In this episode of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur, Jim James speaks with Brenden Kumarasamy, the host of "MasterTalk", a YouTube channel with over 30,000 subscribers. Brenden is a communication expert and trainer who helps people improve and compete. He shares his tips on how entrepreneurs and business owners can get noticed by improving their communication skills. Brenden emphasizes the importance of simplicity, practicality, and generosity as the fundamental brand pillars of MasterTalk.
He recommends a random word exercise that can improve decision-making and help make sense of any message. Brenden also discusses how to move from one to a hundred, which he calls communication agility, and how to navigate specific contexts in communication. Brenden emphasises the importance of being open and generous in communication and believes that it is essential to serve the world in this way. He believes that everyone can master communication by focusing on the three easiest balls to juggle: body language, facial expressions, and storytelling.
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Welcome to this episode of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur. Today, we're going to Montreal in Canada. We're gonna talk to Brenden Kumarasamy, the host of a very successful YouTube channel called "MasterTalk", over 30,000 subscribers. But he's really a "Communications Expert and Trainer." so he's gonna tell us some of the tools and tips that we can use as unnoticed Entrepreneurs to communicate better.
Brenden Kumarasamy:Absolutely, Jim. Here, let me paint the picture right. I'm a 22 year old kid. I presented my whole life in a second language, because in Montreal you need to know how to speak French to be successful, and I didn't know it. So, because of that, I struggled most of my life in communication. And you would think that a Communication Expert studied in comms. I got a bachelor's degree in accounting. So, the reason I paint that picture, Jim, is because I was as lost as an next person. Anyone listening to this can do what I'm about to explain. So, how I built the channel? Was I followed a three-step process that I can articulate pretty well now, but at the time I wasn't really doing that, which is called "QIT." If you're trying to build expertise and share knowledge like me or you, this works really well. Q is just 'question.' So I don't have any clients. I've coached 60 of these students, and I sit down with the people that I actually want to watch my videos because I wasn't thinking about creating this for millions of people. I just wanted my case competition pro that very niche group of people to watch my content every year because I didn't have time to coach them anymore. That was the main reason I started "MasterTalk". And then it evolved into kind of what it is today. So, I just asked them, I said, "Hey guys," like really informally, "What's up dudes? Can you just give me questions." Like, "What questions do you have on communication? I wanna start this YouTube channel, but I don't know what to talk about." And I just sat there and I listened to all their ideas and I took notes. That's Q. So, one person would say, "Hey Brenden, how do you present in a second language?" I go, "Oh, that's brilliant. No one made a video on that." Then somebody said, "Hey Brenden, can you do a speaker breakdown of like Brene Brown or Gary V, and give your point of view?" And I'm thinking, "Why didn't I think of this? This is so smart." And then somebody else said, "Hey, why don't you give me like some exercise that can do every day. Communication's so vague. I don't understand any of the other videos." So, I start writing all that. That's Q. I stands for "insights. While I was working my corporate job, my prior life I was a Technology Consultant at IBM. And what I would do is in the middle of the day, Jim, I would pick 45 minutes after lunch while I was working and I would only answer one of the questions and write a 700 word blog to a thousand word blog, on what the perfect answer to that question would be, at the time that I was. And then, the last piece is just T, which is I would title the video based on the initial question. So the title in on YouTube becomes "How to Present in a Second Language." So, anyone with that question would see that video as the solution to their problems. what you need to ask yourself, Jim, and everyone else listening, is what do you want your personal brand to look like in a decade Most people are just not willing to go to the quantity to figure out the quality. That's one. Another big mistake I see with personal brands as well, is they don't talk to their audience enough. Now this is just a trailer for a full 20 minute show. The show will be dropping into your feed in the next day or so. So do look out for it and do enjoy it, share it, and review it. Thanks for listening to this trailer of The UnNoticed Entrepreneur.