This Week with Taylor & Gordon

This Week:

* Cataloguing and Managing Graphic Assets* Smart Folders are very in-depth* Searching is great* Check out eagle.cool – Mac and PC – $30* Life Log Tracking* Presenting Data in An Interesting Way* Rating Life Experiences* Easy to Enter Data* The Amount of Data Available About Us to People In The Future* Photo a day for 18 years* Watch Lotte Grow up to 18 years – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPxdhnT4Ec8* News – iMac has just been updated – but should you buy?* Buying Advice* If You Are Buying Apple – Check the Buyers Guide: https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/* Apple Silicon Next Year* Using Two Computers – Confusing Data Locations* One Computer, Two Screens

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

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Cataloguing and managing graphic assets Smart Folders are very in-depth Searching is great Check out eagle.cool – Mac and PC – $30 Life Log Tracking Presenting data in an interesting way Rating life experiences Easy to enter data The amount of data available about us for people in the future Photo a day for 18 ... Read more

This Week:

* We’re back from our one week break…* Pabbly Connect – https://www.pabbly.com/connect/ – highly recommended* Integromat – https://www.integromat.com/en* Automating chaser emails for payments* Sending repeat emails every 6 days, so it arrives on different days of the week.* Ultra fast website rebuild from start to finish – https://www.bespokeblackcabtours.co.uk* Fixing issues from a previous designer* Being an active client means the work is completed much quicker* Keeping focus by getting content when it’s needed* Topic of the week: Types of advertising* Interruption Advertising* TV, Radio, Posters, Billboards, Facebook* Permission Based Advertising* Ecommerce Website, Email Lists , Google* Think about your own advertising

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

Facebook: https://bit.ly/thisweek-fb Youtube: https://bit.ly/thisweek-yt

We’re back from our one week break… Pabbly Connect – https://www.pabbly.com/connect/ – highly recommended Integromat – https://www.integromat.com/en [edit – renamed to Make] Automating chaser emails for payments Sending repeat emails every 6 days, so it arrives on different days of the week. Ultra fast website rebuild from start to finish – https://www.bespokeblackcabtours.co.uk Fixing issues from a ... Read more

This Week:

* Feels like a slow week* Quick wins* Turning off Social Media notifications* Losing focus* Streaming to multiple places* RTMP feed for gaming* https://restream.io – Distributing one stream to several platforms* Reach people on the platforms they are already on* Share posts to multiple platforms* Steaming from a drone – blows my mind* Subtitling your videos* Facebook videos – have them burnt in* Attracting attention over a static image* Overcome regional accents with subtitles* Services that create subtitles for you* Burnt in or language subtitles* Live subtitling on youtube* Use the subtitles as a transcript for descriptions, blog posts and social media snippets* Accessibility* Transcripts allow for searching and SEO* Contact forms – The right way* Make it as easy as possible to fill in* Only ask for the minimum amount of information* Not every field needs to be required* Splitting up big forms into steps* Careful choice of colours* You suck at form design (probably) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9H7p1_iI14

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

Facebook: https://bit.ly/thisweek-fb Youtube: https://bit.ly/thisweek-yt

Feels like a slow week Quick wins Turning off Social Media notifications Losing focus Streaming to multiple places RTMP feed for gaming https://restream.io – Distributing one stream to several platforms Reach people on the platforms they are already on Share posts to multiple platforms Steaming from a drone – blows my mind Subtitling your videos ... Read more

This Week:

* Gordon had a shave!* Using video in your business* Video used to be really difficult* How we film “This Week With”* What sort of video can you do business?* Recording instead of streaming, and then upload* Filming at events.* Use video to tell a story* Inform your viewers, quick tip* Show you are the expert in your field* Explainer videos* Video trailer for a product or event* Cinema Films use video as their main source of sales* Native Facebook Video* YouTube publishing* Public, unlisted and private options* Vimeo hosting – more security* Putting sites live* New workflow* Website Mockups – Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Framer* https://www.figma.com* https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/xd.html* https://www.framer.com* https://www.sketch.com* An apology to Taylor* Mobile menus* How mockups work

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

Facebook: https://bit.ly/thisweek-fb

Youtube: https://bit.ly/thisweek-yt

Gordon had a shave! Using video in your business Video used to be really difficult How we film “This Week With” What sort of video can you do business? Recording instead of streaming, and then upload Filming at events. Use video to tell a story Inform your viewers, quick tip Show you are the expert ... Read more

This Week:

* Customer journey* Speed of website* Landing pages* The F method* The number of clicks…* Frictionless purchase* Website user experience (UX)* Ask family and friends to achieve tasks* Quick way to find “pain” points on your website* UX on mobile* Photo galleries on mobile* Lightbox – focussing attention* Swiping* Making buttons big enough to press on mobile* Example: https://www.draysondesign.com/portfolio/photography-portfolio/* Facebook Live Crossposting – https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1385580858214929 / https://www.facebook.com/help/678485232304895* Great for partnering with related businesses* No such thing as a fish podcast – https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/

* Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com* The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com

Our website is live – https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk

Facebook: https://bit.ly/thisweek-fb

Youtube: https://bit.ly/thisweek-yt

Customer journey Speed of website Landing pages The F method The number of clicks… Frictionless purchase Website user experience (UX) Ask family and friends to achieve tasks Quick way to find “pain” points on your website UX on mobile Photo galleries on mobile Lightbox – focussing attention Swiping Making buttons big enough to press on ... Read more