I know I’m getting a little ahead of myself in the Small Business Video Series. However, I feel this is one thing that you should be thinking about before you start planning your video. I”m a firm believer that you should repurpose your video content. Heck, you should do this with everything you have, it’s […]
Small Business Video Series – Video Editing Apps
Shooting video is the easy part, the hard part is editing it together. Unless you are doing all live streams, you will need a video editing program. I’m speaking from my experience and using MacOS, iOS and some Android apps. But, don’t worry if you are PC, I’m going to link you to a PC […]
You Don’t Need an Expensive Camera to Shoot Video
When you think of shooting video for your business, many of you may think of a big movie camera, lights, and a big production. If you have a large budget you can afford a crew to come and make amazing videos. If you are like me you’re on a smaller budget, but still have the […]
Introducing the Small Business Video Series
A few years ago, I created the “Small Business Social Series” (which I will take back up I swear), but I wanted to create another series that is a passion of mine. It’s going to be called the “Small Business Social Series”. Video work can stress people out with the idea that they need a […]
What happened at Facebooks 2019 F8 for Small Businesses
Each year Facebook has it’s F8 conference for developers. It’s a week long event similar to Google’s I/O and Apple’s WWDC events. It’s about announcing new things and helping developers use the platform better! This year there are a few changes specficially affecting small businesses. Messenger The first thing coming to Messenger for Business is […]
Can you podcast on your Phone or Tablet
It’s been a while since I last blogged or even podcasted. I have been working a ton and really wanted to come up with a solid plan for 2019 to reinvent Marketing Elements. This includes a content plan that is reasonable with working and new skills I have gained this past year. The skills are […]
Facebook Did What???
Facebook has changed quite a few things in the wake of Cambridge Analytica. Some of them are for the better, while others seem to baffle me. I’m not talking about the political ad process or the limiting of data of third-party applications. I”m talking about taking functionality away from third-party tools. BGDB (Before the Great […]
IGTV (Instagram TV) What you should know
It’s been a minute since I last updated the blog. I needed to take some time off and refocus on things. I celebrated one year at my current job as a Social Media Specialist. It allowed me to focus on the things I loved and ignore the things I didn’t. Such as new business, accounting, forecasting, […]
You can’t Ask for Attention on Facebook
I swear I have reported on this before on here or LinkedIn! Facebook announced this week that they are going to rank posts lower that use Engagement Bait. Put simply, Engagement Bating is asking someone to Vote, React, share, comment or Tag. I”m sure many of you have used this tactic, especially when doing a […]
Pinterest Makes Organization Easier
Have you ever been pinning on Pinterest and thought, “darn, I need to create another board, I wish I could just divide this one.” Well wish no more, you have that opportunity. This past week Pinterest released a new feature called Sections. The best way to describe it is the ability to create subfolders in […]