At Hopleaf Bar, A Tale Behind Every Ale
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Mike Roper’s a sucker for a good story. One afternoon, while sampling beers at his Uptown bar Hopleaf, he relayed how archaeologists in Turkey unearthed pottery buried for thousands of years,…
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4 Innovative Ways to Use Web Video for Small Business
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You’ve seen videos of people doing ridiculous things on the Internet. But you probably haven’t seen too many videos of small businesses sharing their good work. Web video is more or less the domain of the ridiculous — whether that means something cute or something painful. Even top ads and commercials have a touch of the absurd (Old Spice, Dos Equis, I’m looking at you). So how does a small business compete with disturbingly low attention spans and a whole Internet of viral videos? Read on for five ways that small businesses can take advantage of web video without blowing their budgets and let us know your own success stories in the comments below….
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Google Glass to be used in XXX flicks
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Porn directors are planning to use Google Glass eyewear for X-rated films to explore the ‘full potential’ of the technology.
The adult film industry is said to be interested in using the specs for point-of-view shots in a ‘truly hands-free fashion’ as opposed to having one hand on the camera.
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Google Glass has caused concern because it has a camera next to the wearer’s eye which can take photos or record video without a red light or a shutter sound to tell others that it is working
Casinos said they could help cheaters to win unfairly and cinemas said that they could be used to illegally record films and sell pirate copies.
Parks departments and banks across America are also waiting to see how the new technology is used before deciding whether or not to ban them.
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Coquette: Explory: A Mobile Storytelling App
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I love to take photos with my iPhone but once it’s copied onto my computer, they are most often forgotten. I only wish I had time to create fun movies of trips or my daughter’s birthdays. Now there’s a new…
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Combine photos, video, text, and narration into great stories, without the time and effort of traditional video editing.
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Brand Guide To The Most Effective Social Media Platforms For Marketing | AllTwitter
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… But how do you generate leads with successful webinars? This is the fun part! You get to use traditional and new tactics to gain registrations. You’ll use media relations, email marketing, social media, direct mail, content, and advertising. In most cases, you’ll be marketing to prospects who haven’t made a decision yet to work with you, former clients, or someone new entirely. Host a Successful Webinar Following is a step-by-step list of how you’ll do this. Of course, this list could change, depending on your business and your industry, but it provides a good place to begin thinking about how to generate good, qualified leads from content….
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with limited resources and strained, finding the best social channel for your needs is the most sensible way forward, based on audience size, relevant demographic and target profile.
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6 Ways to Leverage Your Facebook Cover Photo
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If you haven’t heard, a few months back Facebook relaxed their cover photo rules and now the only rule that business Pages need to pay attention to is that there can’t be more than 20 percent text in the cover photo.
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The great news is that businesses can have calls to action in their cover photos, driving traffic to their apps, website, in-store locations and encouraging engagement.
#2 Ask your fans to “Like” you………..simple and effective.
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