Community Engagement Websites

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Big projects need all stakeholders onboard. So how do you reach out to members of the public and civil society? What is the best way to approach local representatives and campaign groups? A clear website with up to date information is a great place to start. I’m Interested Who Is This For? Types of Organizations …

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WooExpert Robin Scott Interviewed by Matteo Duò of Codeable

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Our friends at Codeable have been producing developer interviews for some time now and it was the turn of Silicon Dales’ Robin Scott this month. Robin answered questions on his experience with WordPress, WooCommerce, the industry and associated business models, as well as the impact of partnering with Codeable. The interview is aimed at developers …

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Banking and Investments

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Banks, investment funds and financial products and services have unique marketing challenges and there’s a lot that can be done to promote them with websites, landing pages and digital marketing. Targeted promotion Digital marketing provides a great opportunity to hyper-target those customers who you just know will love your products and services. Make sure you …

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How to fill your WordPress website with great looking video

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Video is a great way to present your business to customers and partners. Create an immersive experience and find news ways to introduce concepts to your audience. High quality video is now available more easily than ever using some of the services and tools below: Finding Video Stock Footage A quick way to give viewers …

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How to make virtual reality videos using Google Workspace

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Google Workspace offers the ability to upload and using virtual reality and augmented reality videos through associated Youtube accounts. Youtube has a full tutorial for the requirements and a special way to save the VR video file here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6316263?hl=en-GB The videos will then show within your normal Youtube channel associated with your Google Workspace account. …

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How to link to a specific time in a YouTube video

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Ever wanted to link to a specific time-point in a YouTube video? Well, you can, just by following the steps below, and link directly to a video, starting at the point you chose. Great for linking to TED Talks without the waffly intro part, or just to get to the clearest rendition of “all the …

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Fix Broken YouTube Auto Embed with WordPress

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2018 UPDATE – please note that the issue below is resolved in the latest versions of WordPress. Update to the latest version of WP and you should find video embeds work exactly as expected now. You can chalk this off your list 🙂  On WordPress blogs, there has for a number of versions been a …

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