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Why Smartphone Video Is Best For Promoting Your Business

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Why Smartphone video is a ‘must have’ for promoting your business A modern smartphone is like having a film studio in your pocket - yet few businesses take advantage of the amazing technology they already own and use it to promote their products. Now a new online course intends to change all that and get entrepreneurs creating great video. In just a few days, Ayrshire-based Tosh Lubek and Ken McGaffin have signed up over 360 students from around the world for their course, ‘Make Great Videos on a Budget’ which sells for just £20. “Video is the most popular form of content online - from how-to videos, product demos, customer testimonials and more,” says Lubek, “With video, people see you and hear you, they follow your advice and they get to trust you - and then of course, they’re ready to buy from you”. And video can outperform the written word. “Small businesses hate writing about themselves - just ask any designer who’s waiting for copy to get the latest brochure done!”

How To Use Retargeting Pixel With Facebook Advertising

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If you’ve ever searched for a product on a site like Amazon you will probably have subsequently been followed around the internet with adverts for that product. Congratulations, you've just been retargeted. The process is called retargeting or remarketing, and it is a powerful way to convert searchers into buyers. At the recent Social Media and Marketing Show in Edinburgh, Blue Cliff Media's Gavin Bell explained how any business can use this clever technique to get more sales when they advertise on Facebook. Watch the recording of Gavin Bell's seminar where he takes time to explain how to create and use Facebook retargeting pixel. Briefly the process goes like this. Step 1 Create the Facebook pixel for your website or landing page. You might think because we are talking about a pixel that this will involve creating some kind of graphic. Well that's not the case. The Facebook Pixel is a little bit of Javascript code that you need to place in the header ta

How To Multiply On Your Fingers And Thumbs

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Who said multiplication is difficult? It's really easy when you use the fingers and thumbs on your hands and you can multiply the numbers between 1 and 4. If you can do that then  you can also multiply by 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. All it takes is your fingers and thumbs. It's so simple even young children can do it, they just need to be shown, and it's a lot of fun. So now you want to know how to multiply with your fingers and thumbs, so let's get straight to it. Put you open hands in front of you with your palms facing upwards. Your fingers and thumbs are going to represent the following numbers: Thumbs = 6 Index fingers = 7 Middle fingers = 8 Ring fingers = 9 Little finger = 10 Your thumbs are always a six and your little fingers are always a ten. Also, to simplify things we will refer to thumbs as fingers. Next,  your left hand deals with the first number in the multiplication sum and your right hand deals with the second number.

Christmas Greeting

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Send a Personalised Christmas Greeting & Sales Video Cheaper than a real card* - Says more than an e-card We can personalise the Christmas greeting video with your choice of message, add your logo image or name, or even include a sales promotion with your festive message. See the two examples below. About the Greeting Video Send it to your email mailing list Post it on your social media accounts Embed it on your website or blog 30 seconds long Choose your own greeting in the sky Include your logo or name as text Full festive greeting or promotion on the end card Voiceover recording of your promotional script (£99 version) Two versions available Standard : Text + Music: £49 Deluxe :     Text + Music + Voiceover (just like a TV ad): £99 Standard Version - £49 Deluxe Version - £99 Book Now Contact Tosh Lubek to book your Christmas Greeting Video. Telephone: 01292 570823 email:  tosh@toshlubekproductions.co.

Best Royalty Free Music Sites For YouTube Videos

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What is the best solution when it comes to music for YouTube videos? If you want to know what you can use, where you can get it and how to get FREE music that won’t get you into trouble on YouTube keep reading. I will explain why you should avoid using your personal music collection, expalin what is  the best alternative and then give you 13 sources of music that are ideal for online use. If you're just looking for the 13 sources of music I suggest you scroll down until you get to that part of the post. Many people think because they have paid for CDs or downloads they can legitimately use their personal music collection on their YouTube videos, which is NOT the case. A personal music collection is exactly that, personal. All they have bought is the right to listen to the music themselves, technically playing their music in an office in ear-shot of several other people would require a performing rights license. Some people would have you believe that under co

Why Ladder Grips Are The Best New Ladder Safety Accessories

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Ladder Grips safety device If you have ever climbed a ladder you will know that it can be an unsettling experience and sometimes downright dangerous. So it is good to find ladder safety accessories and devices that work, are easy to use and are NOT one of those  use once and put away and forget  gizmos. A Scottish company has developed and patented a new ladder safety accessory called Ladder Grips, which is available direct from their website laddergrips.com . You can watch LadderGrips' new corporate video here. Bobby Park, Inventor I met Bobby Park, the inventor, who told me about his ladder safety devices and even took me to the Ayrshire factory where Ladder Grips are being manufactured. Bobby told me that Ladder Grips are a unique new ladder safety accessory for the workplace and home and that, size for size, no other ladder safety devices or accessories provide the level of safety or versatility. T he key feature of Ladder Grips that make it so

Pink Truck Supports Think Pink Scotland Breast Cancer Charity

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Instead of the usual business tips this post is about Newtown Waste Solutions  launch of their new Pink Trucks in support of Breast Cancer Charity Think Pink Scotland . Watch the video below or read on for the full story. If you would like to help in the fundraising please contact Newtown Waste Solutions  on 01698 250007 . £50,000 target Newtown Waste Solutions will be holding various fund raisers throughout the year to help  raise funds for breast cancer research in Glasgow . The skip hire company is based in Motherwell and is set itself a target of raising £50,000 for Think Pink Scotland’s breast cancer research campaign. In the UK breast cancer is now the most common cancer with about 125 women diagnosed with the disease every day. Increasingly people are becoming aware that men can also fall victim to breast cancer and 300 UK men are diagnosed with the condition every year. Martin McLindon and Billy Neilson with their team Martin McLindon and Billy Neilson,