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Should you hire a professional Graphic Designer?
So you want to improve your brand, design some social media images or work on some of your marketing material? You think you can do it yourself, but you're unsure. You wonder if you should hire a graphic designer instead of working on it yourself. It's a tough choice...

Penji: Graphic Design Service Test & Review
If you've ever been too busy to design social media images, YouTube thumbnails or any visual media for your business chances are you've considered outsourcing a Graphic Designer. Maybe you feel you have too much work to afford outsourcing, well maybe you could...

Why you need to focus on visual media to succeed online
So you want to reach more people online, right? There's various forms of media you can use, such as audio, writing, visual imagery, video and various formats under and in between those. But it's visual media that has my attention. Why Visual Media? Sure, I am a...

How to setup MailChimp for your blog (Free!)
Looking for some tips to start your Website's email newsletter with Mailchimp? Well this is the post for you. Mailchimp is a great option as you can have up to 2000 subscribers with access to their basic features - all for free. So below I created this post as a...

How to know when your Social Media Audience is online!
Are you just pumping out social media posts that simply sail on out into the abyss of updates and never seem to reach your audience? One major reason this could be happening is that you could be posting at the worst time - when hardly anyone is online. So the question...

An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop (and how it works)
So, you're thinking of learning your way around Photoshop? It's a very powerful tool, perfect for: Photo editing & manipulation Digital Art Design for print, web or social media Well, I've spent a bit of time putting this together so you can get a basic idea of...

10 Top Smart Passive Income Ideas (You Can Start Online)
So, you're sick of trading time for your money and want to earn some smart passive income online? Do you even know what passive income is? Either way, you're sick of your job, sick of surrendering your time and just plain sick of feeling enslaved to giving up all of...

List of Social Media Image Sizes & Templates
If there's one thing truly makes a social media profile stand out and look unique it's custom designed imagery. Putting your own unique spin on your images whilst setting them up in a way that functions perfectly within the constraints of the page is important, and to...

How I got over 2.1 Million visitors to my website
It's been 5 years. 5 Years, over 2 million visitors and a hell of a lot of fun (and traffic!). No, I'm not talking about this website, but another one I own which talks about Martial Arts movies. It's had it's up and downs and experienced a lot of publicity in it's...

Why fake or non-active followers are killing your social media
We all want to get our numbers up on social media! Who doesn't want to login into Facebook or Instagram and see 100,000 followers? It's gratifying :) But what if those followers aren't active? would you rather have 100,000 inactive followers or 100 true fans? Here's...

Essential Facebook Page Optimization Tips You Should follow!
So you've started a Facebook page? So you kept it pretty basic, right? You filled out some of the main fields and moved on? Well, you could be missing out on some really key areas that can help grow your page. So you need to optimize your page so that your audience...

How to Promote Old Content (Blogging/YouTube)
So, do you promote your old content for your blog, YouTube or whatever your platform is? You know the pattern: create awesome content, promote it and hope everyone sees it. Then we bank on SEO sending people our way. Job done! Time to move on? Well, yes move on but...
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