VIDEOS FOR PODCASTERS AND CONTENT CREATORS

How to design a vignette in PicMonkey and add it to your YouTube Thumbnails and YouTube Live videos. I show how to add the vignetter to the iPhone app Live Air Solo. In this video I teach you how to create the transparent vignette in PicMonkey a free online graphics…

Commenting on blogs used to be a great way for bloggers to interact with one another and become friendly online, but now it seems most of the comments I see are spammy left by link builders! What went wrong? We used comments for blogger outreach, to connect with each other,…

http://ileanesmith.com Extend the reach of your Blab recording beyond the platform by uploading to YouTube and later creating a Slideshare upload. You can also share clips on Snapchat and Instagram to get even more traction from your content. You already know that you can upload your Blab videos directly to…

http://ileanesmith.com/youtube-tools Live: Air Solo is an iOS App for YouTube Live Streaming. In this tutorial you will learn how to use Live: Air Solo to add overlays, lower thirds for branding and bring in other sources from your iPhone (like your videos from SnapChat, Vine or Instagram) into your live…

http://ileanesmith.com/podcast Libsyn is a premiere media host for podcasters to host their episodes. You can Tweet the Libsyn Podcast Player and pin it to the top of your Twitter profile. In this video I show you how to use Libsyn's On Publish feature to connect your Twitter account and auto-tweet…

http://ileanesmith.com/gear Live streaming on YouTube is another way to engage your fan base on the YouTube platform. Now you can live stream directly from your iPhone using an app called Wirecast Go. In this video I talk about how to use wirecast go for YouTube Live to publish videos to…

http://ileanesmith.com/tubebuddy Facebook video is growing in popularity and there is an easy way to upload your existing YouTube videos directly to Facebook using TubeBuddy. In this video I encourage you to upload your short YouTube videos to Facebook and I show you how easy it is to upload directly from…

http://ileanesmith.com/wordcamp-us-recap-wcus/ Calypso is a javascript client for WordPress. Download the Mac client and you can manage the backend of your WordPress blogs all in one place. This includes all of your self-hosted WordPress sites with the JetPack plugin installed. Write blog posts Edit blog posts Check Stats Manage Guest Authors…

The best Gmail extensions for Chrome are Full Contact and Discoverly. These two Chrome addons will display social media profiles of those who inbox you through Gmail. In this video I cover Full Contact extension for Chrome and Discoverly Extension for Chrome. Here are some of the social profiles I…

http://basicblogtips.com/seo In this Blab we discuss an SEO Quotes Infographic featuring 40 tips from Neal Patel, Brian Dean from Backlinko and Rand Fishkin of Moz. I go over each of the 40 tips listed in the Infographic. Here's a few tips that are mentioned: Quotes from Rand Fishkin: Do not…

Google recently announced that they will be including podcasts in the Google Play Store and native on Android devices as of October 2015. Submit your podcast here: http://g.co/podcastportal There are 5 ways that this will impact podcasting: 1. FeedBurner - Would it be safe to say that FeedBurner is NOT…

Do you ever feel like your followers on Twitter aren't really seeing your Tweets? In this video you'll learn how to find your most popular Tweets and add them back into your queue using Buffer's Power Scheduler so they won't be missed! Here's the full blog post: http://ileanesmith.com/buffer-your-best-tweets/ More tutorials:…

Now that we are all using Blab to record valuable content it’s very important to cross promote those Blab replay recordings on YouTube. You can get more exposure for your content and give people a reason to connect with you after watching one of your Blabs. http://ileanesmith.com/live Here is the…

In this Blab I share Twitter tips for those of you who are having a hard time getting your content shared in Tweets. Or perhaps you feel that you are not getting the right people to follow you or engage with your blog posts. http://ileanesmith.com 0:45 One of my favorite…

http://ileanesmith.com/gear The best gear you can use to record on Blab.im Periscope and Meerkat is covered in this video. And the best 1080p webcam for YouTube in the Logitech C920 I even show my mobile setup including the tripod. 50 inch adjustable tripod for smartphones http://amzn.to/1PY0oqT Rode Smart Lav+ mic…

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http://ileanesmith.com/live Blab is a live streaming platform that enhances Real Time Chat (RTC) by allowing for a conversation with up to 4 Blabbers on camera at a time (and even more in the comment section). Connect with me on Blab https://blab.im/ileane Give this video a Thumbs Up Subscribe to this…

Periscope is one of the most popular live streaming apps. It's a mobile only platform that works best on modern iPhones but replays are available in the web for 24 hours. Find the best Live Streaming Gear: http://ileanesmith.com/gear Learn how to: Watch live streams on Periscope Follow Periscope users Share…

Carol Amato asked - If you had to start over, what would you do differently? Find out my response and read the response from 12 other social media and blogging pros who are at the top of their game 13 Experts Reveal How to Start Over (Hint: It’s Never Too…

Pinterest announced that Buffer has joined their Marketing Developer Partner (MDP) program. This means that we use Buffer to schedule pins to Pinterest and give Buffer one more network that you can manage from inside their dashboard. Here's a list of social media platforms that you can use with Buffer…

The Wayback Machine archives previous versions of your blog. In this video I show you how to find missing images that were hosted on a guest authors website. Here is an example of my blog's archives in the Wayback Machine http://web.archive.org/web/*/basicblogtips.com Here is the post that I recovered lost images…

http://ileanesmith.com/YTCOURSE Welcome to my YouTube channel. In this video you'll get a chance to see me "keeping it real" and making a promise to offer value to YOU on this channel. Subscribe to this channel if you want to learn about blogging, social media, YouTube and content marketing. http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=MsIleaneSpeaks Give…

YouTube watch time is an important ranking factor for your videos. You can get people to spend more time watching your videos and increase your watch time by using the proper tags. Your video tags help you get discovered when you appear in the sidebar on as a related video.…

You should see Post Planner's viral content ideas interface. Twitter sharing is one of the many new features you can access directly from PostPlanner. http://ileanesmith.com/postplanner Learn how to: Find Viral Photos Top Content Status Ideas and Quotes Post Updates to Twitter Use Canva inside of PostPlanner Track Tweet Engagement from…