The one about Spam email, video editing cuts, Canva and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - TG61

The one about Spam email, video editing cuts, Canva and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - TG61 

 

00:00:00 Introduction  

Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.   

 

00:01:51 In the News  

A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 

 

00:12:17 Content Spotlights  

ROGER: Employee Gets Revenge On ‘Best Buy’ After It Forces Him To Spam Customers With Promotional Emails by Jonas Grinevičius and Ilona Baliūnaitė in Bored Panda. https://www.boredpanda.com/free-trials-spam-buying-firestick-using-corporate-addresses/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic 

PASCAL: 9 Essential Cuts Every Video Editor Needs to Know by Lewis Mcgregor 

https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/9-essential-cuts-video-editing 

 

00:24:55 Marketing Tech and Apps   

ROGER: It’s all about revisiting Canva: https://www.canva.com/ 

• Auto-enhance 
• Auto Blur 
• Face Retouch 

PASCAL: It’s all about bringing new life to your social media posts 

Content Drips https://contentdrips.com/ save time creating quote style photos, animated graphics and carousel for social media 

Render Forest https://www.renderforest.com/templates create 3D animations to promote your products and services 

 

00:35:14 This Week in History  

Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture. 

 

00:42:28 Creator Shout Outs  

ROGER: Carrie Eddins – 12 Days of Twitter PR: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carrieeddins_twitterpr-12daysoftwitterpr-visibility-activity-6869374188935815168-HzTR 

PASCAL: Jenni Field host of the Redefining Communications podcast series: https://redefiningcomms.com/podcast-redefining-communications-with-jenni-field/ 

 

00:47:09 Film Marketing  

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) 

Director: Chris Columbus 

Writer: JK Rowling, Steve Kloves 

Music By John Williams 

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson supported by the who’s who of the British TV and Film industry. 

We help celebrate #20YearsOfMovieMagic by reviewing the first Harry Potter film and take a close look at the marketing campaign which successfully used scarcity (partially due to the need to protect the young actors) to increase interest in the movie. 

 

About Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast    

Hosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.  

Roger is a man on a mission to keep marketing simple. He is the voice of the Marketing & Finance Podcast and the host of the RogVLOG series.   

Pascal is also on a mission to demystify digital marketing. He's the host of the Content Marketing Studio video podcast and many other video series.  

Every week we'll bring you the following segments.  

• In the News.  
• Content Spotlight  
• Marketing Tech and Apps  
• This Week in History  
• Creator Shout Outs  
• Film Marketing  

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Watch the show on video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCChv7HnP_ZqGoFQbzqkeaKA?  

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