Year In Review w/ CEO Sara!

          This year has been a year from heck. Was a struggle for Chris, Larry, Kevin and I. From YouTube Drama to leaving YouTube to returning on only one channel to some big News on January 2nd, 2025. Entertainment Man Podcast had a lot of interviews the first half of the year then it calmed down. However that did not stop Chris from creating episodes. He thinks he knows why things have settled down and that was because Entertainment Man Podcast was only on Sundays as the second day was removed but he's reversing some things in 2025. I will explain on January 1st, 2025 (tomorrow.) 

         A lot of changes with Boss Man Chris personally and professionally. We saw for the first time in 10 years change in leadership. I officially took over on November 15th, 2024 as CEO of the company and meant a lot of changes and adjustments. The CBOTW Show saw a major struggle to get done with issues with the Audio ONLY Platforms. We really struggled but we've got things back on track. Still working on things. This year we saw a lot of growth on our website, 2 - 3k in views per day, between 30 and 40k a month which is totally astonishing and we reached 800 and 900k this year and hope 2025 we finally hit that 1 Million mark in views in the New Year. That is 2024 in a nut shell, we look forward to more in 2025 and continue to get things back on track and I think we are on the right track. 

I wish you all a very Happy New Year and I will talk to you all in 2025!

 

Sara, CEO of ChrisBOnTheWeb Media

Do I Ever Do Gaming With Chris?

             Do I ever do gaming with Chris? Yes of Course. Sometimes I will pop up on Fortnite to help him with the Lego world. However now the game crashes on us both and our drivers are always up to date on my computer and his in the studio. So we haven't played for a while till we figure out the issue at hand. 

         I have been playing a ton of Minecraft with him and helping him with the towers and completing floor after floor so we can move onto other bigger projects as he wants to build an university with dorms and the buildings for classes which is a really, really cool idea and we've been talking about the build and how we want to do it too. So yes I do play games with him and enjoy doing so especially on our days off on a Sunday when he's not even planned on streaming. Will chat with you tomorrow for the end of the year in review blog.

Sara, CEO of ChrisBOnTheWeb Media.

Blue Rodeo Concert!

               Sorry for the lateness of this post but Saturday night my parents and I went to see Blue Rodeo which is an older band from the 80's and on and I love their music, songs like "Try" "Rose Colored Glasses" to name a couple of songs. Oh the Railroad or Railway song was neat too, I really liked that one. There was a bunch. However before I get into that, there was a band that opened for Blue Rodeo and wasn't too pleased and the acoustics and speaker sounded muffled and something needs to be fixed and it's non of the bands fault, the venue needs to update their speaker system. 

                Now that I got that out of the way, I didn't know a lot of songs but two as I said before but they were good! They still sound the same and they never let up once even though the first band spent 45 minutes opening for Blue Rodeo they never took a break as a band normally does with a concert so that was a bonus. The last fun thing I want to say is we got to stand up and dance and sing along with a song. Also they sang the song "Try" which is one of my favorite two songs from the band. Anyways that is the post for tonight... LOL... I am laughing cause in the history of the blog, I've never posted it this later but I will talk to you all in the New Year when I return on January 6th, 2025 for more posts from me so enjoy some Sara blogs in the meantime and Happy New Year!

Chris, Founder/Executive Producer/Host

The CBOTW Show is Returning To Audio ONLY Platforms in 2025!

              I know I have been away from posts for a bit now and I totally forgotten to ANNOUNCE that The CBOTW Show is indeed RETURNING to Audio ONLY, outside of our website starting in January. Due to New Years Day being on our normal scheduled, the first episode of 2025 has been scheduled to January 8th, 2025. We have ONLY the one feed, as trying to get 2 really proved difficult which our expansion we have to be careful with our wording and things will have to be switched around when the time comes. 

              At this time of this post being posted, I am working on the Audio ONLY Feed. This is why we are on a brief hiatus. By New Years, we will be ready to post up 52 episodes a year with no break! That is how serious we are with The CBOTW Show. Now the schedule we have for 2025 remains in tact. Just now we are on more platforms then we have been the last few months. We are planning to stay Audio ONLY for now but we could by Spring be on Spotify Video as well like my podcast is on. Anyways be ready because we're coming back fast and the furious like the movies yes but no cars so stay tuned for our first show in January and you never maybe a New Years episode is in the cards or even 2 days after you never know but I will talk to you all this afternoon for another blog post on this Special Sunday edition!

Chris

Final End of The Week Update for 2024

          This is the final end of the week update for 2024 as we will be rolling into 2025 next week. First the announcement for the blog. Chris will be off the blog till a week Monday. He is taking some well deserved time away from the blog. But this doesn't mean he will not be active in the studio. Starting tomorrow he is back till December 30 then off for December 31st, 2024 & January 1st, 2025. So this means I will be covering for him on Thursday next week as well as my regular post., This is a great chance to get to know me a little more. I plan on doing a post for you all to kind of get to know me further. 

        Anyways, The final episode of The CBOTW Show went up this morning which means Chris and I have been trying to get it all done earlier in the week but been working on Christmas Eve to finish it all hence we are taking till today off and back to it tomorrow. I'm sure we will be busy regardless of what is on our schedule. I know Chris is planning to do a pop up stream on Facebook. He wants to interact more with the fans so be on the lookout for that today at some point. So that is everything I needed to cover for the week, I will chat with you all on Monday.

Sara

Podcasts Have Wrapped up for 2024!

          With Podcasts wrapped up, Chris can start focusing on new content and he has projects he wants to start working on for The CBOTW Show. Pretty much he knows his role with Entertainment Man Podcast and knows what he needs to get done. When we return to work on Saturday he has a couple of things he wants to work on: Put away the 2024 notes and start a brand new folder for it; Clean up the studio, clean and organize the studio; Work on a few episodes of Entertainment Man Podcast to get the year started; Work on Matilda Podcast for January 8th, 2025. 

         Then he is going start on Ghostwriter & Corner Gas. Not sure how in the world he will do those it as he's made it sound very complicated but I trust his process and very, very excited for 2025 and the collaborations he's got planned. Sounds like Bob and Chris and Larry and Chris have exciting stuff planned out for 2025. Right now he is not slated to record till January 2nd, 2025 for both podcasts. That is the post and I shall return tomorrow for the end of the week updates but pretty much did those today but there is other things I'd like to update you all with. 

Sara

Merry Christmas!

             Merry Christmas! I am so blessed to run such an amazing team and to be part of the amazing community this has begun. I look forward to the holidays, spending time with the family and hopefully plan on meeting up with Chris after Christmas for a coffee and chatting with him. Just get to know him at a personal level outside of our working relationship. 

          As you all know, we are closed still till tomorrow till 12 pm EST. We are going half days or closing earlier then usual here and there and here is the rest of the schedule:

December 26th, 2024 Half day, closed at 12 pm EST

December 27th - 30th, 2024: Semi Normal schedule, closing at 3 pm EST.

December 31st, 2024: Studio & HQ shutdown for the New Years

January 1st, 2025: Studio & HQ shutdown for the New Years

January 2nd, 2025: Normal Schedule!

                  

          That seems fair to you guys and I heard Chris is planning to stream a bunch over the holidays so be on the lookout for those. I did some research and we took 2 days off from blogging and my first decision as CEO was to bring back blogs on Christmas. Again Merry Christmas and I will chat with y'all Friday!

 

Sara, CEO of ChrisBOnTheWeb Media  

What Am I Thankful during the Christmas Season?

                So what am I thankful for this Christmas Season? Of course Family. They have supported me through the thick and thin of things this year with my Autism Meds dosage changed and going through the diagnosis with Anxiety. My family, my parents, my brother, sister in law, my niece and nephew. Not just my family but neighbors who knows my involvement with the company both as Founder/CEO & Director of Content/Executive Producer/Host/Blogger. 

                 Also my friends and the team have been at my side especially with this year being a really rough year with friendships and issues with the team and with me stepping down as CEO was a major change in my life and I am thankful for the team supporting me on my decision. Also the community for having my back during the changes and it's been a bit crazy mess this year but thankful a lot of you stuck around. Anyways that is the post for today, Wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and I will talk to you all in the New Year!

Chris

Streaming Updates [12-20-2024]

               2025 is closing in and we've actually readjusted the schedule. However the podcast schedule is remaining as we planned well before I resigned as CEO.  The only thing I adjusted Friday morning in the wee bit of the morning was the stream schedule which will be on Saturdays and Sundays and here is the schedule:

Saturday: 1 pm ET- Just Chatting, updates, news, things being worked on, answering website & podcast questions.

Sunday: 2 pm ET- Gaming Stream, streaming video games, Fortnite, Minecraft, Grocery Store Simulator, My Garage and much more with the Former CEO and currently the Director of Content, Executive Producer/Host.

             This schedule starts January 1st, 2025. Right now the streams are actually sporadic due to the Holidays starting and Chris is extremely busy but has promised at least a stream tomorrow. Have a great Christmas and there are blogs tomorrow and on Christmas. 

Sara

End of The Week Updates [12-20-2024]

          This week has been go, go and Chris has been busy editing shows and today he is going to be recording the Christmas Special he is going to be recording and he will be trying out Spotify Video and he's not talked a ton about it but he is going to start testing it on this special episode and also further testing in 2025 when Entertainment Man Podcast returns to air in January. 

         The CBOTW Show will be stopping episodes for the holidays & normally Chris would have stuff already ready to air but with Christmas and New Years on their Wednesday slot, Chris has decided to take two weeks off but he is possibly going to be posting up a show for The CBOTW Show on January 1st, 2025. He's not 100% Sure as of yet and if he has the time to post. He's CONFIRMED that he will be covering the TV series Monk. I will have a completely different post for that at 1 pm EST but that is everything he's told me and he continues to get things done for before the Christmas break Dec 24th, 25th and 26th. I will chat with you all later at 1 pm ET. 

Sara

Full Updates & Streaming During The Holidays!

               Alas! We've been updating constantly our website and always room for improvement and this is why we have perfection our schedules and our website and been playing around with it way too much and sticking to the schedule, Sara and I created together and two spots for The CBOTW Show so we are most definitely sharing the love between the two shows. I should of not tried to go to 3 shows a week  but stick to the 2 shows a week perhaps. 

             Plus you have to remember, I stream quite often these days, well not at this moment as the holidays approach, I will not be on as much but might pop up here and there. I am going to try and pack in a bunch of streams today, tomorrow and Saturday then I probably will not be on till Boxing Day so it will be quiet for a bit in the way of streams but once I return then we are full force again. I will talk more about New Year streams if I plan on going live but that is the post for today, I will talk to you all on Monday for another post.

Chris

Counting down to Studio Shutdown for 3 days!

                Less than a week from now, I will be talking 2.5 days off from ChrisBOnTheWeb so I am finish up all the recording and editing I need to get done so we can post during the 2.5 day break. There is a possibility we are going to shutdown on Boxing day too but we will let you all know but I am pretty sure it will be 3.5 days and then we are back on the 27th. This way I can work on preparing new episodes for the New Year as things should be back to normal. 

                After Christmas between the 27th - 30th, I will work on new episodes for both podcasts and will work on the Podcasts.com issue and going to email them again because I do not appreciate being totally ignored so I am going to keep emailing them till they stop ignoring me. I have a plan when it comes to that but I will update once we are confirmed and back online with other platforms. Anyways I look forward to 3 days off and been told to take it off by boss lady Sara. Anyways that is the post for today and as always I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris 

Website Changes, New Idea!

               Website has been changed up once again and this is cause of the issues with our audio only platform we are with and I've decided to have one feed for TV and Movies and we will add a dedicated feed to Reality TV if we chose to go down that route down the road. I have a plan with all of that doesn't involved YouTube nor Rumble whatsoever. I am planning to utilize Spotify a ton more both audio and video and this way I do not have to worry about those platforms. That is kind of the reason why we went down to one website page for the time being till I decide to launch the Reality TV side again down the road. 

               I will probably be waiting for the expansion till May or June to finding some hosts for the podcast but that will be later on. The first step will be us getting the Audio ONLY fixed first. However I have changed everything around, Entertainment Man Podcast will be on Spotify Video & Audio ONLY; meanwhile The CBOTW Show will be Audio ONLY like it has been recently but doesn't mean we are getting rid of video all together. More details are coming on Thursday but as always I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

Updates on a Monday from the Former CEO?

              Updates on a Monday?! Yes! We are moving quickly and with Entertainment Man Podcast, I will be trying out the Beta test of Spotify Video which means no more YouTube for that podcast. It might be the same thing with The CBOTW Show down the road when we get the audio only figured out officially. Work in progress over the holidays to getting it all figured out. Anyways, Sara is working on a Discord Server so there will be a ton of ways to support us. We will NOT be getting rid of the server this time around, any disrespect, drama you are gone. Sara is tough as nails and I know from experience.

               Other than that I am finishing up stuff with both podcasts editing wise and also working on notes, recording the Christmas Special and editing it to post and it will be on Spotify video for the first time and see if I like it. Once all podcasts are recorded and edited, I will prepare notes for the new year and the podcasts so we have some shows we can put out there every week and I already know the schedule for Bob and I and how it will work. Slowly winding down the year and excited for some rest as well. Anyways that is the post for today, As always I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

End of The Week Updates [12-13-2024]

               Another crazy week once again but interesting and busy one for us 4. First of all, we want to welcome back Kevin to our team and he will be back as the Community Director role. Entertainment Man Podcast is getting those final 2 episodes of the regular season recorded and I think he's mentioned recording the Christmas Special as well so he can do all the editing by end of the weekend and he will have a ton more time to preparing new shows. 

           As you know Chris & Larry have been busy in the studio and the reason they forgo the entire recording session they had planned to take down the shelving and move the desks as his work desk is on the other side of the screens and the green screen as you can see and it is massive! We thought it would be enough for his chair but enough for both Chris and the guest/Larry's Chair.  Last thing The CBOTW Show is moving to YouTube, back to the drama but we will be hiding accounts that cause any issues whatsoever. That will be the only account we will own moving forward. No other channel will be created whatsoever. So those are the updates, I realize it is long post and I apologize. I will talk to you all next week! 

 

Sara

The Studio is Always Changing!

               The studio where Entertainment Man Podcast & The CBOTW Show are recorded is always changing and with the addition of the Green Screen, we will need some movement in the space and something that my chair isn't close to the screen and it is quite squished in here honestly. So Thursday before Larry and I record anything and work on the Rumble as we are planning to post it at some point. Also we will be returning to YouTube for The CBOTW Show.

                So I've been blueprinting a lot of options and ideas. I want Larry's help so we do everything right the first time around and not have to redo any of the changes again as the Green Screen is massive, fits practically a wall. I want to turn the desk about but that will cover right across the studio and no way to come in and out especially my parents so only option is the Green Screen again the wall and moving the desk but I have an idea for the one of the two desks. Anyways that is the update and be on the lookout for pictures of the studio and as always I will talk to you all on Monday. 

Chris

The CBOTW Show Resolution?

                     One emoji for this: 🤷 I am as lost as you guys are and right now, I am beyond frustrated.... The platform we actually were expected to be on, well it hasn't panned out what it is to be. So we are how do I say it, homeless for The CBOTW Show at this moment. We do not offer it on iTunes, Spotify or iHeartRadio, Amazon Music right at this moment. I cannot tell you guys when. I continue to fight the good fight with the Audio Platform and continue to try and get us active on the other platforms too. Just right now we're semi homeless at the moment. 

                    Yes, I was considering ending the podcast series and only focusing on Entertainment Man Podcast but if you remember the Collaboration Podcasts, they did well with it just on the website and we can just do this way in the meantime and this is something I am considering. I will be working on two more movies today at some point and we will be recording something. As for The CBOTW Show it is exclusively on Rumble and here on ChrisBOnTheWeb.com. Anyways that is the post for today and as always I will talk to you all tomorrow.

Chris

The CBOTW Show- List

              This will be a very straight forward blog post so here is the list of different Feeds we have with The CBOTW Show:

Movies: Covers all kinds of different genres of movies, comedies, Horror Films, Action, to name a couple of them which there is so many different types of movies, certain movies with our favorite actors we want to cover, the list is on and on!

TV Shows: Again pretty much any topic, but mainly comedies, dramas, detective series, old retro shows like Power Rangers when we covered that, 90's series and 2000's and many more. 

Reality TV: This is a department we would love to bring back under The CBOTW Show's direction which is awesome idea but it will take interest to have other hosts to host the show besides myself and Larry but we will start working on that in the spring and see if it is possible. 

            Anyways that is the list and originally this was suppose to be posted back in December near the middle but it has now been rescheduled due to the hiatus notice. Anyways that is the post for today, as always I will talk to you all on Monday for another post!

Chris

19 Years With Online Media!

                 19 years in Online Media! I cannot fathom it's been almost 20 years since I started this journey. The Video Projects Team being my first team and it was quite tough as I was in-experienced at the time and no clue what I was doing whatsoever. However over time I got experience and learned from past experiences. Look at how successful I am now as an entrepreneurship from leading to more of a follower role as you know I stepped down as CEO last month to fulfill a different role.

                I have fulfilled all the different roles and happy as a clam the position I'm in right now with running the Content, Podcasts and Blogs across the website. Don't worry I am not going anywhere very much still a part of this company and nothing is going to change. I have 0 plans to quit or retire right now, I am most definitely here to stay. But that will be the post for today and as always I will talk to you tomorrow.

Chris

End of The Week Updates [12-06-2024]

                First of all I am sorry for no post this morning. Had to deal with staff stuff as always. So this has been an interesting week for us. First the addition of the website was the Lounge. Now it hasn't been used much but we the staff hangout in there all the time and it's there if you guys want to chat but no pressure whatsoever. Also Chris has taped a bunch of episodes and the problem that's been festering with The CBOTW Show and Chris is really considering a hiatus of the podcast till February at this point. He's really frustrated by these issues and not sure where to go to after all of this. 

               Podcasts.com needs to reply to his emails and he has been emailing them once a week to find out when the two feeds will be back and that has been the issue and why we are now backlogged in episodes 2 with Larry and Chris which sounds like he will be slowing down for the year perhaps and the studio is in disarray too. Too much going on but he will be posting what's left for The CBOTW Show then he will be doing a hiatus till end of January, hopefully this issue is fixed. I will be reaching out personally to assure they reply back to his emails. Chris is fully booked up for the rest of the year for Entertainment Man Podcast and will be looking at interviews after Christmas to record. Website has been overhauled, 10th anniversary removed, schedule under about, and the addition to getting involved as a guest on The CBOTW Show.Those are the major updates, I will chat with you guys next week.

 

Sara

             

Today's My Birthday!

                 This is my last year in my 30's as next year I will be celebrating the start of the 40's. Closer to old age, closer to retirement but I do not want to think about retirement not yet cause things are doing a lot better for us and I will talk about that Tuesday as I have a lot of posts to make and today I am actually releasing another post for 1 pm EST as I will be talking about Tyrone Parade of Lights. Anyways back to birthday stuff, I am so excited for my birthday for the first time in many, many years. I have felt like meh it's another year for my birthday. 

                   My plans, well there is two parts to it, the first part is going to meet up with Eric, I know you haven't seen updates with him in months and there is a reason but promise to start taking pics of our adventures again soon, I promise. I shouldn't have removed all our pics together but that's now in the past. Anyways from the mall we are going to his place and he's told me he's setting everything up makes me wonder if he's planning something... I am very much suspicious of his plans but I will let you guys know. LOL. From his place, I am heading home for 3 pm EST to spend time with my family, my brother, sister in-law, niece and nephew. It will be a busy, busy day but excited to spending time with friends and Family and I will talk to you all on Monday for a special Halton County Radial Museum Christmas Lights 2024.

Chris

Collaborations Are Working For Us!

                      The history of our collaborations has gone back years since June 2018 when Larry and I introduced Power Rangers Collaboration Podcast and recently we have actually started to collaborate with others for our blog which has been very good for our website analytics and views. We are in the right direction with content and we want to continue to collaborate with you guys moving and why we have the "Get Involved" tab onto our website and it proves it as I've been monitoring and it's in the middle of the pack but you guys have been checking it out. We appreciate you guys collaborating, it helps us out and plus we love to read you posts you create for us. 

               This is not the end neither, we are constantly working on the next part of the next little endeavor with The CBOTW Show especially. I know everything is upside down with that podcast but hopefully in due time we will be back up and running fully. I know I've not addressed the episodes going up and they are going to just on chrisbontheweb.com till Podcasts.com approves the two feeds we have. However PATIENCE is a virtue. In  the meantime we continue to prepare and record till we can start posting it to all platforms so please do feel free to reach and I will talk to you all tomorrow for a special birthday post.

Chris

Will I Return To Streaming?

               I know I haven't streamed much lately and clearly been painted a bad person due to Staff and community drama but have moved on. But in my honest opinion I've have been tired of streaming to websites. I am ready to walk away from Twitch but doesn't mean I will not stream on Facebook Fan Page once we hit the 100th follower and we are SO close to 100, just 3 away from the 100th. I had to remove a couple of people due to drama but we as a team have bounced right back and heading into the right direction.

              I rather stream on those platforms and get views compare to the platform I mentioned where I got zilch. We have to go where the views are and you can see where I am coming from and we get a lot more views on social media rather then the streaming sites and will probably limit it to 1 or 2 streams a week as content is the priority for me as that is my job. As for video games I do that on my spare time and will provide insight and updates on the games how far I get. So expect the random streams as I want to chat with you all like we use to and as always I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

Chat Lounge, Website Adjustments [Explained]

                  We once again flipped this website upside down. Meaning we have rotated things around and there is more information and more to do on ChrisBOnTheWeb.com. This means you don't have to leave the website till the next blog, podcast or stream is back. I will talk about it shortly on this blog post today. So we had to make room and this meant we have to actually slide the schedule to About section which is not hard to find honestly so we could make room for our new Lounge chat.

          What is the Lounge chat you may ask? it's a place to hangout as you guys wait for more content and we're trying to put out there a lot of content wise as we have said we have been collaborating with a ton of people and having so much fun with it. You can interact with the rest of the staff and myself, when I am in the chat that is as I am always busy with content. However I do lurk on the chat at times and I have to sound on majority of the time unless I'm or we are recording an episode(s) of the podcast. There are rules to follow but please enjoy it. We spent a good hour fiddling with the layout and we are very happy with this currently layout. More things to look at and do on our website means more traffic to our website. So Version 21 of the Menu Bar is live and any questions please do not hesitate to ask and talk to you all tomorrow.

Chris