With 3 Billion Views Daily, Video Is No Longer An Option

December 23, 2011

printVideo, some love it, most hate it.  Why?  They don’t like the way they look on camera, or hate their voice, or some other really bad excuse.  But, with 3 billion views daily on YouTube, video is something that your business can no longer ignore.  There are simple ways to incorporate video into just about [...]

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Live Each Day As There Is No Tomorrow- Lessons Learned From Clint #weloveclint

December 12, 2011

Clint Aaron Miller March 8, 1971 – December 11, 2011
I woke up this morning to learn of the passing of friend of mine, Clint Miller.  He had been battling cancer the past few months.  I sat in silence in my office reading hundreds of comments, posts, tweets, and so much more from friends of his [...]

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Customizing The New YouTube Channel Design [HOW TO VIDEO]

December 2, 2011

YouTube recently launched a new design for your YouTube Channel.  One of the big complaints that I’ve heard is people do not want everyone landing there.  There are though, simple ways to customize the New YouTube channels and make it look really great.  Also, I really like some of the newer features like adding more [...]

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Cheap cameras don’t have to have cheap sound

November 30, 2011

Experts will tell you…
One of the most important aspects of your video is the sound.
You heard that right.  Not the lighting, nor the 1080p, 24 frames per second, yadda yadda yadda.
The Sound.  The Audio.  That might seem funny as tend to think about video as being a visual medium.
There’s plenty of equipment out [...]

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Happy 20k Fans Tech Savvy Agent! Highlights of the Celebration Webinar

November 28, 2011

Today Tech Savvy Agent celebrated reaching 20,000 fans on their Facebook page and decided to give a free webinar to all of their fans with several great speakers.  Below are a few of the many highlights I found from following the conversation online at the hashtag #tsa20k:
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Debra Trappen – @debra11
COMMIT [...]

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What Are You Thankful For?

November 23, 2011

So what are you thankful for?  I went to Twitter  and asked the following question:
“It’s Thanksgiving week.  Tell me what you are thankful for in 140 characters or less!” 
I received several responses which I found I could basically categorize into three different thoughts:
Tech/Funny Response:
Mike Mueller – @MikeMueller
@jb140 Thankful for? That’s easy, I’m thankful for Rick, [...]

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Should We Schedule Our Social Media?

November 21, 2011

This post isn’t going to cover the debate of whether your corporation needs to use social media or not.  It isn’t going to get into the benefits of using social media and how you use these platforms to grow an online business.
Instead, the basis of this entire post comes from a tweet that my friend [...]

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Creating An Online Magazine Of Your Content For The iPad

November 14, 2011

Pads are quickly becoming one of the most popular digital devices ever. I recently read a report that said that more people are now connecting to WI-FI via an iPad than laptops. Why? They are easier to carry around, have a longer battery life and present the content in a more exciting way to the [...]

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Planning For The Future By Succeeding In The Now

November 9, 2011

Technology is constantly changing.  New social networks are being born each and every day.  Companies develop new gadgets that now allow us to do things we never thought would be possible ten years ago.
Look at mobile phones for example: Ten years ago we carried around brick phones that allowed us to make phone calls and [...]

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My Video Gear And How I Set It Up

November 8, 2011

My good friend Chris Brogan and I were discussing video gear the other day via Twitter.  He was talking about an LED light (aff) I suggested to him to use when shooting his videos.  This little light travels with me in my bag when I am on the road traveling as a social media speaker.  [...]

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