08/12/2021
NEW EPISODE: I have a friend who wanted to add a QR code to her marketing materials and she asked me how she can create one inexpensively. I sent her the link to this program where she can create one for free.
148 – Scan and Promote!
I have a friend who wanted to add a QR code to her marketing materials and she asked me how she can create one inexpensively. I sent her the link to thi…
08/05/2021
LATEST EPISODE: You can't put a video itself into an email. The closest thing to having an actual video embedded into an email, is to have a moving image – just 4-10 seconds of a video as a GIF image that can act as a teaser creating the illusion of a video with a button that encourages people top click on the image to get to open the video. Aside from inserting it into an email, it is also great to use as your video “thumbnail” on a webpage.
Here's a great easy to use and free program to create a "moving" image!
147 - Simulate a Video in your Email
You can't put a video itself into an email, so instead, the usual process is to have a static "still" image that people can click on that takes them to …
07/15/2021
LATEST EPISODE: It's free, but is it worth using?
• If all it did was remove awkward pauses – it would be worth it
• If all it did was add subtitles – it would be worth it
• If all it did was add subtle and appropriate background music to your video to make it into a more professional production – it would be worth it
• If all it did was to shorten the video so that the presentation is clearer and more professional – it would be worth it!
145 - Shorter, Cleaner, and Slicker Videos!
I don’t know if you have tried creating a video course or promotional videos, but even at their best, there are pauses and transitions that you really wi…
06/17/2021
NEW EPISODE! -- Zapier is a service that allows you to integrate one software, program, tool, or service with another. For example, when you add a new contact to your Customer database, you can have Zapier automatically add them to an autoresponder series in your autoresponder system at the same time. They have been the leader in the integration field and they do have a free version, but in many of their plans including the free one, Zapier does not include some Premium integration (one popular integration in particular is "Facebook Lead Ads" integrations). But now there is a new program on the block with better features and allows a lot more monthly tasks that is competing with Zapier...
141 - A Zapier Alternative (Get your Programs to Talk to Each Other)
This is an alternative to Zapier. If you are not familiar with Zapier, it is a service that allows you to integrate one software, program, tool, or servi…
06/10/2021
140 - Check and Verify
So you want to try reaching out to a new company contact but don’t have their email address and can’t locate it (maybe the gatekeeper won’t reveal that e…
06/03/2021
NEW EPISODE! - Want to get leads for your business? Here's a site that creates a free “viral” contest for you and “gamifies” the process so that people are inspired to share the contest with others!
139 - Need Leads?
Want to get people to spread the word about your company? Want to get leads for your business? -- Have a contest and give away a grand prize! It could …
05/20/2021
NEW EPISODE! - If you ever needed professionally packaged CD’s or DVD’s — either as promotional items or as a product and you don’t want to have to order 500 of them at a time — you're going to love this service!
137 - Professionally Packaged Presentations
If you ever needed professionally packaged CD’s or DVD’s — either as promotional items or as a product and you don’t want to have to order 500 of them at…