What’s the most common mistake people make when shooting their first video? Christopher Ming Ryan points out that most video-makers don’t get in close enough to the person talking. This lessens the impact of the message. Zoom in. Frame the face. Here’s some tips from Ivan.
Entries Tagged as 'Tips'
#1 Mistake When Making Your First YouTube Video
February 12th, 2010 · View Comments · Video
Tags:Camtasia·editing·Facebook·Production·seth godin·Shooting·Sound·Tips·Video·YouTube
7 Tips for Business Trips to Shanghai
January 21st, 2010 · View Comments · China, Tips
Planning on doing business in China? Doing business in China is not the same as wherever you’re from. If you keep comparing China to your country, however wonderful it is, you won’t enjoy China very much. Take it on its own terms.
Tags:Add new tag·Best Buy·Bund·Business·China·Hong Kong·Pudong·Shanghai·Tips·Trips
How To Write Blog Posts Faster & Save Your Fingers From Exhaustion
January 18th, 2010 · View Comments · How To, Productivity, Tips
What to know how to type faster and get those blog post online quicker? I use the AutoCorrect feature in Word to speed things up. Most writers use it to correct typos and clean up your document AFTER it’s written. That’s fine but it’s more productive it you can correct the document AS YOU WRITE [...]
Tags:Microsoft Word·Productivity·Spelling·Text replacement·Time-·Time-saver·Tips·writing
How to Blog Almost Every Day – Use the Inverted Pyramid story format
October 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Productivity
Image by jonathansin via Flickr
Do you want to update your blog every day?
Chris Brogan provides this framework for writing a blog post (almost) every day. He adds that while it’s not easy, once you develop the right habits, they stick with you. I’m writing quite regularly now, but it took me several years to get [...]
Tags:Advice·Alltop·blog·blogging·Chris Brogan·Creative Commons·Delicious·Flickr·Techniques·Tennessee State University·Tips·wikipedia·writing
Flickr Tips, How to add contacts, make friends and post links
October 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Flickr
Here are three quick tips to get the best from Flickr.
Tags:Flickr. Contacts·Photos·Tips
4 Hour Work Week – Downloadable Checklists to be More Productive
October 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Productivity
I avoided reading Tim Ferris’ blog, the 4 Hour Work Week, for the longest time. My mistake! If you want to learn how to save time and be more productive, this blog is gold-dust. It’s a cut above the rest as it backups up his philosophy with real case studies that demonstrate how his methods work.
Tags:4 Hour Work Week·Checklists·download·Productivity·Tim Ferris·Time Saving·Tips
Wordpress Twitter Tool – How to change ‘New Blog Post:’ when new posts are tweeted?
October 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
Twitter Tools lets you integrates your blog with Twitter, so that every time you publish an article, it is automatically sent to Twitter. Even better, it can setup a daily and weekly blog post listing all the tweets you sent. One small thing is that the default setting for the blog posts is “New Blog [...]
Tags:Admin·blogging·plugins·seo·Tips·Tweets·Twitter·Wordpress
Flickr Tips – How to use HTML to Format your Profile and Image Descriptions
October 5th, 2009 · View Comments · Flickr
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to publish different tips on how to get the best from Flickr. Here is the first set. This shows you how to format your profile and your image descriptions. In other words, if you want to bold, italic, underline or even add hyperlinks to other sites, maybe different blogs you run or want to recommend.
Yahoo Mail Tips – How to use Yahoo Connections?
July 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
Yahoo Mail Tips – How to use Yahoo Connections?
Tags:change·classic·contacts·email·How To·interface·Mail·search·searchmonkey·seo·texting·Tips·user·Yahoo
Fire closes down Authorize.net, US payment gateway service provider
July 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
Authorize.net has been down for several hours, which will have negative implications for its customers. : Authorize.net is used by tens of thousands of e-commerce vendors to accept credit card and electronic checks payments on their websites. PayPal and Google Checkout are still up and running.
Tags:Authorize.net·google·google checkout·Paypal·search engine·search features·seo·Tips·Tricks
Google Documents backup utility – Use Gdocbackup to keep a local copy of your Google Docs files
July 3rd, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing
Google Documents backup utility – Use Gdocbackup to keep a local copy of your Google Docs files
Getting Started with Yahoo! Contacts
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
Getting Started with Yahoo! Contacts
Tags:change·classic·contacts·email·How To·interface·Mail·search·searchmonkey·seo·texting·Tips·user·Yahoo
Can I make money from Adsense? It depends because…
July 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · How To
I noticed you use Google AdSense. I’ve been reading up on it this week and trying to separate the reality from the mire of get rich quick schemes. How’s it working for you? Has it been worthwhile?
Tags:Adsense·google·Life Hacking·online business·Paypal·Tips·writing
