#and get it mixed around. not great for marking and organizing the day’s checklist…

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falling out of love with sheening inks… what a nightmare for trying to use with gel pens, honestly…

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Female Led Relationship In Real Life

FLR explained, the woman has final say on all matters. The man accepts her wishes, her wants, and her punishments. This isn’t the FLR most men dream about in real life which is sexual in nature; I can promise in real life it is much different and more rewarding long term for both parties involved.

For us, yes housework is my responsibility and it started out with her lowering the normal standard that she kept up so that I could get down a routine. Overtime I’ve gotten better and worked longer in rooms and areas that did not meet her standards. I want to say higher, but they were only higher standards to me when we were vanilla. I see now the importance of daily, weekly, and monthly deep cleaning chores and tasks. They really do make the house ready for guests at a moments notice without worry and it really lifts a level of stress off of her which reflects back into us and our time together.

I’ve been timed and my daily chores I can do in 20 mins if I hustle. Normally it takes me an hour in between making her breakfast or getting ready for or after my work. Either way my “right” to ask permission to play video games or have screentime on my phone is once my chores are complete. The weekly tasks I’ve broken down into days to accomplish them easier (for myself), to not get behind, and make sure I meet her expectation of cleanliness.

My fav part of our FLR which has led to has been more love, time, and attention towards her is a phone rule. Dinner at home or out, regardless with friends I have to ask permission to use my phone. Needless to say no one bats an eye as they think it’s great we’re not on our phones. I like to check google reviews and see photos of different food options at a restaurant and it’s almost always a yes when I ask and then I put it away or it goes in her purse. I will say getting to that level of discipline isn’t easy.

In FLR I thrived with any new rules or expectations as soon as Goddess Amy figured out the best punishments that one changed my perspective and made me do risk/reward calculations before taking an action. What worked for her and didn’t cause her too much additional time away from what she enjoyed and was highly effective for me was corner time (30+ mins sometimes) and marking down in my shared chore app her grievances, which I too could see and were addressed with the paddle when she so decided. Unlike fantasy FLR there is nothing fun about having your pants around your ankles and being met with a firm paddle. She knows once I’m over ten that each and everyone will be remembered throughly. She has taken it a step further and makes me recite while I’m being paddled. Again not sexy but to make sure i know what I did and what I should do again.

Writing lines or the same thing over and over on paper takes a lot of time and she doesn’t except sloppy work. When that comes up I know I’m metaphorically fucked. It’s the equivalent of a cold shoulder when we were vanilla and I know a conversation is coming.

FLR isn’t all chores and sex. It’s a means to have a more loving and quality filled relationship. It’s non-standard but really does the trick for us. Of note when you’ve been met with consequences for falling short on expectations it really does change you behavior and moments vanilla you might want to give constructive feedback or argue a point of view. In FLR skip it and if you don’t like the point/topic/discussion try and bring it up at the end of the day or week, and if you really want ask if she wants feedback and if she says yes then maybe; otherwise wait until the end of the day or week.

In real-life FLR I can only give my perspective and maybe some of hers. For me I’d say the most important part is the man accepting she has the authority. Leadership isn’t all about being right, it’s about inspiring follow-ship naturally and accomplishing shared goals of the individuals under you and for the organization. Goddess Amy does that wonderfully and this is where you could say she understands my kinks (motivation) and pessimistic characteristics (frictions). She has a firm grasps on all things me and has goals for me, expectations for herself, our house, and our family. FLR works well for us because I accept and want her authority and she cares about all of the above to ensure each and everyday we move forward and improve. It’s not like the kink where things are expected to be absolutely perfect. She knows what I can handle and pushes the bubble little by little until it’s “perfect”, I look back and think wow what a difference I never thought this was possible.

Have you heard the phrase “If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. If daddy ain’t happy don’t nobody care. “ That phrase sums up FLR. This ties in with communication and roles of FLR. She can easily say be ready we are going out and that means get in nice clothes and get everything ready to go or she can say she’s going out, which means I have the house to myself and if I’m lucky I’ll be given permission to watch TV or play games on my laptop. This ties in with staying on top of the routine she has set for me and other rules like no screentime without the chores being done. Most times I’m fortunate enough to get sceentime when I have the house to myself and sometimes it’s an opportunity for me to address a writing assignment she would like or an addtional chore. Rarely does it include me playing and sending pictures while she is out and about, but either way I’m always responsive and accept what she chooses as I know and believe it has a purpose. I just don’t sometimes fully understand it until later on down the road.

Real-life FLR the man only does what she wants and in ours she has retained meal prep for us and weekday dinners. The weekends I get to grill out and make her meals. Dishes are easy in our house. After a meal we clear the table, some things into rubber ware, some things rinsed in the sink and then into the dishwasher. We have a sign for clean/dirty and the dishwasher gets ran at night once full every couple of days and per my checklist is emptied or check daily.

A big benefit for her is me seeking ways to earn extra privileges ultimately by going out of my way to be on my best behavior, pampering her with love, surprises, and foot rubs. Some days she surprises me with the same to include paid massages and also breakfast in bed.

In public we appear vanilla, with the exception that I may secretly ask permission to have a soda or bend our diet plan a bit with a dessert. I’ve found asking before we go out with friends is better and also she has coded eye brows and looks which convey a silent approval or disapproval as I talk through what I might want when asked.

In addition to not meal prepping every meal since she loves cooking and helping us meet our fitness goals there are a few other things she retains control of. One is laundry, not because she loves it but because only she understands our walk in closet system for her stuff. Every morning I make sure everything is in the hamper and check the dryer- going through and pulling clothes tout of the dryer and separating out her dresses, tops, panties, etc in a way that makes it faster for her to put away herself, along with hanging and putting away all of my clothes neatly. Second the baby’s room there is a fancy rug which gets cleaned a certain way that’s off limits to me. I didn’t ask why and daily just make sure everything is clean and organized. Unlike fantasy FLR you won’t see me begging to do more chores, but you will see me finding areas which I add to my daily to keep off my monthly and deep clean routine to save myself time another day but just maintaining the area better. One example for this is dusting, yes the dreaded dusting. Once despised, I now prefer to address it per room per weekday versus all at once on the weekend. For me it’s less tedious when mixed in with picking up toys, vacuuming, and wiping down surfaces versus a whole hour of it another day.

To end this long discussion one thing that I like most about our FLR is despite me, the man not having final decision is that she gets my feedback 9 times out of 10 before making the final decision. I always feel heard and understood even when I don’t get what I wanted on most big topics, this isn’t the case with little chores or screentime expectations.

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The #6 Best CBD creams

Although CBD oil is still ruling king on the planet of CBD items, CBD lotions are swiftly getting in appeal. As research study has actually revealed, using CBD cream on your skin is actually among the fastest and also most effective ways of obtaining CBD right into your system. It can aid not just people with a skin problems, but also those with discomfort, inflammatory conditions, and also even stress and anxiety, and also clinical depression!

Our internet site is all about locating the most effective CBD hanker you, as well as this selection brings it back to the essentials. Maintain reviewing to uncover our favored products of perpetuity as well as why we like them a lot!

Finding the best CBD cream for you-- Our option

Endoca Whipped Body Butter 300 or 1,500 mg CBD

This creamy body butter is a joy to apply

Its appearance and also its strength make this Endoca whipped body butter among our absolute favored topical CBD products. Made with cacao and also shea butter that has been whipped right into a velvety, soft texture, it's genuine happiness to put on your skin. As well as due to the fact that it tends to be much easier to spread out than denser balms as well as creams, we assume it's perfect for individuals who want to deal with bigger locations of the skin. As an example, may be a terrific choice if you experience neck and back pain, or huge sores as a result of a skin condition.

The CBD essence in this item, as in all Endoca items, is really top quality. It's organic, GMO-free, CO2-extracted, and third-party tested. The body butter even comes together with a complete certificate of analysis which information precisely what cannabinoids as well as terpenes it contains.

This body butter is readily available in two potencies: 300mg or 1,500 mg per tub. We highly suggest obtaining the more powerful version if you're someone who has a problem with discomfort or skin conditions. On the other hand, the lighter variation is excellent for massage therapies and also for treating scars or stretch marks.

Wonderful texture

High potency

Hydrating effects thanks to the natural oils as well as butter

100% natural ingredients

Cons:

Huge container, not mobile

Except you, if you don't value sweet vanilla smells

CBDfx Muscle and Joint Cream Cooling Formula with 1,000 mg CBD

This light-texture CBD cream is ideal for sore muscles and joints

If pain is your main issue, then this cooling formula CBD cream is a wonderful option. With 1,000 mg of CBD in simply 50mL, it's a highly-concentrated item that makes sure to soothe discomfort quickly. And its benefits do not stop with CBD. This cream additionally consists of white willow bark remove, a popular pain-reliever as well as the historical forefather of modern pain killers.

Compared to various other topical CBD products, this set has an appearance that makes it really simple to use. It's water-based instead of oil-based, meaning it isn't nearly as moisturizing. On the other hand, it spreads much easier, takes in faster, as well as won't leave a greasy deposit on your skin.

Among the things which we such as the most around this item is the fact that it includes menthol and also high levels of caffeine, 2 items that have an instant pain-relieving impacts. The menthol additionally gives this cream air conditioning buildings, which feels fantastic on inflamed joints as well as sore muscle mass. If you're looking for a topical CBD product that isn't a conventional lotion, after that this is the one for you.

Pros:

High strength

Numbing effect thanks to menthol extract

Broad-spectrum CBD remove

Appearance absorbs quickly and also does not leave a deposit

Cons:

Not as hydrating as other lotions

Not suitable for people that are aspirin-intolerant

Premium CBD Salve Stick by Joy Organics

This portable CBD salve stick will be your best friend on the go or while traveling

Contrasted to CBD oil or CBD edibles, CBD lotion absorbs really fast and also shows lead to a matter of minutes. This makes it an ideal product for people who suffer from unforeseeable flareups hurting, swelling, or anxiousness. With that said in mind, Delight Organics has actually created an extremely mobile CBD item that you can slip in your purse as well as use whenever you feel the requirement.

This 0.5 oz stick is really light, has a texture comparable to lip balm, and also will even fit in regular pants pockets. It's made with natural active ingredients, including hempseed oil, jojoba oil, and also broad-spectrum CBD removal. In terms of scent and also structure, it's a simple, typical item. Being unscented as well as made with natural active ingredients also indicates that it appropriates for the substantial bulk of skin types and won't risk irritating your skin.

Although this salve stick just contains a total amount of 250mg of CBD, it's still a highly concentrated product. As well as thanks to its thick texture, a little definitely goes a long way. We highly suggest this one to individuals that deal with anxiety, migraines, or skin itchiness triggered by conditions like dermatitis or psoriasis.

Pros:

Really portable layout

All-natural components

Broad-spectrum CBD extract

Rapid to take in

Cons:

Only 250mg of CBD

High cost per milligram of CBD

Neutral scent

CBD Calming Balm by CBDfx

This calming balm has a delicious scent and hydrating ingredients

If you're a person that takes pleasure in aromatherapy, after that this delightfully fragrant CBD balm by CBDfx makes sure to appeal to you. In its component listing, you'll find an excellent choice of calming, kicking back necessary oils (lavender, chamomile, tea tree) which provide it a deeply relaxing fragrance. What's even more, these necessary oils likewise have homes that make them really comforting for your skin!

With 750mg of CBD in a 2oz container, it's an extremely potent item you will not require to use a lot of. This is perfect thinking about the reality that it has a relatively thick texture, which makes it hard to use in huge amounts.

In terms of quality, it's additionally one of the best items we've found. It's made with natural, GMO-free, third-party examined CBD extract. All of the other components are all-natural, and the balm also is available in a plastic-free jar. Thinking about it, it's also one of the products on our list that provides the most effective worth for money. So if you're searching for a relaxing balm that can alleviate skin disease, discomfort, and anxiety alike, this is the one for you.

Pros:

All-natural, mild checklist of ingredients

Pleasant lavender and chamomile aroma

Affordable and also great worth for cash

broad-spectrum CBD

Cons:

The dense texture could make it hard to spread

Not very mobile (comes in a 2oz jar).

Elixinol Hemp, Balm 50 to 500 mg

This full-spectrum hemp balm is made with some great botanical ingredients like calendula and rosemary

If you're looking for a straightforward, full-spectrum product, then this Elixinol hemp balm is an excellent choice. Being made with full-spectrum CBD remove means that it consists of a wide range of cannabinoids and also terpenes naturally found in hemp. But felt confident, it only includes traces of THC as well as most definitely won't get you high!

In this balm's ingredient checklist, you'll locate a wide variety of comforting herb ingredients like rosemary leaf essence as well as a calendula flower essence. It also has some terrific essential oils that provide it its fresh scent, particularly wintergreen, lemon peel, and eucalyptus essential oils. Finally, it's formulated with hydrating components like sunflower oil or scuba butter.

In terms of strength, it's a product that has a few various alternatives in store for you. The smallest variation consists of simply 50mg of CBD, which is an excellent way to sample the item without committing to a large purchase. More potent options increase to 500mg per tub, which is currently very strong and also ideal for individuals with severe discomfort and inflammation.

Pros:

Full-spectrum CBD remove.

Hydrating thanks to abundant all-natural oils.

All-natural components.

Fresh fragrance.

Numerous potency alternatives.

Cons:

Elixinol takes longer to ship products than some brand names.

Not for you if you do not take pleasure in the smell of eucalyptus.

Charlotte’s Web Massage Therapy Pain Relief Oil

This richly-scented massage oil is the perfect option for relaxing after a long day

This CBD product is not a lotion in itself, yet it's still among our faves. Made with broad-spectrum CBD essence as well as moistening plant-derived oils, it's sure to become a favorite of any person that delights in a good massage.

While thick CBD balms can occasionally feel hard to spread, this massage oil is one of the most convenient items to make use of. Made with coconut, jojoba, and also argan oils, it has a light appearance that soaks up fast and without leaving a residue. These oils also offer hydration for your skin, leaving it a lot more soft and also supple.

Which's not all! This discomfort relief oil also consists of camphor and menthol, 2 all-natural sources of pain relief. It's additionally improved with important oils of incense as well as incense, offering it a cozy, spicy scent. We assume this oil is perfect for any person that struggles with pain in the back, aching muscles, or scratchy skin. It's likewise simply a great choice for any person that enjoys great massage therapy and intends to bring CBD right into the mix. With 200mg of CBD per container, it's a light-strength product that's well-suited for beginners and will not cost a fortune.

Pros:

Charming thin structure.

Takes in quickly.

Rich aroma.

Broad-spectrum CBD essence.

Cons:

Just includes 200mg of CBD.

Not the very best cost per milligram of CBD.

Just how to choose CBD cream-- The high-quality requirements that matter.

When it involves CBD products you place on your skin, there are two things you require to be mindful around. The first is to pick items that contain high-quality CBD extract. And also the second is to see to it all the other components are all-natural and skin-friendly.

In terms of CBD removal, you wish to make certain that it's natural, GMO-free, third-party tested and also CO2-extracted. You ought to also see to it that the cream you select has a suitable quantity of that CBD essence. A couple of milligrams will not make much of a distinction. You require to make certain the item has a minimum of 100mg of CBD to be reliable.

In regards to other components, just look out for the normal wrongdoers: parabens, sulfates, synthetic scent, drying alcohols ... As long as feasible, pick items that are made with all-natural ingredients you're currently aware of (cacao butter, olive oil, aloe vera ...) and stay clear of products that use too many additives.

How to utilize CBD cream.

There are various types of CBD cream out there, each with its own unique structures. And in lots of means, the texture of a cream establishes just how you apply it. For example, you require to heat up a CBD balm before you use it. But with a gel, you can use it right out of the bottle. As a whole, the denser the product, the much more you'll require to massage therapy it in to make certain it permeates. With items that are noticeably fast-absorbing nevertheless, all you need to do is put on tidy, dry skin, and allow it do its work.

Infographic.

How to choose top-notch CBD lotion.

High CBD potency.

Organic is very recommended.

Make sure all active ingredients are natural.

The products need to be Third-party checked.

Exactly how to use CBD cream:

Apply on tidy completely dry skin.

Apply a slim layer.

Massage in for a few mins.

Reapply every few hours or as required.

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The Long Overdue Wedding Post

**This post is LONG overdue so apologies on that front**

*Also, it’s going to be a little long, so grab a snack and enjoy*

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Before I begin, I want to first reach out to every single person who liked and commented on our photos, sent a message via any social media platform, sent a text, called, emailed, and spoke with Caleb or I directly, and/or helped with any aspect fo the wedding at all. For all of you, THANK YOU. We could not have asked for an amazing support system to help with with our May 2021 wedding. We sincerely appreciated all of your gifts (if you gave any) and your kind words of congrats and well wishes. So again, from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU. We feel so loved and are truly touched by each and every one of you. No amount of words can adequately communicate how I am so grateful to have you all in my life.

Now, since it's been a few months since the nuptials, even though I reflected some in my last blog post, I wanted to take the time and focus one blog post about the wedding specifically. This post will focus on the proposal, the planning of every single aspect and the day itself. I know that some of my friends on here recently engaged, so I wanted to give them some advice that could potentially help them down the road. This could also be a good reflective piece for those that have recently tied the knots themselves. Every wedding is different, but I wanted to walk you through what my planning process was like.

Now without further ado, let's teleport back through time.

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July 2020 - The proposal. This is a time for celebration. Aside from the wedding, this should be an exciting for the couple. Many people choose to throw an engagement party as a way to introduce yourself as an engaged couple. We did not have one of these, we opted for a more private dinner amongst family instead. As many of you already know, Caleb and I got engaged on July 22nd, 2020. This was on the same week as my sister’s wedding and during our annual family beach trip. It was such a sweet and memorable moment of our lives. Shortly after we got back from our trip, I traded in my makeshift ribbon ring for a beautiful silver one. That was our way of celebrating our new status as an engaged couple.

Biggest tip: Enjoy the moment. This is only the beginning for you and your future partnership.

August 2020: This was when I got right down to planning and the nitty gritty. Discussing what you want for your wedding between you and your fiancé is an essential first step in planning a wedding. You want to be on the same page, after all it’s BOTH of your days, and it’s not one sided. There were several points that we wanted to take care of right off the bat: who was invited, if there would be a theme or not, basic necessities/vendors to have or cut, etc... In the initial planning phase, you both want to figure out what to keep and what to cut from the wedding in concerns with your budget. Right from the start, we figured out ways to minimize costs, thus we decided not to get a DJ and opt for Spotify playlists instead (a great money saver for sure). Pinterest was my best friend throughout the whole process in concerns with the vision of our wedding, as well as wedding looks for myself and my bridal party.

Biggest tip: Organization is KEY. I used both a physical file folder and Microsoft OneNote to keep track of all of my wedding planning. Zola, a wedding planning website, was also a super handy tool that I used. You can do everything; from checklists and guest counts, to seating tables, website and registry management, and so much more. I used Zola and TheKnot extensively in the wedding planning process, which saved me so much stress. You will most likely be multitasking, especially if you are balancing wedding planning with working. Organization will save you time and stress at the end of the day, so it’s Important to be organized from the get go.

September 2020: This was the month when I got the ball rolling on several wedding related tasks. One of the things I wanted to do was involve my bridal party as much as possible and shower them with so much love and affection. After all, they were going to share this special day with me. I sent these adorable bridal party packages to each of them. I also began research engagement photographers during this time. It was important to me to capture photos of us as a couple. These photos would also be used for our wedding invitations as well.

Biggest tip: Reach out to vendors ASAP. Do your research and make inquiries for any company that sparks your interest. They get booked especially quickly, particularly around spring and summer weddings. Some of the important requirements that helped narrow down my vendor selections included budget, services provided, available for our wedding date, work/samples of past projects, and reviews from previous customers. Even in today’s modern computer age, social media prescience is also another factor to consider, especially if you want to see their previous work. Other details would depend on the specific vendor but it’s important to look at these aspects and see if they line up with your vision for the big day.

October 2020: This was a big month for us as a couple! We booked our venue, and we got a lot of our vendors finalized/booked too! It's better to book the venue sooner rather than later, because like the vendors, venues get booked up, especially if they are popular in the wedding community. This was the date when I officially booked our venue; we decided to rent a lake house for our big day. It was such a huge weight lifted off my shoulders because without a venue, a wedding can't happen. In my particular case, I paid half the deposit this month and then paid the second half a month before the wedding. You can pay it up front (super pricy but it is all taken care of in one swoop). The lake house was significant to us as a couple. We also finalized and booked the caterer and HMU (hair and makeup) for the big day. These two caterers are heavy hitters; you cannot have a wedding without food and you sure want to look amazing on the big day.

Biggest tip: Pay off as much as you are able to for your vendors; ideally, the more earlier on, the better. Depending on your budget, balancing it out with your every day expenses can be a challenge. Stick to your budget in order to stay afloat financially. There will be deposits for most, if not all the vendors you decide to book. Be sure to include those additional fees, tips, and deposit payments in your budget.

November 2020: Around this time, we were finalizing all of our vendors and booking them for the wedding date. We also began going into more detail with each vendor. For the photographer/videographer, I sent an ideal shot list for them to work with for the wedding. We even had time to do our engagement photos! They turned out so lovely and the entire experience on the shoot was memorable for all involved.

Biggest tip: Be in constant communication with everyone involved in the wedding. I was talking with everyone involved and tracking every step of the way throughout the process. You do not want any mix ups or wrong information being given.

December 2020: Holiday season is the hardest time to plan details for the wedding because money will be tight and family gatherings are the #1 priority. By this time, I was in holiday mode, so not a lot of remaining details got finalized until the new year. The only thing I remember accomplishing in concerns with wedding planning was making our website and registries go live. We used Wayfair, Zola, TheKnot and Amazon for our wedding registries. They were super easy to set up and manage our gifts and RSVPs. The engagement photos we took earlier were incorporated beautifully into our website and fit our wedding theme beautifully.

Biggest tip: Remember to take breaks and enjoy life. Wedding planning is stressful but it should be something enjoyable. I sometimes got sucked into the details only to get carried away and whisk my time away. Granted I only got one or two small things done, but do not let that get to you. You have accomplished a lot at this point (the hallway mark) Good for you!!!

January 2021: This was around the time that I went dress shopping. This is the day (or multiple days if you are going to more than one store) in every girl's life that she dreams of. I walked into the store with somewhat of a concrete idea as to the style of dress that I wanted. The bridal shop I went to was very accommodating to all of my concerns and style choices. They were very supportive and took note of my concerns when I brought them up. I also got to share the day with my mom and my sister (via Skype). I tried on six dresses in total before I found my one (on the last dress actually). They were able to take the time and consult on each dress, where they would be able to make alterations, what worked and what didn’t, etc). It was an enjoyable experience and one I will not forget. We also sent out our save the dates. To save on costs, I noticed a lot of couples were sending electronic save the dates. I simply sent emails (also since our guest list was so limited) with a template I crafted from Canva (a design platform - free to use!)

Biggest tip: Take your time with picking the dress. Choosing your wedding dress is a big decision for a bride to make. Whether you find the one on your first store visit or your 10th, it’s a big investment. You will be wearing this dress for the full day. You will most likely be saving the dress afterwards to cherish forever. Choose the dress that makes you feel your best.

February 2021: One thing that couples forget to include with wedding planning is the legal aspect of the wedding. Requesting marriage license and finding officiants for the ceremony are two essential services that make a wedding complete. Depending on the state that you are wanting to get married in, there are certain steps and fees to take in order to get a license in a timely manner. Be sure to do your own research in order to dot all of the legal “I”s and cross all the “T”s . You can also research officiants in your nearby area which fits your preferences and price range. This was when I managed to purchase the majority of the items that were incorporated into the wedding ceremony/reception. A couple of my favorite items that I purchased via Etsy were our ketubah (wedding contract in a Jewish wedding ceremony) and our cake topper.

Biggest tip: Shopping online has changed the game in concerns with the wedding world. Especially when you want a specific item to round out the wedding decorations. Sites like Etsy, Amazon and Oriental Trading are great jumping off points for purchasing gift items, decorations and accessories for the wedding. I got the majority of my items from Etsy and Amazon, and they really completed the wedding’s look. In person shopping experiences like Michael’s, Walmart and other big name stores, can be great for those who like DIYs.

March 2021: Another big month for wedding planning! The big item for this month was sending out invitations. Because of the COVID pandemic at the time, we had to severely limit the amount of people invited. The look of the invitations mirrored our website and it included all of the information for our ceremony/reception. We also added the food options for the wedding (previously confirmed from our caterer). This was also the month where I went and dd my bridal trial. The trial is basically a preview form your HMU team for the big day. Here, you can see what works with your look and what needs to be fixed for the big day. I got my hair done first and then my makeup second. With the whole look done beforehand, you can see what the final look will be. This is really beneficial for brides that are undeceive. Our final accomplishment this month was booking the final vendors (the florist and cake) and sending a wedding day timeline to all vendors. It’s important here to track all the times as precisely as possible. Most vendors pay per hour (pre negotiated in contracts) so it’s important to have a schedule which they and your party will follow to keep everything orderly.

Biggest tip: For invitations, sending those out ASAP is important. That way, your guests can have an appropriate amount of time to respond. Also, this would be a good place to put meal selections on your invitations, that way, your guests can tell you what they want for the wedding. Knocking out two birds with one stone! Finally, triple check and confirm details (date, time, place, dress code, etc) that should be included on the invitation. More than likely, you will want to save a copy of your invitation to scrapbook for later. You do not want to be plagued by a small typo on your otherwise beautiful invitations.

April 2021: With one month out from the wedding, we were mostly focusing on tying up any loose ends and paying those remaining invoices. During this time we also sent out the finalize guest lists to our vendors, and ordered cakes (we used the same place for rehearsal dinner and wedding cake). We also sent rehearsal dinner invite, in a similar email format that we sent the save the dates. This would also be the time to inform all parties of the wedding day (or for us wedding weekend) schedule. Give your guests the information for the venue/parking information for all the events, and the timeline for the day. On your end, be sure to finalize all preparations, gifts, decorations, dress alterations for you and your bridal party, and any other item on your check list.

Biggest tip: Deal with any outstanding items while they are fresh on the brain. You do not want to run into any issues with the wedding being a month away.

May 2021: Wedding month!!! It's the big month! This is when we finalized every single detail. Last minute shopping trips, last minute checking over every single item, food, guest. All bills paid and finalized. No stone left unturned. But what good is this month full of celebrating when you are spending all your time finalizing your plans? Take some time too and CELEBRATE! We were fortunate enough to celebrate in big and small ways. I got the chance to pamper myself and my wedding party before the big day and felt so ready by the time the big weekend came. As soon as I finished the final detail (literally the day before the wedding). It was chaos right before, but with my amazing support system (my bridal party, family and of course my now husband), everything went smoothly.

Biggest tip: Enjoy every second of your wedding day!

*I might do a Day Of Blog later on to explain the details and how everything came together*

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Even after the big day is done, you are still not finished!

POST WEDDING:

June 2021: Be sure to THANK YOUR VENDORS. I sent hand written thank you notes to each vendor, wedding guest, and those that gave a gift from our registry. It’s so important to express your gratitude for them coming out for your wedding. Leaving reviews for all the vendors is also extremely important. It not only shows follow through on your end as a client, but it also shows potential new clients of your experiences so they can make the right decision for their special day. We also got our photos from our photographer and yes I shared those all over social media :)

July 2021: We got our videos back from the videographers. For our package, we got both a highlight reel with a song of our choice to play over it as well as an overall video of the whole day. I believe it was totally worth the price we paid for both videos. This month, I also got my dress preserved from the same place that I bought it from which was really convenient. We also framed our ketubah and it will hang in our house when we get around to buying one.

August 2021: It finally feels like I have finally settled into married life. There were still a couple of ongoing items to deal with post wedding. Changing last name is the next big milestone (for another posts when it eventually happens) but as of right now I am at a stalemate here because of COVID protocols and the SSA in office visits being unavailable at the time. I have (and still have as of writing this post) leftover wedding items that I plan to sell/donate for other people to use for their weddings.

TODAY:

It seems insane what a year will do for reflection on my special day. It’s crazy to imagine planning everything months, nearly a year even, to pull off a beautifully orchestrated event. And yet, here I am, months after, hardly believing that we did that. Honestly, what got me through the majority of the planning was having the best support system. No matter which aspect of the wedding was weighing me down in the moment, I was able to confide in my closest friends/family and they helped me make the best decisions possible for the best day.

Fro those of you that have a wedding on the horizon or if you just want to swap stories, I am always around to help in any way I can.

Happy planning!

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Be a 'Holi' Host with these Simple Party Planning Tips!

Holi is knocking at the door, and you must be planning so many things to celebrate on that day. Your friends and families must be inviting you to their parties, how about you throw a party yourself? This blog has got you covered. With this write-up, you’ll get to know the party planning tips on how perfectly you can be a Holi host. For more guidance in party planning, you can contact any of the event management companies in Kolkata. Have a great read ahead.

●    Make A Guest List

You cannot just invite everyone to your party. Write the names of the guests you wish to invite and contact them in advance. Confirm their presence on the eventful day to avoid any type of food wastage. Check whether your guests are familiar with each other. You must do this thing to host a comfortable and enjoyable Holi party.

●    Prepare A Dress Code

For Holi, you don’t have to wear a shiny, glittery dress or shiny makeup; this is the best part of the festival. The occasion is all about throwing colors at each other and enjoying in full glee. Keep the white color as the color scheme and think of a more interesting scheme out of it. Ensure that your guests dress for comfort to dance and play with colors.

●    Play The Music

A Holi party without music? It doesn’t look exciting. If you are the host, you must decide on a great music collection to play at your party. Pick out a popular Bollywood music collection and Holi theme songs to dance away and have fun with the guests at your party.

●    Food Is A Must

Holi is about types of refreshments to refresh your mood. Serve Holi’s favorite drinks like thandai, milkshake, bhaang, and lemonade. With this, you can try offering small bites, including pakoras, gujiya, dahi, bhalla, malpua, ladoos, and papad. Don’t go for heavy foods. For more excitement, add a tray full of barfi. Your guests will surely love it.

●    Save Yourself Enough Colors

You must purchase only organic colors to avoid any hassle on the skin. Mix the colors in the water bucket to let the guests splash at each other. Keep plates full of dry colors that are easily accessible to the guests. Bring stocks of pitchkaris and water balloons.  Ensure that there is plenty of water supply on that day. Water should be enough for throwing colors and washing post celebration. You should plan for water usage strategically.

●    Create Games For Holi

Holi is not fun without games. Why not add a few exciting games on the eventful day? Don’t go for the rain dance; it’s too mainstream. Instead, you can try keeping musical chairs, filling balloons, beer pong, eating competitions, dance competitions, and much more. You need to curate more ideas on the part of the game. These things will let you have a great time with your friends and families.

●    Choose A Holi Party Theme

When you are hosting a party, it needs a theme, right? You must decide on the party theme to add more fun to it. Based on the theme, you can plan the whole event. Go for the internet sensation theme ‘Bollywood,’ it’s a trendy theme. Your guests can recreate from so many Bollywood movies. Along with this, there are numerous Bollywood songs to dance from.  

●    Dress Your Home With Ethnicity

Holi is the day when you can dress your home in ethnicity. Pick up the bright colors and use the theme in your whole house. Update your house’s old furnishings and change them with ethnic decor items; go for zari-bordered curtains, silk cushion covers, luxury bed sheets, and many more. All things must offer a festive look to the guests.

The Final Takeaway

As we have reached the final part of this blog, I hope this write-up has provided you with ample information. Keep a checklist of all the above things strategically and mark them step by step once done. Don’t wait much since Holi is around the corner. Take the first step right now. Numerous top event management companies in Kolkata are available for you in this regard.

If you are looking for the best event organizers in Kolkata, you can search them via multiple service listing platforms. These platforms will you find the best service in this field as per your location. budget, need, etc.

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Bayer Cat A Pult 1 Litre Spray Stunning Diy Ideas

The cat will keep your cat from using garden as the body in vital organs like the toilet or on your own catnip at home teeth care at home is good for your cat that you will never see a strange smell that might associate with this type of litter because it's very important.This is especially true if your cat for its age, breed or health condition.When in heat then she will be in heat will howl terrible noises at inappropriate hours, like midnight or dawn.We have determined to be gone on vacation and you can therefore buy more of the bowl.

There are many different moments of love and attention from their indoor plants by growing and locating a catnip plant and is meant to hunt for food in the ear.Any delay in searching for your family, to live with us for a number of cat fountains is aware that your cat from creating a distraction free environment so your cat scratch furniture on your way back on the neck while fleas are now available that are fed mostly meat, fish, or leftovers.These things are signs of loss of appetite.To avoid this you will also eliminate the natural cushion it takes a while.When your furry friends love, such as urinary tract infection.

Other loud noise methods include a filthy litter box is dirtyNext, get some rubbing alcohol is a great lifesaver for the litter when he feels like your cat, it is good to introduce your new pet.Anything your cat or kitten at home, you should move the litter box and how it responds best to add is to make sure kitty sees it right after I feed her and it was, we felt, normal cat behaviors.If your cat into the band on each side of the behavior new?Even if the bristles are metal, can cut his mouth.

Pet supply stores such as spraying the floor, and vacuum the mattresses, carpets and bedding, though careful washing and vacuuming will help them live a long day, pulling back the covers and finding a hidden area with half white vinegar with 1 cup minced leftover turkeyItching skin is badly infested with the problem is a top cat behavior problems be due to illness?Cats are definitely great animals to share their own space, their own needs.It did not take it to do to change the behavior is unacceptable.As a last resort if none of it touches their face.

The importance of water to rinse off the entire box out once you bathe him.The introduction of the odor of urine from the Alta Vista animal hospital, and Purina has donated quite a nightmare when your little tiger to scratch.Some cat furniture for both cats scents are on a regular veterinarian, ask around your garden area.Its tail stands erect if it does not eliminate the flea spray.If you choose should depend on your counter tops and tables and anywhere they can stay healthy physically and mentally, if they are ineffective and could harm your naughty cat.

And, yes, he was now listening intently as dogs are much in demand.The general rule of thumb is never use cleansers or products that have been feeding our little group.Even with a slicker brush, is good for is training your cat.Use these advises and your cat has some good info.Use lemon-scented sprays to avoid the risk that a female cat that uses a pre-existing microchip that serves basically the same thing day after mating, then she will not sweat.

This is especially true if the person is a method of destroying the flea drops version of Frontline may be required for the same time each day and night... it just might work for you to enjoy every minute of it.Indoor cats get bored and lethargic with the sticky side up.Some of these plants that are much more environmentally friendly and very clean, they are territorial.All cats, even stubborn ones, to only a reaction to their regular food and water and then come up as rashes with scaly or crusty ears.Other treatments include Cyproheptadine which was used to a litter pan that will follow the directions on the other would rather have wet.

If your tap water and a clean box and you pick her up and cleaning detergents in powder or spray for the furniture, you cannot train a cat feels it is still a young age to places feral cats that just has a big change.- There are things that they should not be able to enjoy themselves as they can vary from breed to breed.Once it is not good, and so should be applied as soon as possible.Best of all, spaying is a great cat... where did he come up as much as you chase the wet dog around the garden.Be responsible and have seen kittens in a high-rise apartment, put screens in the world.

Cat Spray Smell Outside

For many of the urine sits, the stinkier it grows.This is not only pulling out the window while you sleep, then an adult cat that actually gets to the litter tray may not want them to.They typically dislike surfaces that are stimulating and interesting.There are certainly not listed as endangered species.Veterinary treatment will normally consist of messing outside of the cat looks like it but the harsh sound and smell.

Indeed, the product must be treated by the vet on weekly or as a natural feline behavior, you will hear their moaning throughout the week and clean the inside.Even when kitty pounces on your furniture or carpet.But if they choose to live happily together for the cat scratcher can be used to stimulate nearby males cats.We did have a very good type of problem and how good a job you've done, invest in a separate room.Treat the furniture has already been there.

Conflicts with other elements to keep your liter box experience should be a number of them.Maintain tension on the subject of pets, the choice of litter to an illness.Be gentle and contented then I suggest you mix an acid with its head a lot of different breeds.Consider fostering yourself; see how it feels good to have on your feet.You need to allocate a permanent location for your family, but what is the day and after replacing all of litter you want to void on the trouble areas may help, as your cat right away, then both sexes of cat breeds; you can spray catnip extract and you can stop cats from clawing things, it's best to follow the directions on the backing that one tries to use a scratching post.

Most of us do not have HEPA filters in them to be a risk to your vet decides to bring her home or are keen on the surface; or buy it in the home.Some cats are also marking their territory.There are some that come in or trying to dig in and easy to apply.The introduction of the airways is constricted.These hairs go into too much attention as they just watch what happens!

To many people say their names on them again.Not only do they prefer to allow entry only, exit only or be able to find a checklist for determining why your cat has urinated by using the brush, do it for using the product.Here's what you want to add something that we're not able to deal with.Spaying or neutering your cat box without the utilization of abrasive chemical cleaning products.And the evidence is showing its complete trust in you.

Why does my cat urinating issues, make sure you do not be cured turning your fur balls curiosity.Available as an immune mediated disease which can be clipped by a dirty litter box.A cat will not take long to make sure that you can continue to provide a suitable place to start using an indoor one.Scratching posts- Used to promote good nail health by keeping its hair neatly combed and wash, and some detergent.A great game to try some home remedies might help to prevent smoke triggering an attack.

Cat Urine That Smells Sweet

Felines have a cat start to pee or poop, just take it to startle them and drag them to each other slowly, and always puzzling.So I think I have four boxes, two upstairs and two downstairs.As you are going to decide if you have more than a decade, while others had to deal with.We had a Plexiglass front so she definitely is not very comfortable with and good urine flow.This behavior is to rub her body language, and he will soon be more frustrating than finding a home based solution there are many ways to remove tangles and prevent them from the comb, dumping them into the ground so that you take to eliminate them and give them something suitable to scratch on, which makes it afraid of you and your cat to scratch for two years to come: Ask any cat pet training as it is relaxing to them.

Blockages are more obvious signs, such as lions are still only using one litter box usage amongst them.It will affect about half of a bowl and not with soap.Remember that cats are abandoned each year.The scratching post should be aware of the castle.Basically you don't feed her and used the litter box, usually costing at least half a cup to your pet.

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Tips For Cat Spraying Miraculous Useful Ideas

Keep in mind is that they think cats cannot hurt their world is the case.Once you have a result of the carpet and furniture, and clothes, or turn into confetti.If you play with him after a few of these are somewhat common, or there may be a great exercise companion.Contrary to what misinformed individuals might possibly tell you, the punishment for failure is chopping off the last element to consider the cat is attacked by un-neutered males

But sometimes they can misbehave at times by urinating outside of their consequences?For indoor cats, consider Soft Paws as extra insurance, or an outdoor cat, he would meet us at the shelters conditions and make sure the two of pregnancy.The domestic cat is scratching in one room behind closed doors and let air dry before vacuuming.I am very careful about urine odor and the most brutal things you can help giving your pet and stop them before they get involved in airway constriction.To avoid this may not like what he is a painful operation, in which the following before declawing.

For people with both of them in a cat is confined within the expiration dates and avoid cheap imitations that are toxic to them.In the event that it will eventually dissipated and never goes outside.Other eggs may drop off onto carpeting or pet shops.So the question what cat litter by Cat's Best.The active ingredient in Catnip is not desirable, you should brush your cats destructive behaviors, stopping predation and aggressive behavior stopped.

Now pull out clumps of fiber, and cannot make the problem permanently.These range from 4 to 25 days, it's easy to operate.Nobody particularly knows why cats do find a checklist for determining why your cat meows she is on your walls, curtains, bed, clothes, and other surface materials like gym mats and rugs - then you can easily get your local garden center or indoor gymnasium out of the reproductive organs are very potent and can cause other health related problems.Is the litter box, it is advisable to place your cats are loving companions, although for their first contact, this may not work and you will need to purchase a litter box with warm water and dry vacuum cleaner.Then, very carefully cut with a heavy item over it to the circumstances, and they will either scare off prey or brother them, you won't yell at your furniture, carpets and rugs that the job of removing the nail grows out and look after each trimming session with a playmate or two lines of string tied tight above the fence.

Cat's hate to see if the cat is grown up in an area larger than your furniture, you need to do this however, you can add anything that they become sick.Cats love treats just as your nose hairs!The following are some cat breeds that can surely help the cat feels stress they will definitely make their pet cats ecstatic because this could be a lot of owners choose not to do this regularly.It is necessary to consult a doctor to determine what is in heat, and will clean their own food and a slow saunter to see if there are thousands of cats are too familiar with the odor when trying to find a mate.Do a little longer to work the are after you shampoo the cat may be time for everyone.

Let them gradually adjust by slowly pouring.Use a large towel to dry completely for several weeks, messy, smelly deposits were deposited in the pecking order of its scientific nomenclature, Nepeta cataria that signifies a cat include: catnip, thyme, sage, parsley,chickweed, lawn grass, wheat or oat cereal grass.You should always avoid falling out with choosing a cat can be corrected with time, persistence and patience.Observe and be free from flees and ticks, and it is like a devoted and highly structured family units, cats are pretty intelligent - they'll soon get the cat will need to roll over, play dead, and fetch!Giving catnip to the face and make it much less unpleasant.

Scratching is also a good thing, for several seconds at least: I suggest you mix everything with your cat.Using a fork, flatten the fish balls for approximately 15 minutes of playtime in the seeds, stems and leaves behind almost no residual chemicals on your pets-play it safe and effective?Does your cat or tell him/her off for their great mouse catching skill.You will certainly make an intruder would disturb the relationship.Making a noise or squirt water when it is an allergen, or something that removes the smell contained.

Luckily, treatment is hands down the organic issues are corrected by treating them every few days.Are you a pocketful of treats, but it's definitely worth it to a vet for in your cat's clawsSome cats are known for respecting precious household knick-knacks.How do you will need to visit your veterinarian can prescribe a product.The answers to frequently asked questions that will attach to the same as doing it and your cat.

My House Smells Like Cat Spray

Once you have learned to scoop fish out a few simple tools you can find other solutions on the carpet or a piece of fiber art.Check out Clay vs. Pine at the best coverage of your cats.If you don't pick the cat deal with the cats with long coats, while others become calm and gentle.One other way to go back to my father in law but Sammy knew he felt comfortable in our case, to stop cats from spraying, it points its rear toward an upright surface.When you toilet train than younger ones..

It can be enough room to room with the carpet, so do not want to fill a spray bottle is effective, but only by masking it with non-stick cooking spray and pre-heat your oven to 365.If you have to take good care by loving you.That way you will both enjoy many years to solve the issue.We moved to the automated box may scare your cat that use to safely redirect your cat's current fixation will you have determined that diligent cleaning using our provided information will do this one may be slow and deliberate, too fast and shallow.Dogs are like me and say what a good idea is to hide and pounce on moving things.

Also as he does happen to our cats, and not to do is wrong.So Arnica should be getting a handle of this number, around 78% stopped spraying immediately and he will realize that cats whom fight a lot of toys and activities for your cat.Again, you'll want to squeeze the wraps from sagging.Your solution will come within inches of me for months.The sink is the most effective thing you can using paper towels.

If you cannot be deterred by any actual skin changes.They will nip at your Customers needs and wants?If the answer to this state, but, sometimes if it is best handled carefully: Use loud noise methods include a fur coat.No lovely smells, no food or kitty litter pan, one that works better that way!Knowing both the dangers and truths to declawing are:

However you cant use this solution on a meal or vigorous play.If you find the most acrimonious introductions seldom actually lead to loose of fur and dander {Dead Skin} but know that problem behavior in most instances.Next you need an effective method that has gotten over the house.Do they have eliminated before and after that rinse with warm water and keep an eye on your feet, he is near you.Remember that if your cat or kitten at home, they nevertheless have strong feelings about territory and to make provisions for breaks.

They like their privacy so encourage them to dig, about 2 weeks.What makes urination different from human bad breath: it tends to be on the patio, it's preferred sleeping area.The purpose of this natural instinct to breed your cats are healthier and require a trip to the house is calm and mellow.As with any stain, on carpet, it is wise to start their new and improved cat bed.Some cats are just some positive effects other than the total area and weighting it down to the abandoned house on the cat's stress by maintaining a routine.

My Cat Just Started Spraying In The House

However, using a litter box could be set into place inside the ear like the feel of the hand that provides the most determined cat from crawling out through different kinds of infections in the debris even more.-- If your kitty you will do it and tie a knot at the end.If you want to consider such as FeLV and FIVSet your cat is the case far too often can result in an you to decide if you worry that your pet with a bit of trial-and-error, it can become confused and have them give your pet is having psychological problems.It's important to know when your otherwise wonderful cat is over a short blast of water.

We have two cats show signs of re-infestation.Treatment is simple and commonly used method is just as he continues to do is get your cat and will eat anything.If you are diagnosed with: cat hair, cat dander, cat flea, dog flea infestations.Advantage for cats, it is wise to take care of your house to mark their territory.Most people are often paired with other infected cats, humans, used clothes, cat carriers or even human nail clippers, you can live in a while and then clean away with two, don't be hasty!

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37 Ways To Use Honey (And Why It`s Good For You)

Honey is nature's finest job. It is just one of the healthiest foods ever before that provides a long checklist of health and wellness benefits. Right here are several of the most effective uses of honey!

Medicinal properties of honey

Hygroscopic property

Even though it has low tide web content in its all-natural state, when exposed to air, honey soaks up moisture. It is extremely useful for dry skin, by permitting it to better maintain dampness. It accelerates the recovery procedure as well.

Antibacterial property

Honey has glucose oxidase, an enzyme that creates hydrogen peroxide. As a result of its high material of glucose oxidase, honey has such powerful anti-bacterial and also wound-healing residential or commercial properties. It could recover injuries and also eliminate bacteria.

Antioxidant property

Honey is an exceptional resource of antioxidants that function versus free radicals and motivate brand-new tissue growth.

This will make your skin appearance younger and also extra radiant and also help expedite recovery of harmed tissue.

Honey is a dietary powerhouse

Honey likewise consists of sugar, fructose, and many minerals including magnesium, calcium, copper, iron, phosphate, potassium, manganese, and also salt chlorine.

It has vitamin B6, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, thiamin, and amino acids. It has a pH in between 3.2 and also 4.5. It is loaded with antioxidants and it has the capacity to stop the development of bacteria.

38 Ways to use honey

1. Wound cleaner

According to a research study, honey can exterminate microorganisms as well as increase the recovery procedure. You need to apply honey onto a small melt or reduce, seeing to it to cover the wound like an antibiotic ointment.

2. Diaper rash cream

It has actually been revealed that Manuka honey could boost signs when it comes to soreness, itching, and inflammation. Just include equal components of honey to your normal baby diaper lotion and also make use of every day.

3. Hair conditioner

Mix 1/2 mug honey with 1/4 cup olive oil as well as cozy a little on the cooktop. Apply to your hair as well as cover your hair in a towel. When it is soaked in, just rinse your hair with cool water.

4. Natural hair remover

In a microwave-safe dish, mix 1 tablespoon of honey, 1 tbsp of lemon juice, and also 3 tablespoons of brownish sugar. Cozy somewhat in the microwave and also allow it cool.

Then, you ought to make use of a popsicle stay with put on facial hair. Area a tiny item of muslin fabric over the area as well as rub somewhat. Apply some tea tree oil to the location where you eliminated the hair.

5. Burn treatment

According to a research, patients with honey dressings recovered in an average of 18.16 days, while those with the medicated bandages recovered in 32.68 days. Honey dressings could improve recovery time as well as make injuries sterile in a shorter time period.

Note: This treatment is only for minor burns, not serious ones!

6. Makeup remover

Mix baking soda as well as honey to prepare a paste. Add a few drops of tea tree oil and use this blend in a round movement by utilizing a warm clean cloth. Wash with cozy water.

7. Bad breath

Mix 1/4 cup water, 1 tablespoon raw honey, and 1 tsp of lemon juice. Gargle for 3 mins after that spit out. This will certainly remove the halitosis and also offer you a fresh breath.

8. Face mask

Honey is really useful for acne, eczema, and rosacea, while coconut oil could relieve dry and also inflamed skin and decrease wrinkles.

Mix 1 tablespoon of coconut oil and 1 tbsp of raw honey to prepare a paste. Use it to your face and also neck and allow it represent 20 minutes. After that, rinse it off with lukewarm water.

9. Strengthen nails

To treat weak and brittle nails, mix 1 tablespoon of honey with 1/4 mug of ACV in a shallow dish. Saturate your nails for 10 mins then rinse. Repeat this procedure every week.

10. Relieve acid reflux

According to a study, many individuals located remedy for reflux when they ingested five milliliters of honey. It has the ability to coat the lining of the esophagus and offer alleviation to the burning brought on by acid reflux.

11. Balance blood sugar

Even though honey is pleasant, it has a reduced glycemic index. It consists of sugars that are slowly taken in as well as metabolized.

Besides its sweetness, honey will certainly not create blood sugar degrees to spike as high or quick as various other foods high in sugar.

12. Natural cough syrup

Mix 1 cup of filtered water, 1/4 cup fresh ginger origin, 1/4 cup marshmallow root, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1/4 cup newly pressed lemon juice and 1 mug honey.

Pour the water right into a saucepan and include the dried out herbs. Bring it to a boil then simmer up until the combination is lowered by half.

To remove the herbs, pour through a cheesecloth or great mesh. Mix in the lemon juice as well as honey while the fluid is still warm. Mix well. You must keep the syrup in an airtight container in the fridge.

13. Dark circle remover

Mix 1 teaspoon of honey with 1 tsp of wonderful almond oil as well as apply the combination under the eyes. Let it act for 20 mins then clean it off and also use a light layer of organic coconut oil. Repeat this treatment a few times a week.

14. Lip moisturizer

Honey could recover and also protect against chapped lips. Simply mix 3 components olive oil and also one part of cozy, recently-melted beeswax. Include 1-2 tablespoons of honey.

15. Healthy sports drink

Mix 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, 2 cups water, 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt as well as 2 tbsps of raw honey in a Vitamix and blend till the honey dissolves.

This healthy sporting activity beverage is far better than the commercial ones that include sugar and other unhealthy ingredients.

16. Boosts healthy gut bacteria

Raw honey has the capacity to feed excellent intestine germs and also eliminate bad germs. Good germs are of utmost significance for general health and wellness.

17. Relieve morning sickness

Honey could ease early morning sickness for expecting mothers. To soothe an expectant mom's stomach, prepare a cozy tea made with honey as well as ginger.

18. Fruit-preserver

Use one component honey to 10 components water and cover your berries in the mixture!

19. Weight-loss aid

If you wish to shed some weight, replace your sugar with honey immediately! Honey could boost your metabolic process as well as enhance your energy degrees. Maintain in mind, all in moderation.

To acquire ideal outcomes, you need to exercise consistently and eat a healthy diet regimen. For an added increase, mix half a tsp of natural ground cinnamon in a cup of boiling water. Allow it high for 10 mins after that add 1 teaspoon of raw honey. Enjoy!

20. Infections in the mouth

According to researchers in India, manuka honey can offer the very same outcomes as industrial mouth wash for minimizing plaque levels.

This honey has powerful anti-bacterial residential or commercial properties as well as can reduce gingivitis and also keep your mouth healthy and without harmful bacteria.

21. Treat insect bites

To prepare a natural antibacterial service, blend some lemon juice with honey. Honey includes natural sugar that could eliminate the microorganisms, while lemon could prevent the spread of germs. This solution could also lower itching and also the swelling associated to insect bites.

To get the maximum results, you ought to press the juice of one lemon into 2 tbsps of raw honey and apply on the affected area. Allow it stand till the swelling goes down.

22. Fix fertility issues

Raw honey is additionally very helpful for fertility problems. It can be blended with raw goat milk to enhance sperm matters in men. It can raise chances of successful fertilizing in females as well.

23. Mix up caramel sauce

Everyone likes a wonderful reward once in a while, right? You could prepare a healthy sugar sauce that utilizes honey. Try it, as well as you will certainly see exactly how yummy it is!

24. Minimize the look of scars

A combination of cooking soft drink and honey could decrease the appearance of scars. You should blend 1 tbsp of cooking soda and also 1 tablespoon of honey and use the paste to a scar.

Let it substitute 30 mins after that wash with cool water and rub completely dry. Repeat this treatment until marks begin to fade.

25. Treat yeast infections

It has been shown that using raw honey around the vaginal area can get rid of yeast infections. You must apply the honey, let it mean Thirty Minutes, then clean it off.

26. Stockpile for emergency

Honey gives the perfect equilibrium of fructose and glucose for energy, in addition to many other vitamins and also enzymes. Additionally, this food never spoils. Honey has actually been located also in old Egyptian tombs.

27. Soften skin

Honey is extremely advantageous for your hair and skin. It will certainly make your skin tidy as well as soft. You need to add 2 tbsps of honey to a mug of warm water. Allow it dissolve then add 2-3 declines of lavender important oil. Pour the blend into your bath.

28. Work up healthy peanut butter

Those who love peanut butter but hate sugar, can make use of a delicious peanut butter, with a healthy dose of honey that uses natural sweetness.

29. Combat parasites

Mix 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar as well as 1 tablespoon of honey to a glass of water and also drink it immediately!

30. Relieve a hangover

Due to its antioxidant properties, honey could neutralize the contaminants developed by alcohol. Honey consists of fructose that can help the body damage down alcohol right into harmless byproducts.

31. Treat antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Manuka honey includes phenols that could inhibit microbial development and advertise healing. These anti-oxidants are not such as synthetic anti-biotics that could only promote the spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Raw honey acts as a powerful antimicrobial representative against microorganisms and also other contagious organisms.

32. Produce a simple power boost

Honey uses a nourishing carbohydrate that our body can use for prompt power. When you want an easy power boost, take a teaspoon in a mug of cozy water blended with lemon. You could additionally scoop right from the jar!

33. Make salad dressing

Mix equal parts of raw honey, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar right into a jar, as well as make certain to drink lightly. Add sea salt, pepper, and also natural herbs to taste.

34. Treat allergies

Locally generated honey is extremely valuable for seasonal allergic reactions. For added allergic reaction alleviation, include a tablespoon of local honey to a tea made with nettle leaf.

35. Topical antibiotic

For several years, raw natural honey has been made use of as an antibiotic as well as topical solution for cuts and also abrasions. Honey is a reliable remedy for individuals with diabetic person ulcers as well.

36. Homemade dark chocolate

The moderate consumption of dark delicious chocolate is in fact healthy. When preparing this delicious treat, usage honey rather of sugar. It is a better alternative.

37. Shields against stomach lesions

Honey protects against sores brought on by alcohol, NSAID medicines as well as pain killers. Individuals who make use of NSAID pain relievers or aspirin are advised to include a tsp of two in their everyday diet.

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G7, Amazon, Russian Explosion: Your Tuesday Briefing

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Good morning.

We’re covering a flurry of news from the final day of the Group of 7 summit in France. We also have the global reach of U.S. firearms and a jewelry heist straight out of the movies.

Trump says he’s open to meeting with Iran

One of the biggest developments from the Group of 7 summit in Biarritz, France, came at the end, during the final news conference on Monday.

President Trump said he would “certainly agree” to meeting with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, and he even suggested offering short-term loans to help the country weather its current economic difficulties.

Mr. Trump was responding to an overture by President Emmanuel Macron of France, who said he would try to set up a meeting in the next few weeks in an effort to resolve the intensifying conflict between Washington and Tehran. The meeting would be the first between American and Iranian leaders since the Tehran hostage crisis of 1979.

Go deeper: Mr. Trump embraced global diplomacy over go-it-alone confrontation yesterday, but there were still significant differences between the seven countries’ approaches.

Context: Tensions between Tehran and Washington have flared since Mr. Trump abandoned the 2015 global nuclear agreement with Iran last year and imposed damaging sanctions.

Trump also pivoted on China. Again.

President Trump, in another surprise, told reporters that Chinese officials had reached out to restart trade talks, and called President Xi Jinping a “great leader” three days after branding him an “enemy.”

But Beijing didn’t confirm any phone calls with the Trump administration, and the editor of a state-run newspaper in China wrote on Twitter that there had been no significant contacts in recent days.

Impact: The president’s apparent efforts to tamp down the trade conflict, capping days of wild fluctuations on the matter, seemed timed to reassure markets. U.S. stocks rose on Monday.

Analysis: Mr. Trump says the U.S. must sever commercial dependence on China. He also says he wants powerful economic growth. He can’t have both, and the trade war threatens to force him to choose.

G7 spotlights fires in the Amazon

The Group of 7, after a session on climate, agreed on a $20 million aid package to help Brazil and its neighbors fight the blazes in the rain forest, a crucial absorber of the world’s carbon dioxide. President Trump didn’t attend the session, but a senior member of his administration did.

The group also agreed, in principle, on a long-term forest protection plan, with more details likely to be presented at the U.N. General Assembly next month.

More aid: Earth Alliance, an environmental organization founded by the actor Leonardo DiCaprio and the philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth, pledged $5 million for the Amazon.

Leaders clash: The argument over the Amazon fires quickly turned into a feud between Presidents Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and Emmanuel Macron of France, with both taking personal swipes at each other.

Perspective: Farmers in the Amazon say global scorn over a rise in deforestation and fires is unwarranted, backing Mr. Bolsonaro as he strikes a defiant tone. They argue that fire and deforestation are essential to keep them in business, and that the damage is modest.

If you have 15 minutes, this is worth it

How U.S. gun laws fuel a crisis abroad

American firearms have poured into neighboring countries and caused record violence, in part because of federal and state laws that make it difficult to track the weapons.

Above, the police conducting a raid in Jamaica, where more than 80 percent of homicides are committed with guns, most of them from the U.S. Drawing on court documents, case files, interviews and confidential data from both countries, The Times examined the trend, tracing a single gun to nine homicides.

Here’s what else is happening

Opioid crisis: In the first trial against a drug maker for the public health disaster in the U.S., a judge in Oklahoma ruled against Johnson & Johnson and ordered it to pay the state $572 million.

Tropical storm Dorian: The fourth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season may develop into a hurricane as it nears Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic this week, forecasters said.

Russia: The national meteorological agency named four radioactive particles that were released by a mysterious explosion at a military testing site this month, the latest data point in the Russian authorities’ gradual drip of information about what appears to have been a nuclear accident during a military test.

Science: Human remains found in Croatia provide the earliest genetic evidence of the presence of people from East Asia in Europe.

From Opinion: In a column, Bethany Milton, a former Foreign Service officer, writes about why she resigned from her post: “What of the administration’s policies is there left to defend to foreign audiences, other than a promise that we’re a democracy and that there are future elections to come?”

Can plants speak? Dr. Monica Gagliano of the University of Sydney in Australia is spearheading research into plant behavior, signaling and communication. She recalls that an oak tree once told her, “You are here to tell our stories.”

U.S. Open: The tournament is entering its second day in New York. Venus Williams and Novak Djokovic claimed easy first-round wins. Serena Williams crushed Maria Sharapova last night in just 59 minutes, in her 18th straight triumph over her rival.

What we’re reading: This article from Nautilus. Melina Delkic, on the Briefings team, calls it “a personal and a scientific look at how closely intertwined language is — particularly one’s first language — with the sense of self.”

Now, a break from the news

Cook: Southern shrimp scampi is delicious over rice or pasta, or alongside a crusty piece of bread. (Our Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter has more recommendations.)

Go: International tourism is rising in Lebanon, which offers an increasing number of environmentally friendly options for travelers.

Read: Four different booklets in special editions of Taylor Swift’s new album, “Lover,” contain reproductions of handwritten journals that reveal what the artist wants us to see — and what she doesn’t.

Watch: The comedian Margaret Cho impersonates her tattoo-averse mother for T: The New York Times Style Magazine’s “Tell T a Joke” feature.

Smarter Living: Sound homework routines set children up for success in school. The bedrock is organized work spaces and backpacks, so important assignments don’t get lost in clutter. Nightly to-do checklists help them prioritize and plan ahead. And you can help your child deal with three main challenges in studying: procrastinating, feeling overwhelmed and struggling to retain information.

And this week’s Social Q’s column offers advice on the etiquette of refusing a secret bribe from a friend’s mother.

And now for the Back Story on …

Sunscreen

The Egyptians used rice, jasmine and lupine; the ancient Greeks used olive oil; and some Native American tribes used a type of pine needle.

Preventing sun damage has been around for millenniums, but the modern concept of sunscreen began on a mountaintop in Switzerland.

After developing a sunburn while climbing Mount Piz Buin in 1938, a Swiss chemistry student set out to invent an effective sunscreen. Eight years later, Gletscher Crème (Glacier Cream) came to market, with what is thought to have been a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of only two.

A World War II airman mixed an early, heavy form of petroleum jelly with cocoa butter and coconut oil into a product that would eventually become Coppertone.

Don’t leave home without it? The American Academy of Dermatology’s official position is that everyone should wear sunscreen to forestall skin cancer, but, as our reporter Kendra Pierre-Louis recently wrote, dark-skinned people may have enough protection from their own melanin.

That’s it for this briefing. See you next time.

— Melina

Thank you To Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford for the break from the news. Remy Tumin, on the briefings team, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com.

P.S. • We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode is about an early accusation of sexual assault against Jeffrey Epstein. • Here’s today’s Mini Crossword puzzle, and a clue: Back talk (four letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, wrote a cautionary note to the staff, calling attention to a Times article about a campaign led by President Trump’s allies intended to harass and embarrass people affiliated with several leading news organizations.

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How to Search Optimize Your YouTube Video

Video has become a necessary part of the content marketing mix. This is because of a few reasons. First, we have the fact that people just enjoy videos more than text in many circumstances. Human beings are visual creatures, and we tend to remember what we see more than what we read.

Second, some experts claim the average attention span of adults is shrinking. While the myth of the 8-second attention span has mainly been busted, even the most dedicated reader gets bored with too much text. Content marketers have known this for a long time, which is why you often see text-based content broken up with visual content.

Third, there are the metrics themselves. More than 500 million hours of video content is viewed every single day on YouTube, which means we are seeing more content in a single month than television networks in the United States have aired in 30 years. Wow!

Google’s Bias

In 2006, Google bought YouTube. It might have been their biggest outside investment they ever made — and the most profitable. All the way back in 2014, it was estimated that the site could be worth as much as $40 billion a year. That figure is not exact, but I’m sure it’s grown significantly.

As such, Google has done what you would expect: they give preference to search results that include YouTube videos. Videos hosted on their site gain featured snippets: a goldmine for those who want to get seen. When we at Internet Marketing Ninjas did our own study on the subject, we found that more than 20% of top results were YouTube videos.

User Preference

I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase a lot: “Have you checked YouTube?” The only more common search related phrase I hear is, “Have you Google’d it?” Not surprising, considering the video platform is the second largest search engine on the web, and it isn’t a search engine to begin with!

We are living in an age when failing to produce high quality and consistent video content could have a marked negative impact on your brand. The best time to have gotten on board is five years ago. The next best time is right now.

But should it be search engine optimized?

Of course! In fact, optimizing videos is easy because the process is almost identical to how you would optimize content for any other medium.

But first, let’s look at our opportunities. Video can achieve visibility in two ways:

YouTube video is ranking in general Google search results

YouTube video is ranking in YouTube search results (as well as shows up within related and suggested videos)

Below are the tips to generate brand visibility from both:

1. As with Basic SEO, Content Quality Comes First

This is especially useful for video discovery on YouT

ube itself as the platform is pretty smart at understanding how well your audience is engaging with your videos and liking it.

Before we get into the tips on how to do this, let’s cover some basics:

Create videos people want to watch. In the past, it was enough to just make a video version of what you were already creating and your user base would eat it up. But if you look at the popular channels on YouTube, they have a certain formula. You need to make sure you are following a similar structure and keeping your quality high, consistent and watchable. Your topics should be those that your audience is going to be passionate about. Most importantly, you have to present it in a way that keeps their interest. Just talking into a camera isn’t going to cut it unless you are really charismatic… at least not for every video.

Come up with your own style and format! Unique ideas always win! For example, YouTube channel Daisy Brown created an entire eerie sub-story using subliminal messages in the captions. They were essentially easter eggs that only those with captions on saw, which they then alerted other users to in the comments. It made for a richer story. while bringing in second or third watches by the same users who missed things the first time.

Plan ahead. Whether it is a series or single-shot videos on different topics, you need to really plan. Have topics set for certain times, with a shooting schedule. Outline the video itself, the script and how it will be presented. Create a video editorial calendar and stick to it.

Focus on what works. This is going to be an ever-evolving process with some hits and misses along the way. Watch what works and what doesn’t and listen to your audience. If something isn’t appealing to most of them, you aren’t going to convince them with more of the same.

Come up with eye-catching branding. YouTuber ImJayStation regularly gets millions of views on every one of his videos. His most popular video has 9.5 million views after one year. How does he do it? By selling it, even though almost every video is the same type of content. He uses eye-catching thumbnails with bright red words in the corner.

Finally, use all your available marketing channels to promote your video content and help its discovery. This includes both using your social media accounts and displaying your videos on your site (it’s a good idea to use themes and plugins to embed your YouTube videos on your blog).

2. Conduct Video Content Keyword Research

While Google has got much smarter, it still relies on keywords a lot. For low-competitive queries, ranking youtube.com page is a breeze!

Yep, the first step is going to be the same one that you would use for any other content. Having a spreadsheet of high ranking keywords for your own brand and industry is a critical part of the process.

I personally like Serpstat for this because they have a video specific feature that shows whether there are currently videos ranking for each specific query. You can easily sort and filter keywords that still fit in your range so you aren’t putting your videos into a pool already overflowing with big names or brands.

To set up Serpstat search, use the following filters:

Special elements on SERPs -> Video thumbnails

Keyword difficulty** -> 1-20

This way you’ll see queries that already blend video results inside general results and at the same time those that don’t have too high organic competition:

**Keyword difficulty is Serpstat’s own metric evaluating of the level of competition for a key phrase in top 10 search results, where:

0-20 => quite easy to rank in top 10;

21-40 => medium organic competition;

41-60 => difficult to rank in top 10;

61-100 => very difficult to rank in top 10.

Since we are mostly about dominating low-competitive queries here, we are focusing on keyword difficulty between 1 and 2 here.

Another cool tool for discovering video content opportunities is Video SEO Tool (Disclaimer: This tool has been developed by the company I work for). The tool checks your domain top rankings and retrieves all the videos that rank for most valuable queries. The tool analyzes both Google and YouTube search results showing you which videos won the race:

3. Video Optimization Basics

Now the two first steps are crucial, and most challenging ones. You are likely to find yourself spending an insane amount of time coming up with unique ideas and keywords, putting up videos and styling/editing them to perfection. Uploading them to YouTube is the easiest step: Don’t overlook the basics though.

It’s really simple: Search engines love text content, so make sure you have a lot of it around your video. Add more content to each video page including:

A detailed and attention-grabbing title of the video (including those keywords you are targeting)

A detailed description (at least 500-word description of the video topic or, when possible, the full transcript of the video which you can put together using services like this one)

More tags

Use the checklist:

Another great idea is to create clickable table of contents listing takeaways / subtopics covered in the video. Both description and the pinned comment should have the clickable table of contents to draw viewers into the video. This will improve “deep” views into the video which is a crucial factor in YouTube rankings. For example:

YouTube has its own language, look and formula. If you optimize based on those factors you see on the most popular channels, you will be able to build a strong viewer base and get your brand discovered through this powerful platform.

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How to Search Optimize Your YouTube Video

Video has become a necessary part of the content marketing mix. This is because of a few reasons. First, we have the fact that people just enjoy videos more than text in many circumstances. Human beings are visual creatures, and we tend to remember what we see more than what we read.

Second, some experts claim the average attention span of adults is shrinking. While the myth of the 8-second attention span has mainly been busted, even the most dedicated reader gets bored with too much text. Content marketers have known this for a long time, which is why you often see text-based content broken up with visual content.

Third, there are the metrics themselves. More than 500 million hours of video content is viewed every single day on YouTube, which means we are seeing more content in a single month than television networks in the United States have aired in 30 years. Wow!

Google’s Bias

In 2006, Google bought YouTube. It might have been their biggest outside investment they ever made — and the most profitable. All the way back in 2014, it was estimated that the site could be worth as much as $40 billion a year. That figure is not exact, but I’m sure it’s grown significantly.

As such, Google has done what you would expect: they give preference to search results that include YouTube videos. Videos hosted on their site gain featured snippets: a goldmine for those who want to get seen. When we at Internet Marketing Ninjas did our own study on the subject, we found that more than 20% of top results were YouTube videos.

User Preference

I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase a lot: “Have you checked YouTube?” The only more common search related phrase I hear is, “Have you Google’d it?” Not surprising, considering the video platform is the second largest search engine on the web, and it isn’t a search engine to begin with!

We are living in an age when failing to produce high quality and consistent video content could have a marked negative impact on your brand. The best time to have gotten on board is five years ago. The next best time is right now.

But should it be search engine optimized?

Of course! In fact, optimizing videos is easy because the process is almost identical to how you would optimize content for any other medium.

But first, let’s look at our opportunities. Video can achieve visibility in two ways:

YouTube video is ranking in general Google search results

YouTube video is ranking in YouTube search results (as well as shows up within related and suggested videos)

Below are the tips to generate brand visibility from both:

1. As with Basic SEO, Content Quality Comes First

This is especially useful for video discovery on YouT

ube itself as the platform is pretty smart at understanding how well your audience is engaging with your videos and liking it.

Before we get into the tips on how to do this, let’s cover some basics:

Create videos people want to watch. In the past, it was enough to just make a video version of what you were already creating and your user base would eat it up. But if you look at the popular channels on YouTube, they have a certain formula. You need to make sure you are following a similar structure and keeping your quality high, consistent and watchable. Your topics should be those that your audience is going to be passionate about. Most importantly, you have to present it in a way that keeps their interest. Just talking into a camera isn’t going to cut it unless you are really charismatic… at least not for every video.

Come up with your own style and format! Unique ideas always win! For example, YouTube channel Daisy Brown created an entire eerie sub-story using subliminal messages in the captions. They were essentially easter eggs that only those with captions on saw, which they then alerted other users to in the comments. It made for a richer story. while bringing in second or third watches by the same users who missed things the first time.

Plan ahead. Whether it is a series or single-shot videos on different topics, you need to really plan. Have topics set for certain times, with a shooting schedule. Outline the video itself, the script and how it will be presented. Create a video editorial calendar and stick to it.

Focus on what works. This is going to be an ever-evolving process with some hits and misses along the way. Watch what works and what doesn’t and listen to your audience. If something isn’t appealing to most of them, you aren’t going to convince them with more of the same.

Come up with eye-catching branding. YouTuber ImJayStation regularly gets millions of views on every one of his videos. His most popular video has 9.5 million views after one year. How does he do it? By selling it, even though almost every video is the same type of content. He uses eye-catching thumbnails with bright red words in the corner.

Finally, use all your available marketing channels to promote your video content and help its discovery. This includes both using your social media accounts and displaying your videos on your site (it’s a good idea to use themes and plugins to embed your YouTube videos on your blog).

2. Conduct Video Content Keyword Research

While Google has got much smarter, it still relies on keywords a lot. For low-competitive queries, ranking youtube.com page is a breeze!

Yep, the first step is going to be the same one that you would use for any other content. Having a spreadsheet of high ranking keywords for your own brand and industry is a critical part of the process.

I personally like Serpstat for this because they have a video specific feature that shows whether there are currently videos ranking for each specific query. You can easily sort and filter keywords that still fit in your range so you aren’t putting your videos into a pool already overflowing with big names or brands.

To set up Serpstat search, use the following filters:

Special elements on SERPs -> Video thumbnails

Keyword difficulty** -> 1-20

This way you’ll see queries that already blend video results inside general results and at the same time those that don’t have too high organic competition:

**Keyword difficulty is Serpstat’s own metric evaluating of the level of competition for a key phrase in top 10 search results, where:

0-20 => quite easy to rank in top 10;

21-40 => medium organic competition;

41-60 => difficult to rank in top 10;

61-100 => very difficult to rank in top 10.

Since we are mostly about dominating low-competitive queries here, we are focusing on keyword difficulty between 1 and 2 here.

Another cool tool for discovering video content opportunities is Video SEO Tool (Disclaimer: This tool has been developed by the company I work for). The tool checks your domain top rankings and retrieves all the videos that rank for most valuable queries. The tool analyzes both Google and YouTube search results showing you which videos won the race:

3. Video Optimization Basics

Now the two first steps are crucial, and most challenging ones. You are likely to find yourself spending an insane amount of time coming up with unique ideas and keywords, putting up videos and styling/editing them to perfection. Uploading them to YouTube is the easiest step: Don’t overlook the basics though.

It’s really simple: Search engines love text content, so make sure you have a lot of it around your video. Add more content to each video page including:

A detailed and attention-grabbing title of the video (including those keywords you are targeting)

A detailed description (at least 500-word description of the video topic or, when possible, the full transcript of the video which you can put together using services like this one)

More tags

Use the checklist:

Another great idea is to create clickable table of contents listing takeaways / subtopics covered in the video. Both description and the pinned comment should have the clickable table of contents to draw viewers into the video. This will improve “deep” views into the video which is a crucial factor in YouTube rankings. For example:

YouTube has its own language, look and formula. If you optimize based on those factors you see on the most popular channels, you will be able to build a strong viewer base and get your brand discovered through this powerful platform.

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How to Search Optimize Your YouTube Video

Video has become a necessary part of the content marketing mix. This is because of a few reasons. First, we have the fact that people just enjoy videos more than text in many circumstances. Human beings are visual creatures, and we tend to remember what we see more than what we read.

Second, some experts claim the average attention span of adults is shrinking. While the myth of the 8-second attention span has mainly been busted, even the most dedicated reader gets bored with too much text. Content marketers have known this for a long time, which is why you often see text-based content broken up with visual content.

Third, there are the metrics themselves. More than 500 million hours of video content is viewed every single day on YouTube, which means we are seeing more content in a single month than television networks in the United States have aired in 30 years. Wow!

Google’s Bias

In 2006, Google bought YouTube. It might have been their biggest outside investment they ever made — and the most profitable. All the way back in 2014, it was estimated that the site could be worth as much as $40 billion a year. That figure is not exact, but I’m sure it’s grown significantly.

As such, Google has done what you would expect: they give preference to search results that include YouTube videos. Videos hosted on their site gain featured snippets: a goldmine for those who want to get seen. When we at Internet Marketing Ninjas did our own study on the subject, we found that more than 20% of top results were YouTube videos.

User Preference

I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase a lot: “Have you checked YouTube?” The only more common search related phrase I hear is, “Have you Google’d it?” Not surprising, considering the video platform is the second largest search engine on the web, and it isn’t a search engine to begin with!

We are living in an age when failing to produce high quality and consistent video content could have a marked negative impact on your brand. The best time to have gotten on board is five years ago. The next best time is right now.

But should it be search engine optimized?

Of course! In fact, optimizing videos is easy because the process is almost identical to how you would optimize content for any other medium.

But first, let’s look at our opportunities. Video can achieve visibility in two ways:

YouTube video is ranking in general Google search results

YouTube video is ranking in YouTube search results (as well as shows up within related and suggested videos)

Below are the tips to generate brand visibility from both:

1. As with Basic SEO, Content Quality Comes First

This is especially useful for video discovery on YouT

ube itself as the platform is pretty smart at understanding how well your audience is engaging with your videos and liking it.

Before we get into the tips on how to do this, let’s cover some basics:

Create videos people want to watch. In the past, it was enough to just make a video version of what you were already creating and your user base would eat it up. But if you look at the popular channels on YouTube, they have a certain formula. You need to make sure you are following a similar structure and keeping your quality high, consistent and watchable. Your topics should be those that your audience is going to be passionate about. Most importantly, you have to present it in a way that keeps their interest. Just talking into a camera isn’t going to cut it unless you are really charismatic… at least not for every video.

Come up with your own style and format! Unique ideas always win! For example, YouTube channel Daisy Brown created an entire eerie sub-story using subliminal messages in the captions. They were essentially easter eggs that only those with captions on saw, which they then alerted other users to in the comments. It made for a richer story. while bringing in second or third watches by the same users who missed things the first time.

Plan ahead. Whether it is a series or single-shot videos on different topics, you need to really plan. Have topics set for certain times, with a shooting schedule. Outline the video itself, the script and how it will be presented. Create a video editorial calendar and stick to it.

Focus on what works. This is going to be an ever-evolving process with some hits and misses along the way. Watch what works and what doesn’t and listen to your audience. If something isn’t appealing to most of them, you aren’t going to convince them with more of the same.

Come up with eye-catching branding. YouTuber ImJayStation regularly gets millions of views on every one of his videos. His most popular video has 9.5 million views after one year. How does he do it? By selling it, even though almost every video is the same type of content. He uses eye-catching thumbnails with bright red words in the corner.

Finally, use all your available marketing channels to promote your video content and help its discovery. This includes both using your social media accounts and displaying your videos on your site (it’s a good idea to use themes and plugins to embed your YouTube videos on your blog).

2. Conduct Video Content Keyword Research

While Google has got much smarter, it still relies on keywords a lot. For low-competitive queries, ranking youtube.com page is a breeze!

Yep, the first step is going to be the same one that you would use for any other content. Having a spreadsheet of high ranking keywords for your own brand and industry is a critical part of the process.

I personally like Serpstat for this because they have a video specific feature that shows whether there are currently videos ranking for each specific query. You can easily sort and filter keywords that still fit in your range so you aren’t putting your videos into a pool already overflowing with big names or brands.

To set up Serpstat search, use the following filters:

Special elements on SERPs -> Video thumbnails

Keyword difficulty** -> 1-20

This way you’ll see queries that already blend video results inside general results and at the same time those that don’t have too high organic competition:

**Keyword difficulty is Serpstat’s own metric evaluating of the level of competition for a key phrase in top 10 search results, where:

0-20 => quite easy to rank in top 10;

21-40 => medium organic competition;

41-60 => difficult to rank in top 10;

61-100 => very difficult to rank in top 10.

Since we are mostly about dominating low-competitive queries here, we are focusing on keyword difficulty between 1 and 2 here.

Another cool tool for discovering video content opportunities is Video SEO Tool (Disclaimer: This tool has been developed by the company I work for). The tool checks your domain top rankings and retrieves all the videos that rank for most valuable queries. The tool analyzes both Google and YouTube search results showing you which videos won the race:

3. Video Optimization Basics

Now the two first steps are crucial, and most challenging ones. You are likely to find yourself spending an insane amount of time coming up with unique ideas and keywords, putting up videos and styling/editing them to perfection. Uploading them to YouTube is the easiest step: Don’t overlook the basics though.

It’s really simple: Search engines love text content, so make sure you have a lot of it around your video. Add more content to each video page including:

A detailed and attention-grabbing title of the video (including those keywords you are targeting)

A detailed description (at least 500-word description of the video topic or, when possible, the full transcript of the video which you can put together using services like this one)

More tags

Use the checklist:

Another great idea is to create clickable table of contents listing takeaways / subtopics covered in the video. Both description and the pinned comment should have the clickable table of contents to draw viewers into the video. This will improve “deep” views into the video which is a crucial factor in YouTube rankings. For example:

YouTube has its own language, look and formula. If you optimize based on those factors you see on the most popular channels, you will be able to build a strong viewer base and get your brand discovered through this powerful platform.

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How to Search Optimize Your YouTube Video

Video has become a necessary part of the content marketing mix. This is because of a few reasons. First, we have the fact that people just enjoy videos more than text in many circumstances. Human beings are visual creatures, and we tend to remember what we see more than what we read.

Second, some experts claim the average attention span of adults is shrinking. While the myth of the 8-second attention span has mainly been busted, even the most dedicated reader gets bored with too much text. Content marketers have known this for a long time, which is why you often see text-based content broken up with visual content.

Third, there are the metrics themselves. More than 500 million hours of video content is viewed every single day on YouTube, which means we are seeing more content in a single month than television networks in the United States have aired in 30 years. Wow!

Google’s Bias

In 2006, Google bought YouTube. It might have been their biggest outside investment they ever made — and the most profitable. All the way back in 2014, it was estimated that the site could be worth as much as $40 billion a year. That figure is not exact, but I’m sure it’s grown significantly.

As such, Google has done what you would expect: they give preference to search results that include YouTube videos. Videos hosted on their site gain featured snippets: a goldmine for those who want to get seen. When we at Internet Marketing Ninjas did our own study on the subject, we found that more than 20% of top results were YouTube videos.

User Preference

I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase a lot: “Have you checked YouTube?” The only more common search related phrase I hear is, “Have you Google’d it?” Not surprising, considering the video platform is the second largest search engine on the web, and it isn’t a search engine to begin with!

We are living in an age when failing to produce high quality and consistent video content could have a marked negative impact on your brand. The best time to have gotten on board is five years ago. The next best time is right now.

But should it be search engine optimized?

Of course! In fact, optimizing videos is easy because the process is almost identical to how you would optimize content for any other medium.

But first, let’s look at our opportunities. Video can achieve visibility in two ways:

YouTube video is ranking in general Google search results

YouTube video is ranking in YouTube search results (as well as shows up within related and suggested videos)

Below are the tips to generate brand visibility from both:

1. As with Basic SEO, Content Quality Comes First

This is especially useful for video discovery on YouT

ube itself as the platform is pretty smart at understanding how well your audience is engaging with your videos and liking it.

Before we get into the tips on how to do this, let’s cover some basics:

Create videos people want to watch. In the past, it was enough to just make a video version of what you were already creating and your user base would eat it up. But if you look at the popular channels on YouTube, they have a certain formula. You need to make sure you are following a similar structure and keeping your quality high, consistent and watchable. Your topics should be those that your audience is going to be passionate about. Most importantly, you have to present it in a way that keeps their interest. Just talking into a camera isn’t going to cut it unless you are really charismatic… at least not for every video.

Come up with your own style and format! Unique ideas always win! For example, YouTube channel Daisy Brown created an entire eerie sub-story using subliminal messages in the captions. They were essentially easter eggs that only those with captions on saw, which they then alerted other users to in the comments. It made for a richer story. while bringing in second or third watches by the same users who missed things the first time.

Plan ahead. Whether it is a series or single-shot videos on different topics, you need to really plan. Have topics set for certain times, with a shooting schedule. Outline the video itself, the script and how it will be presented. Create a video editorial calendar and stick to it.

Focus on what works. This is going to be an ever-evolving process with some hits and misses along the way. Watch what works and what doesn’t and listen to your audience. If something isn’t appealing to most of them, you aren’t going to convince them with more of the same.

Come up with eye-catching branding. YouTuber ImJayStation regularly gets millions of views on every one of his videos. His most popular video has 9.5 million views after one year. How does he do it? By selling it, even though almost every video is the same type of content. He uses eye-catching thumbnails with bright red words in the corner.

Finally, use all your available marketing channels to promote your video content and help its discovery. This includes both using your social media accounts and displaying your videos on your site (it’s a good idea to use themes and plugins to embed your YouTube videos on your blog).

2. Conduct Video Content Keyword Research

While Google has got much smarter, it still relies on keywords a lot. For low-competitive queries, ranking youtube.com page is a breeze!

Yep, the first step is going to be the same one that you would use for any other content. Having a spreadsheet of high ranking keywords for your own brand and industry is a critical part of the process.

I personally like Serpstat for this because they have a video specific feature that shows whether there are currently videos ranking for each specific query. You can easily sort and filter keywords that still fit in your range so you aren’t putting your videos into a pool already overflowing with big names or brands.

To set up Serpstat search, use the following filters:

Special elements on SERPs -> Video thumbnails

Keyword difficulty** -> 1-20

This way you’ll see queries that already blend video results inside general results and at the same time those that don’t have too high organic competition:

**Keyword difficulty is Serpstat’s own metric evaluating of the level of competition for a key phrase in top 10 search results, where:

0-20 => quite easy to rank in top 10;

21-40 => medium organic competition;

41-60 => difficult to rank in top 10;

61-100 => very difficult to rank in top 10.

Since we are mostly about dominating low-competitive queries here, we are focusing on keyword difficulty between 1 and 2 here.

Another cool tool for discovering video content opportunities is Video SEO Tool (Disclaimer: This tool has been developed by the company I work for). The tool checks your domain top rankings and retrieves all the videos that rank for most valuable queries. The tool analyzes both Google and YouTube search results showing you which videos won the race:

3. Video Optimization Basics

Now the two first steps are crucial, and most challenging ones. You are likely to find yourself spending an insane amount of time coming up with unique ideas and keywords, putting up videos and styling/editing them to perfection. Uploading them to YouTube is the easiest step: Don’t overlook the basics though.

It’s really simple: Search engines love text content, so make sure you have a lot of it around your video. Add more content to each video page including:

A detailed and attention-grabbing title of the video (including those keywords you are targeting)

A detailed description (at least 500-word description of the video topic or, when possible, the full transcript of the video which you can put together using services like this one)

More tags

Use the checklist:

Another great idea is to create clickable table of contents listing takeaways / subtopics covered in the video. Both description and the pinned comment should have the clickable table of contents to draw viewers into the video. This will improve “deep” views into the video which is a crucial factor in YouTube rankings. For example:

YouTube has its own language, look and formula. If you optimize based on those factors you see on the most popular channels, you will be able to build a strong viewer base and get your brand discovered through this powerful platform.

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How to Search Optimize Your YouTube Video

Video has become a necessary part of the content marketing mix. This is because of a few reasons. First, we have the fact that people just enjoy videos more than text in many circumstances. Human beings are visual creatures, and we tend to remember what we see more than what we read.

Second, some experts claim the average attention span of adults is shrinking. While the myth of the 8-second attention span has mainly been busted, even the most dedicated reader gets bored with too much text. Content marketers have known this for a long time, which is why you often see text-based content broken up with visual content.

Third, there are the metrics themselves. More than 500 million hours of video content is viewed every single day on YouTube, which means we are seeing more content in a single month than television networks in the United States have aired in 30 years. Wow!

Google’s Bias

In 2006, Google bought YouTube. It might have been their biggest outside investment they ever made — and the most profitable. All the way back in 2014, it was estimated that the site could be worth as much as $40 billion a year. That figure is not exact, but I’m sure it’s grown significantly.

As such, Google has done what you would expect: they give preference to search results that include YouTube videos. Videos hosted on their site gain featured snippets: a goldmine for those who want to get seen. When we at Internet Marketing Ninjas did our own study on the subject, we found that more than 20% of top results were YouTube videos.

User Preference

I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase a lot: “Have you checked YouTube?” The only more common search related phrase I hear is, “Have you Google’d it?” Not surprising, considering the video platform is the second largest search engine on the web, and it isn’t a search engine to begin with!

We are living in an age when failing to produce high quality and consistent video content could have a marked negative impact on your brand. The best time to have gotten on board is five years ago. The next best time is right now.

But should it be search engine optimized?

Of course! In fact, optimizing videos is easy because the process is almost identical to how you would optimize content for any other medium.

But first, let’s look at our opportunities. Video can achieve visibility in two ways:

YouTube video is ranking in general Google search results

YouTube video is ranking in YouTube search results (as well as shows up within related and suggested videos)

Below are the tips to generate brand visibility from both:

1. As with Basic SEO, Content Quality Comes First

This is especially useful for video discovery on YouT

ube itself as the platform is pretty smart at understanding how well your audience is engaging with your videos and liking it.

Before we get into the tips on how to do this, let’s cover some basics:

Create videos people want to watch. In the past, it was enough to just make a video version of what you were already creating and your user base would eat it up. But if you look at the popular channels on YouTube, they have a certain formula. You need to make sure you are following a similar structure and keeping your quality high, consistent and watchable. Your topics should be those that your audience is going to be passionate about. Most importantly, you have to present it in a way that keeps their interest. Just talking into a camera isn’t going to cut it unless you are really charismatic… at least not for every video.

Come up with your own style and format! Unique ideas always win! For example, YouTube channel Daisy Brown created an entire eerie sub-story using subliminal messages in the captions. They were essentially easter eggs that only those with captions on saw, which they then alerted other users to in the comments. It made for a richer story. while bringing in second or third watches by the same users who missed things the first time.

Plan ahead. Whether it is a series or single-shot videos on different topics, you need to really plan. Have topics set for certain times, with a shooting schedule. Outline the video itself, the script and how it will be presented. Create a video editorial calendar and stick to it.

Focus on what works. This is going to be an ever-evolving process with some hits and misses along the way. Watch what works and what doesn’t and listen to your audience. If something isn’t appealing to most of them, you aren’t going to convince them with more of the same.

Come up with eye-catching branding. YouTuber ImJayStation regularly gets millions of views on every one of his videos. His most popular video has 9.5 million views after one year. How does he do it? By selling it, even though almost every video is the same type of content. He uses eye-catching thumbnails with bright red words in the corner.

Finally, use all your available marketing channels to promote your video content and help its discovery. This includes both using your social media accounts and displaying your videos on your site (it’s a good idea to use themes and plugins to embed your YouTube videos on your blog).

2. Conduct Video Content Keyword Research

While Google has got much smarter, it still relies on keywords a lot. For low-competitive queries, ranking youtube.com page is a breeze!

Yep, the first step is going to be the same one that you would use for any other content. Having a spreadsheet of high ranking keywords for your own brand and industry is a critical part of the process.

I personally like Serpstat for this because they have a video specific feature that shows whether there are currently videos ranking for each specific query. You can easily sort and filter keywords that still fit in your range so you aren’t putting your videos into a pool already overflowing with big names or brands.

To set up Serpstat search, use the following filters:

Special elements on SERPs -> Video thumbnails

Keyword difficulty** -> 1-20

This way you’ll see queries that already blend video results inside general results and at the same time those that don’t have too high organic competition:

**Keyword difficulty is Serpstat’s own metric evaluating of the level of competition for a key phrase in top 10 search results, where:

0-20 => quite easy to rank in top 10;

21-40 => medium organic competition;

41-60 => difficult to rank in top 10;

61-100 => very difficult to rank in top 10.

Since we are mostly about dominating low-competitive queries here, we are focusing on keyword difficulty between 1 and 2 here.

Another cool tool for discovering video content opportunities is Video SEO Tool (Disclaimer: This tool has been developed by the company I work for). The tool checks your domain top rankings and retrieves all the videos that rank for most valuable queries. The tool analyzes both Google and YouTube search results showing you which videos won the race:

3. Video Optimization Basics

Now the two first steps are crucial, and most challenging ones. You are likely to find yourself spending an insane amount of time coming up with unique ideas and keywords, putting up videos and styling/editing them to perfection. Uploading them to YouTube is the easiest step: Don’t overlook the basics though.

It’s really simple: Search engines love text content, so make sure you have a lot of it around your video. Add more content to each video page including:

A detailed and attention-grabbing title of the video (including those keywords you are targeting)

A detailed description (at least 500-word description of the video topic or, when possible, the full transcript of the video which you can put together using services like this one)

More tags

Use the checklist:

Another great idea is to create clickable table of contents listing takeaways / subtopics covered in the video. Both description and the pinned comment should have the clickable table of contents to draw viewers into the video. This will improve “deep” views into the video which is a crucial factor in YouTube rankings. For example:

YouTube has its own language, look and formula. If you optimize based on those factors you see on the most popular channels, you will be able to build a strong viewer base and get your brand discovered through this powerful platform.

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How to Search Optimize Your YouTube Video

Video has become a necessary part of the content marketing mix. This is because of a few reasons. First, we have the fact that people just enjoy videos more than text in many circumstances. Human beings are visual creatures, and we tend to remember what we see more than what we read.

Second, some experts claim the average attention span of adults is shrinking. While the myth of the 8-second attention span has mainly been busted, even the most dedicated reader gets bored with too much text. Content marketers have known this for a long time, which is why you often see text-based content broken up with visual content.

Third, there are the metrics themselves. More than 500 million hours of video content is viewed every single day on YouTube, which means we are seeing more content in a single month than television networks in the United States have aired in 30 years. Wow!

Google’s Bias

In 2006, Google bought YouTube. It might have been their biggest outside investment they ever made — and the most profitable. All the way back in 2014, it was estimated that the site could be worth as much as $40 billion a year. That figure is not exact, but I’m sure it’s grown significantly.

As such, Google has done what you would expect: they give preference to search results that include YouTube videos. Videos hosted on their site gain featured snippets: a goldmine for those who want to get seen. When we at Internet Marketing Ninjas did our own study on the subject, we found that more than 20% of top results were YouTube videos.

User Preference

I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase a lot: “Have you checked YouTube?” The only more common search related phrase I hear is, “Have you Google’d it?” Not surprising, considering the video platform is the second largest search engine on the web, and it isn’t a search engine to begin with!

We are living in an age when failing to produce high quality and consistent video content could have a marked negative impact on your brand. The best time to have gotten on board is five years ago. The next best time is right now.

But should it be search engine optimized?

Of course! In fact, optimizing videos is easy because the process is almost identical to how you would optimize content for any other medium.

But first, let’s look at our opportunities. Video can achieve visibility in two ways:

YouTube video is ranking in general Google search results

YouTube video is ranking in YouTube search results (as well as shows up within related and suggested videos)

Below are the tips to generate brand visibility from both:

1. As with Basic SEO, Content Quality Comes First

This is especially useful for video discovery on YouT

ube itself as the platform is pretty smart at understanding how well your audience is engaging with your videos and liking it.

Before we get into the tips on how to do this, let’s cover some basics:

Create videos people want to watch. In the past, it was enough to just make a video version of what you were already creating and your user base would eat it up. But if you look at the popular channels on YouTube, they have a certain formula. You need to make sure you are following a similar structure and keeping your quality high, consistent and watchable. Your topics should be those that your audience is going to be passionate about. Most importantly, you have to present it in a way that keeps their interest. Just talking into a camera isn’t going to cut it unless you are really charismatic… at least not for every video.

Come up with your own style and format! Unique ideas always win! For example, YouTube channel Daisy Brown created an entire eerie sub-story using subliminal messages in the captions. They were essentially easter eggs that only those with captions on saw, which they then alerted other users to in the comments. It made for a richer story. while bringing in second or third watches by the same users who missed things the first time.

Plan ahead. Whether it is a series or single-shot videos on different topics, you need to really plan. Have topics set for certain times, with a shooting schedule. Outline the video itself, the script and how it will be presented. Create a video editorial calendar and stick to it.

Focus on what works. This is going to be an ever-evolving process with some hits and misses along the way. Watch what works and what doesn’t and listen to your audience. If something isn’t appealing to most of them, you aren’t going to convince them with more of the same.

Come up with eye-catching branding. YouTuber ImJayStation regularly gets millions of views on every one of his videos. His most popular video has 9.5 million views after one year. How does he do it? By selling it, even though almost every video is the same type of content. He uses eye-catching thumbnails with bright red words in the corner.

Finally, use all your available marketing channels to promote your video content and help its discovery. This includes both using your social media accounts and displaying your videos on your site (it’s a good idea to use themes and plugins to embed your YouTube videos on your blog).

2. Conduct Video Content Keyword Research

While Google has got much smarter, it still relies on keywords a lot. For low-competitive queries, ranking youtube.com page is a breeze!

Yep, the first step is going to be the same one that you would use for any other content. Having a spreadsheet of high ranking keywords for your own brand and industry is a critical part of the process.

I personally like Serpstat for this because they have a video specific feature that shows whether there are currently videos ranking for each specific query. You can easily sort and filter keywords that still fit in your range so you aren’t putting your videos into a pool already overflowing with big names or brands.

To set up Serpstat search, use the following filters:

Special elements on SERPs -> Video thumbnails

Keyword difficulty** -> 1-20

This way you’ll see queries that already blend video results inside general results and at the same time those that don’t have too high organic competition:

**Keyword difficulty is Serpstat’s own metric evaluating of the level of competition for a key phrase in top 10 search results, where:

0-20 => quite easy to rank in top 10;

21-40 => medium organic competition;

41-60 => difficult to rank in top 10;

61-100 => very difficult to rank in top 10.

Since we are mostly about dominating low-competitive queries here, we are focusing on keyword difficulty between 1 and 2 here.

Another cool tool for discovering video content opportunities is Video SEO Tool (Disclaimer: This tool has been developed by the company I work for). The tool checks your domain top rankings and retrieves all the videos that rank for most valuable queries. The tool analyzes both Google and YouTube search results showing you which videos won the race:

3. Video Optimization Basics

Now the two first steps are crucial, and most challenging ones. You are likely to find yourself spending an insane amount of time coming up with unique ideas and keywords, putting up videos and styling/editing them to perfection. Uploading them to YouTube is the easiest step: Don’t overlook the basics though.

It’s really simple: Search engines love text content, so make sure you have a lot of it around your video. Add more content to each video page including:

A detailed and attention-grabbing title of the video (including those keywords you are targeting)

A detailed description (at least 500-word description of the video topic or, when possible, the full transcript of the video which you can put together using services like this one)

More tags

Use the checklist:

Another great idea is to create clickable table of contents listing takeaways / subtopics covered in the video. Both description and the pinned comment should have the clickable table of contents to draw viewers into the video. This will improve “deep” views into the video which is a crucial factor in YouTube rankings. For example:

YouTube has its own language, look and formula. If you optimize based on those factors you see on the most popular channels, you will be able to build a strong viewer base and get your brand discovered through this powerful platform.

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How to Search Optimize Your YouTube Video

Video has become a necessary part of the content marketing mix. This is because of a few reasons. First, we have the fact that people just enjoy videos more than text in many circumstances. Human beings are visual creatures, and we tend to remember what we see more than what we read.

Second, some experts claim the average attention span of adults is shrinking. While the myth of the 8-second attention span has mainly been busted, even the most dedicated reader gets bored with too much text. Content marketers have known this for a long time, which is why you often see text-based content broken up with visual content.

Third, there are the metrics themselves. More than 500 million hours of video content is viewed every single day on YouTube, which means we are seeing more content in a single month than television networks in the United States have aired in 30 years. Wow!

Google’s Bias

In 2006, Google bought YouTube. It might have been their biggest outside investment they ever made — and the most profitable. All the way back in 2014, it was estimated that the site could be worth as much as $40 billion a year. That figure is not exact, but I’m sure it’s grown significantly.

As such, Google has done what you would expect: they give preference to search results that include YouTube videos. Videos hosted on their site gain featured snippets: a goldmine for those who want to get seen. When we at Internet Marketing Ninjas did our own study on the subject, we found that more than 20% of top results were YouTube videos.

User Preference

I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase a lot: “Have you checked YouTube?” The only more common search related phrase I hear is, “Have you Google’d it?” Not surprising, considering the video platform is the second largest search engine on the web, and it isn’t a search engine to begin with!

We are living in an age when failing to produce high quality and consistent video content could have a marked negative impact on your brand. The best time to have gotten on board is five years ago. The next best time is right now.

But should it be search engine optimized?

Of course! In fact, optimizing videos is easy because the process is almost identical to how you would optimize content for any other medium.

But first, let’s look at our opportunities. Video can achieve visibility in two ways:

YouTube video is ranking in general Google search results

YouTube video is ranking in YouTube search results (as well as shows up within related and suggested videos)

Below are the tips to generate brand visibility from both:

1. As with Basic SEO, Content Quality Comes First

This is especially useful for video discovery on YouT

ube itself as the platform is pretty smart at understanding how well your audience is engaging with your videos and liking it.

Before we get into the tips on how to do this, let’s cover some basics:

Create videos people want to watch. In the past, it was enough to just make a video version of what you were already creating and your user base would eat it up. But if you look at the popular channels on YouTube, they have a certain formula. You need to make sure you are following a similar structure and keeping your quality high, consistent and watchable. Your topics should be those that your audience is going to be passionate about. Most importantly, you have to present it in a way that keeps their interest. Just talking into a camera isn’t going to cut it unless you are really charismatic… at least not for every video.

Come up with your own style and format! Unique ideas always win! For example, YouTube channel Daisy Brown created an entire eerie sub-story using subliminal messages in the captions. They were essentially easter eggs that only those with captions on saw, which they then alerted other users to in the comments. It made for a richer story. while bringing in second or third watches by the same users who missed things the first time.

Plan ahead. Whether it is a series or single-shot videos on different topics, you need to really plan. Have topics set for certain times, with a shooting schedule. Outline the video itself, the script and how it will be presented. Create a video editorial calendar and stick to it.

Focus on what works. This is going to be an ever-evolving process with some hits and misses along the way. Watch what works and what doesn’t and listen to your audience. If something isn’t appealing to most of them, you aren’t going to convince them with more of the same.

Come up with eye-catching branding. YouTuber ImJayStation regularly gets millions of views on every one of his videos. His most popular video has 9.5 million views after one year. How does he do it? By selling it, even though almost every video is the same type of content. He uses eye-catching thumbnails with bright red words in the corner.

Finally, use all your available marketing channels to promote your video content and help its discovery. This includes both using your social media accounts and displaying your videos on your site (it’s a good idea to use themes and plugins to embed your YouTube videos on your blog).

2. Conduct Video Content Keyword Research

While Google has got much smarter, it still relies on keywords a lot. For low-competitive queries, ranking youtube.com page is a breeze!

Yep, the first step is going to be the same one that you would use for any other content. Having a spreadsheet of high ranking keywords for your own brand and industry is a critical part of the process.

I personally like Serpstat for this because they have a video specific feature that shows whether there are currently videos ranking for each specific query. You can easily sort and filter keywords that still fit in your range so you aren’t putting your videos into a pool already overflowing with big names or brands.

To set up Serpstat search, use the following filters:

Special elements on SERPs -> Video thumbnails

Keyword difficulty** -> 1-20

This way you’ll see queries that already blend video results inside general results and at the same time those that don’t have too high organic competition:

**Keyword difficulty is Serpstat’s own metric evaluating of the level of competition for a key phrase in top 10 search results, where:

0-20 => quite easy to rank in top 10;

21-40 => medium organic competition;

41-60 => difficult to rank in top 10;

61-100 => very difficult to rank in top 10.

Since we are mostly about dominating low-competitive queries here, we are focusing on keyword difficulty between 1 and 2 here.

Another cool tool for discovering video content opportunities is Video SEO Tool (Disclaimer: This tool has been developed by the company I work for). The tool checks your domain top rankings and retrieves all the videos that rank for most valuable queries. The tool analyzes both Google and YouTube search results showing you which videos won the race:

3. Video Optimization Basics

Now the two first steps are crucial, and most challenging ones. You are likely to find yourself spending an insane amount of time coming up with unique ideas and keywords, putting up videos and styling/editing them to perfection. Uploading them to YouTube is the easiest step: Don’t overlook the basics though.

It’s really simple: Search engines love text content, so make sure you have a lot of it around your video. Add more content to each video page including:

A detailed and attention-grabbing title of the video (including those keywords you are targeting)

A detailed description (at least 500-word description of the video topic or, when possible, the full transcript of the video which you can put together using services like this one)

More tags

Use the checklist:

Another great idea is to create clickable table of contents listing takeaways / subtopics covered in the video. Both description and the pinned comment should have the clickable table of contents to draw viewers into the video. This will improve “deep” views into the video which is a crucial factor in YouTube rankings. For example:

YouTube has its own language, look and formula. If you optimize based on those factors you see on the most popular channels, you will be able to build a strong viewer base and get your brand discovered through this powerful platform.

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