are just acting natural. For example, I mean, these, these videos that I'm doing, by the way, they're done with the video camera in my laptop. This is my mic and that's it. Okay. Now, obviously this isn't my main thing. I'm the main thing. My main job is as a translator, but you know, this is enough to do videos and when you're doing an introduction video, that's all you need. Or maybe if, if, if you want, just take a phone. So if you do record it from your phone, I would not record it selfie style because that doesn't come off as very professional and it can be shaky, et cetera. What I would do is I would take the phone and put it, you know, lean it against your laptop right there. And that way from the phone, when you take it from the phone, you'll get the same view that you're getting right now because right now I'm talking to my laptop and, and if you're on the phone, you'll get the exact same view. And, and that's all you need to do. You just do a video of about one minute describing what you do and, and why they should pick you, you know, what, what you can offer them and just basically introducing yourself and then saying, feel free to contact me by email, by phone, but, you know, by whatever contact details you have. And I'll be happy to talk to you some more. That way, whoever sees it gets the feel for who you are. They feel like they've met you, they'll remember you much more than the other people who are just names on a list and it can definitely go a long way. So don't hesitate, don't feel like you need something that's completely professional or be scared about what you sound like or how you look. Once again, you know, I know I have this list that, especially when I become conscious about it becomes, you know, pretty strong, but I'm, I'm just making videos like this and it kind of came from the fact that, yeah, I started making videos to promote myself to clients and I realized that it's pretty easy to make a video. So why not? And so I really do recommend this. If wherever your intro is include a video, the best thing is to put it up on YouTube, quite frankly, because if you can have a link on YouTube, everyone knows what it is and they can click on it. Sometimes otherwise they're not sure if they trust clicking on other types of links. It's very easy to upload on YouTube. I am, if you've ever, if you have a YouTube account, which I'm assuming you do since I think you're watching this on YouTube, then if you click on the top right, I think there, there should be an arrow that is, uh, you click on that arrow that, and that lets you upload and, um, and then you can upload a video. So it's very easy to upload a video and I don't think you need to edit at all. You just, you know, do a couple of takes, find one that you're happy with and then just upload the video or put the link to the YouTube video on your, uh, on your bio so people can access it. It really helps with transparency and for people feeling like they get to know you. Um, and I mean, that's it. That's just a short video just to, uh, tell you to make a video. And I hope you do find it useful and, uh, let me know if you've tried this before and, uh, and how that worked out for you. I'd be, yeah, I'd be happy to hear what stories you have of what worked out and what didn't. So feel free to let me know. And, uh, if you did find this useful, please click like and don't forget to subscribe for more videos and I'll see you in the next video. Thanks. Bye.