Tag: freelancing

  • 5 Promising Artificial Intelligence Tools For Freelancers

    Is artificial Intelligence(AI) simplifying your Freelancing business or are you scared that it will replace your skills? You don’t have to be worried at all. Instead, you need to embrace it and look at different ways of using it to grow your business.

    At the moment, there are several AI tools out there. In order to remain relevant as a freelancer, you need to enhance your existing skills, build your personal brand and view AI as an aid not an hindrance.

    Here are 6 Promising AI tools that you check out and try.

    Calendar

    Calendar harnesses the power of machine learning to give you smart suggestions for when, where and how your meetings can take place. The app is still in alpha mode.

    SpinnerChief

    What this app does may scare many writers who write original content. Not only is able to generate hundreds of new articles in minutes for you, but also in one click it can rewrite articles to a very high level of readability and uniqueness because it uses the best natural language analysis and artificial intelligence techniques to understand your articles in the same way as google does.

    EveryPixel

    This is a search engine for stock images powered by AI. You can filter your search to show only FREE images.

    I started using it this year and so far so go, it is serving me well. The downside of this app is that it does not show videos.

    Logopony

    An awesome logo for your business is just a few clicks away with logopony. By entering the name of your business and a slogan, the app will generate several logos so that you can choose the one you like and customize it.

    Smartertime

    Smartertime is an intelligent assistant to measure, analyse and improve your time use. Currently the app is available on Google playstore and the iOS version of it is still in Beta.

    There are many other AI tools out there being developed. Do you know of an AI tool you think other Freelancers can benefit from? Please let us know by sharing it on the comments below.

    If you need help to produce professional screen-cast video tutorials, you can request a free quote here.

    Until next time, bye bye and take care.

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  • Rank Better on YouTube with Captions or Subtitles

    Most people don\’t take subtitles seriously when working on a videos intended for publishing on Youtube. But did you know that youtube captions or subtitles can increase the chances of your video being found on youtube? Also, did you know that this can increase your chances of getting business especially if you are a freelancer as your prospect will perceive you as more knowledgeable than others? Well, lets dig deeper.

    Case Study

    Go to youtube and search for a video using a keyword, say \’Motivational talks.\’ You will get hundreds of videos from the search results. Now, how do you quickly identify the best one apart from clicking the ones appearing on the top of the search results? Simple, you use search filters.

    When you click on filters, you will find \’subtitles\’ under features. Now this where you know that \’subtitles is one algorithm that youtube uses to filter search results.

    Why this is important 

    Millions and millions of videos are Uploaded to youtube daily. To beat the competition, youtube introduced \’features\’ as part of the search filters to allow regular video creators to stand out in the market place. Subtitles is one of them. Subtitles is often overlooked by most people but widely used by serious and ardent you-tubers.

    Moreover, this filter is used by youtube to rank videos people search on youtube.

    Also, those searching for videos on youtube will pick this feature to narrow down their search and often, they are left with few choices if none.

    This means that all videos without subtitles will be eliminated and explains why many valuable content without subtitles on youtube have few views.

    Why this service is a asset to your business  

    Most freelancers will agree me that at one point in their business, clients have asked them for subtitles after completing a project for them. In most cases, you will find that the client is willing to pay for this additional service. 

    Besides, it makes you stand out as a freelancer you can charge more than others.  

    This is how you grow your freelancing business and stand out from the rest. It will also aid you when explaining the cost that you charge. Some clients will ask you to break down your budget. 

    Now, a seasoned client who invest heavily on video will view you as an expert as he already know the value of subtitles in their video.

    How to create video subtitles 

    Creating video subtitles is easy and anyone can do it. For me, I use Camtasia studio or Youtube. I recommend youtube as you can add subtitles in realtime.

    To add subtitles on youtube, go to youtube and select the video you want to add subtitles and click edit. You will see the subtitles menu there.

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    Now you know a loophole that you can utilize on video editing and earn more money.  

    That\’s all from me today. 

    If you need help with video production, please let me know via the contact us page. I will be glad to help. 

    Till next time, bye and take care:-)  

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