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Guy Kawasaki is an evangelist of  the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. It’s quite simple: a pitch should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.This rule is applicable for any presentation to reach agreement: for example, raising capital, making a sale, forming a partnership, etc.

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As a brand with a social media presence, you can no longer get away with posting simple text and links on social media and calling it content. Graphics, videos, GIFs, and other visual content is taking over every social media platform and in order to make your posts stand out, engage, and generate shares, your brand needs to create high-impact visual content.

 

Of course, not all of us have the time or resources to spend all day Photoshopping images that will be seen just for a few seconds by our fans on social media. Luckily, there are many free and very inexpensive, web and mobile apps available now that include powerful photo editing features, interesting typography, and high-quality images. These apps give you the ability to easily create visual content to share across all your social networks in just a few minutes. Here’s a list of some of our favorite apps to create highly-engaging visuals on the web and mobile.

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Here’s a little something many of us dread – webcam meetings. It’s one thing to chat with friends and family using Skype or Google Hangouts, but it’s another thing completely to try to look good and maintain a professional image for a webcam meeting. The same sense of dread can apply to anyone who has to record video for a presentation or for a show they’re hosting. Even if you’re really confident, you might not look that great on the webcam, which completely ruins the whole take.

So, how does one look good for a webcam? Well, it’s two-parts this, one part that and a shake of something undefinable, really. But, no matter how elusive the goal seems, there’s always a few good tips anyone can follow which will at least get us looking our best for the camera.

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Where can you find free, good quality images that are cleared to use for your blog posts or social media content?

More and more, you can find images online that allow for use on your blog, or in any creative work, without copyright restrictions or having to pay for licenses.

Searching for stock images can be a difficult and time-wasting task. So take a look at these websites to save you time and possibly frustration.

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Need to build a website? There are some great website builder tools available on the web which help you to create great websites within minutes. The main advantage of these website builder tools is that you do not need to have any knowledge about programming languages, just a few clicks can solve your problem in no time. It doesn’t even require a large budget to create websites, if you are just a beginner and don’t have any knowledge on how to create a website than these website builder tools are the perfect solution for you. Here are 9 of the best website builder tools 2014 which help you to create responsive websites in no time.

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