Oh Hi! Say Hello to the New Vidyard Dashboard

One of the things I love the most about the time I’ve spent at Vidyard is talking to people about how they live and breathe video. It doesn’t matter who it is, from marketing to sales to IT, the Vidyard user base is passionate about using video efficiently and effectively. As a member of the customer experience team, I was lucky enough to see first hand how people across all industries and use cases interact with the dashboard. The most interesting part of this diversity among our users is that in spite of their different goals, a common workflow has bubbled to the surface which isn’t quite expressed in the UI.

With this in mind, we wrangled up an expert team to devise a plan to reorganize the Vidyard dashboard into a better representation of this more natural workflow we believe all users should be using.

As Mike and Devon first talked about during the product keynote at Viewtopia ‘16, we think that the future of how you leverage video day to day can be broken down into three categories: content, channels, and insights (CCI). This is a concept that we want to show you in the platform.

So we’re proud to bring to you our new CCI menu structure! This new reorganization of the dashboard menu follows your workflow as you manage your video content by putting the Vidyard tools you rely on in the places you would expect to find them.

Let’s take a look at what Content, Channels, and Insights means inside the Vidyard dashboard.

Content

The future of your content stream is video. The democratization of video production in some of the platforms you use regularly is already happening. Vidyard is aiming to encourage this through tools like ViewedIt and our popular Studio-In-A-Box program. We want your videos to be personalized and interactive. Helping you manage all of this content is the first item on the agenda.

In the Vidyard dashboard, the content area is where your videos live and players are built. It’s not just about the videos themselves, but how you manage the metadata, thumbnails, personalization and interactivity. We want to work towards making your content easier to see, move, and edit. You may have noticed we’ve made small changes over the last little while that will allow you to move players around between groups, and we began piloting the video library to give you direct access to your videos. This is the beginning of some key improvements we’ve planned to help you build out and manage your content library.

Channels

We want you to think strategically about where and how you get eyeballs in front of your videos. Your channels aren’t just a dumping ground on YouTube or an occasional post to Facebook. Your video channels include your website and your social outlets. At Vidyard, our entire company has become a channel as more and more communication is being done through video.

If social is your game, you’ll be able to configure your YouTube and Facebook channels. For SEO, you can manage your video sitemap. Whether you’re driving traffic to a video hub, podcasting with a video feed, or just adding some style to your branded sharing pages, this is where you’ll find the tools to distribute your players.

Insights

Vidyard is, and always has been, about allowing you to make smarter decisions around your content by showing you how your videos are performing. The reality is that not every video is a winner and that’s okay. That’s why we published the 2017 Video Benchmark Report. We want you to understand where you sit in the world of video.

It would then make sense that after you’ve organized your content and configured the distribution channels, you would want to know how things are going. To that end, you’ll begin to see additional data points throughout the platform. We’re hoping that a more simplified view of this data at the right spots in the platform will help offer some better context.

Simple, right? This all starts with a reorganization of the top level navigation within the dashboard. Like this:

I’ve been working with the head of our dashboard team, Tyler (over there on the right), to begin carving out the right journey for our users so that this idea of Content, Channels, and Insights is reinforced in the dashboard. Don’t let his calm demeanor fool you. This is the reason he gets out of bed every morning.

 

Want to see a preview of the changes to come? Check out this ViewedIt video I recorded for the highlights:

If you’re ready to try it for yourself, reach  out to your Customer Success Manager or the Vidyard Support team to have them flip the switch.

In the meantime, I’d love to hear any feedback you have so feel free to sound off in the comments or reach out to me on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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How to Stream to Facebook Live Like a Pro

Whenever I go live on Facebook, I always get messages from people asking me about what I do when I go live, what tools I use…

Today we’re going to focus on and dissect Facebook live.

Why Facebook Live?

Why is Facebook Live something that can help your business?

1. Live video is a great way for you to provide value to your audience. It can also help you grow your audience.

2. It’s also a great way to connect with your audience. If I publish a blog post, all the interaction comes after the fact. Live video is, well, LIVE! We can have a real-time dialogue, and that brings things to a whole new level in terms of connecting with your audience.

3. It’s a great way to get reach on Facebook. In the past, you could post something to your Facebook page, and most of your followers would see it. That’s no longer the case.

But one of the benefits of Facebook Live is that Facebook is prioritizing live video. They’re increasing exposure for people doing live videos, so more of your followers will see it.

How Do I Go Live?

Well, there’s a super easy way to do it:

FB Live

Just pull out your smartphone, log in, give your video a title, and go live. You can walk around, stream what you’re doing, and create a pretty decent video.

This is part of the reason Facebook Live is taking off so quickly: it’s EASY.

But what if you want to step it up a little bit, and do things the professional way? There are a whole bunch of things that you can do. I’m going to walk you through some of your options.

The Software

Last year, Facebook opened up their API. Since then, developers have been able to create software that will allow you to do cool stuff when you go live.

There are a couple of options: one free, and one not at all free.

OBS Studio is an open source program, and it’s 100% free. It allows you to do what I’m doing right now. You can create different scenes for your live video, add banners and logos, or bring in pre-recorded video.

The only thing is that OBS can be a little bit tricky to use. So I created a series of OBS Tutorials for you! There’s a whole lot you can do with OBS if you get the right training. Go over to http://ift.tt/2jFexE2 to find out more.

The program that I’m using to stream today is called Wirecast.

What’s awesome about Wirecast is that I can have multiple layers, and I can select the things that I want you to see. I absolutely love Wirecast, but it’s much more expensive. The version that I have cost about $495.

Wirecast does all the same things that OBS does, but it does them much easier and faster. In OBS, you have to create separate scenes for everything. In Wirecast, I just click on the things that I want you to see. If I want a lower third, I just click on my lower third. If I want my logo, I just click. Easy!

However, I don’t recommend that anyone start out with Wirecast. Why spend all that money when you’re still figuring things out? Go for OBS at first, and then decide if it’s worth it to upgrade.

Equipment Options

I spoke a lot about equipment last week, but I want to just run through a couple of things here, too.

Video Equipment

First up: the Logitech C920 Webcam. This is gonna be WAY better than your built-in webcam.

This guy combined with some lighting makes you look so much more professional than a built-in webcam alone.

Next, we gotta talk about audio. You want your audio to be good. People will tolerate crappy video, but they will not tolerate crappy audio. The C920 actually has microphones built in, so you can use those at a bare minimum.

But if you want something even better, I’d go for the Audio Technica ATR2100 USB. It’s the perfect microphone for anyone looking for a more professional sound. You need to use a stand with it, but it does a great job.

Say you have a DSLR or Camcorder, and you want to connect it to your computer. You’ll need the Blackmagic Design UltraStudio MiniRecorder. It turns regular camera into a super high-quality webcam. The one that I have is Thunderbolt to HDMI, so it only works with Mac computers, but there’s a different version that will connect via USB.

Let’s talk lighting. The soft box lights that I have were bought on eBay for like $100. I couldn’t even tell you the brand.

But if I were buying lights today, I would buy LEDs. They’re easier to travel with, they don’t get hot, and they don’t take up as much space.

Lighting

A ring light is a great option: it’s just one light, and your camera goes in the middle of the ring. I haven’t tried one yet, but I’m looking into getting one.

A really important lighting tip: make sure that the lights are in front of you. If the lights are behind you, the camera will lower its exposure and you’ll look really, really, dark. This is true if you’re just using natural light, too. Put the window in front of you, not behind you.

One last piece of equipment: a Bluetooth keyboard. In OBS and Wirecast, you can set up keyboard shortcuts for all your different elements. I can quickly and easily switch between cameras, or bring up a bottom third, or whatever I want.

You can even get a Bluetooth number pad that just has the numbers, which is all you need for shortcuts.

Scheduling your Live Streams

People are always asking me how I set up a scheduled live video. Facebook actually allows you to schedule a live stream up to a week in advance, and then you have a URL that you can use to promote the stream.

Click on Publishing Tools

You’ll need a Facebook page that you personally manage. Once you have that, go to the “Publishing Tools” tab at the top of the page. Then go to your Video Library.

Then, click on the “+ Live” button, and it will give you all the information you need to set up a live video. You get the option to go live immediately, or to schedule your live stream.

You can also schedule regular posts in the exact same way. When you write your post, click the little down arrow on the “Publish” button and choose “Schedule.”

Posts may also be scheduled out.

You can’t do this from a personal profile. It only works on a Facebook page.

In the past, it was not possible to schedule Facebook Live videos from Wirecast. But in version 7.4, the newest version, you should be able to schedule from Wirecast.

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Doing Your Facebook Live

The problem with a lot of Facebook Lives is that people just go live and start rambling.

Going Live with FB

Now, there’s nothing wrong with that in and of itself. But if you want to use Facebook Live to build an audience and build your business, you have to provide value. To provide value, you have to have a plan.

Ask yourself, why are you going live? What value are you going to provide for your audience?

In other words, what is in it for your audience?

Plan the topic in advance, and outline what you’re going to be talking about.

Have one specific goal in mind. What one thing do you want your audience to be able to do at the end of your stream?

For example, my one goal for this live stream is to help you understand your best options for live streaming so that you can use Facebook Live like a pro.

One more thing: remember that this is video. It’s a visual platform. How can you use the fact that it’s video to provide even more value to your audience? Actually show people stuff!

Your Questions

FB Live Engagements

Philip asks, “How do you deal with engagement during live video?”

You always want to ask for engagement. Ask for people to share, ask for people to comment. That’s why I start the show by asking who you are and where you’re coming from.

Once they are responding, how do you manage all that interaction? Stick to your outline and make sure that you get through all the material. If someone asks a completely unrelated question, you can take note of it and come back to it later.

Jonathan wants to know, “What software are you running for the teleprompter?”

I found it on GitHub. It’s a pretty technical process, but the short version is that I downloaded an open source live comments teleprompter, and I added it to my server and then added my own details to it.

Now that it’s set up, I can come to a URL and see your comments as they come in. I go to that URL on my iPad, and then I use the teleprompter to show me what’s on the iPad.

Malene says, “Leslie, that is a lot of moving parts. How do I keep it simple and get the job done in excellence?”

Software and Tools

If it feels overwhelming, start simple! You can stream right from your phone on a tripod. Done! Or if you want to take it just one step up from there, you can get the webcam and OBS. Build up from there. It all gets easier with practice.

Kantis asks, “What mic are you using?”

I’m using a lapel mic, which is connected to my camera. It’s a Sennheiser EW 100 G3.

Kantis also wants to know about my ear buds.

Those are my in-ear monitors. They’re Shure SE215-CL Sound Isolating Earphones with Single Dynamic MicroDriver. I like these because they wrap around my ear, and the cable goes in the back. It has a little clip that allows my to connect the two sides in the back, so that you can’t see too much of it on the video.

Gideon asks whether the new Apple AirPods would work well with live streams.

I bet they would work well! The only thing that I don’t like about the AirPods is that there would be a white thing sticking down from my ears, whereas with these I can tuck the wires away behind me.

Also, because the ones I’m using are Sound Isolating Earphones, I don’t hear much beyond what’s happening in the live stream, which I like.

Nanette says, “I noticed some people broadcast on their personal profile page instead of business page…what are the pros and cons of doing so?”

FB Insights

Personal profiles do tend to get more engagement. However, when you broadcast from your personal profile, you don’t get the same tracking insights. You only see the number of views on your personal profile, and that doesn’t tell you anything! You get to see so much more data on a business page, and that makes it worth it to go live there.

Kantis asks, “Does Wirecast work with Keynote or PowerPoint?”

Absolutely! You can share slides directly into the video.

But there’s one downside to doing webinars on Facebook Live. When someone is scrolling through Facebook, that’s exactly what they’re doing. They drop in for a few seconds, and then they move on.

The amount of time people spend on a Facebook Live video is significantly less than the amount of time spent by people who have actually registered for a webinar.

However, the benefit to doing it on Facebook is the significantly higher reach. So test it out. See how it compares to doing webinars on other platforms.

Nanette asks, “What do you think about playing a recorded video live?”

That depends. If the whole stream is a pre-recorded video clip, then I don’t really see the point of going live. But if you want to use short clips to demonstrate something, then that makes sense to me.

Resources Mentioned

• OBS Tutorial
• Wirecast
• Equipment options for taking videos live on Facebook:
  • Logitech C920 Webcam
  • Audio Technica ATR2100 USB
  • Blackmagic Design UltraStudio MiniRecorder
  • ring light
  • bluetooth keyboard

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Introducing Vidyard for SalesLoft: Skyrocket Sales Team Impact with Personalized Video Emails

Today we’re excited to announce that, in partnership with SalesLoft, the platform for modern day sales engagement, we’re launching a new integration that will help sales teams supercharge sales emails with personalized, custom videos boosting response rates by 8x!

2017 could be the hardest year for sales reps

It’s true. You’ve probably felt the struggle intensify, because sales reps are selling into a stronger headwind than ever before.

• In 2017, Radicati Research projects that, on average, we’ll each receive nearly 100 business emails every day.
• Recent research from Microsoft shows that the average attention span of the prospects you’re targeting has plummeted to less than 8 seconds.
• CSO insights shares that sales reps only spend 33% of their time actively selling – likely given the time involved in account planning, researching, and prepping communications.

Put these forces together and it’s clear that sales reps have their work cut out for them to stand out, get noticed, and drive responses.

That’s why selling in 2017 requires a different approach.

The new rules for winning sales messaging in 2017

The best sales professionals know that relationships with customers built on trust is the foundation for scalable sales.

But in the era of marketing automation, buyers are overwhelmed with generic and templated messages, and are conditioned to think that everything coming from you is automated.

So how will modern sales teams balance authenticity with scalability? Therein lies the challenge for modern sales teams in 2017.

In 2017, winning sales teams will crack the code on sales messaging that resonates with buyers. It must be:

• personalized
• through channels marketing automation can’t communicate with
• about them, not you
• structured
• delivered through diverse channels: email, phone, social, and video

Plus, many sales organizations are adopting sales acceleration platforms, like SalesLoft, to execute this modern sales methodology.

Video is the new secret weapon for top-tier sales teams

When it comes to delivering sales messaging following this formula, not all mediums are created equal.

Email is one dimensional, lacking the tonality and non-verbal cues responsible for over 90% of your ability to build trust with your audience.

Phone calls are dying. As Gary Vaynerchuk shares, “I bet phone calls piss you off”. And the numbers would indicate people agree. Today’s buyers are texting 5 times more than making phone calls. They want to engage on their terms and on their time, not yours.

Which leads us to video.

Video is the new secret weapon for sales communications.

Why? Because it humanizes sales outreach. It gives you “face-to-face” time, and adds a personality to your sales message in a way that email or phone calls just can’t.

And it works!

Sales teams that have embraced video are seeing big impacts throughout the sales cycle:

• 8x higher response rates
• 5x higher click-through rates
• 20% higher close rates
• 30% larger annual contract values

The advantage to using video before everyone else does

Even though video has proven itself as a higher impact way to communicate with prospects and customers, only 6% of sales teams are using video strategically throughout the sales cycle.

That presents a huge opportunity for early adopters of video who will stand out in inboxes, get noticed, and drive engagement.

This edge isn’t going to last forever. Sales leaders at SalesLoft’s Rainmaker 2017 conference project that in the next 12-18 months video selling will become the norm, which means the window to differentiate your sales message through video is limited.

Thanks to SalesLoft’s new integration with Vidyard, embracing video to supercharge sales emails is as easy as leaving a voicemail, but far more impactful.

Supercharge sales emails with Vidyard for SalesLoft

This new integration is the first of it’s kind. Vidyard for SalesLoft makes it easy to add a custom, personalized video message to your SalesLoft emails or email templates.

Sales reps can record a selfie video using their webcam, right inside SalesLoft and add it to their email along with a video thumbnail image shown to drive increased response rates.

The integration also makes it easy to compile custom video playlists drawing on existing videos from marketing and sales that can be personalized with a custom video intro to add context.

To top it off, Vidyard captures valuable viewer analytics around who watched what and for how long – crucial to help sales teams tailor follow up messages and focus their sales strategies.

Getting started

Existing SalesLoft customers can try out the new Vidyard for SalesLoft integration free for 14 days by signing up here.

If you’re ready to learn more about selling with video, check out this blog post on video selling tips including the 3 most powerful types of videos for sales.

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Vidyard Expands Ecosystem, Adds SalesLoft to Increase Sales Effectiveness With Personalized Video Emails

Vidyard for SalesLoft helps modern sales organizations increase their email response rates by up to 8X through the use of highly engaging, customized, and personalized video emails.

KITCHENER, Ontario – March 9, 2017 – Vidyard, the leading video platform for business, today announces the latest addition to their growing integration community: SalesLoft, the platform for modern day sales engagement. With the Vidyard for SalesLoft integration, sales reps can easily record, share and track highly engaging, personalized videos from within the SalesLoft platform. This makes incorporating video a simple and effective addition to any modern selling strategy, helping to humanize the selling process and build better relationships with buyers. Vidyard’s integration community includes Salesforce.com, Eloqua, Marketo, HubSpot, Act-On, Adobe, Kapost, Hootsuite, ExactTarget and more.

Today’s prospects receive hundreds of emails a day, which makes it especially difficult for sales leaders to stand out, get noticed, and book meetings. By adding a highly-engaging, personalized video to sales emails, sales leaders can boost response rates by up to 8X.

The Vidyard for SalesLoft integration helps sales reps track what each prospect watched, down to the second, so that they can reach out at the right time with the perfect message. It will be especially helpful for inside sales, field sales, and solution consultants:

• Inside Sales: Humanize and truly personalize prospecting emails by recording a webcam video of yourself or capturing a screen recording of your prospect’s website or LinkedIn profile in the background.
• Field Sales: After your initial meeting, send curated follow-up materials like testimonial videos, demos, or campaign videos, along with a personalized introduction. No longer will deals be missed because sales reps didn’t have access to the right content at the right time.
• Solutions Consultants: Build and send custom product demos using screen recordings or on-demand product videos.

 

“In 2017, the most successful sales teams understand that personalization and response rates are intrinsically linked,” says Kyle Porter, CEO of SalesLoft. “Video offers sales teams a new way to personalize sales communications in an authentic and natural way. Vidyard for SalesLoft allows sales teams to quickly record custom video messages as part of a sales cadence – all in the same time it takes to leave a voicemail.”

“It’s undeniable how effective video can be when it comes to building strong relationships, especially when you don’t have access to meet a buyer in person. Today, our sales team uses video to get connected with potential buyers on a more personal level during the sales cycle,” says Tonni Bennett, VP of sales at Terminus. “By incorporating video into their daily communications, our sales team has seen an increase in appointments scheduled, and responses have been higher to post-demo summaries and walk-throughs of sales contracts. With video, communication is short, sweet, and most important of all – human.”

“At a time when businesses and brands are looking to connect with customers with authenticity, video allows sales teams to rehumanize selling by quickly communicating complex ideas using simple video messages,” says Michael Litt, CEO and co-founder of Vidyard. “Videos are easy for buyers to digest, and simple for sales reps to create. No one has to worry about spelling, grammar, or typos, they just speak into their webcams and share their thoughts. This humanizes the information, brings it to life, and differentiates you from the competition.”

Vidyard for SalesLoft continues to extend the power of video across the entire business, from sales, to marketing, to customer service and beyond. In January, Vidyard launched ViewedIt Enterprise, a business-class video-recording tool that makes it easy for organizations to embrace the power of video for personalized communications. This comes after the company was also named a leader in Forrester’s 2016 Online Video Platforms For Sales And Marketing Wave Report.

Vidyard’s robust set of open APIs and extensions allow developers like SalesLoft countless ways to build the potential of video into products and applications – all underpinned by unmatched analytics on video content and viewers.

 

More Information:

• Learn more: http://ift.tt/2mEQS6T
• Build with Vidyard: http://ift.tt/2na6HAz

 

About Vidyard
Vidyard is the video platform for business that helps organizations drive more revenue through the use of online video. Going beyond video hosting and management, Vidyard helps businesses drive greater engagement in their video content, track the viewing activities of each individual viewer, and turn those views into action. Global leaders such as Microsoft, McKesson, Lenovo, LinkedIn, Cision, Citibank, MongoDB and Sharp rely on Vidyard to power their video content strategies and turn viewers into customers.

 

Media Contact:
Sandy Pell,
Sr. Manager, Corporate Communications
Vidyard
press@vidyard.com

Video:

Discover how the power of personalized video sales emails can increase sales effectiveness with Vidyard for SalesLoft.

 

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With Vidyard for SalesLoft, sales reps can add an engaging video thumbnail image to their sales emails and email templates.

 

 

Record a personalized, custom video message inside SalesLoft – as fast as leaving a voicemail.

 

Compile videos from marketing and sales into a custom video playlist, curated for prospects.

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Guide on The Best Web Hosting for Small Businesses

There are many types of web hosting designed for webmasters with different budgets and website needs. Understanding the differences of each type of web hosting allows you to make the right choice when you are shopping for a web hosting service. The best type of web hosting for your business will depend on your purpose and website needs. There are four main types of web hosting for small businesses including shared, VPS, dedicated and reseller hosting.

1. Shared Hosting

Shared hosting is the lowest level of web hosting and it is also the cheapest type of hosting you can sign up. It is called shared hosting because thousands of webmasters will be hosting their sites on the same server. The resources are being divided equally among the thousands of webmasters to reduce the operation cost. Shared hosting is the best web hosting for small businesses who have just started out and not yet receive any significant traffic.

All the sites hosted on the shared server shares the same type of resources including CPU and RAM. With the resources being shared, your website can quickly exceed the resources limit when it starts to get a lot of traffic. Shared hosting does not give you root access to the server so that you won’t be able to customize the settings of the server for your website needs. Root access may not be important for small sites but it can definitely mean a big deal if it is a large business site. Shared hosting is available in both Linux and Windows version.

2. Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a higher level of web hosting plan compared to shared hosting. Like shared hosting, it hosts multiple accounts but only a few people are sharing the same server. The server is partitioned with the use of a special software. Each partition is operated completely independent of one another. If a webmaster reaches the limit of the resources on his partition, other websites hosted on other partitions won’t be affected.

VPS gives you root access so you will be able to carry out administrative tasks on the server including add/delete files, install/uninstall apps. You must have a team of staff that is knowledgeable in managing a VPS server otherwise you should choose a managed VPS where all the maintenance tasks are being taken care by the web hosting company’s technical team.

VPS is relatively affordable and costs only twice the price of a shared hosting plan. When you are shopping for a VPS plan, you should check features like CPU, RAM, disk space and bandwidth. You should also find out what type of control panel you will be provided if you choose the managed VPS plan. The control panel can be a proprietary dashboard created by the web hosting company or cPanel.

3. Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated hosting gives you the highest level of resources because you get to use the resources of the entire server for your websites. Dedicated hosting is the best because you are not sharing the server with anyone else. Because of the dedicated allocation of resources, your website will be able to run fast even during the peak time when you are getting a huge incoming of visitors. Dedicated hosting is ideal for a business site where you cannot afford your site to experience downtime as this could mean a difference in the loss of profit. Dedicated hosting usually maintain the uptime at a level that is higher than 99.94%.

High traffic will not cause problems for the websites. Since you have root access, you will be able to strengthen the security of your server by installing security software. Your site performance will no longer be affected by other sites since only your site occupies the server. The staff at the web hosting company will take care of the hardware of the dedicated server. However, it is the customer who will have control of the server for example installing any software they want. You will need to have a team of professionals who have experience in managing the dedicated server.

4. Reseller Hosting

Reseller hosting is for people who want to sell web hosting services without having to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in buying their own data center and servers. Reseller hosting is also ideal for web designers who want to host the clients’ sites that they design. Many reseller hosting plans include a free WHMCS for you to manage the billing and ticket requests submitted by your customers. It will also include a free cPanel for you to manage the websites.

With the reseller hosting, you can run a web hosting business under your own brand. Reseller hosting features anonymous name servers, site builder, free website themes, and site builders. Some reseller web hosting plans will take a percentage of the commission you earn from reselling the web hosting services while others don’t charge any fee at all. You can set up the hosting account for your customers and your customers will have access to Softaculous one click installer to install the scripts.

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How to Be Productive in a Social Media Dominated World

Is social media making you less productive?

Do you find yourself in tons of tabs, inundated by distractions, while trying to get work done?

In today's episode, I discuss how to be productive in a social media-dominated world.

Listen to This Episode

I've been doing a lot of reading lately. One of the books I'm reading is Deep Work.

The premise of the book is that deep work is one of the most valuable skills we can possess and while it's value is increasing, it's becoming increasingly rare.

It defines deep work as “Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit.”

However, this social-media-dominated world is FULL of distractions.

But as a blogger, isn't it essential to be all over social media to be successful? It's 2017 and being “always on” has seemed to become the norm.

However, I believe that we've been fooled by some social media lies.

And yes, I believe that many of us (myself included) have become addicted to social media.

Listen to the episode, hear my thoughts, and then discover what I'm actively doing to try to reverse these problems in my life.

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