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The benefits of using social media professionally
It can be difficult to describe what you do In a short document Or even in a longer conversation Creating content shows what you do This is especially true if you consider yourself some sort of leader. You get to show how you lead; how you think. šScale your connection Building real connections with teammates…
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Anxiety is the price we pay for our freedom
I find this an incredibly comforting thought. We are talking here about the anxiety from making choices in our professional or personal life. Perseverating on what to do with our lives, our careers, or how to handle a significant decision at work can weigh on us. Choices like these have consequences. We are right to…
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Summer Planning Happens So Fast
If youāre a parent with kids of a certain age, you are signing them up for summer activities right about now. While this may sound insane, and it is insane, this is the way of the world. I am a big fan of planning and planning tools. These donāt have to be fancy, in fact,…
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Optimize your entire YouTube channel keywords for SEO in a few clicks
In this final video, we pull a bunch of steps together and update an entire YouTube channelās worth of videos for SEO. Previous Steps: AI and Automation to add YouTube Video Description and Keywords VidIQ Keyword Automation Part1 Automating YouTube Keywords with VidIQ Score Part 2 Tools used: High-Level Steps
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Why Iām afraid of using social media professionally
Unclear ROI unless your job is teaching people how to grow their audience Itās still social media Getting sucked into the attention economy Cheap tricks get attention (see post picture) – āAm I some conjurer of cheap tricks?ā Saying something dumb. I donāt want dumb as part of my āpersonal brandā Exposing something private Hurt…
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GenAI refused to recommend me books for Black History Month
Me: āwhat are some good books to read for black history month?ā GenAI starts listing some books like it normally would, thenā¦the response got erased and I was left with. GenAI: āHmmā¦it looks like I canāt chat about this. Letās try a different topic.ā This was weird and disturbing. I had to double-check what I…
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Do you really think so little of yourself?
Do you really think so little of yourself that you canāt sacrifice an hour or two, 3-4 days a week, for yourself? Harsh. But sometimes thatās what we need to hear. The full version of this quote talks about how we give hours of ourselves to our jobs, our friends, and our family before we…
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Automating YouTube Keywords with VidIQ Score ā Part 2
This video builds off of the previous part 1 video. We are starting with a list of AI generated keywords for a YouTube video. We will sort them based on their VidIQ score and pick the top 8. Previously we had to manually create the record for each keyword with its score. Now, we will…
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How I read 60 books in a year with S.M.A.R.T goal setting
Specific: Clearly define what you want to accomplish. Avoid vague descriptions. Print books. Read end-to-end. Measurable: Ensure you can track your progress and measure the outcome. 5 books a month. I tracked the books on my planning whiteboard and checked them off as I completed them. Achievable: Set realistic goals that are attainable given your…
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Most Overrated Music Acts
KISS ā You wanted the worst; you got the worst. Itās KISS! These guys have a few decent mediumish-rock songs and thatās about it. There are metalheads whose opinion I respect who love KISS, but I just donāt get it. Everything about them is the opposite of what metal should be. Maybe if you were…