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Video Marketing: The Equipment We Use To Make It Professional On The Cheap

By on January 10, 2013 in Bonus Video

As online business owners we know how important video marketing is to display our products, convey our messages, or demonstrate our services

…so why the heck don’t we consistently make videos?

The excuses I’ve used in the past are:

…I don’t have the equipment to make a professional video

…I don’t know what to say

…I don’t want to look like a super awkward dork

…I don’t know how to get views, rankings, and traffic

There’s a sugar coated answer to video marketing and the up front honest answer.

Are you cool if we go the honest route and pull the band-aid off quickly?

I hope so.

The truth is those excuses are just fears that we’d look dumb or ruin our image by not being perfect.

Sure, I still look like an awkward weirdo when I do videos… but isn’t the imperfection the fun part?

Let’s jump straight in to making a professional video on the cheap.

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After you’ve created your video the most important next step is getting views to your video.

There are several tools in the marketplace that boost your views and rankings… this is one of my favorite tools.

Equipment Breakdown:

In the video I shared some of the equipment we use.

Lavalier Microphone – You can check out on Amazon Here

iPhone tripod mount – You can check it out on Amazon Here

iPhone microphone input – You can check it out on KVConnection.com Here

Want to dig deeper with iPhone and iPad video recording? Take a look at this great blog post 

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Day #2: Setting Up Your WordPress Editorial Calendar

By on January 9, 2013 in 30 Day Blog Challenge

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30 Day Blog Challenge | Day #2

 

In this video, Kevin Davis from Social Traffic Lab shows how they are using WordPress Editorial Calendar plugin to manage their blog posts.  The plugin makes it really easy to move posts from day to day, and to quickly move draft posts on to the publishing schedule.

 

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Even professional bloggers like best selling author Chis Brogan use this plugin to manage their Editorial Calendar.

Here are some of the features it offers:

  1. See all of your posts and when they’ll be posted.
  2. Drag and drop to change your post dates.
  3. Manage your drafts with our new drafts drawer.
  4. Quickedit post titles, contents, and times.
  5. Publish posts or manage drafts.
  6. Easily see the status of your posts.
  7. Manage posts from multiple authors.

Here is another great post from Copy Blogger on some of the reasons why you should start using an editorial calendar today.

You can even use your arrow keys to move around in the calendar:

  • Move 1 week into the past – Up Arrow
  • Move 1 week into the future – Down Arrow
  • Jump multiple weeks into the past – Page Up or Ctrl+Up Arrow
  • Jump multiple weeks into the future – Page Down or Ctrl+Down Arrow