I’ve got some bad news for you. No one wants to watch your youtube commercial. They’re on youtube to see free content, and if you’re not giving them that, they’re gone. There’s a free (lousier) versions of your course just three clicks away. No one wants to see your commercial. I’ve released 24 commercials on youtube for my Photoshop Crash Course, averaging over two thousand views a piece. I spent no more than 20 minutes creating each of them, and…
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Why is it a good idea to include YouTube as part of your Udemy course promotion strategy? 1.  Get discovered by people desperate to learn from you. If someone conducts a search for “How to become a comedian,” if you’re one of the few people with a YouTube video titled “How to Become a Comedian,” then you may show up as one of the first search results on Google. 2.  Keep the leads comin’ months and years from now. Your…
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To live or to die, that is the question. In 1979 at age 19, while living and working as a freelance artist in Toronto my health was dramatically imperiled by End-Stage Renal Failure. If the term ‘End-Stage’ sounds ominous, it’s because it was! Without emergency medical intervention I would’ve been a dead man. The toxins had accumulated to such lethal levels that the team of ER doctors was shocked that I had even managed to make it into Sunnybrooke Hospital…
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With its fresh bold approach, Windows 8 has taken the technology world by storm as an innovative and genuinely different operating system.  It captures the best of previous versions of Windows while offering new ways of working.  This approach offers the best of both worlds.  For those who like the Windows 7 style interface, you’ll be happy to discover that you can keep working in that familiar interface in Windows 8.  And for those looking for what’s next in the…
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When someone opens Google and searches for you or your company name, what comes up? If they search for your type of business or industry, or by a keyword or phrase, does YOUR company come up? Brand visibility is not just being the answer to your name, but being the answer for what you do, and maintaining that first-page spot consistently. How is this accomplished and how do we attract our exact targeted audience so that we’re gaining new clients…
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Saving money seems to be on everyone’s mind these days, whether cutting back on lunches or turning the shampoo bottle upside down to salvage one more shampoo out of those last few drops. Having this extended “recession” impacting everyone in one way or another, whether worrying about keeping or getting a job, or managing today’s household budget on an income stuck in “yesteryear’s” salary, means a greater awareness of saving money whenever possible. Fortunately there are many tips for saving…
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In late 2010 Google did something pretty stunning. They announced to their 25,000 employees worldwide that effective January 1, 2011, every single one of them — no matter what their job title was, no matter what department they were in, no matter how good or bad their on-the-job performance was — would automatically receive a 10% raise and a $1,000 bonus. Google even paid the taxes on the bonuses so workers would get the full $1,000. Happy New Year. Raise…
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There are dozens of DJ softwares on the market: Traktor, Serato Scratch Live, Serato Itch, Serato DJ, Ableton Live, Virtual DJ, Algoriddim and more. It can be hard when you’re starting out as a DJ to know which is the best software to use, but once you have been DJing for a while, the choices become easier to make. Here we have laid out the pros and cons to the best DJ software on the market that we at Spin…
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We all know PSY’s video “Gangnam Style” went absolutely viral on the internet – it was a song, a dance, a trend, a phenomenon and an adjective that reached out to billions of people. Heck, I even saw a couple restaurants with signs in the window advertising “Gangnam Style Chicken”! Now I’m not promising you that I have the secret recipe to make your video go viral like this, but I am going to let you in on 5 proven…
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Did you know there are thousands of Google searches each month on how to become a wedding planner? Many colleges are now offering certificate and degree programs to keep up with the demand. If you are thinking about a career in wedding and event planning, here are a few things to consider before you get started. 1. Does wedding planning fit you and your ideal lifestyle? Wedding and event planners often work in the evenings and on weekends to meet…
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