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		<title>Does Allowing DoFollow Links Increase Commenting on Your Blog?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crosby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I am taking a big leap of faith on this blog in that today I began allowing DoFollow links on comments and trackbacks. Why is this a leap of faith? Well, I already get TONS of spam bots sending over their junk comments by obvious amateurs who are clearly just buying the next easy commenting software. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1175" title="dofollowimage" src="http://billcrosby.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dofollowimage-259x300.gif" alt="Allowing DoFollow"width="155" height="180" />Ok, I am taking a big leap of faith on this blog in that today I began <b>allowing DoFollow</b> links on comments and trackbacks. Why is this a leap of faith? Well, I already get TONS of spam bots sending over their junk comments by obvious amateurs who are clearly just buying the next easy commenting software. For the most part, <a href="http://akismet.com/" rel="nofollow">Akismet</a> picks these up well and I don&#8217;t have to deal with them. Obviously it is not my intention to increase this.</p>
<p>Rather, when reading a blog post today by a trusted blog and SEO software company, I came across a little note on their comment form about KeywordLuv. And, being the curious person I am, I clicked to find out what it was.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1166" style="border-style: solid; border-color: black; border-image: initial; border-width: 1px;" title="KeywordLuv in action" src="http://billcrosby.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Picture-8.png" alt="Allowing DoFollow"width="440" height="80" /></p>
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<p>Well, turns out this little plugin allows users to leave a comment AND get the anchor text link juice in the specific keyword set they want to link for by adding @Their Keyword to the end of their name (WordPress by default hyperlinks the name with whatever URL is entered in the URL field). Hmmm, sounds interesting!</p>
<h1>Allowing DoFollow Links (Gulp)?</h1>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div>So, I read on and find out that you have to first open DoFollow links (gulp). I have never much wanted to do so, knowing this opens you to a greater flood of comment spam bots.In order to do this, another plugin is required (KeywordLuv doesn&#8217;t start <i>allowing DoFollow</i> on comments but leaves this to other plugins). I decided to use <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-dofollow/" rel="nofollow">Smart DoFollow</a> since it allows you to restrict the DoFollow for comments of a minimum number of characters (I decided on the default of 400 to start). Meaning, the commenter has to put in at least 400 characters before <u>allowing DoFollow</u> is turned on for the post. As well, I still have to moderate the <a title="How to Set Up a Google+ Brand Page" href="http://billcrosby.com/socialmedia/how-to-set-up-a-google-brand-page/">comment</a> before it goes live.</div>
<h2>Allowing DoFollow Links, Step One, Get a Clean Slate</h2>
<div>So, in order to have a good statistical start, I cleared out the few hundred comments awaiting moderation, and off we go with the test.<img class="size-full wp-image-1165 alignleft" style="border-image: initial; border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;" title="Cleared out the comments" src="http://billcrosby.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Picture-7.png" alt="Allowing DoFollow"width="386" height="109" /></div>
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<h3> The Test for Allowing DoFollow, What will happen?</h3>
<p>So, here is the test. Will this, and you can chime in with your experience in the comments below, minimum 400 characters of course ):</p>
<ol>
<li>Increase my comment traffic with real people looking to genuinely add value to the site and post?</li>
<li>Increase my spam comments to the point where I will quickly turn it off off and go back to normal business as usual?</li>
<li>Or, some combination of the two?</li>
</ol>
<div>My plan is to track results and let you know&#8230;</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div>What has been your experience allowing DoFollow on your blog?</div>
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		<title>Google updates new commenting feature for Google Docs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crosby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Docs is an excellent product from Google company which helps to user to edit the document in online without any use of special software’s. The latest news from Google is they are going to update new commenting feature for Google docs, so it’s like a real time chat between the users which are editing [...]]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Google Docs</strong> is an excellent product from Google company which helps to user to edit the document in online without any use of special software’s. The latest news from <strong>Google</strong> is they are going to <strong>update new commenting feature for Google docs</strong>, so it’s like a real time chat between the users which are editing the same document with comment feature.</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">Google Docs, With Real Time Chat</h1>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Whenever user comment on the document and that comment will appears on right side of  the document including with their profile pictures and timestamps. Even you can use “@” to interact and reply with particular user comment or <strong>discussion</strong> on that document.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img style="border: 0px initial initial;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AlLRNvLa-S8/TY-Yt9LUoDI/AAAAAAAAAiM/xiLOxOIe0DM/s1600/GoogleDocs.jpg" alt="Google Docs"width="360" height="240" border="0" /><a name="more"></a></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Google Docs, Now with Email Integration</h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">If user is offline the comments will appear on their <strong>e-mail account</strong>, so that you can reply for that comment via email without visiting the <strong>Google docs</strong> web page. Users can also read and view the <strong>full discussions</strong> simply by clicking the discussion button from the top menu of that document in <i>Google docs</i>.</div>
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<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2011/03/google-updates-new-commenting-feature.html" rel="nofollow">techdraginfo.blogspot.com</a></div>
<p>This is soooo cool. If you are not yet using <u>Google Docs</u>, do so quickly. It has replaced document storage for all of my business needs now completely.</p>
<p>Leave a comment below and tell me how are you using Google Docs.</p>
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		<title>Facebook Page Design Change: How to replace existing Facebook Page with new iFrame template</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crosby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 11th, 2011 (3 days ago) Facebook began eliminating their previous language for Facebook Page Design  FBML which means we can no longer use FBML to build our fan pages. It also means we need to either learn the new iFrame framework, or get some nice iFrame templates to replace our existing ones! &#160; &#160; Facebook Page Design: [...]]]></description>
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	<a href="http://billcrosby.fbmax.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow"><img class="size-medium wp-image-628 " title="Facebook Page Design - FBMaxed Templates" src="http://billcrosby.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-14-at-10.14.06-AM-275x300.png" alt="Facebook Page Design"width="275" height="300" /></a>
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<p>On March 11th, 2011 (3 days ago) Facebook began eliminating their previous language for <b>Facebook Page Design</b>  FBML which means we can no longer use FBML to build our fan pages. It also means we need to either learn the new iFrame framework, or get some nice iFrame templates to replace our existing ones!</p>
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<div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h1>Facebook Page Design: A Great Solution</h1>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div>You are probably like me, I have no time to learn the new iFrame. I need an URGENT replacement to my existing fan pages! I also need new iFrame templates for my business!</div>
<div>I fortunately was introduced to <a href="http://billcrosby.fbmax.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow">FBMaxed</a> and it really saved me time! I got:</div>
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<ul>
<li>iFrame templates for instant Facebook page setup</li>
<li>Complete step-by-step video to setup the new iFrame! Easy to follow!</li>
<li>Documentation full with pictures, replaces the videos well when I don&#8217;t feel like watching!</li>
<li>LIVE webinar walkthroughs! They have done 2 so far, I liked both! Helped me a lot!</li>
</ul>
<h2>FBMaxed: Facebook Page Design Templates</h2>
</div>
<div>These iFrames are so powerful, they are:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>HTML5 compatible, that means, no problem viewing with iPhone, iPads, Android etc!</li>
<li>With a nice &#8216;Like &amp; Reveal tab&#8217; landing page! So my page can go viral!</li>
<li>Opt-in forms enabled, I can build list straight from within Facebook!</li>
<li>Supporting Videos, I can have videos hosted on my Facebook page!</li>
<li>Complete website built into Facebook with Unlimited pages!</li>
</ul>
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<div>See their sample Facebook page <a href="http://fbmaxed.com/facebook.php?page=billcrosby" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>:</div>
<h3>CNBC Says FBMaxed for Facebook Page Design Templates</h3>
<div>No wonder they got picked up by CNBC, I am super psyched I got it!</div>
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	<a href="http://billcrosby.fbmax.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow"><img class="size-medium wp-image-627 " title="Facebook Page Design templates" src="http://billcrosby.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Screen-shot-2011-03-14-at-10.21.58-AM-300x119.png" alt="Facebook Page Design"width="300" height="119" /></a>
	<p class="wp-caption-text">FBMaxed on CNBC</p>
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<div><a href="http://billcrosby.fbmax.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow">Go have a look at this</a> as it is the easiest solution to the changes to <i>Facebook Page Design</i> I have found, and be sure to let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.</div>
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		<title>How to Automatically Sync Any Song You Download to iTunes! &#124; sync song itunes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crosby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[iTunes has never been great at automatically syncing new songs or folders of music, but with a little finesse and the latest version of iTunes, you can automatically sync any new music you download to iTunes, with relative ease. Photo remixed from Shutr. Love it or hate it, tons of people still use iTunes to [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="left image500" style="display: none;" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/03/500x_itunes-sync-bp.jpg" alt="How to Automatically Sync Any Song You Download to iTunes" width="500" /><img class="left image500" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/03/500x_itunes-sync.jpg" alt="How to Automatically Sync Any Song You Download to iTunes" width="300" height="202" />iTunes has never been great at automatically syncing new songs or folders of music, but with a little finesse and the latest version of iTunes, you can automatically sync any new music you download to iTunes, with relative ease.</p>
<p><em>Photo remixed from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivewires/1150155486/">Shutr</a></em>.</p>
<p>Love it or hate it, tons of people still use iTunes to manage their music library. Maybe it&#8217;s because of your love for the iPod, the iTunes Music Store, or whatever—we&#8217;re not here to judge, we&#8217;re just here to help you make iTunes work better.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re done with this guide, you&#8217;re iTunes library will automatically sync up with any music you download, whether it&#8217;s via BitTorrent, the web, or even Dropbox. The guide will walk through how to set up automatic music-to-iTunes syncing on both Windows and Mac.</p>
<h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;">What You&#8217;ll Need</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/">iTunes</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://lifehacker.com/341950/belvedere-automates-your-self+cleaning-pc">Belvedere</a></strong> (Windows) or <strong><a href="http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php">Hazel</a></strong> (Mac)</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;">How It Works</h3>
<p>The basic set up is actually pretty simple. Apple quietly <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5356619/itunes-finally-adds-watched-folder-to-automatically-add-new-music">added an <code>Automatically Add to iTunes</code> folder</a> in a recent release of iTunes 9, which means that, while iTunes still doesn&#8217;t support watching and syncing custom folders, it does give us a pretty slick avenue for hacking together our own solution. Here&#8217;s how it works:</p></blockquote>
<div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5501200/how-to-automatically-sync-any-song-you-download-to-itunes">lifehacker.com</a></div>
<p>Thanks to lifehacker, yet again we learn a really slick simple way of handling a slightly frustrating glitch of technology.</p>
<p>Read the rest of this article to learn exactly how to resolve the issue of syncing your downloads to iTunes.</p></div>
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		<title>30 Beautiful Handwritten Fonts (A Must for Marketers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crosby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handwritten Fonts&#8230; &#160; Handwritten fonts are basically simulating a manuscript, or hand-drawn text. A manuscript is any document that is written by hand. The term may also be used for information that is hand-recorded in other ways than writing, for example inscriptions that are chiseled upon a hard material or scratched as with a knife [...]]]></description>
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<h1>Handwritten Fonts&#8230;</h1>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Handwritten fonts</strong> are basically simulating a manuscript, or hand-drawn text. A manuscript is any document that is written by hand. The term may also be used for information that is hand-recorded in other ways than writing, for example inscriptions that are chiseled upon a hard material or scratched as with a knife point in plaster or with a stylus on a waxed tablet, or are in cuneiform writing, impressed with a pointed stylus in a flat tablet of unbaked clay.</p>
<p>But enough with the history. If you guys need a <strong>beautiful font for headers</strong> or short notes, go ahead and use one of the free <i>handwritten fonts</i> I put together for you below. These kind of fonts are not the best choice for long text, but they are brilliant if you need to <em>spice up your designs</em>. These shouldn’t be missing in your font collection.</p>
<h2>Collection of Cool Handwritten Fonts</h2>
<h4><a title="Jellyka - Estrya's Handwriting" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/jellyka---estryas-handwriting.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jellyka – Estrya’s Handwriting</a></h4>
<p><img title="Jellyka - Estrya's Handwriting" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/jellyka-estryas.jpg" alt="Handwritten Fonts" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h4><a title="Handwriting1800" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/handwriting1800.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Handwriting1800</a></h4>
<p><img title="Handwriting1800" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/handwriting1800.jpg" alt="Handwriting1800" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="curlyJoe" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/curlyjoe.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">curlyJoe</a></h4>
<p><img title="curlyJoe" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/curlyjoe.jpg" alt="curlyJoe" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Close to me" href="http://www.dafont.com/close-to-me.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Close to me</a></h4>
<p><img title="Close to me" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/close-to-me.jpg" alt="Close to me" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Katy Berry" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/katy-berry.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katy Berry</a></h4>
<p><img title="Katy Berry" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/katy-berry.jpg" alt="Katy Berry" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Journal" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/journal.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Journal</a></h4>
<p><img title="Journal" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/journal.jpg" alt="Journal" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Dirty and Classic" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/dirty-and-classic.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dirty and Classic</a></h4>
<p><img title="Dirty and Classic" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/dirty-and-classic.jpg" alt="Dirty and Classic" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="The Sixth Sense" href="http://www.dafont.com/sixth-sense.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sixth Sense</a></h4>
<p><img title="The Sixth Sense" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/the-sixth-sense.jpg" alt="The Sixth Sense" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Ziggy Zoe" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/ziggy-zoe.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ziggy Zoe</a></h4>
<p><img title="Ziggy Zoe" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/ziggy-zoe.jpg" alt="Ziggy Zoe" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="AquilineTwo" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/aquilinetwo.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AquilineTwo</a></h4>
<p><img title="AquilineTwo" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/aquilinetwo.jpg" alt="AquilineTwo" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Angelina" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/angelina.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angelina</a></h4>
<p><img title="Angelina" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/angelina.jpg" alt="Angelina" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Ginga" href="http://www.fonts2u.com/ginga.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ginga</a></h4>
<p><img title="Ginga" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/ginga.jpg" alt="Ginga" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<h4><a title="Broken" href="http://www.dafont.com/broken.font" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Broken</a></h4>
<p><img title="Broken" src="http://images.webdesignbooth.com/handwritten-fonts/broken.jpg" alt="Broken" width="500" height="140" /></p></blockquote>
<p>If you are not yet using <u>handwritten fonts</u> in your marketing materials, you are leaving money on the table!</p>
<h3>Handwritten fonts increase conversions, period!</h3>
<p>Big thanks the WebDesignBooth.com for supplying these easy to use handwritten fonts;  now <a title="6 Tips To Using Killer Images In Email Marketing" href="http://billcrosby.com/socialmedia/6-tips-to-using-killer-images-in-email-marketing/">go and get em</a>&#8216;!</p>
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		<title>5 types of emails to filter automatically</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crosby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your inbox looks like a bottomless pit of Twitter notices and mass forwards of cat pictures, then it might be time to do a little email spring cleaning and organizing. Bonus, inbox spring cleaning sprees don’t require rubber gloves or a jumbo bottle of Liquid Plumber. Stepcase Lifehack breaks down the five types of [...]]]></description>
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<p>If your inbox looks like a bottomless pit of Twitter notices and mass forwards of cat pictures, then it might be time to do a little email spring cleaning and organizing. Bonus, inbox spring cleaning sprees don’t require rubber gloves or a jumbo bottle of Liquid Plumber.</p>
<p>Stepcase Lifehack breaks down the five types of emails you should automatically filter to keep your inbox tidy and unclogged. First, figure out how to filter emails through your webmail provider—both Outlook and Mac’s Mail have a fairly straight forward filtering system. So, now that you’ve figured out how to filter, what should you automatically sift? Here’s a few:</p>
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<li><strong>Email Newsletters</strong> — Put these in a “To Read” folder for later viewing.</li>
<li><strong>Social Media Notifications</strong> — There’s nothing more distracting than Facebook and Twitter pings. One comment on your status update leads to 20 minutes of browsing.</li>
<li><strong>Store Promos and Deals</strong> — Do you really need to know that the leopard-print Snuggie is 20% off in the middle of your work day?</li>
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<p>Full list and a how-to on filtering at <a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/5-types-of-emails-you-should-be-automatically-filtering.html" target="_blank">Stepcase Lifehack</a>.</div>
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		<title>Convert .mov to .flv video files on the fly, Major Time Saver!</title>
		<link>http://billcrosby.com/video-marketing/vlogging/convert-mov-to-flv-video-files-on-the-fly-major-time-saver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Crosby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my weekly mastermind group, we just learned today (thanks to Sean Malarkey) that  you can simply change a .mov (Mac based video format) file to .flv (Flash based format) by just changing the file type. In order for this to work, the codec (fancy pants language for how the movie is rendered on your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>In my weekly mastermind group, we just learned today (thanks to <a href="http://seanmalarkey.com/">Sean Malarkey</a>) that  you can simply change a .mov (Mac based video format) file to .flv (Flash based format) by just changing the file type. In order for this to work, the codec (fancy pants language for how the movie is rendered on your machine) needs to be H.264 (the Mac standard codec) which may seem like Greek to many, but if you have a newer Mac (in the last 3 years) it will be using this codec.</p>
<p>In this example, I show how simple this is to do (and what an incredible time saver it is to boot).</p>
<p>Check it out below:</p>
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<p>Thanks for watching,</p>
<p>Bill</p>
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