I can’t tell you all the tools that I’ve used or subscribed to in the past to record podcast interviews remotely – and I had problems with all of them. It didn’t matter how good my connectivity was or the quality of the hardware… intermittent connectivity issues and audio quality almost always made me toss the podcast. The last decent tool that I used was Skype, but adoption of the application wasn’t widespread so my
Convert Pro: Lead Generation & Email Opt-In Popup Plugin for WordPress
Given the dominance of WordPress as a content management system, it’s surprising how little attention is actually paid in the core platform on actual conversions. Virtually every publication – whether it’s a business or a personal blog – looks to convert visitors into subscribers or prospects. However, there’s really no elements within the core platform to accommodate this activity. Convert Pro is a comprehensive WordPress plugin that offers a drag & drop editor, mobile responsive
How to Set Up 3-Point Lighting for Your Live Videos
We’ve been doing some Facebook Live videos for our client utilizing Switcher Studio and absolutely loving the multi-video streaming platform. One area that I wanted to improve on was our lighting, though. I’m a bit of a video newbie when it comes to these strategies, so I’ll continue to update these notes based on feedback and testing. I’m learning a ton from the professionals around me as well – some of which I’m sharing here!
WordPress Plugin: Open A Video In A Lightbox with Elementor
We’ve adopted a website with a client that was built with Elementor, a fantastic drag and drop editing plugin for WordPress that transforms how easy it is to build complex, beautiful layouts that are responsive… without programming or the need to understand shortcodes. Elementor does have some limitations, one of which I ran into working on a client site. They simply wanted a button that opened a video in a Lightbox… something that Elementor doesn’t
Elementor: A Fantastic Editor for Designing Beautiful WordPress Pages and Posts
This afternoon, I took a few hours and built my first client site using Elementor. If you’re in the WordPress industry, you’ve probably already heard the buzz about Elementor, they’ve just hit 2 million installations! My friend Andrew, who operates NetGain Associates, told me about the plugin and I’ve already bought an unlimited license to implement it everywhere! WordPress has been feeling the heat on its relatively barbaric editing capabilities. They recently updated to Gutenberg,
Swaarm: Automate, Optimize, and Measure Your Advertising Performance
Swaarm is a performance-based tracking platform that provides agencies, advertisers, and networks with the ability to fully track and control their marketing efforts in real-time ensuring profitable growth. The platform has been engineered from the ground up to be simple to use, yet powerful, with data-driven campaign automation to help marketers successfully measure and optimize campaigns at an economic price. Instead of a top-down approach, we built this product ground up. Right from the very
RudderStack: Build Your Own Customer Data Platform (CDP)
RudderStack helps data engineering teams capture more value from customer data, with a Customer Data Platform (CDP) designed specifically for developers. RudderStack collects a company’s data from every customer touchpoint – including web, mobile, and backend systems – and sends it in real-time to over 50 cloud-based destinations and any major data warehouse. By unifying and analyzing their customer data in a privacy- and security-conscious way, companies are then able to turn it into business actions across