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Multimedia : How to Outsource Video Production

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Internet business owners are bombarded with advice to use video to promote their websites. Great advice. Video works. How well does video work? Some split-testing research from Russell Brunson’s website, Dot Com Secrets, shows an incredible 98.9% chance that video will outperform any other method, text, images, or audio. With statistics like that, it’s impossible for a website owner to ignore video. Video Production Problem is, adding videos of any sophistication beyond a head shot is often more than a small business can handle. Learning video production can take a while and with everything else you need to concentrate on, outsourcing video production might be a good idea. So here is some outsourcing advice. First, consider yourself the Executive Producer on the project as you will direct each of the other crew members, any where from one to ten people depending on your project. Think about the overall style of the video you want and ask yourself these questions. Who ...

Marketing : Find Advertisers for Your Website

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Direct advertising sales is arguably the best method to monetize a website. Finding advertisers for your site and actually closing the deals, however, is not as straight forward. Over the past 6 months I had more than 10 high profile companies sponsoring Daily Blog Tips, and through out this article I will share what I have learned along the way. The Pros More money: The first advantage of selling your own ads is the fact that you will cut the middlemen out, increasing your revenue potential. Suppose you sell text link ads on your sidebar through a certain company, and the text links sell for $50 monthly. Since you are using the company network to sell the ads, they will eat 50% of the price, and you will end up earning only $25 monthly for each text link. If someone is willing to pay $50 for a text link on your site, though, it means that they are getting $50 of value out of it. Why, then, should you share that with someone else? Independence: Sure, large advertising networ...

Work : Go Green at Work

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If you are already taking environmentally friendly steps at home, it's a natural extension to take similar measures at work, both to save energy and to create a healthier workspace environment. Making the environment more pleasant for yourself, energy efficient, and eco-friendly will increase your enjoyment of the workplace and lessen its impact on the environment as a whole. Being energy and resource efficient and conscious of improving the health and well-being of the work environment will also reduce the costs of running a business. It's time to "go green" at work, and here is how. 1.  Feel empowered .  You don't need to be management to institute change; your role as someone who cares about improving the energy efficiency and healthiness of your workplace is just as vital as those able to make the "big decisions". In fact, change from the bottom-up is often a lot more effective as everyone has "buy-in". And just because you don...

Healthy : Five Secret Habits of Successful Weight Loss!

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In eating, a third of the stomach should be filled with food, a third with drink and the rest left empty. Talmudin Hello! May I start this article by sharing with you my most inner secrets. I want to reveal to you that no matter how difficult your weight problem may seem, you can change your life for the better. If I can do it, so can you. As many know I wasn't always so strong or sure of myself, and much of that insecurity has to do with my weight. I have had a weight problem practically all my life and I always will. But now things are different, and they can do for you, too. Enough of this lengthy intro, at least for now! OK? Then let's dive in with the first success habit of thin or slim people. Success Habits No.1. Follow A Rugged framework for diet and exercise. Let me set the record straight! Diet and exercise guidelines can provide you with a framework for making these healthy changes, but ultimately it's up to you to devise your own rules and come u...

Healthy : Keep Things Down when You're Sick

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You may experience nausea and vomiting for many different reasons including chemotherapy or a simple case of the flu. Many people find it difficult to keep anything in their stomachs when they’re vomiting or nauseous. There are several simple ways to help keep food and beverages down when you’re feeling ill. 1.  Consuming a Simple Diet a.  Follow the BRAT diet.  Some doctors suggest the BRAT diet, which stands for bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. These foods can help you recover from nausea and vomiting because the foods are low in fiber and easy to digest and help replace nutrients lost. [1] Some other foods that are easy to digest are crackers, boiled potatoes, and gelatin. b.  Add more complex foods gradually.  Once you are able to keep down very simple foods such as broth, rice, bananas, and toast, add more complex foods as you feel better. This can help minimize nausea and vomiting and will not strain your stomach. Examples of more com...

Food Recipes : Chicken Katsu Curry

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- Chicken Katsu Curry Sauce Ingredients kat curry 2 Medium Onions 5 Garlic Cloves 2 Medium Carrots 2 Table Spoons Of Plain Flour(Gluten free can be used) 4 Teaspoons Curry Power 2 Teaspoons Of Honey 4 Teaspoons Of Soy Sauce (Gluten free soy sauce can be used) 1 Bay Leaf A Dash Of Sunflower Oil 600ml Chicken Stock (I use two of the chicken stock gels) 1 Teaspoon Garam Masala - Bread Chicken Ingredients 4 Chicken Breasts 2 Tablespoons Plain Flour (Gluten free flour can be used ) 100g Panko Breadcrumbs (If you don't have breadcrumbs I'm going to explain how to make them in the recipe!) 1 Egg (You can use natural yogurt this will also mean you won't need the flour you'll just be dipping your chicken in the yogurt and then the breadcrumbs) 250ml Vegetable Oil (This is for the frying) Salt & Pepper - Coconut Rice 350g Basmati Rice 1/2 Tin Of Coconut Milk (You can use 1 sachet of coconut cream) This one is for all you wagamamas lovers out th...

Vehicle : The True Cost of Ignoring Vehicle Maintenance

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Cost of ignoring maintenance of your vehicle has its price and that price can be costly. Let’s look at the cost of not taking care of your car based on 1. The shorten life of your car 2. Repairs caused by skipping routine maintenance 3. Being stranded on the side of the road 4. The unplanned charge to your Visa 1) The Life of Your Car Fluids, spark plugs, filters, belts & hoses, brakes and your transmission all need routine maintenance. "If you don't maintain your car, you're taking a vehicle that might have been driven for 200,000 miles over its life, and you're knocking it down to maybe 150,000 miles," says Philip Reed, author of "Strategies for Smart Car Buyers" at Edmunds.com. A National Car Care Month inspection yield the following results 85% of all vehicles inspected needed some repair or maintenance thus U.S. Department of Transportation reports an average car lasts about 13 years and 145,000 miles before its scraped. In dollars...