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5 methods and 15 tools to find your audience and build a community

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by on July 4, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Social Media

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Alex Manthei is the Community Manager at mention, a media monitoring app that lets you monitor, react, collaborate and analyze your online presence. This article was co-written with Shannon Byrne, mention’s content and PR Manager. No matter what you do in life, chances are good you’re reliant on some kind of a community. People to read your writing. Social sharers to spread your message and curate your content. Customers to review your products or services and tell their friends about you. Communities work because they’re built on relationships, and during the early stages of any new project, you need all the strong relationships you can get. The community…

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How to use personal drones legally: A beginner’s guide

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by on July 4, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, evergreen, Gadgets, How-To's, Insider, Investigations

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We’ve all seen impressive drone footage, whether that’s testing reusable rockets in the desert or a timeless birds-eye view of New York City, but if you’ve ever considered taking the plunge and forking out for one yourself, there are one or two things you should probably know first. So, we’ve put together a little guide to the dos and don’ts to point you in the right direction with a little input from the relevant authorities in the US and UK. Depending on where you are in the world, there are obviously different rules – just today, Spain published its own set…

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Tinker is a beautifully simple to-do list app for iPhone

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by on July 4, 2014 at 3:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Productivity apps may be plentiful, but that doesn’t stop a steady slew of new additions to the App Store every month. The latest one to hit our radar is Tinker, which proclaims to organize your life through duration-based goals. What it lacks in features, it more than makes up for in design – it’s a real treat to use. How it works With Tinker, you create individual tasks, give them a name, starting time (date) and duration (up to 24 hours in length). Hit the ‘tick’, and you’re good to go.     You can then scroll down all your tasks…

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Same video, different song: How music guides perception

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by on July 4, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web

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Derick Rhodes is a footage content producer at Shutterstock. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission One of the most critical parts of any film or video production is finding the music that helps tell the story most effectively. Whether it’s for a television commercial, feature film, corporate video, or simply a vacation highlight reel, the music we select has a profound impact on how a video feels to its audience. We thought it would be fun and useful to explore the ways in which different songs change our perception of the…

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Morph is back! First episode in the Kickstarter-funded series hits YouTube later today

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by on July 4, 2014 at 1:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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Morph, the beloved stop-motion sketch show featuring a tiny, orangey-brown character made entirely from plasticine, is ready for a comeback. After a successful Kickstarter campaign last fall, Aardman Animations will kick off a brand-new Morph series on YouTube later today. The troublesome figurine will feature alongside his short-tempered sidekick Chas with the usual heart-warming humor and classic animation that Aardman is known for. Similar to the original episodes, these sketches will be short-form – probably between one-minute and 90-seconds in length. It’s the perfect format for YouTube and youngsters browsing the internet, who typically prefer bite-sized video content. Sesame Street has…

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