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Video tip: Avoid the furtive glance

What happens when you bring together poor audio, shaky camera work, the editing skills of turtles and disheveled on-screen talent? Yet another video tip! Also see: How NOT to make a video blog ????? ?? ??????

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Social media school and learning curves

(Most of what follows was written prior to reading Chris Brogan’s Social Media Fatigue. It would be a very different post had I read his post before writing this. But it seems serendipitous that my post and his should coincide.) … Continue reading

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Creativity can obscure your message

In an age of digital this and that, when many of us live large parts of our lives online, creativity often obfuscates our message. Obfuscate means to “render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible,” as my dictionary defines it. It’s not that … Continue reading

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How NOT to make a video blog

Tossing dignity aside, I took a moment out to make a short video on things to avoid when making a video blog, aka vlog. I hope it provides a few tips you can use when making your own video blog … Continue reading

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If the door is locked, use a window

When you find a door locked it’s not unusual to waste a lot of time trying to open it. But it’s locked and no matter what you do it won’t open. That is when you pause, take a look around … Continue reading

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