We have had some wonderful opportunities lately to appear on a few different shows on the Internet as well as local TV and we thought we should gather a few of them in one place here on the blog! Doug & Ally’s Recent Appearances! Let’s start with the one Ally and I appeared together on which was on Fox 2 Detroit in a segment about how to take a great selfie for dating sites! This one was pretty fun… […]
Patreon is described in Wikipedia as “a membership platform that provides business tools for creators to run a subscription content service, as well as ways for artists to build relationships and provide exclusive experiences to their subscribers, or “patrons.” We have our own Patreon, we are working really hard on it and we believe in it. We hope you will join us and here are 5 totally legit reasons why you should. 5 Totally Legit Reasons Why You Should Join […]
A huge development just happened in the world of Facebook. The launch of Facebook Creator is a pretty big deal for Livestreamers on the platform and we were able to download the app, set it up and go live with a bevy of new features yesterday in no time! Here is the actual broadcast: <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Thoughts & Tips on Facebook Creator Let me take a second here to point […]
Is organic reach dead on Facebook? Do you have to spend advertising dollars to reach anyone on Facebook now? I hear people say this more and more…. As I’ve written here before I participate weekly in a live Twitter chat and broadcast on Periscope called #LetsLivestream. It’s always a good discussion with many great guests and nice production value hosted by Jonathan Tripp, and once in a while a topic or a take in the conversation gets me thinking about […]
An exchange I had on twitter yesterday got me thinking… Of course I often go to football for analogies because I have a background there, so as a former player and a football “purist” I may enjoy comparing statistics for fun, but I would never play “fantasy football”. I never have and never will. I actually like statistics – I do. I’ll even use them from time to time in debates about teams and players and who was better. […]
So much has been going on in the social media world this past week (Periscope Monetizes) or so – or at least it seems this way for us. I’ve got a few topics to cover with a few tips and of course a couple of observations and opinions…. Let’s get to it, starting with the major headlines for this post… YouTube Gets LIVE We had heard about YouTube livestreaming for a while but weren’t sure if it would be on […]
Recently I wrote an article here on the blog comparing and contrasting live streaming platforms to help people make some informed choices on which platform to consider between Facebook Live and Periscope for different types of strategies. It’s a solid piece if I do say so myself and I enlisted 4 people in the social media / entrepreneurial game I respect to include their take. That article is still on point and relevant, but this is basically a part 2 digging into […]
I held out against the idea of doing an email newsletter for a looooonnnnnnnnggg time. I wanted no part of it. I thought “who wants to get another email in their folder” and I was feeling pretty good about our social media and online marketing as it was. So let’s go through my thought process – how and why my opinion changed and what led me to start an email newsletter. A Little Side of SPAM with your email perhaps…? […]
As you know social media is my thing. I spend the majority of my time creating content to put out online for our studio and other businesses from time to time. I train people on how to use social media and very often the photography business leads to discussions about branding with our clients who come here for professional headshots to market themselves. So it makes sense for me to write articles on the things I learn about smallbiz marketing […]