It’s always nice when I go back to a place that has something new or different going on each visit. While shooting photos for my friend and client, Capt. Rob’s Pigalicious Barbecue, who was catering a wedding, horse back riding was going on. It was fun watching them ride the horses especially since we didn’t get to see that last time. Wolftrap Farm in Gordonsvilles, VA is a gorgeous venue.
Pig candy is in the new big smoker. After a few hours in the smoker, it becomes an experience in your mouth! SO GOOD!!
Fall is here! Fall flowers are in bloom, leaves are about to change, hay is gathered and stored. Do you have a property or venue that you could use professional photos? With the trees starting to change, now is a great time to schedule a photographer! Having great photos for your website, social media or print makes the biggest difference.
Pros know that by doing something as simple as changing the angle of the shot can make huge difference.
A professional photographer will take multiple photos of the same item because things happen, like wind changing the focal point.
If you’re interested in gorgeous, professional photos for whatever reason, feel free to give me a call at 804-402-0084. I will travel outside of Richmond, VA.
PetreyDish.Com is holding another Facebook Training Session on November 30, 2016 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm for those who want to discover how to better use Facebook Pages for business. For just $50 you will get two full hours of Facebook Page Training. Bring your laptop, tablet and/or smartphone and let’s start using Facebook for business!
The training session will be held at 10305 Memory Ln, Suite 202 Chesterfield, VA 23832.
The following topics will be covered:
The difference between Page and Profile
Getting more page likes and post interaction
Creating posts
Scheduling Posts
Liking other pages as your page
Using Facebook as your page
Ideas for Posting
and more!
Seating is very limited so let me know if you are interested by leaving a commenting below, calling me at 804.402.0084 or signing up on our Facebook event. You must RSVP.
PetreyDish.Com is holding its FIRST Instagram Training Session on November 2, 2016 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm for those who want to discover how to better use Instagram for business. For just $50 you will get two full hours of Instagram Training. Bring your smartphone or tablet and let’s start using Instagram for business!
The training session will be held 10305 Memory Ln, Suite 202 Chesterfield, VA 23832.
The following topics will be covered:
Instagram Basics
Getting likes and post interaction
Creating posts
What are Hashtags?
Using Hashtags
Post Ideas
and more!
Seating is extremely limited so let me know if you are interested by leaving a comment below, calling me at 804.402.0084 or signing up on our Facebook event. You must RSVP.
*Please have the Instagram App downloaded before arrival. The account does not need to be set up. I can help with that.*
For the details on the next Facebook Page Training Session, Click here.
This video was created using YouTube. It is a combination of videos and photos from my phone. Nothing fancy. Just learning. The music is also provided by YouTube. How did I do? If you giggled, I did it right. Let me know! (That’s Expendables 3 playing in the background at one point for those who are curious.)
One of the things that I like to do is to bake a few treats for the attendees. It’s relaxing and gets my mind off of other things so I can focus on the training that evening. I must admit, I’m also enjoying playing with time lapse videos. That night’s menu included peanut butter cookies and banana bread muffins. Late night Facebook training sessions after a long day’s work requires treats to keep the mind going.
In a previous post, I talked about learning YouTube. As someone who knows little about making videos but knows that videos are growing in popularity on social media. Longer Instagram videos, Snapchat videos, Facebook, Vine and more. I use YouTube to edit my videos in multiple ways, easy posting to G+ and other great reasons (like it’s free and has free music to enhance your video).
Here are some great stats full straight from YouTube, if you decide to dive into it, or revisit it.
YouTube has over a billion users — almost one-third of all people on the Internet — and every day people watch hundreds of millions of hours on YouTube and generate billions of views.
YouTube overall, and even YouTube on mobile alone, reaches more 18-34 and 18-49 year-olds than any cable network in the U.S.
Growth in watch time on YouTube has accelerated and is up at least 50% year over year for three straight years.
The number of people watching YouTube per day is up 40% y/y since March 2014.
The number of users coming to YouTube who start at the YouTube homepage, similar to the way they might turn on their TV, is up more than 3x y/y.
y/y means Year-on-Year or Year-Over-Year.
YouTube is free, and you can even make money by allowing commercials to play before your video. It also allows for editing including making videos time lapse style, creating slow motion videos, editing coloring, etc. Once you have the video the way you want it, you can download it and sent it to other social media. It also gives the an easy way to add videos to your website with the embedding code it makes for you.
The blog portion of my website allows for comments. Most of the comments are spam. Sometimes I take time to read them for a laugh. Here are some of my latest spam comments. How do I know it’s spam? Other than bad grammar, typos and irrelevant to the post, the email address and/or website is hinky.
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Since I wrote about Time is always changing, my business still changing. I’m still reading more great books and still continue to evolve. I have read “#GIRLBOSS” by Sophia Amoruso twice now and read “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom. I will be honest, it was really tough listening to the book, knowing that Morrie was slowing deteriorating from ALS. If you get this book from Audible.com, you will get to hear Morrie’s interviews that were used to create the book. It was so cool to hear him. For business and life, both are great!
Over the past two months, I have evolved my business by:
Updated my Facebook Page training PowerPoint and Handout
Set up Facebook Page training workshops
Finished setting up my office
Set up my conference room/classroom
More website updates
Added behind the scenes, time lapse photography
Purchased a new camera that is amazing!!
Learning YouTube
A few surprises that I am working on so stay tuned!
What new and amazing things have you done (are you doing) to improve your business?
Since I wrote about 