Videos and Screencasts

Videos and screencasts about WordPress websites and small business marketing topics like local search optimization (SEO)

Expand2Web Video Update – the Commercialization of Facebook

December 18, 2012

Here are some highlights: Time spent watching video online jumped 38% from 2011 to 2012 (what’s your video plan?) YouTube just released a new video capture app for iPhone – Download YouTube Capture (I used it to capture and upload this video.) Facebook is becoming more commercialized. Smart businesses are using Facebook as a way [...]

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Instant SmartPhone to Blog Video Marketing

December 14, 2012

Ok, here’s my little video post by email experiment: I’ve been looking for ways to blog more – every day if possible. With a backlog of over 65 blog ideas, I’ve been looking for ways to streamline my blogging workflow. So here’s what I’m doing in this experiment. First, capture a short video on my [...]

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Create A Video for Your Business The Easy Way – Use PowerPoint!

August 17, 2012

Creating video is a good way to earn additional search rankings for your keywords. But many small business owners are on a budget, and creating a video seems like an expensive (or scary!) proposition. Here’s a cost-effective way to create videos for your small business that help you rank for the terms you need to [...]

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How Does The New Facebook Timeline for Pages Work with SmallBiz Theme? (Video)

March 10, 2012

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or vacationing in Tahiti, you’ve heard about Facebook’s impending IPO and the new Timeline features they are rolling out for Facebook Pages. Well, if you have a Facebook Page for your business they are changing some things up on you. Facebook Timeline – Changes You Should Know Here’s [...]

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How To Make Screencasts: My Screen Casting Gear

February 26, 2012

With over 100 videos on the Expand2Web Blog and our training site, I get a LOT of questions like: “How do you create your screen casts?” I’ve experimented with a lot of equipment and tools, and am glad to share what I learned. Hopefully this will save you some time and money! Here’s my setup: [...]

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How To Assign Multiple Domains and Websites to One BlueHost Account

February 25, 2012

Many people don’t realize you can have up to 100 domains and websites on one BlueHost Cpanel account. The trick is, you have to “Assign” the domain and map it a folder on your hosting server so that each domain can be treated as a separate, independent website. This video shows you how to Assign [...]

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Video Tour of Google Analytics Real-Time

September 29, 2011

I just got a chance to use the new Realtime feature in Google Analytics and it’s pretty cool! Here’s a quick video review so you can see what it is like. You can see what is happening on your site in real-time, including the number of visitors on your site at the moment, what content [...]

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Google Places Online Review Tips for #RWX

July 27, 2011
#RWX

Here’s a video with a couple of tips for accessing your online reviews on Google Places. I really like the Review Wednesday (#RWX) idea from GetListed.org. The idea is to take a few minutes every Wednesday and leave a review for a small business you have visited during the past week. Then share a link [...]

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An Introduction to the New Facebook Page Changes and iFrames

April 26, 2011
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Recently Facebook made some pretty significant changes to the way Facebook Pages work. They changed the appearance of the pages and where the page tabs live, and they also changed the way that you create custom page tabs. A New Approach for Facebook Page Tabs – iFrame Previously, to create a Page Tab with custom [...]

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Backup and Restore Your Website with BlueHost

April 4, 2011
BlueHost Site Backup & Restore

Those of you who follow my blog know I recommend BlueHost for simple and easy WordPress hosting. WordPress installs and updates are a breeze, you get great U.S. based tech support, and the price is right. Not to mention you can install up to 100 WordPress sites on a single account! And here’s another great [...]

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