Today on TechTuesday LIVE #32 we talked about “Photos on Facebook” and how we can add some life to the photos that we post up on Facebook! First, did you know you can simply click ONE BUTTON and rotate any photo you have posted to Facebook? I had a couple of photos from my iPhone that I posted up that were standing up portrait but needed to be landscape, in the HD version you can download FREE THIS WEEK, you will see which button that is…
We also talked about how you can use Photoshop (and buy the way you have got to check out the online editor at Photoshop.com) or any other image editing software to add a back ground to your Facebook Profile photo. Don’t let the simplicity of this tip pass you by, your profile photo is EVERYWHERE now thanks to Facebook Connect and you want it to look great where ever it is, so take some time to make it nice!!!
We get into A LOT more, and this week we have something SPECIAL, you can download the HD version FREE!!! This normally requires the $10 a month QuestioningSuccess Community Membership BUT I really want people to be able to spread this message because it is simple and easy and everyone can learn something this week. PASS IT ON, use the “SHARE” button below and post it to your social network of choice or email to your favorite business owner. If you want access to all the previous HD versions of TechTuesday I would encourage you to BECOME A MEMBER! (This was also posted to the iTunes Podcast for the HD Premium Stream, so if you are already a member check iTunes and it should be downloaded automatically!)
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The most important things sometimes are not the funnest! This week on TechTuesday C. Spencer Reynolds talks about 4 things that are CRUCIAL!!!
Battery Backup
On-Site Backup
Off-Site Backup
Time Block for Cleanup
Battery Backup
If you are looking for a very cheap way to have a simple backup for just you computer, check out this ($43) 6 outlet option by APC. If you have more than your computer and want it to run for longer than just a couple of minutes then I would go for this ($118) 8 plug option from Tripp Lite (this is the battery backup I use on the side of my desk!). Of course if you are running servers and mission critical stuff, then it is so worth spending the hundreds of dollars required to buy the large format battery backups for those situations.
On-Site Backup
Without question you should have a great external hard drive (I recommend at least a 1 TB drive now days) so that you can run a backup program or Time Machine on your Mac to keep everything safe and backed-up!
Off-Site Backup
A very inexpensive alternative (or in addition to) option is to have your data synced with a service online. I have used Carbonite for a while and really think there is system is slick and it runs in the background so well, I forget that I have it most of the time. The best part of using an online service like Carbonite is that you set it up and never worry again. I bought the 3 year option from Carbonite and it is unlimited so I have like 600+GB of data on their servers and I don’t have to buy an additional hard drive, they maintain them! Add that to fact that I can log on to Carbonite from any computer online and I can access all my files that are backed up there!!!
Time Block for Cleanup
This one is just something you have got to plan for and set in your calendar RIGHT NOW or you will never do it. Right now, open Outlook or iCal or your BlackBerry and put in a 3 hour time block and call it Technology Cleanup. Set it to reoccur every 30 days and then during your time block you go through your computer and do the following:
Delete old or temp documents that you wont need again
Delete blurry photos that you don’t like
Delete video clips that you won’t put into an edited video
Delete audio files and podcast files that you have listened to and no longer need.
Empty your trash can
Defrag your hard drive (if you are unlucky and use a PC
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The most important thing PERIOD for your blog is your CONTENT!!! If you have no content there is no reason to build your blog.
Signs on the trail is the best method for content! Not too many, and PACKED with SUPER RELEVANT information. Short videos, small paragraphs and engaging stories!!!
One way to auto-post your content from your main blog to your other blogs as we talk about in the HD version below, is by using the WP-o-Matic plugin! It fetches RSS feed information and automatically puts it in your other blogs. (Be careful about getting grand ideas to use other people’s content and put it on your site, as this plugin could certainly do, focus instead on coming up with your own WELL THOUGHT OUT content and distribute it.)
I would rather see you post 1 GREAT blog post, in a week, that I will read; opposed to 10 posts that are nothing but fluff…
We covered a few different essential plugins for WordPress.org sites on the episode. Use your WordPress site as the central hub for all of your social media activity. It can automatically post your blog posts out to several other blogs and social networking sites when you have the right plugins…
We had MANY technical issues with Ustream this week, so the normal recording of the show was interrupted several times. What we do have in the recording of this episode is the discussion we had around podcasting and the PowerPress plugin for WordPress…
We covered how to make a Do It Yourselfer TelePrompTer using a 10 x 12 piece of wood, a piece of glass and an iPad with an App called ProPromtper in the iTunes App Store for only $9.99. You can control it with an iPhone or an iPod Touch. We also had a Q&A on other tech questions…
Here is the promo for this week’s show…
Do you want to put detailed maps for your listings online? One way would be the hard way, so we wont go there, the easy way is to do it using Google Maps for Real Estate Professionals.
If you are not familiar with Google’s system for maps and real estate and you are in the Real Estate Industry the time is NOW to learn and use this for every property owner you serve. First and foremost make certain that your real estate company is listed in the Google Local directory by making (or claiming) your listing by visiting Google Local Business Center and adding your logos, photos and even VIDEOS about you and your company! (This is key because your company will now show up on mobile devices that use Google Maps like the iPhone and Android phones.)
Next, you are going to get your individual listing information up to Google in the form of a FEED. You can put that information in a “tab-delimited” format of in spreadsheet saved as .XLS and include as much information as you want to include. This information is going to be uploaded to Google Base and they have detailed instructions on what attributes you can use and then how to submit that feed. View all of that information by visiting Google Base Help – Housing – US.
Once your listing is up on Google Real Estate you can easily add maps to your specific listing by going to Google Real Estate and locating your listing. Make the size of the window (as far as how zoomed in you want to be) and click on the “Send” option on the top right of the map window. It will give you an address that is ridiculously LONG, like this.
..copy it and use a URL shortner service like bit.ly that will track your click throughs and get something that looks like this… http://bit.ly/c1OjDW
Then you put that link in your video descriptions on YouTube and Facebook… now you will know how many people were interested enough to click on a map of your listing and that is a great feedback tool!!!
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The New LIKE button on Facebook is going to change the way MANY people use and interact with Facebook and their 400+ million users. If you don’t have one on your site yet, GET IT GOING ON TODAY! Visit http://developrs.facebook.com and click on Social Widgets. Watch the video here and chime in on what you think your best usage of the LIKE button will be.
The LIVE show was done outdoors for the first (and possibly last) time today, although it was fun wehad major Ustream.tv issues. The render on the HD version was a little odd, if it is not clear for you please comment below or send me a message and I will get a clearer version up ASAP.
We finished off the MarketingMachine this week and we covered the final 3 topics of video and then talked about Up-Selling/Cross-Selling and List Building!
Encoding Video
Use YouTube or Blip.tv as they do it all for you (public)
TubeMogul for syndicating your videos and tracking them
Google Analytics for your self-hosted videos.
It’s not about how many people are viewing your videos it is WHO!!! Get the quality not the quantity so don’t get caught up on only having a handful of views, if it gets you what you want.
Up-Sell and Cross-Sell
Start with a FREE product (Report, eBook, Audio, Video…)
Free to Cheap (Inexpensive)
Cheap to Quality
Quality to EXTREME (Very high priced to make MAD profits
List Building Tips
Contests (Give away an iPod or something of value)
Facebook TAGGING (ask for permission and then tag up to 50 per video)
Facebook Ads (you can set low spending limits to get started)
GoogleTV Ads (get your message out to the masses on TV!)
Put your link 1st in your video descriptions so people can take action.
P.S. Tune in next week as we discuss the “LIKE” button on Facebook and how to use to increase your business!
