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Tool: How To Easily Edit Vector Images (video)

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Great learning video that covers using Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer to work with images. She covers capturing a certain piece of a image, saving that to a new file or clipboard, and then using that "saved material" in a new image. My challenge was I buy these vector images (EPS files) from a stock photo sites and then cannot figure out how to use part of the image. Those vector images have hundred ot thousands of layers in an image. Her video is a simple, quick solution to that challenge. Plus, she carry it out a tad more with some other ideas on using the tools for creating cool images. Well done video.

Privacy: 5 Amazon obscure settings you should change now

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The items we buy say a lot about our lifestyles, our finances, and our domestic lives. If you have an Amazon account, the amount of data that the retail giant collects is astonishing. Many people don’t know you get much more just free two-day shipping with a Prime account. With these different areas collecting data about you, if you are trying to maintain some semblance of your privacy, you’ll definitely want to check these five not-so-obvious settings. 1. Remove your Amazon public profile We don't often think of our "Amazon profile." However, that's precisely what it is. Your profile is created automatically, whether you want it or not, and it contains comments, ratings, public Wish Lists, biographical information, and other site interaction. This profile doesn't include your purchases or your browsing history, but it's very informative. If you want to control what activity is visible on your public profile, do the following: 1. Put your cursor o...

Online Business: Three Free Tools From Google In 2018

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With these three, free , tools you are upgrading your website technology and online marketing to easily receive important benefits: 1) producing robust organic listings in search engine results; 2) using the most advanced security; and 3) taking advantage of an easy marketing tool .... in the busiest search engine in your community and the world.  #1 Data Structure Information - Search Engine Tool Adding this tool provides explicit clues to search bots about how to classify and categorize the meaning of your page in the Google mother lode.  Google uses structured data that it finds on the web to understand the content of the page, as well as to gather information about your business services - features and benefits.  This is a top-shelf SEO (search engine optimization) tool . This is an introduction to this search engine tool: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/intro-structured-data #2  Google My Business Profile - Marketing Tool Google has...

SEO: 3 Steps To Buying SEO

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What Is The #1 Goal of Any SEO Effort? We always hear about SEO will get us more website visitors, but what is the best measurable result of SEO dollars? The first goal os any SEO effort is creating sustainable organic listings on the first page of search results (FPSR). Today, in 2018, Google/Bing have made great strides to display local businesses on search results pages to improve local results. Those local results are produced at the whims of algorithms. Being an organic results on the first page of search results (FPSR), using proper SEO techniques, is a highly sought after achievement and considered a marketing success. For example, the Google Local Business maps and the Bing Local Business maps display local business results at top of FPSR. But, we know that those maps do not show all local businesses today, And, Google/Bing continues to make efforts to improve those local business results. On a national basis, when searching for a product or service, the websites th...

GMAIL USERS BEWARE Developers Read Your Email Reports An Investigation

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Your private emails are being read by third-party Gmail app developers, an investigation into data privacy has revealed. Developers behind a number of popular online services designed to work with Gmail trawl through private messages sent and received from your email address, it claims. It is common practice for some of these third-party app creators to instruct employees to read personal emails. One app, which is designed to help users manage their Gmail inbox, lets employees read 'thousands' of emails, the Wall Street Journal investigation found. According to experts, this 'dirty secret' is now common practice among some firms. The revelation comes just a few months after it was revealed political data firm Cambridge Analytica had siphoned private data from third-party apps on Facebook. According to the investigation into Gmail, the hugely-successful Google email client allows third-party developers to scan the inbox of anyone who installs their app. T...

7 Steps To Creating Success With Digital Marketing (video)

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Like it or not, if you want your website to gain traction in search engines, as an organic result, you must apply the seven steps in this video. These are seven distinct steps and each one has something specific you can do, and then measure the results from that action in Google Analytics. No use thinking you are going to beat the odds, online marketing is a process that is best accomplished step by step.  Real success is not going to happen overnight or even in weeks.  Be cautious of people promising you instant results to obtain organic results in search engine marketing. Newsletter :   Video Marketing Research (2018) Newsletter :  Digital Marketing - Two Proven Methods (2018) Techniques : 5 Tips To Build A Better Website

Online Marketing Success: 2 Helpful Data Views In Google Analytics - 2018

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If you are serious about your online marketing success, then you have to become familiar with Google Analytics. This free data tool will measure many aspects of your website traffic. It can also be used to understand other channel traffic like your blog,  Facebook and YouTube sites. In this post we will cover two basic data views you MUST know in order to understand the 1) characteristics of your visitors are and 2) what activity your blog or website visitors accomplish in a visit. Once you are logged into Google Analytics you can view data or setup a new property.  A propoerty is a website or blog ... any URL you want to measure traffic on. ADMIN Screen To add or edit a property look at bottom left of the screen for the ADMIN icon that shows a gear. That will display this screen where you can choose the best button to continue your work. Link to full image of " Google ADMIN Screen ". When you first login to Google Analytics you see the screen below. H...

7 Signs Your Digital Marketing Is Broken And A Fix (2018)

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These are the clear signs that your digital marketing needs some tune up attention on any website platform, including Wordpress. #1 Video Marketing Your website traffic has not increased visitor traffic and/or your website pagesviews have not increased since you began your YouTube channel. FIX Revise the tags on your YouTube video to be more specific.  Or, include name of YouTube channels that are synergistic with your channel, meaning that when the synergistic channel videos play your videos will be displayed as a recommended video. #2   Voice Search Your website shows on first page of search results (FPSR) with organic listing using a traditional search - typing into the search field, however; site does not display organically in a search using Siri or Android Voice Command (AVC).   FIX   The best resolution is adding more content to flush out more features and benefits of your services/products. Either add more web pages or add more co...

Content Marketing With WordPress - Nine Common Mistakes In 2018

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There are many great platforms to build your website. Each platform uses a unique process to edit and publish website content. WordPress is a popular platform. According to whoishostingthis.com in a 2018 report there are 175 billion websites of which about 75 million are WordPress sites. From that number about 37.5 million are hosted at the WordPress official site. Two Methods To Start A WordPress Website You can do a WordPress site in one of two ways. 1. Pick a website host . For example hostmonster.com . Purchase a plan from them that usually costs around $5 to $10 a month per year. Once you have a plan, install WordPress and you are off to creating your website. At Hostmonster they have 7/24 phone support and helpful videos for all web host plans. 2. Go to wordpress.com and select a plan .  Once you have a plan you move right into the creating your website. There are many forums integrated into WordPress with a question/answer format. These forums are ...

Digital Marketing: The Necessary Foundation & Two Proven Marketing Methods in 2018

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Being successful with your digital marketing relies on your understanding the necessary components of a online marketing strategy . According to the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, almost half of the online consumers they interviewed stated a website’s design is the number one criterion for discerning the credibility of the company. In other words, the foundation of your online success is based on a professional web site. Your website design instantly creates a good reputation of your business, or a bad reputation for your business - there is no gray area in this fact.   Distributing Your Business Information According to current online marketing reporting, there are two proven online marketing methods. Marketing Method #1 The most popular content viewing strategy for years has been online videos. "One minute of video is worth 1.8 million words."  Source: Forrester Research Today, YouTube.com is the second largest search engine - aka marketing ch...

Online Marketing: 11 facts to customize your workflow (video)

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Effective website design blends aesthetics with user experience to captivate and convert visitors using proven SEO techniques.

Online Business: Three Guide Lines On Collecting Online Sales Tax

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Courtesy Of TaxFoundation.org Have you hear the Supreme Court ruled on collecting Internet sales tax? Internet retailers can be required to collect sales taxes in states where they have no physical presence, the Supreme Court ruled on today; June 21, 2018. The Court upheld a law passed by South Dakota lawmakers in 2016 that requires out-of-state online sellers to collect the state’s sales taxes if the companies have more than $100,000 in annual sales of products to South Dakota residents or more than 200 separate transactions involving state. There are currently 31 states who have laws taxing Internet sales as shown in the map below. Courtesy Of TaxFoundation.org These are three easy steps to understand how the Internet sales tax will apply to your business. 1. What is your sales volume? The threshold is 100,000 USD in sales OR 200 transactions - both within one year. 2. Identify the state of transaction. Let's say you sell in five different states. You nee...

Digital Marketing: 10 Common Website Mistakes To Avoid

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Tuning Your Digital Marketing Intelligence I think these three nuggets of research will help any business build a better online marketing strategy .... 1. Online Transactions According to a study in 2017, the three categories of online transactions are books/music, electronics, and apparel.  The expectation for growth is from categories that traditionally use showrooms. ~ KPMG 2017 2. Video Marketing  Video has soared during the last 12 months, with a 17% leap in usage. This looks set to carry on into 2018 – around 2 out of 3 businesses not currently using video plan to start in 2018, and, almost unanimously, those who already use video plan to continue. The vast majority also plan to increase or maintain spending on video in the next twelve months. ~ State Of Video Marketing 2018 3. Marketing Trends Services like Comcast and DirecTV may potentially partner with Snap Inc. and Facebook to distribute television content through these platforms. Brands should place...

Video Marketing: 3 Tips In 2018 Study & Video With Five Ideas To Get Started

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Need a quick idea on video content in your business? These five ideas are simple and apply to any business - any product or services. Videos are on the rise in marketing across he USA. A video can automatically accomplish the most important aspect of marketing - putting the customer needs first , by simple explaining how a product or service will solve a problem of the potential customer. From a study in 2018 here are the top three motivators to get some video done to marketing your business .... #1   Where both video and text are available on the same page, 72% of people would rather use video to learn about a product or service.  ~ Hubspot #2     76% of businesses using video say it helped them increase sales. ~ Hubspot #3   85% of people say they'd like to see more video from brands in 2018. ~ digitalmarketinginstitute.com ECourse (free) how to make video from photos

10 Content Marketing Facts In 2018 (video)

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You may be surprised when you read these 10 facts.  But, no matter what platform your website is on, you can put these facts to work for you. Content marketing services produce digital media content to engage your website visitors using digital marketing strategies, based on your customized marketing plan. Learn more about content marketing strategy. 

10 Facts On Video Marketing, 2018

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Information to help you improve your online marketing strategy. Website administration services .

Online Marketing - New Research On Who Uses Smart Phones

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You want to spend wisely when it comes to building your business reputation. Sure you want to reach your targeted demographic but without spending some serious cash on research its kinda hit and miss to find the best online channel containing your niche viewers. But no matter what channel you are using for marketing there is one thing you can count on correctly - videos give you the best return on your advertising buck. In the online world everything is always changing except on thing - videos. No matter what business you have. No matter what products or services you provide. Videos remain the most popular attention tool across all ages and demographics. Video Marketing Research In 2018 From Hubspot .... Video is often cited as a tool that helps drive various areas of business performance, and the numbers back up those claims: A) 97% of marketers say video has helped increase user understanding of their product or service. B) 76% say it helped them increase sales...

Video Marketing:, how to turn photos into a marketing video

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"97% of businesses using explainer videos say it helps users understand their business better." ~ OptiMonster More videos :  Digital Marketing

Online Marketing With Videos: boost your digital media skills

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"From the video content we watch at work, to online streaming services and beyond, video is a central part of how we live. We asked respondents specifically how much video content they'd watch in a typical day, and the average response was 1.5 hours. 15%, meanwhile, told us they watch more than 3 hours of video on a typical day." ~ Hubspot View additional videos here :  https://www.ezweb.company/Marketing-Tips-And-Tutorials/Marketing-Tips-And-Tutorials/tutorial-vdeo-series-make-video-using-photos.php

Final Cut Pro FCP Tutorial: How to use delete an existing audio in video

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This video shows you how to easily delete a music track from your video. More videos located here:   https://www.ezweb.company/Marketing-Tips-And-Tutorials/Marketing-Tips-And-Tutorials/tutorial-vdeo-series-make-video-using-photos.php

Search Engine Marketing: Six Steps To Make A Video From Photos

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This series of six videos will show you how to take photos and convert them into a professional video. Your video can be used in a search engine marketing campaign and your social media channels too. Videos are an easy method to attract awareness of potential buyers. According to Hubspot .... Video is often cited as a tool that helps drive various areas of business performance, and the numbers back up those claims: 97% of marketers say video has helped increase user understanding of their product or service. 76% say it helped them increase sales. 47% say it helped them reduce support queries. 76% say it helped them increase traffic. Series videos :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KzquvLZ7F4 At Ez Web Company we provide digital marketing services , business reputation services , and web technology services .

Final Cut Pro FCP Tutorial: How to use tool and modify content duration ...

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Final Cut Pro FCP Tutorial: How to add music to your video - Part 5

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Online Marketing: Ideas To Effective Tutorial Video Marketing

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The making and publishing of tutorial videos is an excellent online marketing method used by entrepreneurs and business owners. This type of video can lend its self to being longer; on average 4 to 5 minutes. But some are even longer.  The advantage to the video viewer is an educational experience that enriches them with learning a feature or benefit of a product, service, or method. For example, you have a new product, what is the best way to promote it? A short video that 1) explains how to use specific benefits/features of a product or service; and 2) informs the viewer what problems this product/service will solve. It’s all about the timeless marketing method - present a problem and then demonstrate how your product provides the solution. Trends speak highly of videos as the optimized delivery method. “55% of people consume video content thoroughly.” 
 (HubSpot, 2016)  The best marketing solution mean education; help the viewer to learn something specific, at t...

Video Marketing: 5 Rules To Producing Digital Media

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Video marketing is a fairly straightforward   method to create digital media that will enhance your business reputation ; it’s also regarded as one of the most effective online marketing techniques available.   I have been making videos for over 3+ years now for clients. The shortest is about one minute with the longest video about six minutes. All include custom music that I have purchased from a qualified supplier like POND5. Interesting and useful video marketing statistics Theses are available from hubspot.com and published by them in 2017. 56% of all video published are two minutes in length or less. The four most popular types of videos are explaining something, product demos, how-to, and/or testimonials. 37% of video are attached through to the end. 85% of businesses now have internal staff and resources to produce video. Video Making Guidelines There are generally five rules that I use in my video marketing for clients. #1 K...