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When someone turns on a video, they are very quickly trying to answer two questions about you.

Can I trust you? Can I rely on you? I really recommend a real background.

Research actually shows we do not like fake backgrounds. It's very distracting.

If I was starting a brand of YouTube channel today, the first thing I would do is keyword research.

A lot of it.

Deep dive on those keywords.

In my videos, often when I'm sharing something that I think is really important or I really want to emphasize it, I'll literally lean into the camera like this is it.

Welcome back to the Think Media podcast.

Today's episode is psychological tricks to instantly boost YouTube views and become more charismatic on camera. Our guest expert today is Vanessa Van Edwards, who's a

multi-time bestselling author, a renowned researcher of professional communication and leadership.

She's on her way to 900,000 YouTube subscribers as well with over 50 million video views.

So she's very unique because she really helps entrepreneurs, business owners,

creators, and communicators sharpen their skills and ultimately achieve better results

with their content, with their

communication. And so this is going to be a powerful deep dive conversation. Vanessa,

welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. What a beautiful way of introducing me. I'm so

happy to be here. So grateful for you. I know we have some mutual friends. I'm a big fan of your

books. But I want to actually just start off with

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