Creative Quest

Episode 22! Happy New Year! We're taking the opportunity to reflect on 2024 - our first full year of pursuing our creative pursuits - to see if we've achieved the goals that we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year. It's definitely been a big year for us, but did we achieve everything we set out to? What comes next?2025 is going to be a monumental year for us: we've left our full-time jobs behind, we've (almost) finished renovating our new home, which is going to give us the time, space and resource we need to fully commit to our ambitions. In order to do that, we'll be taking a short break from the podcast while we move into our new house, spend time perfecting our new studio space and tech setup and then we'll be back for Season 2 with a fresh new look, a new format, and a new mission! So make sure you subscribe and follow our Social channels for news on our comeback in the next few months! Thanks for all your support!If you're new here; we're Raven and Faranir and we are on a quest to break free from the 9-5 grind and live a more fulfilling life. This podcast is basically our progress journal. We can't give you all the answers on how to achieve your creative goals, as we haven't done it yet ourselves! We're still finding our feet, starting from the beginning and working our way up. Let us break down what kind of things we cover: - Creating YouTube videos: how we record our streams and create videos from them - editing in Premiere Pro, creating thumbnails, monitoring analytics, etc. - Streaming on Twitch: What kind of gear do you need to get started? How have we improved our streams over time? Monitoring growth through analytics, How to become a Twitch Affiliate and start making money and even better, how to become a Twitch Partner and make even more money! We're still working on that last one... - Building a social media presence across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: comparing results across each platform to see which ones can yield the best results as well as what impact paid advertising has through each one. - Art and design: Raven creates all of our art assets herself; all the logos, title cards, intros, outros, thumbnails, etc. so we often dive into how important this is and what tools are available to help. - Motivation and Encouragement: We often dig into motivational rants and encourage our listeners to pursue their passions in life and to not let anything hold them back. - We also dive into topics such as Photography, Audio Engineering, and general tech talk for platforms like OBS, Canva, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. Making this podcast keeps us on track and holds us to account: it pushes us to keep doing better and improving ourselves and our results, and our hope is that it will also help you in your own creative endeavours. We can show you what's working for us, and what absolutely does NOT work for us; so that you can spend your time and money on the things that will give you the most benefits. If you have any questions about our work or processes, any requests for topics to cover in future episodes, or any feedback at all (good or bad! It all helps!), please don't hesitate to reach out! Email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you. We'd love to hear from you! If you want to follow us on any other channels or socials, you'll find them all at the link below! https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven Thanks again! We'll catch you next time!

Episode 21! This is a big one for us! Over the last 18 months we've had this dream of cutting out the 9-5 grind in jobs that we have no passion for, and seeking a more fulfilling, creative life instead. We started to hold ourselves accountable to that goal just over a year ago when we started our podcast, journaling that journey. Now, Raven has quit her job and moved into a part time job that's in line with her beliefs and goals, and now I have also quit my job and have just one week left until I leave it for good. This is an absolutely massive moment for us, as it means we're able to take the next steps towards achieving our dreams, but what will that actually look like? What comes next? In this episode, we take a deep look at how we got to this point and what the future will hopefully look like. We'll be upping our game in so many ways, including how we develop the podcast. After all, now that we're achieving our initial goals, it makes sense that the podcast evolves with us! So, take a seat and enjoy. This is a good one!If you're new here; we're Raven and Faranir and we are on a quest to break free from the 9-5 grind and live a more fulfilling life. This podcast is basically our progress journal. We can't give you all the answers on how to achieve your creative goals, as we haven't done it yet ourselves! We're still finding our feet, starting from the beginning and working our way up. Let us break down what kind of things we cover:- Streaming on Twitch: What kind of gear do you need to get started? How have we improved our streams over time? Monitoring growth through analytics, How to become a Twitch Affiliate and start making money and even better, how to become a Twitch Partner and make even more money! We're still working on that last one...- Building a social media presence across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: comparing results across each platform to see which ones can yield the best results as well as what impact paid advertising has through each one.- Art and design: Raven creates all of our art assets herself; all the logos, title cards, intros, outros, thumbnails, etc. so we often dive into how important this is and what tools are available to help.- Motivation and Encouragement: We often dig into motivational rants and encourage our listeners to pursue their passions in life and to not let anything hold them back.- We also dive into topics such as Photography, Audio Engineering, and general tech talk for platforms like OBS, Canva, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.Making this podcast keeps us on track and holds us to account: it pushes us to keep doing better and improving ourselves and our results, and our hope is that it will also help you in your own creative endeavours. We can show you what's working for us, and what absolutely does NOT work for us; so that you can spend your time and money on the things that will give you the most benefits.If you have any questions about our work or processes, any requests for topics to cover in future episodes, or any feedback at all (good or bad! It all helps!), please don't hesitate to reach out! Email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you. We'd love to hear from you! If you want to follow us on any other channels or socials, you'll find them all at the link below!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven Thanks again! We'll catch you next time!#podcast #streamer #couple #selfimprovement #photographer #selfdevelopment #entrepreneur #craft #couplegoals #journal

Episode 20! ONE YEAR PODCASTAVERSARY! How has it already been a whole year since we started this?! We started this podcast with three main objectives in mind: to journal our creative quest, to keep ourselves accountable and to share all the helpful tips we learn along the way, and so far, it's worked out pretty damn well for us! Thankfully, by sheer coincidence, we arrive at this one year milestone with our biggest cause for celebration so far by smashing one of our major goals! So hit Play and find out what's happened! We also discuss:How amazing Disneyland Paris is How wonderful French baguettes are (Can you guess where we've just been?)How well the house is coming alongThe insane amount of hard work we have laid out over the next monthIf you're new here; we're Raven and Faranir and we are on a quest to break free from the 9-5 grind and live a more fulfilling life. This podcast is basically our progress journal. We can't give you all the answers on how to achieve your creative goals, as we haven't done it yet ourselves! We're still finding our feet, starting from the beginning and working our way up. Let us break down what kind of things we cover: - Creating YouTube videos: how we record our streams and create videos from them - editing in Premiere Pro, creating thumbnails, monitoring analytics, etc. - Streaming on Twitch: What kind of gear do you need to get started? How have we improved our streams over time? Monitoring growth through analytics, How to become a Twitch Affiliate and start making money and even better, how to become a Twitch Partner and make even more money! We're still working on that last one... - Building a social media presence across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: comparing results across each platform to see which ones can yield the best results as well as what impact paid advertising has through each one. - Art and design: Raven creates all of our art assets herself; all the logos, title cards, intros, outros, thumbnails, etc. so we often dive into how important this is and what tools are available to help. - Motivation and Encouragement: We often dig into motivational rants and encourage our listeners to pursue their passions in life and to not let anything hold them back. - We also dive into topics such as Photography, Audio Engineering, and general tech talk for platforms like OBS, Canva, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. Making this podcast keeps us on track and holds us to account: it pushes us to keep doing better and improving ourselves and our results, and our hope is that it will also help you in your own creative endeavours. We can show you what's working for us, and what absolutely does NOT work for us; so that you can spend your time and money on the things that will give you the most benefits. If you have any questions about our work or processes, any requests for topics to cover in future episodes, or any feedback at all (good or bad! It all helps!), please don't hesitate to reach out! Email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you. We'd love to hear from you! If you want to follow us on any other channels or socials, you'll find them all at the link below! https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven Thanks again! We'll catch you next time!

Episode 19! We're back from a little weekend away and straight back to work to make sure we're not too far behind schedule with this mid-week episode!! So make a cup of tea, sit down and dive in! What do we have in store for you this week?- We dive deeper into the YouTube advertising rabbit hole and come back with our best results so far! But what does this really mean for us moving forward? Does it make a difference?- We talk about the importance of having a system and sticking to it with every client, whether it's a friend, an acquaintance or a friend of a friend - don't get caught out by crushing miscommunications and a total change of plans like Faranir just experienced!- The importance of having a Plan B and being able to adapt in the face of that crushing defeat.So what are you waiting for? Press Play and dig in!If you're new here; we're Raven and Faranir and we are on a quest to break free from the 9-5 grind and live a more fulfilling life. This podcast is basically our progress journal. We can't give you all the answers on how to achieve your creative goals, as we haven't done it yet ourselves! We're still finding our feet, starting from the beginning and working our way up. Let us break down what kind of things we cover:- Creating YouTube videos: how we record our streams and create videos from them - editing in Premiere Pro, creating thumbnails, monitoring analytics, etc.- Streaming on Twitch: What kind of gear do you need to get started? How have we improved our streams over time? Monitoring growth through analytics, How to become a Twitch Affiliate and start making money and even better, how to become a Twitch Partner and make even more money! We're still working on that last one...- Building a social media presence across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: comparing results across each platform to see which ones can yield the best results as well as what impact paid advertising has through each one.- Art and design: Raven creates all of our art assets herself; all the logos, title cards, intros, outros, thumbnails, etc. so we often dive into how important this is and what tools are available to help.- Motivation and Encouragement: We often dig into motivational rants and encourage our listeners to pursue their passions in life and to not let anything hold them back. - We also dive into topics such as Photography, Audio Engineering, and general tech talk for platforms like OBS, Canva, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.Making this podcast keeps us on track and holds us to account: it pushes us to keep doing better and improving ourselves and our results, and our hope is that it will also help you in your own creative endeavours. We can show you what's working for us, and what absolutely does NOT work for us; so that you can spend your time and money on the things that will give you the most benefits.If you have any questions about our work or processes, any requests for topics to cover in future episodes, or any feedback at all (good or bad! It all helps!), please don't hesitate to reach out! Email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you. We'd love to hear from you! If you want to follow us on any other channels or socials, you'll find them all at the link below!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_ravenThanks again! We'll catch you next time!

Episode 18! We're on time, just as promised, after a turbulent couple of months! We've had a really busy couple of weeks but we made a special effort to make sure we stuck to our schedule so make a cup of tea, sit down and dive in! What do we have in store for you this week?- Our Super Mario Bros. Wonder series is FINALLY complete! After all that work, what do we have to show for it? Was it worth it? Would we do it again? What would we do differently? We answer all this questions in this project review!- We ran another YouTube advertising test and saw some pretty spectacular results that could make a huge difference moving forward!- Raven makes the most of her extra free time now that she's moved to a part-time job by taking up a new hobby that could prove to be quite lucrative!- The house renovation is coming along smoothly and the future is looking bright!So what are you waiting for? Press Play and dig in!If you're new here; we're Raven and Faranir and we are on a quest to break free from the 9-5 grind and live a more fulfilling life. This podcast is basically our progress journal. We can't give you all the answers on how to achieve your creative goals, as we haven't done it yet ourselves! We're still finding our feet, starting from the beginning and working our way up. Let us break down what kind of things we cover: - Creating YouTube videos: how we record our streams and create videos from them - editing in Premiere Pro, creating thumbnails, monitoring analytics, etc. - Streaming on Twitch: What kind of gear do you need to get started? How have we improved our streams over time? Monitoring growth through analytics, How to become a Twitch Affiliate and start making money and even better, how to become a Twitch Partner and make even more money! We're still working on that last one... - Building a social media presence across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: comparing results across each platform to see which ones can yield the best results as well as what impact paid advertising has through each one. - Art and design: Raven creates all of our art assets herself; all the logos, title cards, intros, outros, thumbnails, etc. so we often dive into how important this is and what tools are available to help. - Motivation and Encouragement: We often dig into motivational rants and encourage our listeners to pursue their passions in life and to not let anything hold them back. - We also dive into topics such as Photography, Audio Engineering, and general tech talk for platforms like OBS, Canva, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. Making this podcast keeps us on track and holds us to account: it pushes us to keep doing better and improving ourselves and our results, and our hope is that it will also help you in your own creative endeavours. We can show you what's working for us, and what absolutely does NOT work for us; so that you can spend your time and money on the things that will give you the most benefits. If you have any questions about our work or processes, any requests for topics to cover in future episodes, or any feedback at all (good or bad! It all helps!), please don't hesitate to reach out! Email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you. We'd love to hear from you! If you want to follow us on any other channels or socials, you'll find them all at the link below!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven Thanks again! We'll catch you next time!

We're sorry, guys. Things got on top of us again and caused ANOTHER big gap between episodes! We'll run you through exactly what came up in this week's episode and it's (mostly) for good reasons! What else have we got in store for you in this comeback episode? We bring you some fantastic, wonderful news that represents the biggest milestone in our long-term goals so far! We talk through the house renovation and how it's snowballed into much more work than we'd ever expected. We FINALLY catch up on some of our Twitch maintenance work. Now that our Super Mario Bros. Wonder series is coming to an end - with only a couple of episodes left to go - Faranir runs through some of the project's biggest takeaways! We look ahead to the next few months, that are now looking brighter than ever. If you're new here; we're Raven and Faranir and we are on a quest to break free from the 9-5 grind and live a more fulfilling life. This podcast is basically our progress journal. We can't give you all the answers on how to achieve your creative goals, as we haven't done it yet ourselves! We're still finding our feet, starting from the beginning and working our way up. Let us break down what kind of things we cover: Creating YouTube videos: how we record our streams and create videos from them - editing in Premiere Pro, creating thumbnails, monitoring analytics, etc. Streaming on Twitch: What kind of gear do you need to get started? How have we improved our streams over time? Monitoring growth through analytics, How to become a Twitch Affiliate and start making money and even better, how to become a Twitch Partner and make even more money! We're still working on that last one... Building a social media presence across Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: comparing results across each platform to see which ones can yield the best results as well as what impact paid advertising has through each one. Art and design: Raven creates all of our art assets herself; all the logos, title cards, intros, outros, thumbnails, etc. so we often dive into how important this is and what tools are available to help. Motivation and Encouragement: We often dig into motivational rants and encourage our listeners to pursue their passions in life and to not let anything hold them back. We also dive into topics such as Photography, Audio Engineering, and general tech talk for platforms like OBS, Canva, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. Making this podcast keeps us on track and holds us to account: it pushes us to keep doing better and improving ourselves and our results, and our hope is that it will also help you in your own creative endeavours. We can show you what's working for us, and what absolutely does NOT work for us; so that you can spend your time and money on the things that will give you the most benefits. If you have any questions about our work or processes, any requests for topics to cover in future episodes, or any feedback at all (good or bad! It all helps!), please don't hesitate to reach out! Email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you. We'd love to hear from you! If you want to follow us on any other channels or socials, you'll find them all at the link below! https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven Thanks again! We'll catch you next time!

We're back! We warned you at the end of Episode 15 that our schedule was about to get particularly hectic, and it ended up even worse than expected. It was practically impossible for us to record the podcast through June, so we ended up not releasing a single episode for the entire month...and yet June was our most successful month ever! So we'd like to thank you all for taking the time to join us and get caught up on the journey so far!If you're new here; we're Raven and Faranir and we are on a quest to break free from the 9-5 grind and live a more fulfilling life. This podcast is basically our progress journal. We can't give you all the answers on how to achieve your creative goals, as we haven't done it yet ourselves! We're still finding our feet, starting from the beginning and working our way up. Let us break down what kind of things we cover:Creating YouTube videos: how we record our streams and create videos from them - editing in Premiere Pro, creating thumbnails, monitoring analytics, etc.Streaming on Twitch: What kind of gear do you need to get started? How have we improved our streams over time? Monitoring growth through analytics, How to become a Twitch Affiliate and start making money and even better, how to become a Twitch Partner and make even more money! We're still working on that last one...Building a social media presence across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok: comparing results across each platform to see which ones can yield the best results as well as what impact paid advertising has through each one.Art and design: Raven creates all of our art assets herself; all the logos, title cards, intros, outros, thumbnails, etc. so we often dive into how important this is and what tools are available to help.Motivation and Encouragement: We often dig into motivational rants and encourage our listeners to pursue their passions in life and to not let anything hold them back.We also dive into topics such as Photography, Audio Engineering, and general tech talk for platforms like OBS, Canva, Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.Making this podcast keeps us on track and holds us to account: it pushes us to keep doing better and improving ourselves and our results, and our hope is that it will also help you in your own creative endeavours. We can show you what's working for us, and what absolutely does NOT work for us; so that you can spend your time and money on the things that will give you the most benefits.Now that we're back, what's on the agenda this week? It's an unusual one as we haven't had much time for the work that we usually discuss, so let's jump into this month's curveballs. We dive into Raven's mystery second job that suddenly demanded so much more time than usual and caused the schedule chaos.We revisit how important it is to find surprising uses for your creative skills, and how you could end up doing something totally outside the box,We follow up with some BIG personal news that will change everything for us over the next 6 months. We've hit a massive milestone!We run through some changes to Faranir's photography site and systems.If you have any questions about our work or processes, any requests for topics to cover in future episodes, or any feedback at all (good or bad! It all helps!), please don't hesitate to reach out! Email us at [email protected] and we'll get back to you. We'd love to hear from you!Don't forget to follow or subscribe across our Socials!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_ravenSee you next time!

Here we are with our slightly delayed Episode 15! We had a slight delay due to spending the weekend at MCM Comic-Con in London so we weren't able to record on Sunday as we normally would! We had an absolute blast but it's great to be back home and have a little catch up with you guys! On this week's episode:Celebrate a major milestone, as we received a Creator Pass for Comic-Con! So, I guess that makes us official creators, right?!We discuss Raven's cosplay prep for Comic-Con; how she built the wig and ears and how she recorded the whole process so there'll be a video tutorial on that on the horizon!We talk about about photography: diving into Pixieset - a photography service provider that I use to build and host my website, blog, client galleries, shop and studio management facilities. Getting all this back in order for a bit of a 2024 relaunch after months of silence and just how daunting that can be after taking a break! We also look at what's coming next with a lot of upheaval on the way. Raven has some major work commitments over the next six weeks that will have to be her main priority, so we'll be running a reduced streaming schedule but fear not, Creative Quest will still be with you every two weeks! We'll also (hopefully) FINALLY be getting the keys to our new house, which will bring a whole lot of extra work with it as well!We've got a very busy time ahead, but we're more committed than ever to our creative endeavours so we'll be pouring our all into keeping all these plates spinning through our busiest summer ever! Thanks once again to each and every one of you that tunes in each week for more updates! May has so far been our second-most successful episode ever despite us only so far releasing one episode in May! So that's fantastic! If enough of you jump on this one before June, May may just break our records!If you have any questions at all, or have any feedback for us, feel free to reach out at [email protected] and we'll get back to you!If you want to follow us on any other channels or socials, you'll find them all at the link below!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_ravenThanks again! We'll catch you next time!

Another Sunday, another episode! How are you all doing out there? Are you making progress in your own Creative Quests or are you running into roadblocks? We'd love to hear from you! Leave a comment below or email us as [email protected]. This week we run through our latest analytics with (mostly) positive results! We have a busy time ahead preparing for Comic-con at the end of May, so most of Raven's time is being spent on con prep at the moment but we're still keeping things moving along! We also discuss: - The importance of coming up with a workflow for maximum efficiency and actually sticking to it: I FORGOT to stick to mine and it caused chaos and took several hours to fix and almost made me miss a deadline! - Finally getting back out to take some new photos to prepare for some shoots next month Thank you so much to all of our listeners, whether you join us for every episode or you're just tuning in for the first time! We really appreciate you spending your time by following our journey! If you want to follow us on any other platforms such as YouTube, TikTok or Instagram, you can find all our channels at the link below! https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven As always, if you have any feedback or questions for us, don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] or leave comments on our YouTube channel!

Hello and welcome! We've had a fantastic couple of weeks that turned out to be surprisingly productive and wonderful! This week's episode is a bit longer than usual, as we take some time to reintroduce ourselves and our intentions to any new listeners that have joined us along the way! We then move on to discuss creativity and the many ways you can potentially use yours if you just think outside the box! We're always told, "That isn't a real job" when discussing our love for art, but the truth is, that it can absolutely be a real job. So many aspects of our daily life simply wouldn't exist without art and creativity, so we take some time to discuss that! We also discuss:Twitch resizing tools - a great time-saving efficiency toolThe launch of Masterpiece Mondays and some great first results!Suffering a terrible video launch, but turning it from a worst-performer to a best-performer with a simple six second editEnjoying the sun and finally getting behind the camera again!Fulfilling a life-long dream Thank you so much to all of our listeners, whether you join us for every episode or you're just tuning in for the first time! We really appreciate you spending your time by following our journey! If you want to follow us on any other platforms such as YouTube, TikTok or Instagram, you can find all our channels at the link below!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_ravenAs always, if you have any feedback or questions for us, don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] or leave comments on our YouTube channel!

Hello and welcome! How are you all doing out there? As promised in our last episode, we've dived head-first into paid video advertising! We ran a little experiment across YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, to see how far your money goes on each platform, how difficult they are to use, and most importantly, we find out whether or not it's worth the money!I had a great time running this little experiment, and in this episode, we go through the entire process from start to finish and give you everything you need to know to figure out if it's worth it. So, if you're banging your head against the brick wall that is the algorithm, and you're wondering if it's worth paying to get through that wall, this is absolutely the episode for you! We enjoyed watching our views skyrocket for a week, but was it worth the cost? Was there a clear winner that makes your money go further? Let's find out!As always, if you have any questions at all or you have any feedback to help us improve our show, please don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] and let us know! If you want to support us, please don't forget to follow our other socials at the link below! YouTube subscriptions are especially appreciated at the moment!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven

Hello and welcome! We're rolling into Episode 11 with a fresh new look for our intro and outro! We're in good spirits this week, with another rounds of successes and failures for you to think about, so let's take a quick look at what we cover in this episode:February was our Podcast's most successful month so far, but March's figures more than DOUBLED February's! So a huge thanks to all our long-time listeners, as well as all our newcomers!Our video Shorts analysis continues, with another worst-week-ever followed by our all-time best week!We started work on recording our first video tutorial, and after two complete failures, the third time worked perfectly. Failure sucks, but it's also good to remember that failing is the best way to learn, so we talk a bit about that this week.We have started recording and editing for our second Let's Play seriesWe look ahead as we plan our first paid advertising campaigns across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to see what kind of gains can be achieved and which platform gives you the best bang for your buck, with results coming in the next episode!We really enjoyed recording this week's episode; it gives us a chance to reflect on our successes and put things into perspective! As always. if you have any questions or feedback, please let us know at [email protected], we've love to hear from you and any feedback you give will be used to make the show even better. What do you want to hear more about? What do you want to hear less about? Do you have any topics we should tackle? Let us know! Also if you could just do us a small favour and Subscribe to our YouTube channel, that'd be fantastic! We're really trying to grow it at the moment, so every new Subscriber, every Like and every new comment really makes the world of difference by improving our odds with the algorithm gods!Don't forget you can also find us over on Twitch and join us while we stream! https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_ravenIf you want to be an absolute gem and follow and support us on other platforms too, just click our Beacons link below and that'll take you wherever you want to go! Twitch, TikTok, Twitter, you name it! https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven

Hello and welcome! Can you believe we're at Episode 10 already? We can't! This episode is a bit delayed due to a slight round of sickness and burnout preventing us from presenting on our last recording date, but we're back in action now with plenty to talk about! We're keeping things positive this week, despite us being the most drained and exhausted we've ever been! So, let's take a quick look at what we're tackling this week:The importance of taking care of yourself by knowing when to take a step back and rest upThe importance of celebrating your successes, no matter how smallStaying positive and persisting with your work, even when you're not getting the results you were hoping forHow to approach your short-form content for YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, and what to think of your resultsHow Helldivers 2 is a surprise smash hit and you should absolutely play it!We really enjoyed recording this week's episode and we feel it has a very real and powerful sentiment that a lot of people will resonate with, so let us know what you think! As always. if you have any questions or feedback, please let us know at [email protected], we've love to hear from you and any feedback you give will be used to make the show even better. What do you want to hear more about? What do you want to hear less about? Do you have any topics we should tackle? Let us know! Also if you could just do us a small favour and Subscribe to our YouTube channel, that'd be fantastic! We're really trying to grow it at the moment, so every new Subscriber, every Like and every new comment really makes the world of difference by improving our odds with the algorithm gods!https://www.youtube.com/@green_fae_ravenDon't forget you can also find us over on Twitch and join us while we stream!https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_raven

Hey! Thanks for joining us once again as we take you through our 9th Episode! We've just had a whirlwind trip to London for the Nier Orchestral Concert on Valentine's Day so we're in good spirits this week! Sit down and relax as we discuss things like: - A cute idea we've had to build some community engagement and appreciation - A bit behind how we created some awesome thumbnails for our new Super Mario Bros. Wonder series on Youtube! - We've finally launched our SMB Wonder series, so this is our first Let's Play series, as well as our first serious push into short marketing content! We dive deep into how well our first three trailer/highlight reels performed across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts: they have the same text and descriptions across all three channels, so which one does the best job at getting our content in front of viewers? Let's find out! - What have we learned from checking out our analytics so far? What could we do differently? What is the best approach for rapid-fire short-form content?- Now that we're diving deeper into YouTube, we take a look at what's required to start making money on the platform; what are the requirements to hit Partner status and how hard is it?! This week's episode is a really good one, full of insight, especially helpful for anyone that's interested in launching content across YouTube and other platforms for marketing purposes, but we also have a lovely chat about all the fun we had in London! If you have any questions or want us to talk about anything in particular, please feel free to email us at [email protected] and we'll tackle some of your messages in the next episode! If you want to be an absolute gem and follow and support us on other platforms too, just click our Beacons link below and that'll take you wherever you want to go! YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Twitter, you name it! Subscribing on YouTube would be particularly appreciated at the moment, and you'll get to see plenty more of us there with all the content we have in the pipeline, so if you're enjoying the podcast, you'll enjoy yourself there too!https://beacons.ai/green_fae_raven

Hey! Thanks for joining us once again as we roll on with our - slightly delayed - 8th Episode! We missed our last scheduled episode due to Raven feeling a bit too poorly to record two weeks ago, and we decided to wait until this weekend to record so that our release cadence stays the same and doesn't skew our entire planned calendar for the year! So with that out of the way, what are we talking about this week?The importance of just getting started on your creative quest, regardless of your current gear/supplies/readiness.The importance of consistent branding.Our progress on the social media front, with our biggest TikTok hit so far!More of our mistakes and how we've overcome them: such as correctly crediting your Spotify playlists to prevent takedown strikes, and having audio sync offsets in place so that your stream audio is in sync.Our progress on the YouTube push; we finally have our first six episodes of longform content ready to go with our Super Mario Bros. Wonder series launching tomorrow! Monday 05/02/24! From now on we'll have a new episode up every Monday, so please join us on YouTube to see what we've been up to, ESPECIALLY if you haven't caught our streams on Twitch!We really have a deep dive into a lot of issues this week and really get excited about what's in the pipeline! So we hope you have a great time listening! Most importantly, we pose you a question this week, "What creative work would you like to move forward with and what has stopped you from doing it already?" We'd really love to hear from you and dive in to this topic on the next episode, so if there's a particular creative interest you've always wanted to move on with but haven't, what's stopping you?! Send your answers to [email protected] and we'll tackle some of your messages in the next episode!You can join us at YouTube at the link below:https://www.youtube.com/@green_fae_ravenAnd you can join us at Twitch below as well!:https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_raven

Happy new year!I can't believe it's 2024 already! We're starting the new year with a bang, with our longest episode in a long time, maybe ever! So get a drink, get comfy and dig in. This week we run through:The fun we had over Christmas and New Year despite someone feeling a bit poorly!What is Streamlabs? And what are we using it for?What are subscriber badges and why did we get some?We bought a lovely new item to make Raven's craft streams more professional and engaging.We played a little game called Bish Bash Bots and we're OBSESSED so we found a reason to tell you all about it!Seeing as it's a new year, we set some goals for ourselves!We have some BIG news that we're really excited to share so....I hate to say it but....Hang around to the end to find out!Most importantly, we've FINALLY made a new email address to share with you guys, so from now on we want to open a two-way communication with you guys! If you have any questions, comments, or topics you want us to address, PLEASE email us at [email protected] and we'll be including any relevant messages in future episodes!We hope your year is getting off to as strong a start as ours is so far! We can't wait to hear from you and take this to the next level!Follow our other socials at the link below:https://beacons.ai/green_fae_ravenR&F

How has it already been three months?! That's right, this marks out 3 Month Milestone, so we're recapping our experience so far and discussing our progress since the beginning of our Creative Quest! We'll be looking at: - The importance of laying down a stable foundation before pushing further. - Where our social media stats are sitting right now, before actively making efforts to grow them so that we have a benchmark to compare against as we aim for growth in 2024. - What we've learned so far by taking on Twitch streaming, Podcasting and Content Creation. - How we feel about our progress and has it been worth it so far? This is the last episode of the year so now we're with you all in taking some much-needed downtime to recharge our creative batteries. We'll be back in 2024 with plans to kick off Phase 2 of our Journey! Thank you so much to everyone that has taken the time to watch or listen to our show over the last three months; it really means the world to us that you would spend your time with us the way you have. We'll still be streaming a few times over the Festive Period so if you want to hang out with us, we'll see you over on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_raven Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! See you in 2024!

Thanks for joining us for Episode 5! We're still having a great time on this Quest of ours and we hope you're having a good time too! If you're new to our podcast; we're using this series as a creative journal of sorts; a diary that we're filling with all of our successes, failures and insights as we dive deeper into the world of content creation. We're trying to get out of the 9-5 grind and instead focus on our creative passions to see if we can reach a point where we can pursue work we actively care about instead of just grinding away at the day job and leaving little time left for the things that matter to us. If you find yourself in a similar position, then you should really join us fore the ride! You'll learn all about what has worked for us, what has NOT worked for us, what sorts of gear and tools to invest in, how best to use your time, where to focus your efforts and so much more. We're only five episodes in but it's going great so far!It's starting to get a bit cold, isn't it? Make yourself a nice cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate and sit down with our latest episode. On this week's episode we talk a little about our recent holiday before diving into topics such as:The pains of being your own artist as well as your writer, editor, audio engineer and producer, by discussing how long it took us to learn how to make custom emotes and alerts for our Twitch streamsMaking time to plan how you're going to use your time; we finally started planning ahead!The importance of taking a good break and avoiding burnout.We recently invested on a new camera just to show off Joey, our Best Boy on streams, and he makes his first appearance in this week's Podcast episode as well so if you're just listening through audio, you should really check us out on YouTube too! Aside from just being a cute cat-cam though, we discuss the importance of planning ahead with your purchases and investments to get the best value for money.If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask us in the comments. We'd love to hear from you!If you want to hang out with us live on stream, just click the link below and we'll see you soon! https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_raven And if you want to donate towards our fundraiser, just scan the QR code on the video or click the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/raven-snoww-cat-rescue-mission See you next time, when we'll be wrapping up for the year with a look back on our progress so far as it'll be not only the last episode of 2023, but also our three month milestone!

Hello and thanks for joining us! WHERE DID THE LAST TWO WEEKS GO? The time has flown by so fast and it's left our heads spinning! We have a shorter episode in store for you this week as we're leaving last week's technical deep dive behind in favour of a more easy listening flavour! In this week's episode we'll be discussing:The need to work on our business and develop our social media channels to grow our audience and how this will require us upping our short-form content skills! We also have a chat about making the most of the time available and trying to maximise it, which isn't always easy between all the tasks we have to juggle! We've started our charity fundraiser for the holiday season! This is something we're both REALLY excited about as we really wanted to do something special for our first Christmas as streamers and content creators! We're raising money for Sue's Cat Rescue; a cat shelter that takes in all kinds of sick, injured and abandoned cats and gives them the best shot at a happy life, and we're hoping to help by raising some money for them! If you've ever enjoyed our streams, posts or podcasts, please show us some love by donating to our campaign at the link below! https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/raven-snoww-cat-rescue-mission We'll be doing a series a fundraising streams throughout December so please come and join us over on Twitch at the link below and we'll see you there! https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_raven

Hello and thanks for joining us! We're back after missing an episode as we went on a little adventure to London for the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival convention and had the BEST time! After that we also had a friend staying with us for a while so we were out of action for a couple of weeks, but now we're back to business! In this episode we discuss:Just how fantastic the FFXIV Fanfest was and how important it is to take a break sometimes!How we managed to hit our first major milestone of reaching Twitch Affiliate status and what we need to look at next!The importance of not putting all your eggs in one basket, as our biggest growth driver is now GONE FOREVER.As promised in the previous episode, Faranir gives a list of Top Technical Tips to get started in streaming! These tips were learnt from our mistakes, so listen closely and make sure you don't make the same mistakes we did!We really enjoyed recording this episode as it gave us a good chance to look back on some fantastic times and appreciate the progress we've already made so far since we started, and that's what we want this show to be all about! If our ramblings have helped or inspired you in any way, or if you have any questions on the topics we've covered so far, please feel free to leave a comment or ask any questions on our YouTube page! We'll be making a dedicated email address for the podcast real soon so we'll have that ready in time for episode 4, for those who aren't viewing on YouTube!Thanks again for sharing your time with us! We really hope you enjoyed the show and we hope to catch you next time.Follow us on Twitch and join us on streams at the link below! https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_raven

Thanks for joining us! In Episode 2 we'll be discussing the things we've learned since our introductory episode! This includes:Our views on time management: how we maximise our time to be as productive as we can without exhausting ourselves while working full-time jobs.How the things we're doing at the moment are outside of our comfort zones and how this affects out confidence levels.What it means to reach Affiliate status on Twitch and how hard it is to achieve.What our initial streaming setup looks like with a quick run-through of what gear we're using.What has made us the happiest over the last two weeks!Thanks so much for taking the time to join us on our quest. We're already making progress and gaining insight from it so we hope you find it helpful to follow along! If you want to check out our streams on Twitch, just click the link below and say hi when we're live!https://www.twitch.tv/green_fae_ravenLinks for the gear mentioned in the episode will be shared below. (These are not affiliate links)Logitech Brio 4K Camera:https://tinyurl.com/3p4ps6khShure SM58 Microphone:https://tinyurl.com/4dch6kapAKG C1000S Microphone:https://tinyurl.com/mu7hpndkSontronics Podcast Pro Microphone:https://tinyurl.com/2s3fwkzrElgato Stream Deck:https://tinyurl.com/mr4e25uvRodecaster Pro Duo:https://tinyurl.com/y4duhftxHDMI Matrix 2 In 4 Out:https://tinyurl.com/m9sny7awThanks again! See you next time!Raven & Faranir

Hello and thank you for joining us! We're Raven and Faranir, and we're embarking on a quest to leave the 9-5 grind behind and instead, pursue a life of fulfilment in creative work that we actually enjoy! This is ground zero, our starting point. Unlike other podcasts, we're not going to tell you how we made millions and which magic tricks will change your life, because we simply haven't done it yet. We're starting from the beginning and using this podcast to document our journey, so you get to come along with us in real-time to see what worked, what didn't work, what we could've done better as we try to make a living across the realms of Twitch, YouTube, Podcasting, Graphic Design, Audio Engineering and Photography. How much can people really make from these avenues? Is it really possible to turn your hobbies and passions into a comfortable, fulfilling living and leave the day job behind? Let's find out! This is day one. Join us on the Quest and see how far we can take this!