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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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Are you using Video Marketing? You’ll want to start after reading these 10 statistics.

By Katie Curtis | Sep 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

After looking at A LOT of video statistics… I believe these are the most compelling. If you are doing video marketing- good job! I’m sure you have found it to be awesome and could give sway to some of these numbers. If you’re not, read through this list and I’ll see you on YouTube soon. …

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How to do a simple Vignette in Photoshop

By Katie Curtis | Sep 20, 2016 | 1 Comment

Happy Tutorial Tuesday everyone! If you wanted an easy way to get an adjustable vignette in Photoshop, here you go! Whether you’re an aspiring photographer, a graphic designer or working on your marketing (or anything else, really), knowing how to make a vignette in Photoshop is a good skill to have. If I am going …

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To Win you have to Try

By Katie Curtis | Aug 25, 2016 | 0 Comments

If I had never logged some books on my library’s website, I would never have won a gift card. If I had never called the radio station, I would never have won a free trip to Florida. If I had not chatted with a talented artist at her shop, discovered she needed video work done, …

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Facebook Video Analytics

By Katie Curtis | Aug 24, 2016 | 0 Comments

Happy Tutorial Tuesday! How to access your Facebook’s video analytics to see how they’re all doing.

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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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Tips & Tricks

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Reels vs. TikTok vs. YouTube Shorts: Where Should Your Business Be?

The internet’s IN LOVE with short videos, and it’s hard to ignore the phenomenon that has taken over our screens. You can’t scroll for long without seeing one. The big question is, with Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts all out there, how do you pick the best platform for your business’s videos? Let’s figure out …
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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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