Subject: ♫✂ 3 Gratis Opportunities and 1 Paid Option ✎✉

Visual Marketing News
Green means Go!  Green also means St. Patrick's Day and, best of all in my opinion, green represents Spring and gardening!

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?  I live in Chicago where it is a huge holiday.  But in all the 40+ years I've lived here, I have never once gone to the parade or watched them dye the river bright green.

I have nothing against the holiday or against Irish heritage.  I just don't like dealing with all the inebriated celebrants who think it's perfectly acceptable to block traffic or to cause a commotion on public transit.  I've learned my lesson over the years and always plan ahead to stay home on that day - which this year will be celebrated on the actual holiday, Saturday, March 17.

In fact, I was getting ready to schedule an appointment next Saturday to get my hair cut.  When I realized that was St. Patrick's Day, I moved it up a week!
What Are Cinemagraphs?

It's been several weeks since I email you and I know I promised last time to tell you about cinemagraphs.  I'll give you the short explanation now and share more in the future.

Cinemagraphs are a fairly recent development that evolved in the advertising and marketing world, originally from high-priced advertising firms and photographers or videographers who were experimenting with a new way to add small, repetitive movements to an otherwise static photo.  

They have gotten great results because the movement catches the viewers' attention.  There is not enough movement to make people expect to watch a video.  But when they look at the photo, they soon notice that, surprisingly, something is moving!

Some people have referred to these as "living photos."  Cinemagraphs have spread to the online marketing world and numerous apps have been developed to produce them more economically.

I'm thinking about offering a future training about several easy tools for creating these "living photos," including a technique for creating them in PowerPoint.

If you think you might be interested in either a free webinar or a longer paid training on this topic, please just reply to this email and let me know.  You won't be obligated to attend; I'm just trying to guage interest at this point.  Thanks! 
Webinar: Creating Your Own Business-Related GIFs

I'm offering a 1-hour free webinar on Tuesday, March 13, on a very easy way to create your own GIFS, using business-related images.  Animated GIFS are incredibly popular on the web, but much of what gets shared is fairly low quality and not necessarily appropriate for a business or professional audience.  So why not make your own using the simple techniques I'll teach you!  

When you register for this webinar, you will also be able to download a free bundle of 100 images that are perfect for getting you started with my techniques, so you'll be able to practice right away!

Register here for the webinar and then mark your calendar for March 13 from 8pm to 9pm Eastern.  There will also be a replay sent to everyone who registers.
Creative Marketing TV - Saturday, March 10th

This Saturday, March 10, I will be teaching a short version of my GIF webinar for half an hour only. 

To get the link for the livestream on YouTube, AND to download your free bundle of 100 images, just register here.
A New Tool for Easy Music Editing for Videos

Do you ever struggle with getting a suitable music clip to enhance your videos?  It can be challenging to find something just the right length - especially if you want the music to play software underneath your entire video.  And what if the music is too long?  Do you just fade it out at the end?  What if you don't even have an editing software to do that?

I recently purchased a new bundle of music that is coded for easy editing AND it comes with free audio editing software that is incredibly easy to use!  In fact, I liked this package so much that I decided to promote it.  As you've probably noticed, I don't do a lot of affiliate promotions for various paid offers, but when I find something really good, I want to let you know about it.

Easy Tracks is one of those offers that I think will be very useful to many of you, especially if you're not experienced at adding music to videos and editing the music to end at the same time as the video!

Take a look at the demo video and sales page and see whether this is a good opportunity for you to take your videos to the next level by adding music.

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