Improve YouTube Video Quality

Improve YouTube Video Quality

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Do your YouTube videos look grainy, washed out or pixilated?

Is YouTube refusing your video upload because it’s not in the right format?

Uploading videos to YouTube isn’t hard – but uploading GOOD videos that are so crystal-clear and detailed that people can’t help but admire… well, that’s a different story.

The good news is you don’t have to be a stellar videographer to create YouTube videos that look sensational.  Here are a few tips and resources that can help. Read the rest of this entry »

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Share Your Favorite Bookmarks Visually with Toobla

If you’ve been online for any length of time, chances are it takes you a good 10 minutes to fully scroll through your Favorites or Bookmarks list.

Where IS that amazing casserole recipe you saved?  What about that funny video you wanted to show your coworkers?  Or that cool new movie coming out next month?    Why can’t you find anything in your Favorites?

 A new startup service called Toobla aims to change all that.

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Task Squid: Task Management Meets Social Media

Have you ever wished you could integrate your to-do list with Twitter?  What about getting crucial updates from a client via your mobile phone?  Or planning an event over Facebook? 

Sure, it’s easy enough to organize these things through their own respective sites – but what if all of these people and platforms could work together from one place?  Task management for the Social Generation has arrived – and it’s called Task Squid.

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Exclusive Interview with GetResponse.com’s Simon Grabowski on Delivery Rates, Email Marketing and How They’re Creaming the Competition

deliveryratesRecently I had the opportunity to interview GetResponse.com CEO Simon Grabowski on some of the major differences between GetResponse’s service and their competitor, aWeber.  Both are highly acclaimed autoresponders and mailing list management programs with hundreds of thousands of loyal users.  But when it comes to choosing an autoresponder, what makes GetResponse stand out?

As it turns out, plenty.

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Just Released! Google Sidewiki Blocker Protects Your Website from Unwanted Comments

google-sidewiki-blockerIf you haven’t heard, Google’s recent launch of Sidewiki is causing a firestorm of controversy among the webmaster community. 

This “feature”, available to users with the Google toolbar (read: millions of your website visitors), lets people leave comments on the side of your site. 

The idea is great – lots of people giving feedback about your products and services.  The problem is, this is a jackpot for spammers and scummy competitors looking to trash your good name and reputation as well as promote their own products.

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