Hi there Creatorpreneurs! today I wanted to show you a little Social Media Marketing trick and we’re going to use the “Greatest Show” template set to get it done
You can create all of your social media designs with this template set:
The Greatest Show designs are my favorite and they work great when you’re launching a product or have a new product you want people to notice. Don’t just be an ENTREPRENEUR – Become a CREATORPRENEUR! With Laughingbird Software, you’ll learn how to grow your business and make money using graphics you create yourself!
If you learn a little something about social media marketing from this video, let me know what you think in the comments below!
Wish You Had a “Magical” Way to Grab a Viewer’s Attention?
You can make any advertisement or project come alive by using a professionally shot moving image from a cinemagraph pro… the big brands are using them and now you can too (but at a fraction of the cost!).
They’re basically a really cool way to capture attention with moving images!
Watch this video to see how cinemagraphs will help you and your business capture attention:
What Are Cinemagraphs?
Cinemagraphs are a perfect combination of a still photograph and a video. They can make things feel like they’re moving faster, slower, or are totally frozen.
Additionally, one of the really cool things about a cinemagraph is that it will loop endlessly, therefore playing until your viewer leaves the page. This is what makes a cinemagraph a true attention-getter for entrepreneurs and internet marketers!
What Are Cinemagraphs Used For?
1. Moving images for backgrounds
2. Animated GIF’s for social media
3. Attention-Getting social media posts
4. Video clips within your other video productions
5. Advertisements
6. Email announcements
7. Presentations
8. Get Creative!
Do I Have to Make a Cinemagraph?
If you’re skilled in photography, video, and technology, then perhaps you can make your own cinemagraphs.
However, most of us don’t have the skills or time to create our own, especially if it means learning a new software program. As small businesses and entrepreneurs, our time is much better spent doing what we are good at, right? Because that’s how we earn our money.
So, the best answer is, no, you don’t need to create your own. And if you’re worried that you don’t have the resources to make a large investment in eye-catching cinemagraphs for your business, then you’re in luck.
How Do I Get a Cinemagraph for My Design Projects?
You can purchase one at a time directly from a stock agency or professional.
Or, even better, you can get a bundle of 27 cinemagraphs for the price of just one from a stock agency. Grab a bundle of stunning moving images that can be used for multiple projects and you won’t have to stress.
Can I Save Cinemagraphs as animated GIF’s or mp4 video?
Yes, you can save them as GIF’s or in other standard video file formats, such as mp4.
Since a cinemagraph image already has motion, you don’t need to add any video to it. However, you will need to save it in a video file format.
In The Graphics Creator, you can choose whether to record your project as a GIF or Webm… then you can download and convert to another video file (say .mp4 or .mov) if needed. Social Media platforms often require different video formats. Webm works great on Facebook, for example, but you’ll need to use .mp4 for a Pinterest video.
Take a look at the video to find out how to record a Moving Image in The Graphics Creator with just a couple of clicks:
https://youtu.be/Fk5qVTv6Ubg
What Software Do I Need to Create Ads or Social Media Posts With Cinemagraphs?
You can save time and money by creating your own ads and social media posts, whether or not you’re using cinemagraphs. Spending hundreds to thousands of dollars for images you need every day in your business will only drain your budget and you’ll have a hard time continuing to pay for all you need.
Instead, take a look at this easy-to-use tool, so that all you’ll need to do is add text to your moving images (you can still choose your own fonts, colors, and design elements if you’d like).
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Hey Creatorpreneurs! If you need another stream of income or want to promote your own business in a fun and unique way, then designing and selling t-shirts is for you.
As an online entrepreneur, you already know the value of having a virtual presence… on social media, a website, a blog, etc. But that doesn’t mean you can’t grow your business by mixing in some offline strategies.
https://youtu.be/MJHBKWbXwmQ
Watch the video to learn how to make money with graphics!
Yes, You Can Earn Money by Selling T-shirts
Understandably, you don’t want to waste your time on another project that doesn’t lead to increased sales. But selling t-shirts, or other “on-demand” goods is easier than you think and requires little to no investment. If you want to order your own t-shirt for promotional purposes, such as to take pictures of it or wear it, then you will have to buy it. Otherwise, you can start for nothing!
Here’s how it works: You choose the sales price and keep 100% of the profit. For example, the base price for a t-shirt is $10 and you choose to sell it for $20, you would keep $10 in profit.
Basically, if you sell 10 t-shirts per week, you’ll make $100 (that’s an extra $400 per month!). Keep in mind also that you only have to make the design once, so little of your time is required once your design is set. And, as mentioned before, you don’t have to spend any money upfront. So, you really do keep all of the profit.
How to Design a T-shirt
This is the fun part! You can get as creative as you’d like while designing your t-shirt. First, make sure you’ve watched the video to learn how to create your t-shirt designs.
If you don’t already have The Graphics Creator software, just get it online and log into your account to start creating.
Now, read below to find out how to sell your awesome new t-shirt designs.
How to Sell Your T-shirt
What makes selling t-shirts online so easy is that some businesses will produce your product on-demand. This means that you don’t have to buy inventory upfront before you even make any sales!
Further, buyers come to these well-known companies looking for cool or funny t-shirts. So, you don’t have to rely exclusively on your own marketing. There’s already a customer base.
If you watched the video, you saw Marc showing you how to create and download your design from The Graphics Creator and upload it into Teespring to sell your t-shirt. This is the easiest way to make any graphic design into a sellable t-shirt or other printed product.
Click to try the online Graphics Creator for FREE!
How to Print Your T-shirt Design
Take a look at how Teespring will print your t-shirt on-demand. As an entrepreneur, you have enough to do without worrying about orders and shipping.
Thankfully, Teespring produces your t-shirts after an order is placed. You simply create your design and upload it. When you get a sale, Teespring handles order production, shipping, and customer support for you. Super simple!
Here’s one more super cool thing worth mentioning. Teespring is great because it gives you a way to actually sell your products directly from Instagram, YouTube, and Twitch.
So there you have it entrepreneurs… one more way to earn money each month. Creating and selling t-shirt designs is passive income once you’ve created the design. In other words, you can sell your design over and over without much effort at all.
So why limit yourself to selling one design when you can create 10 or 20?! Some of Laughingbird Software’s Creatorpreneurs even make a full-time business out of selling on-demand t-shirts and other products using The Graphics Creator to make their designs.
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Social media marketing is an ongoing process and can be rather time-consuming if you don’t manage it. However, having a consistent plan can can make it easier as well as increase traffic to your website, getting you bigger results, faster.
This article in our Creatorpreneurs Academy series will help bring you traffic from any social media platform by completing 4 defined steps.
The 4 Steps to Get More Traffic with Social Media
1. Plan Your Social Post Content
The idea here is to create content for your target audience. Your focus should be on showing your audience what they need to solve their biggest problem in your niche.
First, consider how often you will post great content on one or more of your social accounts… Twice a week? Daily?
Then create a list of topics that address your audience’s troubles and the solution you can offer. Ask yourself if what you’d like to offer will be something they’ll want to share with others. After all, getting others to share can be the biggest driver of traffic to your site!
To stay on track and provide consistent content, use a simple calendar that reminds you what content you intend to provide on each post, what social platform you plan to share it on, and how often you will share.
2. Create a Brand Story.
Now that you have your content ideas, make a brief “story” out of each one. This is your chance to tell people what your brand is all about… how you understand their problem and how you can help them with it.
Consider making your story into a quick How-To lesson, product demonstration, or story about how your offer helped a customer in real life. Just keep in mind that, because this content is for your social media posts, you need to brief but compelling.
Therefore, give your audience a “teaser” of what they’ll get if they click on your social link. For example, if you are offering a “how-to” article, you might tell about how one customer followed your steps and got double the traffic to their site. Then ask them to click a link to find out how they can do this too (see step #4 below on using a “Call-to-Action”).
Laughingbird Software Brand Design for Facebook Marketing example
3. Add Eye-Catching Visuals.
As is true anywhere on the internet, striking visuals in your social media posts will capture and hold your audience’s attention. Please, please, please don’t get tempted to add a simple colored Facebook background to your post, or worse, to leave out an image altogether!
Just as when you’re telling your “story” above, stunning, unique visuals tell them that they can trust you and that you’re capable of helping them. Besides, you won’t even get noticed if you don’t use graphics and images that catch the eye.
The truth is, the few minutes you spend creating a graphic will be worth it. And, yes, you can create an image in just a few minutes with the right tool.
Simply put, it’ll bring more traffic to your website. This is for two reasons: First, people are much more likely to click on an image than to hunt for a link in the text. And second, you’ll look more appealing, trustworthy, and professional.
How to Use Graphics to Drive Social Media Traffic
The number one most important piece of a perfect social post is your image. If your post doesn’t quickly capture attention, you’ll get very few views, if any.
Words are competing for attention everywhere. And even if you’ve written an amazing story and offer, they may never be seen without first capturing your audience’s attention with a stunning graphic.
A “call-to-action” (CTA) tells viewers exactly what you want them to do next. On social media, this is just as important as in a blog article, video, or on a web page. You want your planned post to share a story, have a big attention-getting graphic, and then tell them exactly what to do with that information.
In most social posts, you will tell them to: “Subscribe”, “Learn More” “Find out How To…”, “Share”, and perhaps even “Get The Offer”.
Before writing your CTA, have a clear idea of what action you want a potential customer to do. And, decide whether you will direct them to your website, blog, video, podcast, or sales page?
Share on this image on social media
Be Consistent with Your Social Media Marketing Plan
In order to get more traffic, you must consider this a somewhat long-term plan. Posting a few times on any social media rarely doubles your traffic instantly. However, staying on course by consistently following these four steps with each piece of social media content will bring you more traffic.
