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For several years now, I have been attending conferences and interviewing thought leaders on video. I am telling you – it is not fun schlepping high-end gear across the country and through airport security... Here is my checklist for creating rapid video: - Good audio
- Good lighting
- Keep it short, sweet, and relevant
- Make it fun and engaging. It would not hurt if your learning went viral.
The less postproduction, the better. If you can shoot and post your video without any editing, that’s rapid.
===> Use experts, not actors! <===
Via Gust MEES, Jenny Pesina
This piece was written by Megan Garber for The Atlantic A study based on 43,000 responses to Tweets found precisely what people like and loathe about microblog posts. Here are some of the findings: **Twitter, as a communications platform, has evolved beyond nascent Twitter's charmingly mundane updates ("cleaning my apartment"; "hungry") and into something more crowd-conscious and curatorial. **Though Twitter won't necessarily replace traditional news, it increasingly functions as a real-time newswire, disseminating and amplifying information gathered from the world and the web. **At the same time, though, being social, it functions as a source of entertainment. Which means that we have increasingly high -- and increasingly normalized -- expectations for Twitter as both a place and a platform. **We want it to enlighten us, but we also want it to amuse us. In that context, tweets that are informative or funny -- or, ideally, informative and funny -- evoke the best responses. **Tweets that contain stale information, repeat conventional wisdom, offer uselessly de-contextual news, or extoll the virtues of the awesome salad I had for lunch today don't, ultimately, do much to justify themselves. So: Do be useful. Do be novel. Do be compelling. Do not, under any circumstances, be boring. This is what caught my attention: ****Contribute to the story: To keep people interested, add an opinion, a pertinent fact or otherwise add to the conversation before hitting "send" on a retweet. Takeaway: "The Twitter ecosystem values learning about new content," the study notes -- so new info, it seems, is new info, regardless of who provides it. **Sharing your own work conveys excitement about that work -- which means that self-promotion, rather than being a Twitter turn-off, can actually be an added value. Curated by Jan Gordon covering " Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond" Read full article here: [http://ht.ly/8OrS8]
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from About Photography
January 27, 2012 8:10 AM
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For all those who have this kind of blog they often arise the question, how to thrive while meeting the comfort and the interest of all. This post, very interesting, will give you some information about it and encourage you, if necessary, to go outside the box... I like that! [note Martin Gysler] Keeping fresh and creative is key to keeping on top of the game when writing different blogs across various sectors, and for various clients. Working with efficient workflows, time management and organization all help to keep that valuable information harnessed to be used when you need it, but how about making sure you can produce great content on time and on demand?
Keeping creative and informed means you are working efficiently to produce content that’s engaging, informative, and, of course, profitable for you. After all, time is money when you are managing a number of blogs and clients.
Here are my top ten tips for fueling that creativity, generating ideas, and managing your time and resources.
Make the info come to you—start mass reading Filing it cleverly: Other Inbox Dump it! Brain dumping for multiple sources Getting creative Find your zone and stay in it Map it! Reach out Step away from the machine! Illumination needs you Unblock yourself on time If you are really stuck, go outside the box and freestyle Read more: http://bit.ly/Aa6D36
Via Martin Gysler
The Google+ Common Name policy will never be the same. Google now allows both nicknames and full-fledged pseudonyms on Google+. More than 99% of those who sign up for Google+ “sail through” the account naming process, but these changes address the, according to Google, less than 0.1% that now end up in appeal. Among that small number are companies (roughly 20%) that Google+ now steers to Google+ Pages, which allows brands to set up destinations on the social network. Another 20%, Google told Mashable “would either prefer to use a pseudonym or another seemingly unconventional name.” The majority of the 0.1% just want to add a nickname.
Via Steven Healey, ABroaderView
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from The Creative Process
January 24, 2012 7:03 PM
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"Of course companies need to pay people well. If they don't, compensation becomes a bone of contention, and a distraction from their work. But if you really want outstanding creative performance, you need people to focus on intrinsic motivations - factors inherent in the work itself. Things like challenge, interest, learning, meaning, freedom, and creative flow. They are what really motivates creative people - and the research demonstrates a strong link between levels of intrinsic motivation and creativity."
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January 22, 2012 8:52 PM
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The history of chess is more than 1500 years. It's the oldest skill game in the world.
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January 22, 2012 8:51 PM
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from PEOPLE BUILDING
January 22, 2012 8:48 PM
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“I know.. getting out of bed can be so hard. But there are ways to make it a lot easier for yourself. And yes.. it is possible to get out of bed easily in the morning. Getting into the habit of rising early gives you some time that you can really devote to yourself. Starting the day with some positive activity or just some time for yourself can shape the rest of your day i a very positive way. Just give it a try, in the beginning it will be hard to get into the habit to get up earlier but very, very soon it will be easier, I promise!”
~Sophie 25 Ways to Wake Up Early
If others can be out of bed really early and make great days ahead, so can you! It’s all a matter of changing routines, learning the benefits of being an early riser and practicing the new habit positively.
Here’s how: Read more: http://dailyhealthboost.com/2012/01/20/25-ways-to-wake-up-early/
Via Martin Gysler
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from About Photography
January 22, 2012 8:47 PM
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Today we have with us 25 impressive animal & insects close-up photographs from several talented photographers around the web. Don't forget to pay them a visit...
Via Spyros Thalassinos
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from Digital-By-Design
January 22, 2012 8:45 PM
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Great content gets shared. Right?... But does the time and day that you publish that great content affect how much it gets shared or how many times it gets viewed? We have looked at best times to publish for Twitter as well as the best publish times for Facebook. We have some awesome data from Sharaholic on top days and times for getting your content seen and shared online. Sharaholic is the leading global social share widget, installed on over 200,000 websites. They took a look at all their data for 2011 and found the 100 top days and times for sharing and views from all of the websites. Let’s see what we can learn from this data dive. As always, test to see what works best for you. All data included below is based on Eastern Standard Time.
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from "Social Media"
January 20, 2012 8:19 AM
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from Art, Design & Technology
January 20, 2012 8:16 AM
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February 11, 2012 2:34 AM
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REK is a coffee table that grows with your coffee needs. When you have visitors, just get some chairs and extend the table any way you like.
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February 1, 2012 9:38 AM
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Rovio CEO Mikael Hed says that treating Angry Birds pirates as 'fans' might be good for business. Read this blog post by Dara Kerr on Digital Media.
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from Brands & Culture
January 27, 2012 8:09 AM
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While many shops tend to have a clear distinction between storefront and interior, the design of T-magi is intended to allow the shop itself to be perceived as the display window. WE have used the teapot – an object universally associated with tea – as the motif for both the shop, the logo and the PR material.
Via BRIO, Ana Cristina De Lion
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from Art, Design & Technology
January 27, 2012 8:00 AM
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Before the development of web, if someone wants to edit images then he must either buy an image editing software like photoshop or he must use some free image editors available.
Via J Lynn Lock, ABroaderView
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from GRaphicARTnews
January 24, 2012 7:02 PM
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Can ugly be beautiful? Lee Jeffries, an amateur photographer proved it with his uncompromising photography. Lee started in 2008, photographing homeless people in powerful black and white giving a drama to his portraits.
Via Mary Papaefstathiou
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January 22, 2012 8:52 PM
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Interior Design Fans Check Out What Hot in Hollywood This Season Click Enjoy & Share Link http://t.co/RqbXqOkp...
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January 22, 2012 8:51 PM
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Capture anything you see on your PC screen! SnapIt is convenient for bloggers who capture and crop images for ther posts, for tech writers who need to describe menus and interfaces of applications, web designers and those who work with graphics every day.
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from Everything Photographic
January 22, 2012 8:48 PM
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Yuliya Art is a photographer from Ontario, Canada who has an incredibly wide range of artistic abilities.
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January 22, 2012 8:46 PM
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Created by UK-based artist AmoebaBoy, the R2-D2 look-alike is the spitting image of the beloved Star Wars character but with a steampunk twist.
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from Digital-By-Design
January 20, 2012 8:21 AM
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By way of an introduction, I wanted to explain a bit more about our thinking behind it; why there is a need for a planned approach to digital marketing, yet the majority don’t have a plan. Perhaps, the best way to explain the need for a planned approach to give you the right focus is through this… A Typical conversation about digital marketing: A person: “How do I get more traffic?” Me: “Do you need more traffic?” A person: “Yeah, of course, we always want more traffic!” Me: “Hmmm, sure. Is that the priority though? Isn’t the real question around commercial growth and the priorities in [digital] marketing to support that in the short and medium term?” A person: “Yes, I can see that. How do I do that, then? Do I still get more traffic?” Me: “Think of it as a process, a set of questions that help you focus on what is likely to be most commercially effective over what you think you should do. A combination of easy wins and opportunities for bigger ideas” The above conversation happens a lot, I find. Someone I’m speaking to will already have pre-set ideas about what they need to do next in digital marketing, it varies drastically and may be about goals, tactics or techniques: SEO, traffic, leads, social media, Facebook marketing, sales, email, QR codes and mobile apps. The opportunity is often overwhelming, being in their job with all these options and the pressure for results, I can see that. There’s genuinely so much to got at, to do and think about. But, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Doesn’t success come from doing a limited number of priority activities, something that’s even more important at a time of limited resources? The answer: Ask better questions
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from About Photography
January 20, 2012 8:18 AM
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