In our last blog we spoke about the “What” of Social Media Marketing, and although knowing what your audience wants is important, I find the “Where” is even more valuable. The “Where” determines if those amazing ideas of yours will actually see their full potential. I know you work hard, and I – and especially you – don’t want to...
“If a picture is a worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a thousand words, 25 times a second.” – The Distilled Guide to Online Video Marketing The whole world uses and consumes video content from a multitude of different formats, from DVD to broadcast television, and for a multitude of purposes, from pure entertainment to education and...
I have been reading and reading, and then reading some more. I have been doing a lot of reading during this past month, learning all about CSS. That is how my internship started at Blueprint a little over a month ago, with books. Just couple of days ago, I was assigned to my first real project – one-page website for...
As a programmer, I love finding ways to keep my code clean and concise. One of the best ways to do this, many would argue, is to use object oriented programming (OOP). This style of coding allows programmers to group similar tasks into classes and eliminate the need for repetitive code. Repetitive code increases file size, looks messy, and becomes...
Continuing from the first radio segment with Small Business Samaritans radio program, Nathan focuses on topics such as conversion, keyword research, and why they are so important. Topics 3 Most Important Things for a Website (Review) Conversion SEO Keyword Research Transcript Phillip: Today we have in the studio with us, Nathan Taitt, who is owner of Blueprint. Nathan is a...
I hope this post title wasn’t too misleading, because you aren’t likely to learn PHP and MySQL in 10 hours. Nevertheless, if you have 10 hours to spare and are interested in learning PHP & MySQL, the Lynda tutorial PHP with MySQL Beyond the Basics with Kevin Skoglund is an excellent place to start! An Informative Appendix Frequently, online tutorials...
This morning, on the way to work, from hours 8 to 9 am, my radio station kept interrupting its usual program to announce the latest news of the famous, yet young and immature celebrity, Justin Bieber. The songs that give me inspiration and motivation every morning so suddenly became unimportant, for the radio announced the same news at least 4...
Codecs and containers are vital to understand, but can be utterly frustrating. In Video Production, a Container, better known as a Format, is simply the file-type of your video. (mov. Avi. Mp4. Etx.). Codec is typically an abbreviation for Code/Decode, though can also be an abbreviation for Compress/Decompress. Both mean generally the same thing, but neither is better than the...
I’ve heard that cheese is a type of mold. If only the subject of my most recent video shoot had been that type of mold… Not that I’m complaining. As a matter of fact, this latest shoot was probably one of the most interesting I’ve ever been apart of. One of our clients, Serve Hero, lists a process called mold...
In today’s rush-rush world, where time is golden and the image is still everything, it is a must to have an excellent presentation on the World Wide Web. Everything from the way you answer your phone, to the business card you hand out at a networking mixer, to your online presence (everything from website to social media), “speaks” for your...
