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I’ve been AWOL, I know!

By Katie Curtis | Aug 14, 2016 | 0 Comments

I’m sorry! I’m so very sorry! For any of you people who are crazy enough to like me (1), read my blog (2) and happened to miss it while I took a short leave of absence (3)  (which I understand is probably a small if existent percentage) I am sorry to you! No excuses. In …

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The brief history of Katie and her Camera

By Katie Curtis | Jul 21, 2016 | 0 Comments

I bought my first camera in the fall of 2005. I was almost 13. It was a Kodak Easyshare with a lens that didn’t even extend past the body of the camera. I paid $100 for it, (and as a 12/13 year old, that’s quite a sum!)  I took 1000s of pictures with it and I was enamored. …

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Too much comfort, too many expectations, too little happiness

By Katie Curtis | Jul 14, 2016 | 0 Comments

I find that I am the most happy when my joys are small, and somewhat infrequent. That sounds strange, doesn’t it? In this age of abundance to excess, why skimp if we don’t have to? Let’s take advantage of the cornucopia of desire fillers, we think. But what start out as desire fillers become desire …

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Upload a video to Facebook

By Katie Curtis | Jul 12, 2016 | 0 Comments

Have you seen how some videos play as you scroll past in Facebook, and some you have to click to play? That is the difference between videos uploaded to Facebook, and links shared from YouTube. In this video, if you are new to social media marketing/video marketing or would just like to learn without fumbling …

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How to get done what you say you’re going to get done for Social Media Marketing

By Katie Curtis | Jul 7, 2016 | 0 Comments

You’ve heard it before. It’s not new advice. But where you’ve probably tried to use it, in some fitness arena, or with your New Year’s Resolutions, you might not have thought to use it with your social media strategy. Alright, alright. What is it already? you may ask. For whatever it is you want to …

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Sometimes we have to fall, to fly

By Katie Curtis | Jun 30, 2016 | 0 Comments

Last Saturday, I checked it off the bucket list. The Thursday before, I was writing in my journal, musing about my upcoming decision. While skydiving is fairly safe, 1 in 100,000 don’t make it, and those are WAAAAY higher odds than winning the lottery.   Thinking “I want to be at peace with my choice. Yes, if …

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10 Suggestions for what to talk about when starting Video Marketing

By Katie Curtis | Jun 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

So. You’ve decided to start video marketing. You’ve set up your camera and you’re ready to go. AAAAAaaand Action! But wait! … what should you talk about? The simplest video is a “webcam” video, the form that most vloggers (people who create “video blogs” on YouTube) typically use. The camera (usually the webcam) is pointed at the blogger …

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Facebook Carousel

By Katie Curtis | Jun 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

I posted this on Tutorial Tuesday on Facebook and YouTube, I’m just a slow goer getting it on here… *sigh*. But! I have it. It’s done, and here you are.   Have you seen those sponsored ads where you can swipe between a few cool photos or offers while browsing Facebook? It’s called the Facebook …

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What is Video Marketing?

By Katie Curtis | Jun 16, 2016 | 0 Comments

We talk to people about what we do, we give them our business cards, we ask for referrals, put our ads in magazines and on Google, etc. We market ourselves, our services and our products. Video Marketing is used to the same purpose, promoting ourselves, services and products, it just comes in video form. “If …

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Prime-Zoom-Telephoto-Wide Angle-Macro OH MY!

By Katie Curtis | Jun 9, 2016 | 0 Comments

While messing around with my camera, and checking out another photographer/videographer’s equipment (CAMERA AND LENSES PEOPLE), I realized that I finally know what all the funny little photography jargon means, yay! That has given me some inspiration to distill it down, and pass on some of the knowledge. Today, I’d like to explore the words …

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Tips & Tricks

There's a thumbs up next to a cool coffee video still and a thumbs down next to a dog post

Don’t do THIS with your Social Media Videos

I see this mistake made with business's social media video posts. And their photo and text posts too. Don't do this!
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Canva Makes Video Thumbnails EASY

Ever played with Canva? Let's make a simple video thumbnail to begin! Gary Vee inspired this one.
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Video Marketing MAGIC

So. I’m trying to sit down and have a normal, productive day of work. And it’s really failing because I can’t get Brandon Sanderson’s latest announcement out of my head. When I watched it, sent to me this morning, it was a #1 on trending. At this point, it’s been out for about exactly a …
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