Lately there have been a lot of text to speech editors and video making programs.  I see lots of videos with one speaking character, but
does anyone know of a program how to have more than 1 chaacter and have them speak to each other.  Possibly something in Power Point?

Thank you.

Al

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Marketers should really watch this video. First, it's really well done and second it demos a new type of audio editor. I haven't tried it to see if it actually works, but the demo is really impressive and includes the ability to synthesize your voice.

I checked the pricing, it does have a free trial with 3 hours of transcriptions, then it's $14 a month ($10 with annual) with 10 hours of transcrptions a month.

 

Here's a link to their homepage:
https://www.descript.com/
 
The sythneszing is very cool and very scary too. I've seen the tech but this is the first time I've seen tech in commercially availble. Descript has some "safe guards" for privacy...

What do you think? Benefits and/or risks?

Link Preview

The little magnifier icon next to links is a preview button and if you click it, you "may" see a preview of the site...not all have a preview but some do.
www.etsy.com
www.ebay.com

Easy Video Embed

You can embed videos from Youtube, Facebook and some others just by pasting the URL into a post. To find the URL of a Facebook video just ricght click on it and "Show video URL" option will appear. Click it and a little window with the URL will pop up. Just copy and paste here.
 

Quick Quote

Click/drag to select text in a post. You'll see a "Reply" button appear just below and to the right of the selected text. Click it and the selected text is added to the reply box. You can repeat this, creating a "multi quote" feature. This is really handy when replying to long posts or just to specific parts of posts.

Here's an important article for anyone that's ever owned a domain name or has clients that own domain names.

Quote:Why abandoned domain names are so dangerous

Abandoned domain names are low-hanging fruit for attackers, who can use them to access sensitive email or customer data.
https://www.csoonline.com/article/330016...-name.html 

I was just reading a short article callled "The 10 Most In Demand Skills Right Now You Can Learn From Home". Most of the suggestions are programming related like java, python, etc.

But one of the skills that is supposed to be in big demand is something called "Jira Marketing". Here's what the article says about it:
 

Quote:23,163 of SHL’s job listing searches included the skill Jira Marketing. Jira Core Cloud enables businesses to visualize marketing tasks and follow them from ‘to-do’ to ‘done’. Being proficient in Jira Marketing can be a valuable investment in time and energy, enabling teams to make the most of marketing projects. Another great skill to learn from home.

In the belief the Olympics are species-ist...

In an inter-critter triathlon what animal would you pick to win a race consisting of running a mile, swimming a mile and climbing a 50ft tree? And they have to run, not fly.

I have an animal in mind I think would kick all the other beastly butts...but want to hear a response or two first.

I do think a well conditioned human would do well in this race. I'm worried about felines because they are really poor distance runners. If the race was only 200 yards they'd be harder to beat but would still pick my animal.

What animal do you think is the winner of this triathlon?

aWeber now offers a free version for up to 500 email addresses and 3000 total emails sent a month. It has removed a few features but it's still got plenty of features.
https://www.aweber.com/pricing.htm

This is good for people just starting out. aWeber is a little expensive once you are over 500 subs, but it's only a few dollars more and you should have a pretty solid foundation before having to pay.

I use GetResponse but I'll probably sign up for aWeber's free offer. I like using totally difference services for different niches. I'm too much of a bonehead that I would send something like "Get in Touch with Your Feminine Side" to a "Master Urban Combat" list by mistake. (I've actualy done similar)

Another benefit is, some of the email service sites seem to have a little authority in Google and can be used as parasite sites. The free and pro versions of aWeber allow your emails to be posted on an online web archive. You can create a "list" with only one sub (YOU) and set it up to archive and you create web pages every time you send yourself an email. Think of the first email as a "home page" and include some important external links and info. Then link to this page in all your next emails in some way (like using a template with a link to it) to build some internal link juice to your main page.

Get a few external links to the homepage and some interrior pages...don't overdo it, you just want enough so Google recognizes the "site" and spiders it. Remember, one link is infinitly better than zero links.

You can do this with a number of free and paid email services that offer web archives to create web "hosting".

I brought this up somewhere else, but it's actually possible to add a "signiture" to your posts on Facebook. This isn't for getting clicks directly. Instead, it's for branding yourself so people will remember you and if they remember you they feel they know you.

Go to www.Giphy.com and create an account. FB will automatically embed GIFs you upload to Giphy in your posts.

Again, the goal is to get people to notice and remember you. You don't want to annoy people or have to post your "sig" every time. But when you make valuable posts add some branding in the form of a GIF from Giphy. You want to help people associate you with being helpful and willing to click on your links.

Here's an example. I don't use this much because it's a little "too in your face" and I'm anything but an attention seeker. But note that I use the same pic of me in the GIF that I use for my FB profile pic. This is intentional:


This is just a two frame animation. It's not even my thumb.

You can do this in many other ways. For example, create a smaller GIF with a subtle slide-in using your favorite quote along with your profile pic or a butterfly (or cows).

I still use a desktop and wondering if it is possible to work from a phone. What do you use to do your work and do you think you could do your business with a phone or tablet only?