Youtube’s Sensitive Issues
Top of my gripe list this week is Youtube’s sensitive issues policy. Specifically because it’s stopping me from placing ads and secondly because it’s just so vague. You may be experiencing the same frustration. If so, like me you might be finding it impossible to get any clarification on the subject. I’ll keep you posted…
Mentors For Online Business
Nowadays in the digital world we live in we need mentors more than ever in business as much as in personal life. If we are lucky we meet some great mentors throughout our lives. They tend to stand out even if only with the benefit of hindsight in later life. Our parents, teachers, and family…
Beaver Builder Review
There are loads of WordPress based website builders on the market and they all claim to be “drag and drop simple” and super fast loading. Most of them also claim to integrate seamlessly with everything from your favourite autoresponder to e-commerce faves like Shopify. Obviously this makes them very attractive to your average non techie…
Living In The New Normal
My partner and I left our seaside haven for Glasgow yesterday. It was her birthday and we took the opportunity to visit both of our families for the first time since lockdown 4 months ago. We also did some shopping so It was a long day. We picked up some fish and chips on the…
DJI Osmo 3 Smartphone Gimbal Reviewed
I just bought a DJI Osmo 3 smartphone gimbal. I wasn’t actually aware I needed one until I saw a video posted on a local Facebook buy/sell group. It was a walkthrough video for a rental property which had just been refurbished. It looked great and I immediately knew a gimbal had been used. I…
Your Post Covid Outlook?
When I was walking along the main street of my local town this weekend I thought to myself “Dunoon is open again”. Moments later a council sign attached to a lamp post confirmed it “Dunoon is open again, welcome back” it said. Actually many of the shops and local businesses are still not open but…
What You Did In Lockdown
What you did in Lockdown if you were one of the many furloughed or grant funded self-employed people might well have long reaching consequences. Hopefully when you look back on it in years to come it won’t be with regret. Hopefully what you did in lockdown – how you used all that rarest of commodities:…
Pivot Out Of Lockdown
There’s a lot of talk right now about how to pivot out of lockdown. It’s obvious why. I popped into town today (June 10, 2020 – week ten of coronavirus lockdown) for a few bits and pieces. It’s still very quiet here with most of the shops, pubs and public spaces still shut. Supermarket shopping…
Screenflow’s Narration Function
Screenflow’s narration function is one I hadn’t tried until recently despite having used this excellent screen recording software by Telestream for some years. My partner’s driving instruction business is on corvid 19 lockdown pause right now so she decided to shoot some videos for her pupils meantime. So, armed with a head mounted Gopro she…
Preparing For The Coronavirus Depression
The Coronavirus depression is a term coined in one of two excellent articles I read today on Medium. It refers to what’s looking like being the worst recession in our history triggered by the Covid 19 pandemic. In his article “This is How an Economy Implodes”, Umair Haque outlines America’s economic divebomb. “You still have…
Proven Steps Webcast
