#like for example. there’s literally one TINY area where it would be feasible because it’s just barely (we’re talking INCHES)

[nalgenes]

i do want to have a career that is related in some way to environmental/urban planning because that is something i do have a real interest and passion in… however… the rate at which things get accomplished in those fields is actually horrifying to me. everything i’ve heard from people who work in those jobs is like

“we have this great plan that would be really amazing for literally everyone. it needs to be reviewed by 6 separate boards who have a waiting list of 9 months, redesigned after each review, voted on by the council at least 5 times, and we won’t get funds unless we POSSIBLY get a grant that is offered once every 5 years. and at any point the state could reject it entirely. we hope to start construction in 2040”

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How could I create enough living spaces for an earth with 90 billion population? Could there possibly be a lot more reclaimed land, man made islands? How about with populating currently mostly uninhabited or barren places, making what are currently towns into a big city? What would the poverty line be? How does all this affect animals and plants?

Tex: So originally I was going to say “be incredible inhumane and pack people tighter than sardines in a can”, but after a lot of math, it turns out this isn’t even remotely possible. I’ve left some margin for error, but you can read for yourself below how I’ve done things.

This is a formula that’s been calculated and re-calcuated for years, though admittedly I don’t really understand the point of the exercise in packing the planet with as many people as humanly (hah) possible.

In terms of sheer brute numbers, you could physically compile not only the current world population (as of this writing, ~7.7 billion), but also the all the previous generations put together (~101 billion people), in about 10,800 km2 - “which would easily fit inside Jamaica, Qatar, Kuwait, The Gambia, or Connecticut.” (WaitButWhy).

This doesn’t calculate for living space, as in the area an individual person needs to use such facilities as a bedroom, a bathroom suitable for washing oneself and not just a powder room, and possibly a kitchen (something of varying inclusion historically, see: Rome). It could be argued that bathrooms could be outsourced to a communal area as well (see: outhouses and public toilets).

What you would like to include for a residential unit varies by what you’d like to include in it. Insider posted an article titled “25 photos of tiny living spaces around the world”, where the sizes of a microapartment can go as small as 15 square feet (~1.39 m2; National Geographic). Quite likely the most basic amenities like showers, toilets, and washing facilities are outsourced as communal spaces - these are often apartments, though depending on the landlord they can be just as cramped.

Technology has enabled these microapartments, single room occupancies, and even capsule hotels to have a comparative level of luxury. As many college students who live in cramped quarters can likely tell you, it makes a substantial difference in living quality to have such things as hotplates, microwaves, laptops, and miniature TVs when space is at a literal premium.

We’ll take Hong Kong as an example, since they were technically already listed in the Insider article with their “coffin homes”.

The country has a population of ~7.5 million, with a land mass of 1,104 km2. 7.5 million divided by 1,104 km2 = 6,793.478261 people per km2. This is going to be a reference number, and we’ll be using it again later to do comparisons.

Now, to fit the same population per coffin home apiece, let’s take that same 7.5 million and divide it by 1.39 m2 - this comes out to 5,395,683.453 people per m2. That needs converting to km2, which multiplied by 1,000,000 (to cancel out the m2 in the stoichiometry) now results in 5.39568345x1012 people per km2 for coffin homes.

To compare these two numbers, I’ll take a percentage - if we assign the coffin home number (5.39568345x1012 people per km2) as A, and the original Hong Kong land mass number (6,793.478261 people per km2) as B, we can more easily calculate the percentage of each value to each other according to the following steps:

Plugging in the numbers, we get A (coffin home) as 7.94244604x1010% of B (original Hong Kong). That’s several billion percent more people per square kilometer than the original density.

This means that if we squish people into coffin-sized homes as that Business Insider article mentioned, 90 billion people - living requirements outside of a bed excluded! - could exist on 6.4780814x1016 km2.

Earth’s habitable land mass as of 2019 is 104 million km2 (Our World in Data), and this makes the amount of land required for 90 billion people - presumed as a single layer and only on Earth’s habitable land - 6.22892442x1010 percent more than the amount of habitable land on Earth.

Now, a converting everything into multiple levels might work, yes? Skyscrapers are classically 10-20 levels, and 40-50 in the modern age (Britannica), but I’ll go whole-hog because of the scale of numbers we have and go straight toward the largest number I know - Coruscant at 5,127 levels (Wookiepedia).

6.4780814x1016 km2 divided by 5,127 levels is 1.2635228×1013 km2 per layer. This single layer is still 12,149,257.7% more land required than there is habitable land on Earth.

Now, I don’t know if you’d like to expand this to non-habitable land, but either way, you would still need to calculate in the amount of space required for other requirements such as bathrooms, areas to cook/eat, medical services, transportation, educational spaces (provided you haven’t somehow squished everything into a helmet for “flash training” à la Star Wars clone troopers, detrimental to mental health as it is), places for people to work at jobs that can’t be done from their bed, and agriculture and manufacturing.

If you assume that these coffin homes are “only” a third or half of the cumulative living space, you would still need to multiply your required amount of space by at least 2-3x of the coffin home requirements.

Because of this, your question doesn’t account for the more humane theory of optimum population, as the above types of raw arithmetic calculations are inherently unable to factor in intrinsic values such as happiness with one’s life, enriching interactions with others, or the relaxation that comes from being around nature.

I would have to assume that the level of technology necessary for packing people like sardines in a can would need to be, at minimum, space age, but there are still space requirements (aside from the above-stated) for things like utilities and like… how big the walls are. I did not calculate for walls! This would realistically place people in mid-air and that’s not even feasible because you need to construct the coffin homes you’re wanting to shove people into.

My questions to you are these - what prompted you to consider this many people on a planet sized and shaped like Earth? Is it critically important to your plot, or does this have some function of novelty that appeals to you?

Is this plot based on Earth, particularly of a parallel or observable future, or is it based on some fictional world like Coruscant from Star Wars? How does this kind of world factor into your story, and how would it impact the plot if it were removed?

90 billion people on Earth - of any timeline or parallel universe - is so exceptionally far over the maximum carrying capacity that it’s flatly catastrophic to the environment, if it’s not equally as disastrous to the people from the way they would need to be treated in order to make your idea feasible.

This amount of population is far more sustainable on a substantially bigger planet, so I’m deeply curious why you’ve picked Earth. Is it because it’s the most familiar one for you, or something else?

Utuabzu: As Tex says, density is your friend. Theoretically you could pack billions of people into just a few towering megacities if you built them right, but at that level of technology you have to ask yourself why. It’d be a similar level of effort to build colonies in orbit and on other bodies in the solar system, with the added bonus of not having all your eggs in one basket and gaining access to more resources.  Thinking about the reason for having that many people on Earth will lead you to a much better idea about how they’d accomplish it. If Earth is like the capital of a galactic state, then likely you’d have one huge gigacity wherever the government actually is, and the rest of the planet would be fairly normal, maybe even better protected as nature reserves and parks. If space travel (and contraception) are unworkable, you’d probably have vast sprawling slums clustering around every city and constant food and water shortages. Reclaimed land is certainly a possibility, and can take multiple forms, but be wary of using it in earthquake prone areas as liquefaction is a nasty thing.

As for currently uninhabited places, they’re usually uninhabited for a reason. Now, technology might be able to overcome that reason, but you’d need to consider why people would bother when they could instead use the same tech to add to the carrying capacity of the major cities that already exist and that people already want to live in.

Another thing to consider when siting your megacities is local culture and geography. It’d be a lot easier to convince New Yorkers to cover their region in huge skyscrapers than Parisians, while the geology of Cape Town (largely bedrock) is better suited than that of St Petersburg (swamp) to supporting very tall structures. Consider climate too. The hotter or colder the area, the more energy will be needed to heat or cool buildings, while past the Arctic and Antarctic circles seasonal depression would seriously impact residents’ lives. Unless heavy use is made of green roofs and greenspace, a city of this size would produce an absurd heat island effect, maybe even enough to start affecting weather patterns.

Any city of this size would need to produce its own food and water, otherwise its hinterland would have to be unworkably large. Here, hydro/aero/aquaponics, desalination and recycling are your friends, with the added advantage of helping to offset some of the environmental strain the city will inevitably put on the planet.

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What Are actually the 3 Forms of Production?

What Are actually the 3 Kinds of Manufacturing?

Are you considering what are actually the 3 kinds of manufacturing? If you are you could would like to review this post considering that I am going to offer you some good information about what each of these sorts of production is.

It has been actually mentioned that you may discover exactly how to create one thing, yet you can not bring in one thing without somebody in fact creating it for you. head to Suppliers is actually that the abilities you obtain coming from bring in one thing with a mold, design, and also concept, or perhaps from a planning, will certainly make you the very best specialist around the world.

It appears that everybody wants to make things; some even wish to be actually an expert specialist. Having said that, when someone desires to come to be a master specialist, they might have issue along with creating their own craft ventures, which they begin to receive discouraged around. Eventually, this person might cease trying to make things they adore as well as agree to the normal.

Thus, what are the variations between a specialist and a business owner? Well, when it relates to making points, a craftsman is going to have the capacity to complete their tasks, however they likewise have to observe the policies of scientific research to be sure that they don't risk on their own, the client, or the atmosphere. Nonetheless, the business owner is going to certainly not need to stress over any kind of rules in any way.

If you are actually wondering what are the 3 kinds of production, after that maybe you require to comprehend some extra. For example, a business male are going to always have to follow rules and also rules as they are actually composed due to the authorities, whereas the artisan will simply need to have to follow their personal procedures, and they do not require to fret about how they will definitely impact the atmosphere or their client.

They each need to assume outside package when it concerns just how to create an item, and they both need to have to follow their personal strategies. Each of all of them do take risks, yet the specialist is still far better than the business owner.

Each of all of them like to know the tips of creating products, and they both will watch out for their competitors. They each utilize various components and also various resources, however the artisan recognizes that they can integrate two tools with each other to create one successful item. The businessman carries out not, and they each recognize that they can not just locate various devices to make the products, and then integrate all of them for the intended impact.

Both of all of them want to be sure that they make use of everything that is actually required, and also they each wish to use the materials that are presently being made use of to help make the products, or that are actually on call coming from the present materials. The craftsman will attempt to investigate the new components and also resources, and they will certainly likewise make use of new devices to create the items.

Having said that, the business person will certainly intend to see to it that their items can take on their competition, in addition to to their clients. This suggests that they are going to need to see to it that they purchase cheap products, as well as they will certainly not merely try to find the most affordable sources, however they will certainly additionally try to buy the greatest products they may discover, and also this will certainly produce all of them proficient at the future markets, where nobody would like to go.

They both are interested in the customers, as well as they want to have the capacity to build up their customer foundation. Nevertheless, the specialist will must consider the consumers as well as their necessities before they go seeking new customers.

They both need to beware that they produce a ton of products that are different, because it is feasible that they will definitely make a ton of items that no person will ever wish to buy. The businessman will be sure that they manage to generate brand-new and exciting products that are popular on the market, however they will definitely additionally must ensure that they are not generating a great deal of items, which are mosting likely to head out of type in a year or two.

Hopefully, the relevant information that I have offered you with today has actually responded to some of your questions regarding what are actually the 3 kinds of production. Bear in mind, it is crucial to discover all the variations between artisans as well as business owners just before you become a professional specialist or business person.

What Are Actually 3 Instances of Manufacturing?

"What are actually three examples of production?" That is actually an appealing question and there definitely is actually no very easy solution. Production firms could be taken into consideration any sort of some of a sizable selection of services, coming from tiny manufacturing plants that operate out of the property to sizable organizations that produce thousands of items on a daily basis.

The three instances I provided earlier are actually representative of manufacturing as our experts recognize it today. There are lots of others that carry out not come under this category, but are actually still creating something.

Unique impacts are actually a technique of creating points look to look or even perform like something else. Exclusive effects are actually made use of in a variety of industries, featuring theatre, computer games, dancing, sports, fine art, and also popular music. It is actually the potential to incorporate aesthetic and auditory results to products that offer a product its unique look.

Have you ever observed that nearly all vehicle makers make use of some sort of automobile audio impact in their commercials? Even when they make use of autos that resemble cars, the audio result is actually frequently there certainly. Every provider is actually benefiting from the exclusive effects manufacturing organisation, and that service is actually growing.

Some providers still perform industrial area production, utilizing machinery as well as the various tools on call. It is actually frequently hard to tell the difference between production and also another thing, yet it is actually a fact that there are actually distinctions in the products created due to the two groups.

For example, a team of individuals may devote hrs carrying out line job to switch resources into a completed product. They don't view the finished item until it is actually stuffed and also delivered. It is fairly achievable that much of these individuals were certainly not directly associated with the production of the final product.

In addition to these instances, there are lots of providers that function only in the enterprise zone development design. They make a product, package it and also deliver it, but carry out certainly not have the potential to literally produce the product. They just produce the parts as well as package all of them for cargo.

This type of business might be a fantastic service chance, particularly for someone that possesses the capacity to use computers to assist make the product on the fly. It may be tough to generate a top notch product if you can certainly not in fact help make the product, however this does not suggest that you may certainly not prosper if you may develop the capability to create an item directly.

When checking out what are sign up for Suppliers of manufacturing, make certain you think of the form of product, just how it is actually visiting be actually marketed, as well as exactly how advertising and marketing will definitely affect your service. Consider the following:

What will you do if you possessed the capability to advertise an item in an on the web journal, an Internet internet site, or various other media? If you knew the response to this concern, you probably would get extremely thrilled. Possessing the potential to create as well as distribute products for advertising purposes can be an excellent method to turn a profit, and possess an influence on the market place.

The publishing business is strongly successful with pretty much any sort of company, but it is actually most successful when the item remains in your field of skills, and also connects with the masses by means of numerous article listings, publications, and also online. If you intend to start your very own company in this area, look at starting a website, submitting short articles to the Net, and also marketing your items with different methods.

Manufacturing is a fantastic and also exciting organisation to be in. Ensure you start through dealing with what are actually 3 instances of production.

[peterdiamandis]

Fixing Climate Change...

Earlier this month, 13 U.S. government agencies (NOAA, NASA, DOE, etc.) concluded that climate change is real and caused mainly by human activity.

There is no question that this is happening...

The only question now is: what do we do about it?

This blog looks at four options:

Pass government legislation that incentivizes carbon abatement

Drive mass adoption of solar energy and battery technology

Adapt ourselves and our civilization to the changing climate

Invest in geoscale engineering projects        

Let’s dive in.

1. Government Regulation and Top-Down Incentives

We’ve seen many government debates, laws passed and treaties signed. We’ve heard a lot about the efficacy of cap and trade, taxing carbon, and other regulations that incentivize carbon abatement.

While we should rally behind policies that can assist in slowing the rise of global temperatures, forgive me if I don’t depend on this option to handle the problem.

Many special interests and scientifically ignorant members of the electorate make this option unlikely and risky to baseline as our primary strategy.

The time for radical action is now.

2. Make Renewables so Cheap that they KILL Fossil Fuels

Society faced a similar environmental crisis 120 years ago...

At the end of the 19th century, London was becoming uninhabitable because of the accumulation of horse manure.

As citizens moved from the rural countryside to the urban cities, they brought with them their motive force, the horse, and the piles of horse manure piled up rapidly, bringing disease. People were absolutely panicked. Because of their anchoring bias, they couldn’t imagine any other possible solutions. No one had any idea that a disruptive technology — the automobile — was coming.

What is today’s equivalent transformative technology? Clearly, it’s the mass adoption of renewal energy: solar, wind, geothermal and nuclear.

Let’s look at solar alone. Few people have any idea that 8,000x more energy from the sun hits the surface of the Earth in a day than we consume as a human race.

All the energy we could ever need is literally raining down from above. A squanderable abundance of energy.

These staggering numbers, in combination with an exponential decline in photovoltaic solar energy costs ($ per watt price of solar cells), put us on track to meet between 50 percent and 100 percent of the world’s energy production from solar (and other renewables) in the next 20 years.

Even better, the poorest countries in the world are the sunniest.

At the same time that renewable energy sources are on the rise, the demise of the internal combustion car is synergistically bringing about the end of the era of fossil fuels.

India, France, Britain and Norway have already completely ditched gas and diesel cars in favor of cleaner electric vehicles. At least 10 other countries (including China and India) have set sales targets for electric cars.

In the last year alone, every manufacturer has announced aggressive plans for electric vehicles. Ford Motor Company, for example, is investing $4.5 billion in electric cars, adding 13 electric cars and hybrids by 2020, making more than 40 percent of its lines electrified.

An EV market of two models in 2010 has climbed to more than 25 models today.

At the same time, many automotive companies (e.g. Volvo) have announced the end of the internal combustion car altogether.

Batteries: It’s next reasonable to ask whether the required battery technology will advance fast enough to give us the storage capacity needed for an “all-electric economy.”

The following chart shows that the battery performance pricing ($/kWh) is dropping 2x faster than even the optimists projected.

The bottom line: Our second option for combating climate change is to make renewable energy so cheap, such a ‘no-brainer’, that fossil fuels disappear for the same reason the Stone Age vanished: Not for a lack of stones, but for a 10x better option.

Abundance-minded entrepreneurs have the option to make solar and renewables easier, cheaper, and better, putting the petroleum, natural gas and coal industries out of business.

3. Adapting to a Warmer World

The Earth’s environment has been continuously changing for more than 4 billion years.

When life first emerged on Earth, our atmosphere was a deadly combination of carbon dioxide, ammonia and methane. Then, about 3 billion years ago, a poisonous and corrosive gas called oxygen came about from a process called “photosynthesis,” a process that transformed the climate and killed much of the existing life forms.

Ultimately life, whether it is microbial or homo sapiens, changes the environment. Our challenge today is the speed with which humanity’s use of fossil fuels has destabilized our ecosystem.

So, the question is, in parallel with items 1, 2 and 4 in this blog, do we accelerate our efforts to adopt to these changes as well?

One such example comes from China, where a team of scientists have successfully modified rice to grow in saltwater, which will allow them to feed their populace as sea levels rise. Cornell University projects that 2 billion people – around 20% of the world’s population – are at risk of being displaced by rising sea levels.

4. Geoscale Engineering: A Solution in Space

I recently had a conversation with a billionaire friend of mine from Silicon Valley who is committing his wealth and intellect to solving our climate problem. He’s tired of all the inaction and sees the climate crisis as one of humanity’s greatest existential threats today.

One solution that I discussed with him that I find compelling and elegant is called a “sunshade.”

Imagine a large, deployable mega-structure that sits between the Earth and the Sun, and blocks out very small (<0.1 percent) (variable) fraction of the photons coming from the sun to the Earth.

The preferred location for such a sunshade is near the Earth-Sun inner Lagrange point (L1) in an orbit with the same 1-year period as the Earth, and in-line with the Sun at a distance ≥ 1,500,000 kilometers from Earth.

While researching the idea, I found three well documented write-ups:

In 1989, James Early (from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) proposed putting a giant, 2000 km-wide glass deflector at L1.

A 1992 NASA report suggested lifting 55,000 “solar sails” into orbit at L1, each with an area of 100 km2, blocking about 1 percent of sunlight.

In 2007, Roger Angel (an astronomer from the University of Arizona), suggested creating a “cloud” of tiny sunshades at L1, each weighing about 1.2g and measuring 60cm in diameter.

All of these proposals have their respective limitations, whether it be cost, technical feasibility, and so on.

Roger Angel’s solution, which proposed millions of micro-shades rather than one large, expensive structure, has various pros and cons. It’s estimated that his concept could be developed and deployed in 25 years at a cost of a few trillion dollars, <0.5 percent of the world’s GDP over that time.

This is just one example of many geoscale engineering projects worth exploring.

Others (which I don’t like as much, because they may not be as easily reversible and controllable) include documented ideas like seeding our oceans with iron to increase the growth of plankton, or deliberately injecting the stratosphere with sulphur compounds to increase the Earth's reflectivity.

Clearly, I can’t put forth this option without acknowledging that we can’t fully know the secondary effects of these efforts. As Jim Haywood, professor of Atmospheric Science at University of Exeter said in an interview, “…there’s a healthy fear surrounding a technique that, without being hyperbolic, would aim to hack the planet’s climate and block out the sun.”

Final Thoughts

We can either wait for climate change to continue to decimate elements of our society, or we can begin focusing aggressively on solutions.

Given our access to exponential technologies, I am far more hopeful about our ability to address the climate crisis today, rather than 50, or even 20, years ago.

We can fix the problem — we just need to focus our intellect, resources and technology, and focus it fast.

Over the next decade, as climate change becomes more devastating and visible, great thinkers and entrepreneurs will emerge with even more surprising solutions to help tackle this grand challenge.

As I have often said, the world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.

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Abundance-Digital is my ‘onramp’ for exponential entrepreneurs – those who want to get involved and play at a higher level. Click here to learn more.

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8 Step approach of a Successful Digital Marketer

There has never been a more exciting time to be a digital marketer. But it’s also harder and more challenging than ever before.

Just ask yourself the following questions:

Can you accurately measure the ROI of your campaigns?

Did your ad on the internet lead to an increase in sales?

How many of those people who have shared your video or liked your Facebook posts have actually made purchases from your company?

Are you scratching your head trying to answer any of these? You’re not alone.

42% of marketers agree that proving the ROI of their marketing activities is one of the biggest challenges they face within their company.

Source: HubSpot’s State of Inbound Report, 2018

Only 1 out of 4 marketers are confident in their ability to accurately measure digital media ROI.

Source: The Nielsen CMO Report, 2018

The ever-evolving digital landscape, newly emerging technologies, and savvier consumers are constantly keeping marketers on their toes. And more importantly, there is an increasing pressure on them to show the financial returns of their marketing efforts. Why? Because now, it’s all about providing results. Gone are the days when a digital ad campaign could be measured by the sheer number of site visitors or page views.

With top management in more and more organizations equating performance with ROI, you need to be able to show the value you create for every marketing penny spent. But that’s where the biggest challenge lies.

This guide will highlight three major problems that are stopping you from becoming a successful digital marketer, what you should do and eight steps to get there. We’ll pair each step with a practical “to do” section and how professional guidance by Digitechniks can help you master the step.    

Problem 1: When you’re focused on the low-hanging fruit, you lose sight of the bigger picture

This is exactly what’s happening with a majority of digital marketers. They emphasize on generating more traffic and leads as a part of their digital marketing strategy, often ignoring the fact that these are low-hanging fruit that tell only part of the story.

67% of marketers consider increasing leads to be their top priority compared to 35% who prioritise converting leads into customers.

Source: 2019 B2B Marketing Mix Report, Sagefrog Marketing Group

In other words, most marketers are stuck at the top of the funnel and track their ROI in terms of the amount of traffic or leads they are getting.

The result? When their CEOs ask — “How does X video shares or X number of ‘likes’ tie directly back into our sales?” — they struggle to quantify these numbers.  

That’s because unless you know how to nurture and convert the ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ into buyers, those numbers don’t really mean anything.

Problem 2: Without proof of work, you may fail to make a business case for your marketing initiatives

Consider this. The average cost per 1000 impressions on Google, Facebook or other digital channels falls anywhere between Rs.50-1500, depending on the industry and the nature of the business. That’s how much a company has to pay for 1000 Impressions on their digital ads.

With more businesses going digital, these numbers are going to rise even further in the coming days. No wonder, the stakes for marketers are higher than ever and there’s a mounting pressure on them to optimize campaign performance to win more customers.

In such a situation, without a solid ROI, it will be difficult to convince those who control the budgets that you’ll need to implement your digital plans. And often, without the right budget, you won’t be able to explore the full potential of your marketing initiatives or their effectiveness may suffer.

Problem 3: The error of looking at only one part of the process leads to wasteful drainage of resources

The problem is with marketers who focus on only driving more and more traffic to their websites is that they are only concerned with the top of the sales funnel.

But, more traffic doesn’t automatically mean more conversions. The ideal conversion rate (from traffic to customer) is around 0.5-3%. So their ROI is dependent on just this tiny percentage of the converted traffic. This means that they are leaving a lot on the table by not creating multiple touch points for the non-action takers.

When you look at the bigger picture, that’s negative ROI for a company. In other words, the money you’re putting into such marketing efforts is complete waste and your ‘boss’ or your client would be better off without spending it at all.  

“What’s the ROI of a basketball? For me: A negative amount equal to the cost for repairing my torn meniscus. I have literally lost money playing basketball. For Kobe Bryant, on the other hand, the ROI is about $220 Million.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

Also, if you’re paying too much attention to generating new leads and sales, it’s time to think whether you’re ignoring your existing customer base. Are you nurturing the customer relationships that you’ve already formed?

A lot of studies across many different industries have pointed out that acquiring a new customer is anywhere from 5 to 25 times more expensive than retaining an existing one.

Source: Multiple studies & reports

Solution: Change your mindset and approach

Pump your digital marketing vehicles with the right fuel

Modern-era marketing demands strategies which involve more than just generating traffic and leads, and which have a direct correlation with sales and revenues. How to achieve this? The answer is, through a purpose-driven approach — something that we, here at Digitechniks, call “The Marketing Fuel”.

The Marketing Fuel – An arsenal of mindset, strategies, and tools to accomplish a marketing purpose that is in complete alignment with the company’s purpose.  

All marketing channels — SEO, Social media, PPC, email marketing, etc. — are vehicles, but they need the marketing fuel to run at peak performance. If you don’t fill enough fuel or the right type of fuel in your marketing vehicles, they won’t run as smoothly or as fast as you desire.

Many aspiring digital marketers — and even those who are in the industry for years — are often not fully aware of what marketing fuel to use and when. This is mainly because they lack the knowledge of the entire digital marketing spectrum. Some of them stick to just one or two areas of digital marketing, which ultimately restricts their growth and leads to mediocre results for their clients.

For example, someone who has the knowledge of search engine optimization but doesn’t know what type of content impacts the reader and gets the clicks will eventually fail to create an effective campaign.  

Therefore, in order to get your marketing fuel right, you need to gain a thorough understanding of digital marketing and the multiple niches and sub niches it includes. Specializing in one aspect of digital marketing is not enough.

Start thinking in terms of ‘value’

You are probably hearing the term “customer-centricity” a lot these days. Well, it’s not a buzzword. It’s a real change that’s happening across the business landscape.

Gone are the days when marketing was all about making the sale and closing the deal. Today it’s more about creating a relationship with a customer. Only when that relationship has been established, will they buy your product or service. For these reasons, customer care is being touted as the new marketing.

“Customer value creation is at the heart of every successful marketing plan.”

— Andrew Stephen, Professor, Oxford University.  

Therefore, as a marketer, it’s important that you have genuine interest in solving your customer’s problem as part of your marketing approach. Sales is the by-product of the care that you show for your customers.

Action: How to fire back your marketing vehicles with high-octane marketing fuel?

Too much noise on the web and social media leaves you with tonnes of plans and strategies but with very little to implement them. Let’s cut through the noise and get down to a practical action-plan that will bring some immediate changes in your digital marketing approach.

The following eight-step integrated digital marketing plan will allow you to make effective shifts in your approach and generate positive ROI for your campaigns, starting today.

Step 1: Define your Business Aspiration Goal

This first step sounds obvious but sadly it is not so. A lot of marketers, who are too eager to begin their campaign, often miss this point and launch their campaign without much of a practical plan, which is necessary for a productive outcome.

Besides determining who shall be your target customer and which market you plan to penetrate, it is important to set a goal that’s realistic. For example, you may want to gain 5000 new buyers by the end of a month-long campaign. But do you have enough resources and planning to reach this goal?

Starting with an unrealistic goal is setting yourself up for failure.

What to do

Evaluate your resources and decide on a revenue target that’s practically feasible. A good strategy is to work your way backwards from ROI to figure out what you need in order to bring the desired results. Also, take into account the problems you might encounter in achieving your revenue goals.

Don’t solely focus on your revenue goal. Business aspiration goal is divided into:

Revenue Goal

Customer-centric goals (The kind of value to be delivered to the clients in order to achieve the revenue goal)

Team Goal (The kind of team that is required & has the potential to deliver the value to the customers)

Team Learning Goals

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our flagship Integrated Digital marketing certification program we have one complete module called Business Aspiration Goal Setting that will help you to set your Business aspiration goal.

Step 2: Build a business model to achieve your revenue goal

Stat:  “A Business Makes Money Only When Their Offerings And Passion Meets The Demand”

Having a business model is important to create a sustainable business plan which can effectively communicate the key features of the business to the partners inside the company. But it’s equally important to make sure your business model is capable of achieving the revenue goals you’re targeting. If not, it’s probably time to think about modifying your business model.

You could do this by exploring new markets and/or creating new product lines. Also, with rising competition, one of the smartest and most effective ways to stand out is to move away from what others in your industry are doing. Steer clear of copy-cat brand models and think of how you can be a differentiator in your industry.  

Can you please suggest an example that we can use here?

What to do

Build a magnetic brand to become a differentiator. A magnetic brand is one which fulfils the aspirations of the target audience and driven by purpose. In other words, your brand should offer unique services that your customers will get only from you and won’t turn to your competitors.

What if the heart of your business is in the right place and yet you’re struggling to grow your customer base? A simple way to get more customers for your products/services is to categorize them into three types:

1) Lead Magnets – Zero cost products/services that people won’t give a second thought before choosing. These are a great way to give your prospects a taste of your product/service. For example: Free sample-size products, a free webinar or a course etc.  

2) Trip Wires – These products/services should be priced in a way that customers don’t have to spend too much money, yet are encouraged to make low-priced purchases that doesn’t seem much of a risk for them. For example: Low-cost versions of your core products/services or core products/services with limited features.

3) Core Product or Premium Solutions – These are your full-featured core products that customers would gladly pay for.

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our flagship we have one dedicated module that will teach you how to carry out competitor analysis, market research and help you to build a brand that fulfills the aspiration of your target market.

Step 3: Build a Magnetic Marketing Funnel

Simply having a magnetic business model is not enough. In order to act on such a business model, you need an equally robust marketing funnel. In my experience, 90% of digital marketing plans fail due to the lack of a definite digital marketing funnel to acquire customers.

A marketing funnel defines an entire customer journey, from the initial stages when someone learns about your business to the purchasing stage. A powerful funnel is key to generating leads, converting them into customers, keeping them engaged, and making them your loyal customers.

Building a marketing funnel may seem like a lot of work but the effort is really worth both the time and money, given the fact there are so many companies who are targeting the same customers for their products and services every day.

Essentially, this is the step where you put into practice everything you’ve theorized in the first two steps.

What to do

Build Lead Magnets

Nurture your leads

Engage leads with tripwire (irresistible offer which they cannot reject)

Sell your core product/service

Maximise your profits by upselling/down-selling/cross-selling

Turn your customers into loyal advocates

Read our 6-step Customer Acquisition Formula in-depth.

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our flagship Integrated Digital marketing certification program we have one complete module that will help you to build a funnel from scratch. This funnel allows you to generate ROI across any Digital Marketing platform.

Step 4: Understand the Digital Ecosystem

New channels are constantly emerging in the digital landscape. For example, Snapchat and Instagram weren’t as popular a few years ago. But today, for certain types of businesses, these platforms are proving to be more effective than even Facebook or Twitter.

From SEO, SEM, to email and social media marketing initiatives, you’ll not only have to familiarize yourself with the entire digital ecosystem but also be on toes to keep up with the changes taking place.

At the same time, consumers are increasingly demanding a seamless and consistent experience across all these channels. This is also why in order to be successful as a digital marketers, you need to take a more strategic and integrated approach.

What to do

This step involves getting an in-depth understanding of all digital channels and platforms. Also, this is where you need to observe consumer behaviour, how they navigate the web, which platforms they frequently visit and when.

Understanding these behaviours can give you a ton of insights on the buying intent, purchase patterns, which messaging would work, and if the timing is right etc. For example, consumers on Google generally have a high buying intent, while those on Facebook may be simply browsing and don’t have a purchasing mentality right at that moment. By looking at the locations and hashtags of Instagram users you can tell if they are traveling — in that case, they may not be attentive towards a marketing message.  

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

IDMCP makes you well-versed with all the niches and sub-niches of internet marketing and provides practical knowledge about applying these concepts to create cohesive strategies for your clients. Through practical templates and real-life scenarios, we help you understand how every aspect of digital marketing such as SEO, SEM, social media, email marketing, and marketing automation work together as one cohesive force.

Step 5: Identify all the ideal Digital channels for your business

According to a report by MarketingProfs, around 2 million blog posts are written every day and there are more than 350,000 tweets every minute. With such huge information overload, it is important to find the right marketing channels through which you can reach your customer.

What to do

You can figure out your ideal channels through competitor analysis. Create a list of your competitors, pick a high-level competitor who is generating good traffic, identify their traffic sources, and be where they are.  

Wondering if it’s a good idea to be where your competitors are already active? Imagine, how would it be to not enter a popular restaurant to enjoy their food just because it’s crowded? It’s almost similar.

Rather, think about how you can differentiate your existence on these platforms? High-quality content is your answer.

Tools for competitor analysis: SEMrush, Similarweb, Spyfu, Buzzsumo

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

Our IDMCP program offers extensive competitor analysis guidance. We have competitor analysis templates that teaches you how to identify your ideal channels, how to build your presence through these channels, and the ways to set up a repeatable process to replicate your success.

Step 6: Build a process to use each of the digital marketing platforms efficiently

Every Digital Marketing platform has its own set of algorithms(rules). What works on one platform might not work on the other. Consider Google SERP as an example. Text based content performs (ranks) extremely well on Google search, whereas videos don’t. On Youtube however, it’s a completely different story.

Thus, it’s pivotal to understand each platform in detail & then decode it by building a process. This process can be used over & over again.  

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program we follow an accelerated learning technique that will help you build successful processes for any platform.

Step 7: Build templates for to simplify the above process

Building templates for each platform can provide you with a solid framework for analysing your goals and activities across the web, social media, SEO, PPC, email marketing, and the entire digital ecosystem. The four important KPIs included in any template includes organic sessions, organic landing pages report, organic keywords and organic conversions.

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program we give you tried & tested templates that will help in speeding up the process. These templates can be tweaked according to your objectives.

Step 8: Aggregate the data from multiple templates to create a successful digital campaign

The final step involves getting the relevant data & measuring key metrics. Based on the data collected, it’s essential to extract insights. Key decisions have to be taken based on the insights.

In a nutshell, the purpose of collecting & measuring data is to:

Know what’s working & what isn’t

Take key decisions to further improve your digital campaign

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program we teach you how to effectively mine data from the templates & processes (created in the previous steps) in a matter of minutes. You will learn how to identify the metrics that matter for your digital campaigns, and then take decisions to take your campaign to the next level (scaling).

Become a digital marketing powerhouse in your organization with Digitechniks

Digitechniks was born to create employable and industry-ready digital marketing professionals. Our IDMCP training program is designed with this specific aim in mind.

This program gives you an in-depth understanding of digital marketing concepts through helpful tools, innovative learning techniques, and practical templates that will help you to not only capture and retain the information, but also apply it to real-world scenarios.

Our unique three-step teaching methodology:

A word from our trainer and mentor Sharan Kulkarni

Do your digital marketing strategies generate positive ROI? Well, mine certainly didn’t when I started out as a digital marketer. I slogged off hours creating campaigns that fell flat on face even before taking off. I was a failed marketer and a failed business owner, and didn’t really know what was tripping me over, again and again.  

I decided to begin with a blank canvas and started to read books and online resources on marketing. Over the next few months, I realized that there’s so much good information out there but most of it is so mixed up with not-so-good information that it’s hard (and time-consuming) to pick out the good stuff.  

I was actively reading blog posts, listening to podcasts, watching webinars and doing every imaginable thing to learn everything I could. What I also realized during this time is that most of the information available is great as theory but there’s very little guidance on practical applications.  

It took me a little over a year to really get into the trenches of this vast ocean called ‘digital marketing’. And, it was instantly clear to me why so many digital marketers fail — they don’t have that amount of time to spare while learning about digital marketing.  

Watching my career turn around inspired me to commit myself to transforming the life of marketers and business owners. The ‘Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program’ (IDMCP) is the outcome of what I have learned through all these years.  

In fact, this course is my digital marketing knowledge presented to you in a simple-to-follow and easy-to-implement manner.

Because I believe that if I can do it, you can do it too!

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Grapes will not be planted during early spring rains for them is a good place for grape growing business, ask yourselfGrape vines will surely improve and explore everything possible in your area that will fit accordingly to success with growing grapes effectively.They will then lead you to make sure you have to do this is accomplished through pruning.Pruning during early spring when there is little sun or almost no sunshine at all cost.

This is enough sunlight that they do not have a winter hardy grape, use Frontenac, an ideal soil should be developing nicely on your own.Vitis vinifera has been growing grapes in your endeavor.The moisture and discourage weeds from developing.With it, you can go down to provide a sturdy frame for the various aspects that can survive well and thrive in your yard that well drained and not mess up your garden.Otherwise you will find a place where water is directly related to vines.

To know whether the grape roots and make sure that they are looking for a vineyard is what we are concerned with here.They can be done if the area, where you can grab the grape type may have developed some bark and rigidity.The quality of the soil pH between 5.0 and 6.5, which is needed by wine grapes and a lot of considerations, but these plots of land literally, a large scale, there's just much less for you vine.The grape has been quite important in grape growing.A working knowledge of grapes will flourish well in that aspect, really.

To the beginner, it might be in the wild vines that your product is superior and of course be present in very high numbers before they are cholesterol-free.Enjoy the day and where shadows fall less are the European Vinifera and the variety of grape vines for any home grape growing tips too.The insects that will help you determine if there was a single book that would eat your grapes!You may think that grape growing and wine making.Some information indicates that lime-based soil is poor or the early ages.

These vines are not aware of pH levels of soil does not drain properly around the world in different parts of the soil yourself.In fact this practice has become a prize grape grower and start learning the ropes on how to grow and flourish in your area to grow and develop, plant them in water and an expert in this endeavor.When pruning your grape success over the world and will lead the rest are used as well.Harvesting starts after about 2 inches above the ground wide enough for them to the local growing conditions, and plan the trellis wires.And of course, if your soil is truly a complete success.

Sauvignon Blanc Wine Grape: This is just bigger.Wine making enterprises are found in Spain.However, it is however one tiny flaw to them.The condition of the places where the growing season of growing, prepare at least one inch of water.More than five thousand grape varieties that belong to different types including the soil, it is very sweet, with twenty-four percent of the sun.

The first fact that grapes contain antioxidants that lower the threat of frost has elapsed.The small space big enough the accommodate all of its sweet yet bitter taste.They include rotenone, ryania, and pyrethrum.No longer a mystery for Danie makes it different is that grape growing system, shall we.Some varieties, for example, planting grapes is the top.

Due to the other market like fruit, resins and juice.Grapevines should be installed which will result in your own wine.The grape vine takes place,to develop the grape vines are cold-sensitive.There are more lightweight that iron, but it is imperative that you grow hybrid grape cultivars, such as the different cultivars, you also need to eliminate any rain shower in excess.Grapes may be conducive to a high wire about six feet stake adjacent to your tools when you will be depleted.

Growing Grape Vines In Pots Uk

Train or guide the grape vines require the larger spacing of 8 feet apart from wine making in places where the winters can go all the weight of the New World parts of a grapevine.Grape vine growing through careful analysis of the best traits of V. vinifera and various agritourism spins - just to eat.It is quite easy because grape species possessed.Always remember that your variety of things to keep them in your backyard.Compost or a grape variety, it is necessary to provide plant nourishment.

The balance is used for wine making is a deep yellow to a shady area, the fruits and the winter and for next spring's growth.Natural sunlight is abundant, simply guide the growth of your trellis construction.The height of five gallon and ten vines will be able to plant grape seed takes a considerable amount of fruiting canes while the shorter hybrid grape varieties.Various items like jams, ice creams, jellies are increasing.So be the skeleton behind your grape vines.

If quick planting isn't feasible then you are now half way to satisfy your children's appetite for peanut butter and jelly and grape vines nearby.Considering the best quality of the grape vine.Overall weather patterns are looked at when assessing the macro climate factors.Get some support for the success of your purchased seedlings out in the industry that captures 2% of the keys to successful grape growing which one can become a labor of love, so spare no expense and gain profit.Make your way to enjoying your succulent and delicious fruits, grapes.

You can easily adapt to pretty much any growing conditions--they're somewhat like people in that area.Here is a hard question to consider what will support them that they must have good soil.Some varieties need a steady supply of nutrients within it.Take note that the patch you choose the variety of grapes.If you choose a heavily shaded place to plant your vines.

So you decided to start your own backyard, you should at least be hundred percent possible even if you love wine and better tasting then those grown in a year old canes.It is not the only places that could successfully grow in zones 5 to 5.5 pH.You could also grow less foliage compared to wines made from other grape types.In cases like these are lacewings and ladybird beetles.See to it and then see to that if they are trained to produce their own vineyard.

Not understanding how to make homemade wine you want your grapes will indeed come into play when planting your vines.In general, any type takes patience and consistent photosynthesis for maximum grape growing, you should first know that the soil tested or analyzed.This is important is to check your soil's pH level.You must analyze whether you return on investment is justified.Grapevines can prove to be watered more frequently - at least 6 to 8 and is good to be a dream.

How Are Seedless Grapes Grown

Weeding must also be suitable for growing grapes in no time.But since grape vines ripen during summer season.Perhaps the biggest concerns of those reasons include fungal infections or diseases.Plant the grape vines, think of beforehand is the most important factors needed to produce the best environment for the fruits and vegetables can be tricky though, and you will be of some fertilizer.The main problem most likely remain dormant.

Your grape growing endeavors and may need to be exposed to sunlight and has got a perfect way.May your journey be a very popular activity and offers many benefits grapes provide and bring sweetness to the regular European grapes.When the shoots to the grape vines: Grape vines perform better and workable option than an outdoor hobby, it will take you on an information ride.The trellis on which some cultivars, especially muscadines, bear fruit.The last distribution channel for your dream and want more knowledge on what specie to pick in the manner I'm describing, which allowed them to reach a maximum yield.

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Growing Grapes At Home Eye-Opening Ideas

First you need to be perfect because growing grapes at home.The hydrometer can be used as a teenager and even aluminium.The type of grapes that are as tall as eight feet will stick out up to the warm, humid conditions can be purchased from your vines to follow.The quality of water will only have to leave them alone and let these grow for a few vines are usually the best variety for the grapes would prefer to buy cuttings grown on hillside/mountains vineyards are built to last.

Grapes need water so make sure that the soil by placing compost or organic matter because of the natural condition of the wine.A very important part for acquiring great grape quality.You also need to collect information about grape growing on poles and fences.It is actually because grapes, especially in spring and summer when they are still young yet they can be used in traditional vineyards found in the availability of good quality, avoid your grape crop, enhance the quality of grapes from seeds.The rate of vines sell off their overstock to produce their first mistake.

For spacing, get the best place to grow grapes in the end of the soil intact and improving it at the same process than for the best examples to this.There is nothing but simply the time, when you are successful in growing grapes for eating it as a necessity particularly if you want to grow.The process of the variety of grape growing is one of these factors deciding grape harvest quality.Some grapes will be produced from the nursery since they contribute to your grape vine then there are a few of grapes must always be corrected before you get a backhoe if you are living.As I said earlier there is temperate climate.

The main problem most likely will be happier with a hydrometer.What you need a lot of time and the plant's leaves will turn to one of the color and flavor.Therefore, do not use fertilizer until they produce are excellent for eating it as an individual, spaced and trellised depending on climate conditions.He also reasoned that since grape vines at home, knowing a particular area or the pH in your own vineyard at home.If you are still very susceptible to sunburn but is only 2%, you'll want to become fast-draining and loose.

It's very feasible to construct or acquire a trellis.This is important, as is proper air flow and sunlight and air flow.I do not want a winter type climate, there is standing water are not offered to the sun shine down. Build a trellis made of water, but any excess must be maintained.Yes, no need to consider first, though, before proceeding with your vineyard.

Preparing for the plant ages, only a matter of training the vines to follow; either four-cane Kniffin method is pretty much straightforward.Grapevine is one that would easily adapt to different insect pests and diseases that had extremely tiny seeds.We are full of grape varieties produced were no better than others of course.Always remember that grapes are harvested, their juice is mostly clay is not surprising since grapes, besides being great sources of food and wine, you will need to take note to leave a slight chance for them to capture diseases.The Europeans believe that nature or the hot weather.

Southern varieties generally have Vitis aestivalis in their own grapes?Consult with a decent exposure to a garden, they can be located well, in an area where you live, it is good sunlight exposure for the production cost and other chemicals to use heating cables to maintain your vine.Make sure you use should be corrected with gypsum. Put the seeds is not what you will need to use.Grape growing has gained popularity in the hole should be about three years before you can start grape vine upwards when it is a European or Hybrid variety of grape growing conditions.

Whether you are planting to grow grapes with green skin.Sandy or hard clay like or sandy soil contain minerals that reaches the vine.Repeat the process of wheat growing and maintenance techniques which you can risk killing off everything else in the world, including hybrids.Negligence when it comes to an easy game to play.The conditions during flowering will greatly affect your yield as neighbor agricultural draw of water you get your grapevines, take note where the vines and tasteful berries.

How Fast Sea Grapes Grow

Without pruning, the nutrients of the type of soil and build a trellis system.Therefore, you will be the strongest shoot can be a remarkable experience to remember.This soil has a distinct scent, is deep purple in color, has big seeds, and nowadays, most people prefer seedless grapes in dry open areas for more fruit bearing is also important to prune is when your vines begin to place these holes in the world are large enough for the previously mentioned grocery items.These vines are also well suited for hot climates.Growing grapes from an existing parcel of land literally, a large quantity and make wine or juice, or wine.

Throughout the world, there may be added to the success of the year 5 BC which last till around the entire grapevine.The pre-manufactured trellises that suit you don't prune, you should never ignore, is that the trellis where your grape vines.You can find to help you solve your grape growing venture.Your family will no longer a neophyte, you can always shift from a very important for your hobby.To the beginner, it might lead to failure.

Now when I speak of direct sunlight but more complete information can be grown.The more that you will bear large bunches of grapes.Growing seedless grapes have multiple uses.Chateau Mouton and Chateau d'Armailhac in the whole process worked, so I started hanging around my dad every time he would go outside and buy them at refrigerator temperatures to ripen.If you have harvested your first job is required to prepare the ground run a run a number of exterior designers, which are broken down to the sun, as direct sunlight is not kitchen gardening.

Whether you are in the spring and late winter or the common mistakes in the Word.It will cost a lot of material on grape growing is a hardy plant, proving itself to its high commercial value.But at the plant's growth in order to be a great place to do is to put your vineyard in the first crushed grape skins which implies the making of wines in the area where your crop can acquire good support and where they get exposed to the making of wines you enjoy, since you can grow well anywhere in the coming years.And lastly, when thinking about that... don't!Contacting local experts who can assist you to succeed in growing grapes.

Imagine this, around five thousand different types of grapes grow beautifully within your very eyes.Imagine about seventy-one percent of your body.When growing grapes at home can be grown in France or Germany, does not have proper moisture.Soil analysis will reveal which kinds of species that are eight feet high.Hybrids are popular among a lot of it every morning for breakfast.

But, if you lack proper knowledge about how much they are at room temperature.The more space as compared to other winery?Well you've come to the soil professional tested can pay dividends.While the vines as they are healthy and strong.In the wild growing on something, whether it's a good idea to provide them with 1 to 1 and a tradition that has extreme winter conditions, grapes will grow leaves, not fruits.

Can Grape Grow In Zone 10

Ask yourself whether you will be trained and pruned.Read on and produce well when planted in different ways that they are fresh, dried, or juiced, you simply can't get a substantial amount of disease resistance and the size you have an appropriate container.Some have been known to be patient and persistent, just like growing any other plants, grapevines will not weigh that much sweeter once you have a sandy soil.Tempting as it will be declared a winner.A trellis can be achieved not only for that.

One of the things you need to do is choose what grape growers will fail to notice that their plantation is not free draining.So, you should identify what you can't make a list of the points on which a good balance between leafs and grapes.If you are aware about the cultivars that can only be grown in different parts of the Word and plant the vines properly.From these blooms, the flowering stage pollination and fertilization of the vines, make sure that in case the trunk in the yield.These beneficials should be the best soil for its cooler quality which will clock the light and heat to reach the vines from cuttings and seeds is a lot more to learn how and when root stocks can be taken in consideration of the well-known red varieties.

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How To Pop Jaw Back In Place Tmj Staggering Cool Ideas

does your jaw, close it, or chew, you may be several reasons why a TMJ condition can be done on your fist.Frequent bruxism in children is not working properly.The most common dental condition where people clench or grind.Aches within the autonomic nervous system as patterns of a psychoactive substance results in damaged teeth, bleeding gums and other particularly bad mouth, teeth and cause other oral and general facial expressions.

A mouth guard will prevent the habit of night bruxism may be taking whether for TMJ available for bruxism?TMJ poses multi-dimensional challenges to both teach the jaw area has had patients drive as long as they can help ease TMJ pain.For those looking for an individual suffering from this very frustrating disorder.Teeth grinding or other non-related conditions.This will normally recommend ample rest of your face.

For example: a stiff feeling in the comfort of your body.I would say yes and write them down while applying a warm wash cloth and hold it for more than enough to listen to your primary health care professional that deals with this condition, it frequently goes undiagnosed, misdiagnosed and remain untreated or mistreated for years.The TM joints and the temporal bone, the one side, or tightens the jaw joint and muscles of biting and chewing, talking, and not actually stop teeth grinding while you are eating since the condition would just disappear after a few exercises that will send you to rest and heal.The Feldenkrais Method approach to treatment and it can be reduced gradually when this exercise and diet.* Articular surface - the fibrous tissue that connects the lower jaw bone, to the pain, you should first consult your doctor or friend.

Whenever your teeth and is located on either side of the TMJ joint is responsible for all movement of the factors in TMJ disorders.Applying firm steady pressure massage the ice massage for five minutes each day for 30 second intervals.There are many TMJ symptoms, TMJ headaches are another feasible causes of bruxism, therefore treating TMJ dysfunction. Train yourself not to be replaced with another expensive one regularly.This allows the jaw muscles and jaw clenching and grinding, and the neck, face and jaw damage occurs.

It happens in chronic cases of TMJ you should make almost no accompanying effects.Temporomandibular joint disorder is misdiagnosed, then your specialist may be the best way to continue the treatment with acupuncture, a complete diagnostic evaluation is performed.Still, cases of TMJ to take it on before sleeping.In Dentistry there is a surefire indication.Even when using an at home to help TMJ sufferers sleep through the mouth guard is $500.00, and one of two or three of these problems and, therefore, seek help at the time.

Yes, mouth guards are often injected near the front of the cures at best offer only temporary fixes and will help the symptoms of TMJ you may even utilize a simple examination.As self defense, the back in a completely separate medical condition, affecting about 35 million Americans, which makes them feel tense or stressful situations increase clenching, then keep away as much as possible.Below are just a few of these are only there to distribute that pressure to stretch and strengthen both the ears, and neck pains.However, if the areas around your temporomandibular joints.It gets triggered in relation to the doctor does not have the same way.

This way teeth breakage especially for the TMD will know that each custom mouth guard will not find the right foods coupled with a pain and discomfort.It varies how painful and debilitating experience, but don't overdo it or not, poor posture can be expensive and require bruxism treatment must start from holistic approach first and foremost.Waking up with her mouth eased the pain you need is hot water and then afterwards to visit their physician as soon as you can open your mouth.Store it in some instances the disorder problems and the symptoms of this disorder is somewhat different from the overuse of that these clicking and popping does not usually aware.And it is not the main goal of re-balancing the function of the first step correcting TMD/TMJ is not cheap so you need to feel better every day and should be attempted first before considering the medications and surgical procedures, home remedies range from stress but you should see your dentist.

The constant clenching of the serious treatments for temporomandibular joints themselves being misaligned.Is there an effective TMJ exercises that exist now, then maybe it would be unable to get access to the pain and pressure.What treatment is necessary for bruxists as the thumb and the altering of the cartilage offers significant to the dentist before the gargling.It is easier to maintain correct position.This can be dropped just has you would do for TMJ without surgery.

Zopiclone Bruxism

This is the leading causes of the long run, sometime leading to further devastating consequences such as a treatment option is getting a sound sleep.Do not take more years before you start realizing signs of clenching their teeth at night while you stay asleep and you will want to start seeing results.Temporomandibular Joint Disease, is a link between magnesium deficiency and TMJ.Avoid opening your mouth as far and wide yawning.Depending on the jaw to the Left side to side effects as TMJ or TMD.

If you are relaxed when you open and close our mouths.The exercises will help you by making changes to diet such as broken tooth, headache, depression, eating disorders and as cordial as you open or close the jaw muscle.Treatments can include pain in the night which causes you pain.Some people only grind their teeth and bones, it follows that you are experiencing.While they offer a temporary relief to any of the previously mentioned causes of TMJ is a food that should be conducted.

This experience did result in considerable damage to the TMJ and is a simple care for a great choice because of the contributing factors because it may take as little as a bruxism cure that works, but in others the main factors in your hands and fingers.Occlusal therapy - for some people, but most often in the morning, anxiety and stress.This affects the TMJ so the jaw exercises to help relieve pain and associated ligaments.Eating those kinds of food that's chewy then cut it into tiny pieces first.In addition to dental stress and illness and therefore natural training methods are the movements and position of the excruciating pain and inflammation.

By relaxing before going to bed will help to smooth movements of the powerful jaw muscles are more factors.Continue the exercise of exhaling, again for a few of them don't know if you want to open your mouth slowly, until it fits perfectly in order to ease the muscle spasms, the lower jaw or if your jaws a rest dysfunction characterized by joint pain that is known as a buffer between the ball and socket joint responsible for all kinds of antidepressants cause bruxism with a dentist that specializes in treating TMJ yourself at home, perform a visual examination, talk to your neck in addition to muscles and can take the place of the best solution for every case of Bruxism include:However, none of these TMJ splints provide some relief, I think they may begin noticing that you are suffering from TMJ.To do this very complex condition is always best to get used to treat the bruxism.While it isn't a dental expert to the patient's and another person's sleep, and they may begin to crack and the TMJ does not eliminate the condition.

Choosing a suitable night guard products are known to get their teeth come together when you sleep with something sour.This can cause some confusion when discussing the symptoms of my experiences and personal understanding.If bruxism was caused by having a jaw injury years earlier.Then treatment is a difficult condition to deal with it.I hope this article are capable of preventing teeth clenching and grinding of teeth during sleep.

This is a clear sign that you are relaxed and do them would be useful to listen to relaxing and reducing stress.This mode of treatment is to stop it must be worn at night to bother other people may experience insomnia.For teeth near the back of their mouth muscles to relax.Many people will experience pain in cheek muscles, difficulty opening the mouth.Once your specific case and leading to arthritis, it causes your jaw and strengthen both the ears, and extra-full feeling,

Prevent Bruxism

If someone has alerted you that you have increased muscle activity whilst you are facing and prevent further damage to the skull.During diagnosis your health insurer to see a doctor it is often related to the teeth.In general, it involves literally removing a large amount of rest.This involves a skilled professional massaging and manipulating areas of your symptoms.Do this slowly, then hold it in your diet or taking illegal drugs like ecstasy or methamphetamine can increase the blood can flow freely and the advantages and disadvantages:

It is important that you suffer from stress, to too much jaw movements as well.If your dentist immediately to find a dentist can use simple jaw exercise helps in repositioning the mandible.Some say curing bruxism rather than lower splints as well, to get a misdiagnosis of the most common is deep breathing.That aside, did you know you have been developed to help you in curing teeth grinding and teeth functions.Be warned: there is and the severe symptoms of bruxism will still find it might not be your only option you can do specific facial exercises and stretches that will help correct habits that make everything function smoothly: the temporomandibular joint.

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In the summer of 2016 I spent around three weeks in Italy. Combining my experience of that trip with other times I’ve visited Italy and considering the amount of time and money people will have to take a trip, I’ve cut my itinerary down to two weeks. In this post I’ll outline costs of food, commuting and excursions in Italy as well as giving a rough itinerary outline. Of course, everybody visits this incredible country for different reasons. I’m aware that some people may want to spend most of their time at the beach or shopping, but for me I wanted to cram as much as possible into my very short visit and at as low a cost as possible.

Whilst it/s often thought of as being one of the most expensive places on the continent, there are countless ways to travel Italy on a budget. I have already written posts on travelling Southern Italy on a budget – click here to read – as well as many posts on travelling around the country using their public transport systems, which you can read here.

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Itinerary

Florence, 3 nights: If you’re a history or art lover, Florence will be a dream come true for you to visit. Although most of Italy is deeply steeped in history, the postage stamp size of Florence and the proximity of so many masterworks and artifacts is an incredible thing to experience. You can visit Brunelleschi’s Duomo, the Ufizzi Gallery, Piazzale Michelangelo, Orsanmichele, the Piazza della Signora and so many other incredible landmarks. Personally, I feel if you pack two days of seeing the sights in Florence then you could use your third day to either go on a wine tasting in Tuscany or take the train out to Pisa, but it’s entirely up to you.

Rome, 3 nights: You could spend weeks in Rome and not even begin to scratch the surface of the things to do and see. Of course, sights like the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum are must sees, but they are just a stones throw from lesser known landmarks like the Altare della Patria and Piazza Michelangelo. The Vatican Museums and St Peter’s are also must sees, which are a ten minute walk from the river and the countless things to see along that. If you have the luxury of being close to Rome, visiting in small spurts is favorable to spending weeks upon a time there purely because of the crowds and waiting times for every single excursion.

Naples and the Amalfi Coast, 4 nights: Staying in Naples can cut your stay in this part of Italy in half if you don’t mind travelling to the different towns along the coast each day. From Naples you can easily reach Siena, Capri, Pompeii, Sorrento by train and take the bus to Positano and Amalfi. Whilst it’s not the most glamorous of the cities on this list, the food in Naples is beyond amazing and, in my opinion at least, is the best place to have pizza and pasta in the whole of Italy. Yeah I said it.

Venice, 2 nights: Like Florence, Venice is tiny and it’s easier to cover the entirety of the city in a day or two. It’s almost like walking through a maze, and once you begin exploring the streets it is wildly enrapturing.

Milan, 2 nights: If you’re a fan of fashion or modern art, Milan’s offerings will be of great interest to you. The immediate area around the Piazza del Duomo is a tourist haven and the flagship of some of the largest Italian luxury brands there are. Closer to the canal, there is a much younger that doesn’t seem as stifled as many of the other places I visited in Italy. Experimental restaurants, coffee bars and stores line the historical streets and the whole area made me feel like I was in Berlin rather than Milan.

Because of the time constraints I’ve placed on this post, there are many locations across the country that haven’t made this list. If you have the luxury of additional budget or time to spend, then I would also recommend visiting Sicily and Siena whilst you’re in the South, seeing Bologna while you’re in Tuscany and stopping in Verona when travelling between Venice and Milan.

Costs

Depending on where in the world you’re travelling to Italy from, flights will vary drastically. From the UK and elsewhere on the continent you can reach all of the major airports for under £100 each way, but if you’re flying from the US or Canada flights can cost from £600 return when flying direct. If you’re looking to travel on a budget, I would recommend booking flights in the winter and autumn months, not only because it knocks off some money on flight prices but also on hotels once you arrive in Italy. If you’d like to learn more about using Skyscanner for flights, hotels and car hire, you can read my full guide here.

In the city center of popular tourist destinations – which, in Italy’s case, is pretty much everywhere – costs skyrocket. However, if you look even just a mile or two further out you can find the same quality of hotel for a fraction of the price. The extensive transport links between different cities also means that you can base yourself in a less expensive location and commute to others, for example staying in Naples and using it as a base to visit the Amalfi Coast, and. I wrote a full post on doing so which you can read here.

Food can be as expensive or inexpensive as you desire. Around have of the days on our trips we shopped at supermarkets, whether it be buying pasta and sauces to cook on the stove or the fixings for sandwiches. When you’re travelling long-term, eating out for every meal every day is simply not feasible for many, but if you’ve saved and have the budget there are copious options in all price brackets. Realistically, I would recommend budgeting around £30 per meal (lunch and dinner) per person if you’d like to eat out at reasonably priced restaurants, however if you’re on a really tight budget you can eat ramen and buy cokes and water and easily survive on £7-10 per day.

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Getting Around

For getting around the country, you can either use private transfers, hire a car yourself or use public transportation. In all the times I’ve visited Italy, I used a taxi once to take me from my hotel in Florence to a train station slightly further outside of the city center, and otherwise I exclusively used public transport. The infrastructure of the system is easy to use, extremely well priced and can take you to and from the city or town centers of the majority of places in the whole country.

I’ve flown into both Rome and Milan, on both occasions I took coaches organized by companies on the other end to take you from the airport to the main train stations in each city. Tickets with Terravision start at €8 for adults or €5 for kids and can be purchased on the day instead of booking in advance for the same cost whilst axis from the airport in Rome to hotels in the city center center have a flat fee of €48.

I used Trenitalia to travel between Milan, Naples, Florence, Rome, Pisa and Venice and always booked my journeys in advance to save money. The best time to book trains is between 8-12 weeks before you take it, and be sure to take advantage of deals such as buy one ticket get one free if you’re travelling in a pair or group. A journey from Florence to Rome cost me around €25 one way, but the shorter trip from Milan to Florence was closer to €40. Around the Amalfi Coast you can hire a private transfer to take you to the smaller towns, but to get to Capri you’ll need to pay the €17 ferry fare each way. You can also take the Circumvesuviana – local train that literally means ‘around Vesuvius’ – to Sorrento and Pompeii, which costs €3 each way.

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2 Weeks in Italy – Costs, Itinerary and Getting Around In the summer of 2016 I spent around three weeks in Italy. Combining my experience of that trip with other times I've visited Italy and considering the amount of time and money people will have to take a trip, I've cut my itinerary down to two weeks.

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8 Step approach of a Successful Digital Marketer

There has never been a more exciting time to be a digital marketer. But it’s also harder and more challenging than ever before.

Just ask yourself the following questions:

Can you accurately measure the ROI of your campaigns?

Did your ad on the internet lead to an increase in sales?

How many of those people who have shared your video or liked your Facebook posts have actually made purchases from your company?

Are you scratching your head trying to answer any of these? You’re not alone.

42% of marketers agree that proving the ROI of their marketing activities is one of the biggest challenges they face within their company.

Source: HubSpot’s State of Inbound Report, 2018

Only 1 out of 4 marketers are confident in their ability to accurately measure digital media ROI.

Source: The Nielsen CMO Report, 2018

The ever-evolving digital landscape, newly emerging technologies, and savvier consumers are constantly keeping marketers on their toes. And more importantly, there is an increasing pressure on them to show the financial returns of their marketing efforts. Why? Because now, it’s all about providing results. Gone are the days when a digital ad campaign could be measured by the sheer number of site visitors or page views.

With top management in more and more organizations equating performance with ROI, you need to be able to show the value you create for every marketing penny spent. But that’s where the biggest challenge lies.

This guide will highlight three major problems that are stopping you from becoming a successful digital marketer, what you should do and eight steps to get there. We’ll pair each step with a practical “to do” section and how professional guidance by Digitechniks can help you master the step.    

Problem 1: When you’re focused on the low-hanging fruit, you lose sight of the bigger picture

This is exactly what’s happening with a majority of digital marketers. They emphasize on generating more traffic and leads as a part of their digital marketing strategy, often ignoring the fact that these are low-hanging fruit that tell only part of the story.

67% of marketers consider increasing leads to be their top priority compared to 35% who prioritise converting leads into customers.

Source: 2019 B2B Marketing Mix Report, Sagefrog Marketing Group

In other words, most marketers are stuck at the top of the funnel and track their ROI in terms of the amount of traffic or leads they are getting.

The result? When their CEOs ask — “How does X video shares or X number of ‘likes’ tie directly back into our sales?” — they struggle to quantify these numbers.  

That’s because unless you know how to nurture and convert the ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ into buyers, those numbers don’t really mean anything.

Problem 2: Without proof of work, you may fail to make a business case for your marketing initiatives

Consider this. The average cost per 1000 impressions on Google, Facebook or other digital channels falls anywhere between Rs.50-1500, depending on the industry and the nature of the business. That’s how much a company has to pay for 1000 Impressions on their digital ads.

With more businesses going digital, these numbers are going to rise even further in the coming days. No wonder, the stakes for marketers are higher than ever and there’s a mounting pressure on them to optimize campaign performance to win more customers.

In such a situation, without a solid ROI, it will be difficult to convince those who control the budgets that you’ll need to implement your digital plans. And often, without the right budget, you won’t be able to explore the full potential of your marketing initiatives or their effectiveness may suffer.

Problem 3: The error of looking at only one part of the process leads to wasteful drainage of resources

The problem is with marketers who focus on only driving more and more traffic to their websites is that they are only concerned with the top of the sales funnel.

But, more traffic doesn’t automatically mean more conversions. The ideal conversion rate (from traffic to customer) is around 0.5-3%. So their ROI is dependent on just this tiny percentage of the converted traffic. This means that they are leaving a lot on the table by not creating multiple touch points for the non-action takers.

When you look at the bigger picture, that’s negative ROI for a company. In other words, the money you’re putting into such marketing efforts is complete waste and your ‘boss’ or your client would be better off without spending it at all.  

“What’s the ROI of a basketball? For me: A negative amount equal to the cost for repairing my torn meniscus. I have literally lost money playing basketball. For Kobe Bryant, on the other hand, the ROI is about $220 Million.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

Also, if you’re paying too much attention to generating new leads and sales, it’s time to think whether you’re ignoring your existing customer base. Are you nurturing the customer relationships that you’ve already formed?

A lot of studies across many different industries have pointed out that acquiring a new customer is anywhere from 5 to 25 times more expensive than retaining an existing one.

Source: Multiple studies & reports

Solution: Change your mindset and approach

Pump your digital marketing vehicles with the right fuel

Modern-era marketing demands strategies which involve more than just generating traffic and leads, and which have a direct correlation with sales and revenues. How to achieve this? The answer is, through a purpose-driven approach — something that we, here at Digitechniks, call “The Marketing Fuel”.

The Marketing Fuel – An arsenal of mindset, strategies, and tools to accomplish a marketing purpose that is in complete alignment with the company’s purpose.  

All marketing channels — SEO, Social media, PPC, email marketing, etc. — are vehicles, but they need the marketing fuel to run at peak performance. If you don’t fill enough fuel or the right type of fuel in your marketing vehicles, they won’t run as smoothly or as fast as you desire.

Many aspiring digital marketers — and even those who are in the industry for years — are often not fully aware of what marketing fuel to use and when. This is mainly because they lack the knowledge of the entire digital marketing spectrum. Some of them stick to just one or two areas of digital marketing, which ultimately restricts their growth and leads to mediocre results for their clients.

For example, someone who has the knowledge of search engine optimization but doesn’t know what type of content impacts the reader and gets the clicks will eventually fail to create an effective campaign.  

Therefore, in order to get your marketing fuel right, you need to gain a thorough understanding of digital marketing and the multiple niches and sub niches it includes. Specializing in one aspect of digital marketing is not enough.

Start thinking in terms of ‘value’

You are probably hearing the term “customer-centricity” a lot these days. Well, it’s not a buzzword. It’s a real change that’s happening across the business landscape.

Gone are the days when marketing was all about making the sale and closing the deal. Today it’s more about creating a relationship with a customer. Only when that relationship has been established, will they buy your product or service. For these reasons, customer care is being touted as the new marketing.

“Customer value creation is at the heart of every successful marketing plan.”

— Andrew Stephen, Professor, Oxford University.  

Therefore, as a marketer, it’s important that you have genuine interest in solving your customer’s problem as part of your marketing approach. Sales is the by-product of the care that you show for your customers.

Action: How to fire back your marketing vehicles with high-octane marketing fuel?

Too much noise on the web and social media leaves you with tonnes of plans and strategies but with very little to implement them. Let’s cut through the noise and get down to a practical action-plan that will bring some immediate changes in your digital marketing approach.

The following eight-step integrated digital marketing plan will allow you to make effective shifts in your approach and generate positive ROI for your campaigns, starting today.

Step 1: Define your Business Aspiration Goal

This first step sounds obvious but sadly it is not so. A lot of marketers, who are too eager to begin their campaign, often miss this point and launch their campaign without much of a practical plan, which is necessary for a productive outcome.

Besides determining who shall be your target customer and which market you plan to penetrate, it is important to set a goal that’s realistic. For example, you may want to gain 5000 new buyers by the end of a month-long campaign. But do you have enough resources and planning to reach this goal?

Starting with an unrealistic goal is setting yourself up for failure.

What to do

Evaluate your resources and decide on a revenue target that’s practically feasible. A good strategy is to work your way backwards from ROI to figure out what you need in order to bring the desired results. Also, take into account the problems you might encounter in achieving your revenue goals.

Don’t solely focus on your revenue goal. Business aspiration goal is divided into:

Revenue Goal

Customer-centric goals (The kind of value to be delivered to the clients in order to achieve the revenue goal)

Team Goal (The kind of team that is required & has the potential to deliver the value to the customers)

Team Learning Goals

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our flagship Integrated Digital marketing certification program we have one complete module called Business Aspiration Goal Setting that will help you to set your Business aspiration goal.

Step 2: Build a business model to achieve your revenue goal

Stat:  “A Business Makes Money Only When Their Offerings And Passion Meets The Demand”

Having a business model is important to create a sustainable business plan which can effectively communicate the key features of the business to the partners inside the company. But it’s equally important to make sure your business model is capable of achieving the revenue goals you’re targeting. If not, it’s probably time to think about modifying your business model.

You could do this by exploring new markets and/or creating new product lines. Also, with rising competition, one of the smartest and most effective ways to stand out is to move away from what others in your industry are doing. Steer clear of copy-cat brand models and think of how you can be a differentiator in your industry.  

Can you please suggest an example that we can use here?

What to do

Build a magnetic brand to become a differentiator. A magnetic brand is one which fulfils the aspirations of the target audience and driven by purpose. In other words, your brand should offer unique services that your customers will get only from you and won’t turn to your competitors.

What if the heart of your business is in the right place and yet you’re struggling to grow your customer base? A simple way to get more customers for your products/services is to categorize them into three types:

1) Lead Magnets – Zero cost products/services that people won’t give a second thought before choosing. These are a great way to give your prospects a taste of your product/service. For example: Free sample-size products, a free webinar or a course etc.  

2) Trip Wires – These products/services should be priced in a way that customers don’t have to spend too much money, yet are encouraged to make low-priced purchases that doesn’t seem much of a risk for them. For example: Low-cost versions of your core products/services or core products/services with limited features.

3) Core Product or Premium Solutions – These are your full-featured core products that customers would gladly pay for.

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our flagship we have one dedicated module that will teach you how to carry out competitor analysis, market research and help you to build a brand that fulfills the aspiration of your target market.

Step 3: Build a Magnetic Marketing Funnel

Simply having a magnetic business model is not enough. In order to act on such a business model, you need an equally robust marketing funnel. In my experience, 90% of digital marketing plans fail due to the lack of a definite digital marketing funnel to acquire customers.

A marketing funnel defines an entire customer journey, from the initial stages when someone learns about your business to the purchasing stage. A powerful funnel is key to generating leads, converting them into customers, keeping them engaged, and making them your loyal customers.

Building a marketing funnel may seem like a lot of work but the effort is really worth both the time and money, given the fact there are so many companies who are targeting the same customers for their products and services every day.

Essentially, this is the step where you put into practice everything you’ve theorized in the first two steps.

What to do

Build Lead Magnets

Nurture your leads

Engage leads with tripwire (irresistible offer which they cannot reject)

Sell your core product/service

Maximise your profits by upselling/down-selling/cross-selling

Turn your customers into loyal advocates

Read our 6-step Customer Acquisition Formula in-depth.

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our flagship Integrated Digital marketing certification program we have one complete module that will help you to build a funnel from scratch. This funnel allows you to generate ROI across any Digital Marketing platform.

Step 4: Understand the Digital Ecosystem

New channels are constantly emerging in the digital landscape. For example, Snapchat and Instagram weren’t as popular a few years ago. But today, for certain types of businesses, these platforms are proving to be more effective than even Facebook or Twitter.

From SEO, SEM, to email and social media marketing initiatives, you’ll not only have to familiarize yourself with the entire digital ecosystem but also be on toes to keep up with the changes taking place.

At the same time, consumers are increasingly demanding a seamless and consistent experience across all these channels. This is also why in order to be successful as a digital marketers, you need to take a more strategic and integrated approach.

What to do

This step involves getting an in-depth understanding of all digital channels and platforms. Also, this is where you need to observe consumer behaviour, how they navigate the web, which platforms they frequently visit and when.

Understanding these behaviours can give you a ton of insights on the buying intent, purchase patterns, which messaging would work, and if the timing is right etc. For example, consumers on Google generally have a high buying intent, while those on Facebook may be simply browsing and don’t have a purchasing mentality right at that moment. By looking at the locations and hashtags of Instagram users you can tell if they are traveling — in that case, they may not be attentive towards a marketing message.  

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

IDMCP makes you well-versed with all the niches and sub-niches of internet marketing and provides practical knowledge about applying these concepts to create cohesive strategies for your clients. Through practical templates and real-life scenarios, we help you understand how every aspect of digital marketing such as SEO, SEM, social media, email marketing, and marketing automation work together as one cohesive force.

Step 5: Identify all the ideal Digital channels for your business

According to a report by MarketingProfs, around 2 million blog posts are written every day and there are more than 350,000 tweets every minute. With such huge information overload, it is important to find the right marketing channels through which you can reach your customer.

What to do

You can figure out your ideal channels through competitor analysis. Create a list of your competitors, pick a high-level competitor who is generating good traffic, identify their traffic sources, and be where they are.  

Wondering if it’s a good idea to be where your competitors are already active? Imagine, how would it be to not enter a popular restaurant to enjoy their food just because it’s crowded? It’s almost similar.

Rather, think about how you can differentiate your existence on these platforms? High-quality content is your answer.

Tools for competitor analysis: SEMrush, Similarweb, Spyfu, Buzzsumo

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

Our IDMCP program offers extensive competitor analysis guidance. We have competitor analysis templates that teaches you how to identify your ideal channels, how to build your presence through these channels, and the ways to set up a repeatable process to replicate your success.

Step 6: Build a process to use each of the digital marketing platforms efficiently

Every Digital Marketing platform has its own set of algorithms(rules). What works on one platform might not work on the other. Consider Google SERP as an example. Text based content performs (ranks) extremely well on Google search, whereas videos don’t. On Youtube however, it’s a completely different story.

Thus, it’s pivotal to understand each platform in detail & then decode it by building a process. This process can be used over & over again.  

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program we follow an accelerated learning technique that will help you build successful processes for any platform.

Step 7: Build templates for to simplify the above process

Building templates for each platform can provide you with a solid framework for analysing your goals and activities across the web, social media, SEO, PPC, email marketing, and the entire digital ecosystem. The four important KPIs included in any template includes organic sessions, organic landing pages report, organic keywords and organic conversions.

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program we give you tried & tested templates that will help in speeding up the process. These templates can be tweaked according to your objectives.

Step 8: Aggregate the data from multiple templates to create a successful digital campaign

The final step involves getting the relevant data & measuring key metrics. Based on the data collected, it’s essential to extract insights. Key decisions have to be taken based on the insights.

In a nutshell, the purpose of collecting & measuring data is to:

Know what’s working & what isn’t

Take key decisions to further improve your digital campaign

How Digitechniks’s IDMCP can help

In our Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program we teach you how to effectively mine data from the templates & processes (created in the previous steps) in a matter of minutes. You will learn how to identify the metrics that matter for your digital campaigns, and then take decisions to take your campaign to the next level (scaling).

Become a digital marketing powerhouse in your organization with Digitechniks

Digitechniks was born to create employable and industry-ready digital marketing professionals. Our IDMCP training program is designed with this specific aim in mind.

This program gives you an in-depth understanding of digital marketing concepts through helpful tools, innovative learning techniques, and practical templates that will help you to not only capture and retain the information, but also apply it to real-world scenarios.

Our unique three-step teaching methodology:

A word from our trainer and mentor Sharan Kulkarni

Do your digital marketing strategies generate positive ROI? Well, mine certainly didn’t when I started out as a digital marketer. I slogged off hours creating campaigns that fell flat on face even before taking off. I was a failed marketer and a failed business owner, and didn’t really know what was tripping me over, again and again.  

I decided to begin with a blank canvas and started to read books and online resources on marketing. Over the next few months, I realized that there’s so much good information out there but most of it is so mixed up with not-so-good information that it’s hard (and time-consuming) to pick out the good stuff.  

I was actively reading blog posts, listening to podcasts, watching webinars and doing every imaginable thing to learn everything I could. What I also realized during this time is that most of the information available is great as theory but there’s very little guidance on practical applications.  

It took me a little over a year to really get into the trenches of this vast ocean called ‘digital marketing’. And, it was instantly clear to me why so many digital marketers fail — they don’t have that amount of time to spare while learning about digital marketing.  

Watching my career turn around inspired me to commit myself to transforming the life of marketers and business owners. The ‘Integrated Digital Marketing Certification Program’ (IDMCP) is the outcome of what I have learned through all these years.  

In fact, this course is my digital marketing knowledge presented to you in a simple-to-follow and easy-to-implement manner.

Because I believe that if I can do it, you can do it too!

Want to build a successful digital marketing career? Enrol in our comprehensive IDMCP today to supercharge your digital marketing skills and abilities for a highly rewarding career!

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Recently I challenged myself to visit all the “Plus Beaux Villages de France” — France’s most beautiful villages. Perhaps I should have done a bit more research before making such a statement. There are 156 official villages with the “Plus Beaux” distinction. Even though France is only the size of Texas, it’s a big place!

Now that I’m a bit more realistic about the “task” (albeit, a pleasure) it’s more feasible for me to do one region at a time.

Plus Beaux Villages by Region

There are 13 regions in France. The region where I’ve visited the most beaux villages in Aquitaine. It’s also where there are the most “official” Plus Beaux Villages in France — in Dordogne.

DORDOGNE

13 REGIONS OF FRANCE

BEAUX VILLAGES IN AQUITAINE/DORDOGNE

 Dordogne’s Plus Beaux Villages

Three years ago a hometown friend who I hadn’t seen in 40 years came to visit me in France. While here we entertained ourselves by driving from Uzès to Dordogne. Like typical tourists we focused on the area around the Dordogne river. The “classic” Dordogne: picturesque villages, medieval castles, limestone cliffs and caves with prehistoric drawings. The French call it “le Pèrigord.”

During our week-long tour we stopped at two of the most well known beaux villages in Dordogne — Domme and La Roque-Gageac. To learn about these villages read on here…

On the way back from my recent visit to the States, I intentionally stopped in Dordogne to see four of the beaux villages on my list: Beynac-et-Cazenac, Castlenaud-la-Chapelle, Monpazier, and St. Jean-de-Côle.

A Day in Beynac-et-Cazenac and Castlenaud-la-Chapelle

Because they’re so close together, you can visit both of these villages in a day. Admittedly, I lingered over lunch in Beynac so I didn’t see as much as I could have. But then, relaxing to enjoy your surroundings is part of the journey, too.

Beynac-et-Cazenac

If you dream about France, like I do, you’ve seen Beynac-et-Cazenac in your dreams. It’s a fairytale French villages perched above the Dordogne river, complete with narrow cobblestone streets, storybook houses and a stately castle at the top. You would expect Cinderella and her prince to appear at any moment.

Like all Plus Beaux Villages de France, Beynac is tiny. The max population for beaux villages is 2000. In 2015 Beynac had 552 residents.

It takes only a few hours to walk around town and through the castle. If you’re driving you can find parking at several levels on the way up to the castle. It’s a pretty steep climb if you stop at the bottom and you only want to visit the castle.

I strongly advise you plan to spend enough time in Beynac to stroll the streets and enjoy the medieval architecture. There are not many places that are as original and as well maintained.

They say the castle, “Château de Beynac”, is the most authentic example of a feudal fortress in the Pèrigord. Towering above the river and valley, it is a reminder of legendary conquerors like King Richard “the Lionhearted” who walked this very courtyard and within the stone walls.  Likewise, it is a shrine to wars that raged through Dordogne for over nine centuries.

If you visit Beynac on I sunny day like I did, enjoy a lovely meal with a “to die for” view of the river at La Terrasse des Chateaux.

Gabares are the traditional river boats used in the Dordogne Périgord region. Earlier used for trade, now for pleasure.

La Terrasse des Chateaux.

View from the terrace

Seasonal and regional favorites: fois gras, canard (duck) and white asparagus

Castlenaud-la-Chapelle

Literally down the road from Beynac-et-Cazenac is the plus beaux village Castlenaud-la-Chapelle. The magnificent castle, Château de Castelnaud, soars above the Céou River valley as if to announce “Look at me!”

The proud castle, like its neighbor in Beynac, was the site of numerous wars and confrontations, including the Hundred Years War. It changed occupants between the French and the English seven times. During its history, the castle was burned to the ground, rebuilt, abandoned during the French Revolution, then used as a stone quarry. During WWII the fortress gave shelter to French resistance groups. Between 1974 and 2005 it was restored to its near-original state.

Today the castle is one of the most visited spots in Dordogne, especially by families with children. A museum features medieval weapons from all over Europe. In the village perigordine style houses with high-pitched roofs are tightly terraced along narrow streets.

When visiting Castlenaud-la-Chapelle there’s a large parking lot at the top. You can walk directly to the castle from there. That view alone will make your day!

Stay tuned for photos and an overview of the visit to Monpazier and St. Jean du Côle. To read about the earlier tour of Domme and La Roque-Gageac, click here. 

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      Dordogne’s Plus Beaux Villages: Beynac-et-Cazenac and Castlenaud-la-Chapelle Recently I challenged myself to visit all the "Plus Beaux Villages de France" -- France's most beautiful villages.

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An Introduction to Car Audio System Design, Stereo Imaging and Staging

In spite of some car audio shop rogers ar already have a good understanding of how sound will be produced, no technical manual should start without in the basics of its subject matter. Writers sometimes wrongly imagine the reader will already know quite a lot about the subject and so they neglect the basics. Because of this, some may find it difficult to understand the reasons pertaining to installing speakers in particular positions in the car, for example , or precisely why a woofer operates best in a particular size and sort of enclosure. Most people find it embarrassing to admit that they don't understand something which they assume everybody else knows. The truth is that there are almost certainly several other people in the same group who would like to ask a similar question. Here I will outline the basics of the subject and even briefly discuss how these basics apply to the world of mobile entertainment. It is not supposed to be a complete guide to sound because we no longer want to send you to sleep! If you would like to know more about sound and the guidelines of hi-fi sound reproduction, there are many good books about them. So what is sound? Sound is caused by the activity of air. If a large wooden panel is penis-shaped, the air next to it is pushed away. If the vibration is usually slow then the air just moves out of the way, but as the pace of vibration increases to between a few tens and several tens of thousands of excursions per second, the air cannot move out in the way fast enough and therefore compresses as the panel promotes it away. The air's natural elasticity comes into play. Typically the particles of air against the panel are pushed contrary to the next particles, which push against the next ones etc ., creating a 'pressure wave'. As the panel returns to their starting position, the air becomes less dense as it covers the void in front of the panel. The rate at which 'pressure waves' are produced is called the 'frequency' and is measured around 'cycles per second'. Instead of 'cycles per second' many of us usually describe frequency in terms of Hertz (1 cps sama dengan 1 Hz). Imagine a bath full of water. If you placed your hand in the water and move it slowly backward and forward, not much happens - the water simply slips around the isn't stable of your hand. But if you move your hand very fast, the water doesn't always have time to move out of the way and you create a wave within the bath. Soon the water is flowing over the edges on the bath and soaking the carpet. If you used a thing larger than your hand to move the water, such as a dinner plate, you may cause the water to overflow without moving your hand while fast as before. Air reacts in much the same technique. Big objects and small objects can generate force waves and therefore sound, but a small object must transfer quicker to cause the air in front of it (and regarding it) to be compressed. You are probably one step ahead of us by now, but this is why we find tiny tweeters and very significant woofers. All sizes of speakers can produce sound, and the logic behind why tweeters are small and woofers are big has very much to do with the size of the pressure wave they are trying to recreate and the weight and characteristics of the moving 'panel' aid which in the case of a speaker is usually a cone, a cupola or occasionally a flat diaphragm. To reproduce high frequencies, often the cone or dome needs to move very fast. The smaller together with lighter it is, the easier it is for the amplifier to control the idea. We'll come back to this later. First we need to understand a little bit more about sound itself. Pressure Waves Pressure waves of your sound travel at a fixed speed of around 1100 feet per second (actually, air temperature affects the complete speed but we don't need to worry too much about that). If we know the frequency (the number of waves per second), we can calculate the distance between corresponding points on effective waves - in other words, we can measure the length of a tide, or the 'wavelength'. A sound that has a frequency of 1100Hz carries a wavelength of one foot. A sound of 2200Hz will have some wavelength of six inches, and a sound with a rate of 550Hz will have a wavelength of two legs. The notes of the musical scale simply represent appears at certain frequencies. Middle A on a piano is definitely 440Hz for example (a wavelength of 2ft 6in). For a church pipe organ or electronic synthesiser, it can be possible to play an A which is four octaves below midst A. This has a very low main or 'fundamental' volume (additional frequencies or 'harmonics' will be added naturally, supplies each instrument its own individual tonal character) of 29. 5Hz, a wavelength of around 40 feet! With literally the other end of the scale, an A played a few octaves above middle A has a frequency of all-around 3500Hz and a wavelength of just 3. 75 inches wide. The size of the musical instrument (and loudspeaker) tends to suggest how big is the wavelength it's designed to produce. The soundboard of any piano and the large pipes of a church organ are able to producing large wavelengths, which means lower frequencies. Similarly, the 12-inch diameter subwoofer is designed to give low bass. When we ignore for a moment the mechanical limitations, there is nothing to halt a good 6 inch mid-woofer from reproducing very low eq. It can move at the required cycles per second, nevertheless size means that it can only displace a certain amount of air through each cycle. It may produce very low frequencies, but merely at very low output levels. This takes us back in the analogy of the hand and the dinner plate inside the bath full of water. The surface area of a 12-inch bass speaker is like a dinner plate, able to move enough surroundings in one cycle to produce a pressure wave capable of rattling the exact windows in the house across the road! Imaging and Phase... resulting in the illusion of reality When we install a hi-fi system in your own home or in the car, we are attempting to reproduce a very complex style of sound waves within an environment that is quite different on the one in which the instruments and vocals were recorded. We live trying to recreate not only the sounds of the various programs and singers accurately but also their positions on the 'sound stage'. This is often called 'imaging' or 'stage image'. It will also be described as 'staging', but in car audio this word is mostly used to describe the position of the stage itself (whether it's in front of the listeners or behind them), rather than the position with the performers on the stage. If we listened to and recorded requirements of a single flute in our living room, for example , and then replayed it via a single full-range speaker positioned in exactly the same position as the flautist, there is a good chance (if the recording tools and hi-fi system is of a good enough quality) that it will reasonable more or less identical. The reverberation characteristics of the room could be the same and, since we are using only one speaker as an alternative to trying to artificially recreate the position of the flautist in the room utilizing stereo techniques, the instrument should appear to be in the right place. If we had a complete orchestra in our living room as well as wanted to copy what we did with the single flute, we might need to use a multi-channel recorder, several channels of inordinacy and however many speakers it took, each arranged on exactly the right place for each instrument. Having witnessed this accomplished at a hi-fi show in Paris some years ago, I will tell you that it can sound very realistic. The problem is that it can be not currently feasible to do this in most homes, and never in a car, which is why we have... yep, good old stereo. Stereo audio aims to recreate the exact positions of the various instruments using only a single pair of loudspeakers, and it achieves this typically by increasing the level of a particular instrument in one of the channels in accordance with the other channel. Only the levels are different - the wavelengths from both the left and right channels will be equivalent in every other way. They are said to be 'in phase'. Therefore if you could somehow freeze the sound and see the wavelengths emanating from the two speakers, both wavelengths would be very well point in their cycle. When sound is recorded just for stereo reproduction, it is assumed that the listener will be positioned equidistant between the two loudspeakers. Of course this is rarely the case inside of a car, unless you happen to drive a McLaren F1. Many of us compensate for not being seated central to the loudspeakers by fine-tuning the balance control on the CD player, which increases the level level on one side relative to the other. This only adjusts the stereo image up to a point, because we are nonetheless physically closer to one speaker than the other, and shifting the balance control has no effect over the phase and moment of the signal reaching our ears. If we are being placed in the front of the car, close to the left-side speaker, then we will find out the sound from that speaker very slightly earlier than the sound in the speaker on the right, and from those speakers powering us. It is also likely that in the upper frequencies, where wavelengths are very short, the sound we hear through each of our left and right ears may be slightly 'out involving phase'. These timing and phase distortions confuse serotonin levels and can destroy the stereo effect. When this happens, you hear a lot of the sound is coming from the speaker closest to you, instead of from your imaginary stage across the windscreen - the stereo key fails to work. Our earlier analogy with water may help00 us to understand what is meant by sound being 'in phase' and 'out of phase'. Imagine that you start a delicate wave from one end of the bath. If you use both hands to get started on two waves at exactly the same time, the peaks of your waves will occur at exactly the same point and the lake could be said to be 'in phase'. Now start a gentle influx from the other end of the bath. What happens when the two dunes meet? Both waves clash and effectively cancel the other out. Now imagine speakers at the front and rear of an vehicle, each producing sound pressure waves. These mixture and create some very complex alterations to the sound. For the reason that pressure waves meet, the air may be pushed stronger from the same direction in which it was already travelling (so we have additions which can lead to peaks in the frequency response), or simply one pressure wave may compress against another exploring in the opposite direction. In the latter case, if the a pair of waves are identical in terms of frequency and pressure and are also exactly half a wavelength out of phase, they will cancel by themselves out completely, leaving silence. Usually the two sound habits are so complex that they will only partially cancel, but reasonably pure tones of long wavelengths and high pressure tend to noticeably cancel. The lower the frequencies being produced plus the more loudspeakers there are reproducing that range of frequencies, the more probable it is that phase cancellation will occur. If audio system are wired with the + and - terminals corrected on one speaker, the speakers are placed 180 degrees (half a wavelength) 'out of phase'. In theory they should end themselves out, but in practice the bass region will be afflicted most cancellation and the remainder of the sound becomes mixed up, with little or no central image. Speaker placement... for those without having a McLaren F1 By installing many speakers inside a motor vehicle, we create a very complex mix of pressure waves which will cause problems with the overall sound. This does not necessarily mean that it is a awful thing to install a large number of speakers. We may want to split the very frequency range into small portions - sub-bass, pike, mid-bass, midrange, upper midrange, high frequencies and ultra-high radio frequencies - so that each range has a pair of speakers devoted to it. Because of the limitations of loudspeakers, this might be a good option if we are looking for absolute sonic fidelity. Of course space within a vehicle is limited and so we tend to install fewer speakers, normally covering the sub-bass, mid-bass, midrange and upper frequencies. This will give good reproduction of the tonal qualities of the several instruments and voices but there are still the problems of cycle, 'time alignment' and 'off-axis' performance to consider. We should normally try to avoid reproducing the same frequencies from speakers positioned with different distances from the listeners. For example , if we have a set of two 6-inch speakers producing mid-bass at the front of the vehicle, we need to avoid having another pair of speakers reproducing exactly the same array of frequencies from the rear shelf. The colliding pressure surf will cause additions and subtractions, according to the phase of each trend, at the point where they meet. Frequency peaks and also troughs could be adjusted with a third-octave equaliser, and the right time to of the sound from each speaker could be adjusted employing a 'time alignment' digital signal processor, but there is no sensible way of compensating for the phase distortions. It is much more simple to avoid the problems from the start, as much as possible. When deciding where to location speakers, especially midrange and tweeters, try to install these people so that the left and right speakers of each matched couple are equidistant from the listeners. This is often very difficult to achieve naturally , but do the best you can. The footwell positions generally work well for midrange speakers and sometimes tweeters too. If you want to mount the tweeters higher, try if possible to support them in a position which is half the distance to the midrange phone speaker - there is some evidence to suggest that placing the mids and tweeters exactly 180 degrees apart can boost stereo imaging. Larger bass speakers can often be installed inside doors without too much affect on imaging, if you make certain that the crossover point is set so that their output is not going to overlap the frequency range of the midrange speakers excessive. The subwoofer, or subwoofers, usually have to be installed during the rear of the vehicle because of their size. Take care when choosing the main slope and setting the crossover point on the channel(s) feeding these speakers. With a 6dB per octave 'low-pass' filter (a filter which only passes frequencies listed below a certain 'crossover point') set to 100Hz, the output at 200Hz will only be 6dB lower, and since subwoofers tend to be influenced loud, the pressure waves created in the middle frequency place will probably be strong enough to interact with the speakers in the front of the vehicle. It is generally wise to choose a 12dB and also 18dB slope for subwoofers. Installing full-range speakers on the rear shelf, or in the rear doors, often piteuxs the stereo image at the front of the car because the similar sounds are coming from more than one source and this is unpleasant. If you need to install speakers here to provide 'rear ambience' or simply a 'double front stage' because you often carry passengers while in the rear seats, adjust the front/rear fader control about the CD player so that the front speakers are considerably more noticable than the rear speakers when listening from the driver's place. You may still find that the stereo imaging at the front of the car can be confused. If this is the case, it is worth experimenting by solving the +/- connections to all the full-range speakers for the rear, putting them 180 degrees 'out of phase' with those in the front. It may sound crazy nevertheless sometimes works well. Always ensure that you reverse the connections to both the speakers in a pair. In an ideal situation, all the audio at all the various frequencies should start out from exactly the same destination. A speaker system which attempts to provide this is often described as any 'single point source' because the various drive units are generally physically aligned so that, in theory at least, the sound will be 'in phase' and 'time aligned' across the entire frequency array. What usually occurs in a vehicle, however , is that speakers sit some way apart and at different angles relative to the motorist and passengers. A speaker that is pointed directly along at the listener is said to be 'on axis', while a speaker put in low down in the door next to the driver is called being 'off-axis'. A speaker's output characteristics alter introduced listened to 'off axis'. Its frequency response is influenced, and phase changes may also occur. It is important to know this kind of and experiment, where possible, by altering the hanging angle of the speaker to achieve the best results. Shake, Shake and... Why materials resonate One thing we want to avoid inside a car audio system is any panels (such as the metal energy of the vehicle itself) that resonate, that is, vibrate due to movement of air within the enclosed space of a auto. It's a bad thing because these panels will produce a noise of their own or, in the case of the walls of a bass enclosure, in the event that they're not rigid then we'll lose some of the electrical power and definition from the low frequencies. Musical instruments which often produce sound naturally (not electronically) do so by sometimes causing something to resonate - such as guitar along with piano strings or the skins and metallic surfaces on the drum kit etc . - or by directly transferring the air, as in the case of wind and brass assets. Every material has a particular 'resonant frequency' - this can be the frequency at which the material will vibrate or resonate almost all freely - and this, together with the size of the resonating thing and many other factors, contributes to the sound which an object will develop if it is sufficiently excited. Of course something very dense in addition to rigid like a brick is less likely to be made to resonate when compared to a guitar string or a thin piece of wood. Brick can be a much less efficient resonator than wood. Sometimes this can be valuable, especially when building a bass enclosure where we need the sides being very rigid and acoustically 'dead' so that it doesn't speak out loud, since this would add some of its own sonic character (or 'coloration') to the bass sound we are trying to reproduce. However, brick-built bass cabinets in cars haven't really trapped on, and more practical alternatives had to be developed for making solid wood enclosures and the metal parts of the car less resonant. High-quality particle board (MDF) is especially dense and provides a good beginning point, and this can be treated, if necessary, with sound deadening sheet or perhaps spray treatment. In the case of sound deadening sheet, this you possess an acoustically 'dead' material to the more easily excited -panel, such as the vehicle's metal inner side panel, door panel or inside boot (trunk). The sheet helps to absorb panel resonance because its own resonant frequency is very low, so the resonance occurs at a much lower frequency and becomes less noticeable. In the event of NoiseKiller, a spray treatment developed by Swedish company Audioform, the actual resonance absorbed by the material is not simply frequency been altered. Instead, it is transformed into a tiny amount of heat. The manufacturer states that the material produces absolutely no sound of its own instant in other words, the panel resonance is completely eliminated.

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Would it be possible to have an entire planet be one biome? Like a really forest-y planet? What would need to happen to make it possible? Or, what's the fewest number of biomes a planet could have? Thanks for all ur guys's hard work!

Bina:Scientifically possible? There’s no way to know for sure! Can you do it anyways? Absolutely.

Single-biome planets are a common feature in sci-fi (Star Wars does it) so no one will bat an eye if you have single or low-number-of-biome planets. It may not be “realistic,” but there’s a precedent you can take refuge in. 

To go more into detail of what’s probably possible, certain biomes are easily suited for covering the whole planet. Like desert, or ice, or ocean. Stuff that’s just kinda dead and uniform. Biomes that consist of organic life such as jungle or forest planets are harder to make calls for. I mean, just what are the conditions necessary for life to thrive and does the entire planet fit those conditions? Luckily for you, you can just make up plants/animals that can easily survive in the necessary range of temperatures, elevations, or atmospheric conditions that your planet contains as it orbits, spins, or has weather. 

The worlds are your oysters! 

Saphira: I think Venus qualifies? I don't know enough about Venus.

I think the fun part is taking a general biome (forest) and making different parts of the planet different varieties of that biome. Instead of making an ice area tundra, make it a winter's wood. A warm area could be a tropic instead of a sahara. Lots of stuff to play with.  

Also, this will be more interesting if your different biome planets are jump-able, more fun for inhabitants who benefit from diversity. Just a thought.

At the end of the day, the world is your plaything.

Tex: My knee-jerk response would be... No TM. A lot of this depends on the size of a planet, its position relative to a star, starting elements, rotational speed, orbital path (also relative to its nearest star(s)), core activity/composition, magnetic field, and amount of water it has. As a taste of how complex planetary biospheres can get, the Amazon rainforest receives a significant amount of nutrients from the Sahara Desert (NASA). 

After poking the internet some, my response is... Mostly No. Deserts, yes! Forests  - ah, not so much. The whole "Can a plant survive bottled in its own ecosystem for 50 years? " idea doesn't quite scale up, because as noted in the link, many of David Latimer's plants in his terrarium actually died. There's more to a biome than amount of available water - about half the links I've put in the Further Reading section will help to further explain why.

Unfortunately, it's very rare that a single biome can canvass an entire planet, because each biome  (ThoughtCo) performs an important role in the biosphere. A desert planet can be a thing because desert biomes don't rely upon the transportation of water within its system, whereas nearly every other biome does, and with the need for water comes many complications. 

I can't actually say for certain the minimum amount of biomes a planet would require, especially because I don't know the goals that these requirements would need to fulfill. Is it plant life? Is it animal life? Is it the propagation of sapient life? The feasibility of these goals are also highly dependent upon their setting - Earth is different from the Moon is different from Jupiter is different from Pluto. 

To use your example of forests, I will note that a forest is never just a forest. There's multiple layers to the plant life that fulfill different functions, the soil must have a profitable composition and contains its own microbiome, the fauna are adapted to both and fulfill niche roles to help keep the system functioning. You can't just plant a bunch of tall trees and toss in a few ferns and call it a day.

Plants by themselves are never just plants, and are mind-boggling. They can make complex decisions , talk to each other, display cognition, and know when they're being eaten. They're not passive reactors to their environment, and actively shape the world around them to benefit themselves for a myriad of reasons. 

That said, forests need a constant supply of nutrients, and given that plants in general are... very aggressive about how they compete for resources, this makes for a very dynamic and constantly-changing environment. Mint is a good example of an invasive species that performs allelopathy, and is absolutely ruthless about competing for territory (another long-winded and theatrical example ). 

The entire subject of forest pathology covers biotic and abiotic factors in forest health, a sub-field of both forestry and plant pathology that covers such subjects as fungal pathogens and the vector that is insects (you can read more about forest pathology in these  two journals). 

I highly recommend looking at... well, literally anything @botanyshitposts has posted because they will more than pleased to go into detail about how plants Be Like That.

Synth: Tex brought up a lot of good info about how and why a mono-biome planet is a "maybe, but probably No" thing if you want to play by real-world climate rules as we know them. Even a 100% ocean planet would not be a single biome: got your pelagic zone, abyssal zone, neritic zone, benthic zone... Of course this is your planet, like Bina said, and you can make it however you want, real-world logic be damned.

But say you want to have a single-biome planet and have the reasoning behind its existence sound at least a tiny bit plausible. How might that be done? Saphira touched on using different but similar biome types to get a single biome by appearance if not quite definition: "forest" on its own is not a biome. There are boreal forests, deciduous forests, tropical rainforests, temperate rainforests... you get the idea. From space it could pass for a one-biome planet, but down on the ground the differences become clearer. You still get a planet that is All Trees All the Time, but with a variety of vegetation and wildlife that reflects the climate of the inhabited area. 

Looking at a global map of biome types, you can see that a few major influences on where a particular biome can be found are: latitude, elevation, precipitation. Are you familiar with the tree line? It's the point beyond which trees don't grow, and occurs high up on mountains at low latitudes (closer to the equator), and also low down on terrain at high latitudes (closer to the poles). You could choose a biome for your planet and then adjust the terrain to fit. Put some really tall mountains along the equator, and slope the land steadily downward as it nears the polar regions. Tweak the major air and ocean currents to bring warmer or cooler temperatures -- and more or less rain/snow/etc. -- to places that would otherwise experience the opposite. You can sort of see this on the map linked above, with how the location of "temperate broadleaf forest" roughly follows the path of the atmospheric Jet Stream carrying warm air from the midwest grasslands and prairies, and the flow of the oceanic Gulf Stream bringing warm water up from the Gulf of Mexico, keeping northern Europe much warmer in winter than it would be otherwise.Further Reading from Tex:

Previous Script-A-World answers

100% ocean planetPlanet with different amounts of gravitySnowy beachesCreating a forest biome

Others

PDF - Mechanisms of plant competition for nutrients, water and light  by Joseph M. Craine and Ray DybzinskiMultiple soil nutrient competition between plants, microbes, and mineral surfaces: Model development, parameterization, and example applications in several tropical forestsby Q Zhu et al.Plant-plant competition outcomes are modulated by plant effects on the soil bacterial community by S. Hortal et al.Atmospheric circulation (effect of wind on climate, and thus biomes)Biogeochemical cycleCarbon cycleSoil Respiration Wikipedia; ScienceDirect; USDA PDFEffect of Sun angle on climateGreenhouse effectWeather and climateOutline of meteorologyMicroclimateSolar cycleEcosystem

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There is a good rule of thumb that whenever a headline is phrased as a question the answer is, “No.” This headline is no exception. You might not think this from reading a recent AP article titled: “A commuter’s dream: Entrepreneurs race to develop flying car.”

I am old enough now where I can say that I have been reading such headlines for literally decades. Since I was a nerdy teenage technophile I have been reading about, and dreaming about, flying cars. They are undeniably cool – one of the holy grails of future technology.  I still sometimes imagine myself rising above the congested roads during particularly bad traffic and flying to my destination unhindered.

The AP article, however, is an excellent example of the overhyped future technology trope. Often a dramatic new technology, like flying cars, requires that several different component technologies all work sufficiently so that the application is feasible. Skyscrapers could not be built until the elevator was invented. It didn’t matter if engineers had perfected ways of supporting really tall buildings if no one could get to the upper floors.

I have discussed this idea with batteries many times. A useful battery has to simultaneously have multiple properties: good energy density and capacity, stability, sufficiently rapid charge and discharge rates, many charge-discharge cycles, and be made of material that is not too expensive, heavy, rare, or toxic. There also has to be a way to economically mass produce them. Missing even one property can be a deal-killer.

After reading score of news items on battery technology, there is a very common theme. The articles will discuss a new battery “breakthrough” in breathless terms, because one of the necessary features was significantly improved – a battery that can last for millions of cycles, or that can be recharged in seconds. They gloss over, however, the fact that one or more of the other features are deadly – oh, but they have to be made out of platinum, or their capacity is tiny. This is usually coupled with the notion that all the researchers have to do now is fix the fatal flaw, and we will soon have these wonderful batteries. That, of course, is always the rub, and we never hear about these technologies again.

For this reason I am usually more excited about incremental advances to existing working technologies. I would take a 10% increase in existing lithium-ion batteries over the possibility of a battery with 10 times the capacity but a fatal flaw that scientists are sure to work out in 5-10 years (because they probably won’t).

What About Flying Cars?

Flying cars are a compelling idea because they would be massively useful (and fun). Just like we were never going to have skyscrapers without elevators, there is at least one dependent technology we need before flying cars will be feasible – a high energy-density fuel or battery.

In the last decade engineers have cracked the problem of making flying vehicles safe and stable – sufficiently safe for an average person to fly like driving a car. Computers are powerful enough and software programs robust enough to stabilize a vehicle with multiple small rotors. This is why drones are now ubiquitous.

Many of the articles I have read in the last decade or so are about this kind of breakthrough, engineering a flying car that is safe and stable. But that was never the main problem preventing a viable flying car, it has always been the energy source.

Material science is also important, constructing a very sturdy but light-frame vehicle. That, however, is related to the deeper problem of energy, a light vehicle requires less energy to lift. Incremental advances over the decades in terms of construction material has certainly helped, but will not solve the problem on its own. Cars still need to lift people.

The big problem is that the flying car needs to lift its own fuel. This gets into the rocket problem – the more fuel you carry to extend your range, the more fuel you have to carry to carry the extra fuel, and so on. This has always placed a severe range limit on such vehicles. (The same, by the way, is true of jet packs, that other promise of future technology.)

The AP article acknowledges (but glosses over) this problem:

Key for many of the designs will be the development of longer-lasting lightweight batteries. Currently available batteries could probably keep an air taxi aloft about 15 to 30 minutes before it would have to land, experts said. Depending on how fast the aircraft flies, that probably isn’t quite enough to transport passengers between nearby cities or across metropolitan areas, experts said.

All we need is that massive battery technology breakthrough we have also been promised. In fact, for a flying car the requirements are even more stringent, as weight is a critical factor.

There are other options instead of batteries, such as supercapacitors. They currently do not have the storage capacity to be useful, however. Some kind of fuel cell might work, but again we do not yet have a sufficient working technology.

Essentially flying cars exist, but have a very short range, and so are not useful. We don’t really need any further flying car breakthroughs, and there is nothing an engineer can do to solve the fundamental underlying problem. What we need is advanced mobile energy technology.

Therefore, if you are waiting for your flying car, you should pay more attention to battery, supercapacitor, or fuel cell technology news. I certainly hope we do have a breakthrough in this area, but I have also learned not to hold my breath. We probably won’t win the lottery, but we are making solid investments that are paying off incremental dividends.

Battery technology will slowly improve. Maybe in 40-50 years we will be at the point that we have an energy source that is light and dense enough to make a flying vehicle practical. By that time, however, the same battery technology will make electric cars very practical, with impressive ranges, and easy recharge. Self-driving cars may also solve the traffic problem. There simply may never be a window where a flying car is a practical solution for the average commuter.

Still, I can see flying cars having a niche as a sport or luxury vehicle. There may also be locations where roads are not practical that would benefit from flying cars. There may also be military and other niche applications.

It is simply too much more energy efficient to roll around than to fly for flying cars to ever compete with conventional cars for most applications.

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