The Paulymath Show is coming.  I was originally just going to do the first episode of the show before saying anything on the Blog, but preparations are taking longer than I expected so I figured I’d write a post to let you guys know what’s going on as it’s been way too quiet on my Blog lately.

When I combined my single-topic Blog into this one multi-topic Blog last month, one of the reasons for doing that was because I wanted to start pumping up more valuable content for you guys.  Instead of writing content for several Blogs I wanted to combine my efforts and just create content for Paulymath.com.

Instead of the amount of posts that I write going up, however, the number of posts I write has actually gone down.  The reason for this is not because I don’t want to write content or because I have nothing to write about, but because I want to add a new dimension and medium to this Blog.

After reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s book Crush It ( review here ) I was inspired by the way that he uses video blogging to communicate with his audience.  I’ve always had mixed feelings about using online video for blogging as I love reading and writing, so it’s really easy for me to communicate using those mediums.  Reading Gary’s book got my attention though.  I started to research online video and I think now is the time for me to jump all over it.

So, for the last few weeks I’ve been making plans and getting things ready to start pumping out video content.

Learning the Skills

Around the same time I was reading Crush It!, Andy Jenkins released his video program called “The Video Boss”.  It’s an awesome video course that I’m taking which covers every aspect of making professional looking web video’s from scripting to shooting to lighting to editing etc.  The program came out at the perfect time so I jumped all over it.  It’s sold out now, but I got in before the deadline and I’m learning a lot about making videos.

There is so much video content in the program that it’s probably going to take me months just to go through it all, but I wanted to get started on making videos as I’m learning because that’s one of the best ways I learn anyways, so that’s why I’m thinking about starting my own Paulymath video show.

The Paulymath Show Idea

My idea for the show is to create an online video Blog show called “The Paulymath Show” where I can cover all kinds of topics from personal development, to fitness, to spirituality, to affiliate marketing, to Blogging etc. The show will most likely be 20-60mins long and I’m planning on doing an episode at least once a week.

I want the show to really embrace the Scanner/Polymath personality and explore all the different topics I’m passionate about, instead of just making it a show about one specific, specialized topic.

I’m still planning to produce a lot of written content on the Blog as well, but I do want to make video content a much larger part of this Blog.

Where I’m At

Right now I’m almost ready to start shooting the first episode.  One of the biggest things I had to do was to completely re-design the setup of my room.  The way I had my room setup for the last three years was not conducive to shooting videos.  There was no room to setup a tripod and camera, and I didn’t have any empty wall space to hang a white board. As part of the show I wanted to have the ability to shoot sitting down at my desk, and/or standing up against a background or up against a whiteboard if I wanted to demonstrate something.

I’m about 80% done setting all that up.  My room has been re-designed, I’ve moved a bunch of furniture around, last night I hung up my 6′x4′ giant whiteboard, and I’m almost ready to start shooting.  I still have a bunch of cleaning to do as I made a big mess when I had to move my book shelves around, but I’m almost done.

The other reason I wanted to get all this setup was because I want to shoot a whole bunch of video content for my upcoming Blogging course that I’m working on as well.

I’d Love Your Input

As I get everything on my end setup for making videos, I’d love to hear your feedback on what kind of content you’d like to see on the show.  I’ve brainstormed a lot of ideas already, but I would love to also hear your ideas too.

Here are some specific questions I have:

Which of these topics would you like to see me cover:

• Personal Development
• Health & Fitness
• Making Money Online
• Psychic Development
• Energy Healing
• Entrepreneurship
• Affiliate Marketing
• Blogging
• Interviews?
• Others?

I have hundreds of books and products in my library related to the topics above.  Most of these are slightly older gems that I have picked up in the last 10-15 years.  I also get books regularly sent to me for review as well.  Would you be interested in seeing book/product reviews on the show?

Is there any specific topic that you’ve seen me write about or mention in the past that you’d love for me to explore on the show in the future?

Are you part of a company that could be interested in sponsoring certain parts of the show, or providing content/products for review on the show?

What other ideas could you suggest?