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5 things to Consider Adding to your Videos while Uploading

By Katie Curtis | Jan 26, 2017 | 0 Comments

Okay, so you’ve done the hard work of taking and editing a video and are now going to post it. Do that, but also consider doing these five additional add-ons. Consider adding Closed Captions/Subtitles Not only do you broaden the audience of people who can watch your videos to those who are deaf and perhaps …

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Tuesday Tip! Make sure you do this with your Video Projects.

By Katie Curtis | Jan 25, 2017 | 0 Comments
Why did I think that blanket was a good idea?

This is stupid-simple, and it has gotten me out of trouble more than a dozen times. After editing and exporting your video, always, always, ALWAYS… watch it. I know these are usually tutorials, but I encountered this very issue with my video editing and projects and I thought it would be pertinent to share it …

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Musings

By Katie Curtis | Jan 13, 2017 | 0 Comments

Our assignment in my weekly Marketing club was to read the first chapter of Mike Dooley’s “Life on Earth”. For those of you who don’t know, Mike Dooley is the master behind TUT.com and the inspirational Universe notes that we can get daily. He is New-agey, but also uber positive, and when I read his …

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I want you to COMMIT

By Katie Curtis | Jan 8, 2017 | 2 Comments

We’re over a week into 2017, how are we all doing on our New Year’s Resolutions? For me, I’ve meditated 7 out of the 8 days in 2017. I tell ya, that one day is going to haunt me as I round out 2017 with 364 days of meditation, but whatever. It’s not about beating …

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How to add a Youtube Video to your WordPress Blog

By Katie Curtis | Jan 3, 2017 | 0 Comments

Can you imagine? I created a video about adding videos to your blog, and that’s exactly what I needed to do for this post! Gasp!

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READ THIS: Before you restore your iPhone

By Katie Curtis | Jan 1, 2017 | 0 Comments

  I made a mistake. And of course I didn’t realize my mistake until it was too late. For a while, my iPhone 6 was acting weird- it said I had used up 11 GB of data, which, for a 16 GB/actually 11.86 GB phone was a lot. But when it came time to add up …

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Quick Tips: Final Cut Pro X for Mac How to adjust the length of your clips

By Katie Curtis | Nov 16, 2016 | 2 Comments

Final Cut Pro X updated, and with it went some apperance changes. In order to grow the clips in both the timeline and clip archives, you must now click a new button, or use the shortcut Command +. To shrink the clips, use Command -. This shortcut makes each second of footage take up either …

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I went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando Florida. It was magical.

By Katie Curtis | Nov 1, 2016 | 2 Comments
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NEWSFLASH! Your video doesn’t need to go viral to work

By Katie Curtis | Oct 13, 2016 | 2 Comments

We refrain from posting our videos because we wonder, “Who would watch this?” “No one will share this.” “What if my video only gets 10 views?” All valid concerns… if misguided. You’re right! You probably will not get shares on every video, especially if you’re doing it yourself. AND, yes, some of those videos will have …

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The Number One thing you can do in Video Marketing

By Katie Curtis | Sep 29, 2016 | 0 Comments

This is a quick blurb. It won’t take me very long to share this best bit of Video Marketing wisdom. It also happens to be the same wisdom that exists for all adventures and activities in life that are worth while. You ready? Start. Yup. That’s not me starting my blog, that’s me telling YOU …

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Why Your Video Strategy Needs Breathing Room

I used to think being “ahead” in content meant always posting. Always planning. Always editing. Always thinking about the next idea before the current one even went live. And while that sounds productive… it’s exhausting. If you’re a creative whether you’re a videographer, business owner, designer, writer, or content creator, you’ve probably felt it too. …
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The First Video I’d Make If I Were Starting My Business Today

If I were starting my business from scratch today, no audience, no content library, no fancy setup… I wouldn’t start with a viral Reel or a perfectly polished brand video. I’d start with something much simpler. Here’s the thing no one tells you at the beginning When you’re starting or restarting a business, video feels …
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7 Trends That Should Shape Your 2026 Content Strategy

If there’s one thing we can count on in 2026, it’s that social media is about to look very different. Not in a scary “the algorithms are out to get us” way, more like, the rules are shifting, people are changing what they want, and the stuff that used to work just… doesn’t hit the …
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