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Dustin’s latest articles about entrepreneurship, business, AI, and other internet things.
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7 of the Best Mobile Apps to Create Visual Content
Read More →: 7 of the Best Mobile Apps to Create Visual ContentCreating visual content on mobile can be fast and easy with the right apps. Visual content is a powerful way to share a message that catches people’s eye. But you don’t always have access to a desktop computer when inspiration strikes. Whether you just want to share a great quote you just heard, or you…
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Smart Marketing is About Help Not Hype
Read More →: Smart Marketing is About Help Not HypeThis one keynote made all of Pubcon worth the price of admission. If I didn’t see any other keynote, I would be satisfied with the trip. Jay Baer nailed it! I unfortunately had to miss Chris Brogan’s talk yesterday, and from what I hear it was equally as fantastic. So I’ll be searching around for…
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5 Crucial Elements for Growing Your Readership
Read More →: 5 Crucial Elements for Growing Your ReadershipYesterday I had the privledge of being published on one of the largest professional blogging sites on the internet, Problogger. They reached out to their audience asking if anyone felt they had something to say about growing a readership. So I figured I had a couple things to say in that area. What I ended…
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Warning: Sharing That Image Could Get You Banned
Read More →: Warning: Sharing That Image Could Get You BannedThere is a great deal of misconception when it comes to finding and sharing images online. The large majority of people sharing images online are doing it wrong. They have no idea that the way in which they are sharing them can actually get them banned, blacklisted or even prosecuted in a court of law!…
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Online Image Terminology That You Need to Know
Read More →: Online Image Terminology That You Need to KnowWhat is a meme? How do you pronounce gif? What is considered an infographic? What’s the difference between a gif and a cinemagraph? As we begin to take a deep dive into the complex world of sharing images online, I thought it was important to first go over online image terminology. I want us to be…
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The Essential Guide to Sharing Images Online
Read More →: The Essential Guide to Sharing Images OnlineSharing images online is getting easier and more commonplace every day. With sites like Google+ and Pinterest putting such huge emphasis on great imagery, it’s never been more important to growing your online presence to know how to share great images with your growing audience. In this new series I’m going to attempt to tackle…
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4 Ways to Create Better Content for Your Blog
Read More →: 4 Ways to Create Better Content for Your BlogCreating a blog is not difficult. Putting together a design or paying for someone to make it for you is a short-term problem. Marketing your articles on social media can seem like a chore but requires commitment. None of this is necessarily hard work. The hope is that you are constantly thinking about your blog.…
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What is Social Proof & Why Does it Matter?
Read More →: What is Social Proof & Why Does it Matter?What exactly are social signals (aka social proof) and how exactly can they benefit you? After being asked this question several times in recent interviews and discussions, I realized that most people either don’t know what they are, or don’t know what the point is. In this post I’ll break down what social signals are, and why…
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Think Big. Work Hard. Push Limits. Never Stop.
Read More →: Think Big. Work Hard. Push Limits. Never Stop.We creatives will often get caught up in the day-to-day. Repetitive tasks, endless to-do lists, and lots of generally un-fun things. It’s easy to get caught up in the rut of a daily grind, and it’s no fun when you’re there. Sometimes you just need to take a step back and see the bigger picture…
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Why SnapChat Is A Complete Waste of Time
Read More →: Why SnapChat Is A Complete Waste of TimeSnapChat is an app which allows you to send messages to your connections that “self destruct” once they’ve been viewed. So in other words, it allows you to send messages that you only want to be viewed once. After they are viewed, they are automatically deleted. So the point of the app is to capture…
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The Big Dogs of Social Media: Starting With You
Read More →: The Big Dogs of Social Media: Starting With YouI hear the phrase “I’m not one of the big dogs here on [social network]” a lot. If not that exact phrase, it’s usually something to the same effect. While I appreciate the humility involved in this qualifying statement, I really want to speak to that mentality a bit. A lot of people seem to…
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Press Start: No Permission Needed
Read More →: Press Start: No Permission NeededOur system is broken. Our culture is suffering. And the solution is more accessible than ever. So why are so many people not doing what they love? More than ever before we’re seeing that the old advice of “Go to school, get a degree, and you’ll get a good job,” just doesn’t work for the…
