What's Inside the DiDio Media Academy | Every Track, Worksheet and Template

Before the list

Most churches spend more than this on one camera, and still nobody finds them.

The first camera further down this page costs about a thousand dollars on its own. Plenty of churches have bought one, filmed a year of Sundays with it, and watched the view count sit at eleven. The gear was never the part that was missing.

The other way to price this is against the year you would otherwise repeat. Another twelve months of uploads nobody searches for. Another volunteer who leaves because there is no system to hand them. Another Sunday that goes out grainy and quiet and gets four minutes of watch time.

The curriculum

Nobody on your team has to guess what to do next.

12 tracks in the order we would actually teach them, foundations through the capstone. You start at the top, and from then on the next thing to do is simply the next thing on the list.

01 FoundationsThe 'why' that fuels everything - short, punchy, and vision-setting.
02 Filming, Streaming & On-CameraFrom 'I only have a phone' to a clean, live-capable setup, plus how to carry yourself on camera.
03 Titles & ThumbnailsThe click. The highest-impact, fastest-win track.
04 SEO, Search & RankingGetting found. YouTube is a search engine - your job is to be the answer.
05 Video EditingEdit for retention, both long-form and vertical.
06 Content Strategy & The FunnelTurn views into a journey: consistency, strategy, and the ministry funnel.
07 AnalyticsRead the data to serve people better.
08 Community & Online MembersTurn viewers into members and a real online community.
09 Time, Resources & SystemsDo it all in 30 minutes a day with simple systems.
10 MonetizationFund the mission: donations, products, affiliate, and more.
11 Building a Media TeamRecruit, organize, and keep a healthy media team.
12 The Priority Ladder (Capstone)Put it all in order: what to do first, next, and later.

The video library

When it breaks on a Sunday, somebody has already been through it on camera.

14 training sessions and recorded live calls, watchable the minute you sign in. The library grows every week and everything added is included at no extra cost.

Downloads

Hand a volunteer a checklist instead of an explanation.

32 files, mostly the paperwork we hand our own team. Print it, fill it in, and give it to somebody in their first week so they can run the thing without you standing behind them.

Book Occupy the Algorithm (the book) PDF Channel Launch Checklist LUT DiDio Media LUT Pack Template Content Calendar Template Windows App YellFlow: talk-to-type for Windows Foundations Vision One-Pager Foundations AI Brief Template Filming Church Starter Kit Checklist Filming Go-Live Checklist Filming Three-Point Lighting Card Packaging 6 Thumbnail Laws Packaging Title Swipe File Packaging Viewer Journey Checklist SEO Keyword Research Worksheet SEO Description & Tags Template Editing Retention Checklist Editing Tools to Start Guide Strategy Ministry Funnel Map Strategy Single Video Strategy Planner Analytics Core Metrics Worksheet Analytics Retention Graph Read-Along Community Live Chat Playbook Community Follow-Up Scripts Systems 30-Minutes-a-Day Guide Systems Batch-Your-Week Planner Monetization Revenue Map Monetization CCLI Quick Reference Team 12 Roles Org Chart Team Sunday Run-of-Show Team Volunteer Agreement Team Bench Rotation Sheet Capstone Priority Ladder Worksheet

The prompt vault

You stop staring at an empty title box on a Tuesday night.

8 prompts written for church media, not generic marketing prompts with the word "ministry" pasted into them. Each one is a full brief you paste and fill. This is a real one, in full:

You are a YouTube title strategist for [your niche, e.g. "Christian content creators"].
My video is about: [what the video actually covers].
My target viewer is: [who, e.g. "new creators who feel called to make videos but don't know where to start"].
The main thing people would search to find this is: [primary keyword/phrase].

Give me 12 title options that:
- Naturally include the keyword (or a close variation) so it's searchable
- Open a curiosity gap or promise a clear benefit so it gets clicked
- Stay 60 characters or fewer where possible
- Never promise something the video does...

Title Brainstorm (SEO + Click-Worthy)
Thumbnail Concept Generator
The First 30 Seconds (Hook Writer)
Video Outline / Script Skeleton
Description + Tags (SEO)
30 Ideas From One Pillar
Turn One Video Into a Week of Shorts
Find the Redemptive Angle

The swipe file

Your next title is already written. You just fill in the blank.

15 patterns from the swipe file behind the videos that carried the channel. Two of them are below so you can see the shape of it.

Is the {Prophetic News Event} a Prophetic Sign?
They Lied to You About {Doctrine or Event}

13 more are waiting inside.

And the book

Occupy the Algorithm, all 83 pages.

Twelve chapters on getting found, growing, and reaching people who will never walk through your doors first. Yours to download the moment you are in.

The gear list

Know what to buy before you spend a dollar on it.

19 podcast and video tech recommendations, camera through lighting, with what each one is actually for and roughly what it costs. Buy the cheap thing first if that is where you are.