Q: What is Drift Video?

Question : What is Drift Video? Answer : Drift Video a great video platform designed to help you create and share videos instantly. You can use this awesome extension to communicate and send video messages to your clients, team members, basically to anyone. This is perfect when you want to show them a quick demo, a shoft guide or tutorial that can greatly impact your productivity and business overall. You can record using the following settings: Screen & Face Screen Only Face Only Here's a short segment from my Chrome Extension training video where I discuss about Drift Video: Where and how to get Drift? Click here to download the extension from the Google Chrome Store. Click Add to Chrome You'll need to accept the permissions and then you'll see the installation complete. When it's done, the extension will occupy the space to the right of the URL field within Chrome! Using the Drift Video Chrome Extension is super easy! All you have to do is: Click on the Drift Video extension in the top right of your Chrome Browser Choose your recording settings (face, screen, audio) Record your video Share the link with someone! If you have any struggles or have any feedback(good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, please let us know as they are always welcome. This will also help the entire team to continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library. To learn more, visit DotComTruths.com Thank you! The Dot Com Truths Support Team

Q: How do I manage passwords securely?

Question : How do I manage passwords securely? Answer : I mainly use a password manager/generator where I can store all of my password for different websites. The one I use is LastPass as it also has a Chrome extension that I can easily install in my Chrome browser. This is a must for security purposes. Though it has a free version, what I use is the basic plan and pay approx. $4/month (billed annually). If you are using the same password for everything, or easy to guess passwords, you are putting yourself at risk. LastPass helps you by generating new passwords and saving them for you. Here is a short segment from my chrome extension training video where I discuss about LastPass. How to add LastPass to Chrome: Go to the Chrome Web Store. Search "LastPass" in the search box. Select "LastPass: Free Password Manager." Click "Add to Chrome." Click "Add extension" in the pop-up confirmation window — you should get a confirmation message once it's been installed. If you have any struggles or have any feedback(good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, please let us know as they are always welcome. This will also help the entire team to continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library. To learn more, visit DotComTruths.com Thank you! The Dot Com Truths Support Team

Question 1

How to get your Gmail inbox under control?

Accepted Answer

Answer: Are you tired of spending a lot of time trying to find a specific email in your inbox? Are you annoyed with email subscriptions, Adverstisements, and other types of email that you don't really need? Zoom in to learn this trick and use your gmail comfortably!

Why Gmail filters & labels are important
Where to access Gmail filters
Gmail filter options & advanced search
How to filter a specific email address
Understanding Gmail filter choices
How to add Gmail labels to emails
How to change the color of Gmail labels

Fist, let's start with labels. Gmail label is a tag that can be added to every email you receive or send. You can also add them to drafts. These labels can be used to keep your inbox organized. They are similar to folders, however, unlike folders, you can apply more than one label to a single message.

Here's a guide on how to create a label: link

Once you labels are created, you can watch this helpful video:

Next, let's learn Gmail Filters. You can manage your incoming mail using Gmail’s filters feature to send email to a label, or archive, delete, star, or automatically forward your mail. Here's the page about filtering if you want to know more about it: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6579?hl=en

Please watch this video to help you learn more about these:

If you have any struggles or have any feedback(good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, please let us know as they are always welcome. This will also help the entire team to continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library.

To learn more, visit DotComTruths.com

Thank you! - The Dot Com Truths Support Team

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Question 2

How to send large video files online?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes you have a large video file that you want to send to your virtual assistant or business partner.

Also, you may be trying to send a large video file from your phone to your computer.

Sending documents, pictures, and small files are easily done through emails.

There are other services like Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. But sometimes these are not enough for large files.

How can you send these for free?

Answer: You can easily do this by using WeTransfer.com on your phone or desktop,

Here are the steps:

Upload the video file, choose the email you want to send it to (your own or someone else) and send.
Once you hit send, it take a few seconds or minutes to actually send, as these are large files.

Note:

Be patient and let the file transfer take place.
When done, you will receive an email that the transfer was done.
The recipient will also receive an email letting them know there are files for them to download. Once they do, you'll be notified too.
In any case they don't download it for a certain amount of time, you'll be notified that the files haven't been downloaded so you can alert the person you sent it to so they can download the files.
They don't stay in "delivery mode" forever.
There is a size limit to each transfer, but it is HUGE amount of space and would do the job for most people.
You can always break it up if needed to multiple transfers.

Final Thoughts:

If you have any struggles with sending or receiving, WeTransfer.com has a support library you can check out. https://wetransfer.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

If you found this solution to work, please let us know with feedback below!

Tech team

Question 3

How to compress a large video?

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Answer:

Most online course platforms and video hosting charges you based on video storage, the quality, the size of video, and etc.

There are times that a video that is too large won't even upload. Most video hosting solutions accept MP4 with more ease than other options or types. The smaller the files, the better.

Please note that there are also factors that may affect the quality output of your videos. On of them is if you are recording a video with really good camera, logitech for example, the size of the video file will easily increase even if it has shorter duration.

**The most efficient way I have found to convert large video files from .mov or over 1GB videos to smaller mp4 videos is through uploading it to a YouTube channel as unlisted video. Lastly, download it as shown on the picture below:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/Z4OkBENr5j/resources/cWn7ShgA5q/Screen%20Shot%202021-04-13%20at%208.48.00%20pm.png (Screen Shot 2021-04-13 at 8.48.00 pm.png)

If you have any struggles or have any feedback(good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, please let us know as they are always welcome. This will also help the entire team to continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library.

To learn more, visit DotComTruths.com

Thank you! The Dot Com Truths Support Team

Question 4

What is Drift Video?

Accepted Answer

Question: What is Drift Video?

Answer: Drift Video a great video platform designed to help you create and share videos instantly. You can use this awesome extension to communicate and send video messages to your clients, team members, basically to anyone. This is perfect when you want to show them a quick demo, a shoft guide or tutorial that can greatly impact your productivity and business overall.

You can record using the following settings:

Screen & Face
Screen Only
Face Only

Here's a short segment from my Chrome Extension training video where I discuss about Drift Video:

Where and how to get Drift?

Click here to download the extension from the Google Chrome Store.
Click Add to Chrome
You'll need to accept the permissions and then you'll see the installation complete.
When it's done, the extension will occupy the space to the right of the URL field within Chrome!

Using the Drift Video Chrome Extension is super easy! All you have to do is:

Click on the Drift Video extension in the top right of your Chrome Browser
Choose your recording settings (face, screen, audio)
Record your video
Share the link with someone!

If you have any struggles or have any feedback(good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, please let us know as they are always welcome. This will also help the entire team to continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library.

To learn more, visit DotComTruths.com

Thank you! The Dot Com Truths Support Team

Question 5

How do I manage passwords securely?

Accepted Answer

Question: How do I manage passwords securely?

Answer: I mainly use a password manager/generator where I can store all of my password for different websites. The one I use is LastPass as it also has a Chrome extension that I can easily install in my Chrome browser.

This is a must for security purposes. Though it has a free version, what I use is the basic plan and pay approx. $4/month (billed annually).

If you are using the same password for everything, or easy to guess passwords, you are putting yourself at risk. LastPass helps you by generating new passwords and saving them for you.

Here is a short segment from my chrome extension training video where I discuss about LastPass.

How to add LastPass to Chrome:

Go to the Chrome Web Store.
Search "LastPass" in the search box.
Select "LastPass: Free Password Manager."
Click "Add to Chrome."
Click "Add extension" in the pop-up confirmation window — you should get a confirmation message once it's been installed.

If you have any struggles or have any feedback(good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, please let us know as they are always welcome. This will also help the entire team to continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library.

To learn more, visit DotComTruths.com

Thank you! The Dot Com Truths Support Team

Question 6

What is Google Chrome Incognito and how to use it?

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Question: What is Google Chrome Incognito and how to use it?

Answer: Since none of your browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms are saved on your device, this means you can test any link, checkout page, affiliate link, and any page that you are creating in your website on this window as if you are a customer or a different person on the same device.

The easiest way to open a chrome Incognito window is with the keyboard shortcut combination **Ctrl-Shift-N **(Windows) or Command-Shift-N (macOS).

Another way is to click on the menu on the upper right – it's the three vertical dots – and select New Incognito Window from the list.

NOTE: It is recommended to create an alternate email address for two reasons:

You can test things signing up to pages you created on your own.
You can signup to a newsletter and receive marketing emails that you can use as a guide to learn more and improve your emails in the future!

I recommend opening a gmail account as follows: learning.yourname@gmail.com

This is explained in more detail in my private membership training in the "Email Marketing 101" training which you can find in DotComTruths.com.

If you have any struggles or have any feedback (good or bad) to this FAQ or any others, we welcome any feedback so our team can continue to improve and upgrade the quality of this support documents library. To learn more visit DotComTruths.com.

Thank you!

Question 7

What is an EPP code?

Accepted Answer

It is a generated passcode required to transfer an Internet domain name between domain registrars.

Depending on your current host, you can access or request for this through the settings.

Note: As there are multiple web hosting companies, they'll have different ways so you may need to contact their respective support team to assist you on how to do it.

Here's a video you can watch to know more about this process:

Question 8

How do I host videos professionally? (not YouTube)

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To start with, I want to answer the question of why would you even want professional video hosting?

Typically professional video hosting is applicable when you are setting up a membership site or an online course.

There are software tools that help you with course hosting or membership sites, and some of those provide video hosting along with the service. Example of this is a company like Podia that I personally use, and they provide unlimited video hosting, unlimited courses, and so on, for $39/month.

Another example of this is Kartra, which is an all in one platform for your website, sales funnels, membership site, email marketing and so on. However, this is a classic example of limitations in video hosting. Their cheapest plan is $99/month, but they have a limit of 50 videos total. Their next plan is $199/month, and allows you to have unlimited videos. So it is important to know the pricing and features of whatever software you end up choosing and list out what you actually need.

If you are going to go with a software product like Kartra or Podia, you probably don't need video hosting.

But let's assume you want to set up your website on WordPress or ClickFunnels or EranFunnels. You may want to consider having professional video hosting for your landing page, sales page, webinar page, etc. These services are all great, but the video hosting is simply not included (with the exception of EranFunnels, there's a solution I set up for this exact problem, more on that later).

Professional hosting has hard costs, i.e. the companies who provide this service pay for storage. YouTube is free become it monetizes from advertising, but other companies require paying a subscription. There are a number of companies that provide this service. To name a few along with small input from me about having used them:

Vimeo = Great choice is you want basic video hosting. There are not special features like branding colours for your video play. If you want to see what vimeo looks like, ClickFunnels uses that for their sales pages. Here is an example from the Dot Com Secrets sales page - the video you see there, that's vimeo video hosting.

Wistia = the best choice, but also the most expensive one, a completely over-priced option in fact. It costs $99/month on their smallest plan. It's simply not worth the price in my opinion. Wistia is in fact the company that Podia partnered with. If you pay to Wistia directly, $99/month you get 10 videos limit. If you pay Podia $39/month, you get Wistia video hosting quality for unlimited videos. Makes no sense, but that's why I'm saying there's no point paying Wistia directly. To see an example of Wistia quality video hosting, you can check out a preview of one of my courses.

VooPlayer / Spotlightr = this is a new player in the market but having used their service, it is a good option and a budget option. It was previously called VooPlayer and they either rebranded as Spotlightr or another company bought them - I'm not sure which. Either way, I personally did not like their pricing complexity, there are a lot of variables, and I found the admin office a bit difficult to navigate. However, this is a great option especially if you only want up to 5 videos hosted for example, as at the time of writing this, they have a free plan for up to 5 videos and 1GB limit total. If you want to just host a few videos, it's a good option. Like I said, I'm not a huge fan of their player, but it's a good budget option for professional video hosting.

Vidello = I saved the best for last. This is the one that I personally use. I pay $297/year. Their affiliate program is set up so that buy using an affiliate link, you actually get it cheaper ($22/month). I have a full video tutorial showing the software and the inside.

Since the paid plan let's you have 200 videos, you may not need that much. Because of that, I set up a solution with EranFunnels, so users of EranFunnels can buy video hosting from me directly (hosted by Vidello) for $12/year per video. Usually this makes sense if you only need 1-5 videos. Anything beyond that, you might as well go with the full Vidello plan yourself.

To summarize:

Option 1: Set up your entire tech set up with a company like Podia or Kartra and not have to worry about buying video hosting separately.

If you want to discuss your personal circumstances, feel free to email me directly to support@eranbucai.com

Question 9

What is ClickFunnels?

Accepted Answer

ClickFunnels is a sales funnel builder designed to help businesses automate their sale process from start to finish. It gives you the power to control every stage of the buying journey. This customer journey is called a sales funnel.

What is a sales funnel?

A Sales Funnel is simply a website that is designed to sell. Instead of the concept of a traditional website with "about me", "blog", things like that, a sales funnel is create with a standalone page called a "landing page" or opt-in page. That page basically offers you something of value in exchange your name / email / phone number.

The "something of value" is a free webinar, free training, free PDF or a "5 days building a brand challenge"

The rest of the steps of the funnel includes the automated emails you receive aonce you enter your email address, or the text reminders.

Or a sales page to buy something, and then another bupage to buy something else. All of that is a piece of what is called a "sales funnel"

ClickFunnels is simply a software that lets you as the marketer piece this entire process together.

With ClickFunnels, you can create regular websites, landing pages, opt-in pages, squeeze pages, membership sites, and webinars, among other things. And it makes it easy for anyone of any tech skill level to create sales funnels with a variety of pre-designed, highly customizable funnels available.

Often entrepreneurs and businesses use ClickFunnels to sell and promote products or services online. Others use it to supercharge their lead generation campaigns for their businesses.

Part of the reason ClickFunnels became so popular in this online marketing boom is that it offers an all-in-one marketing solution.

So, how does ClickFunnels work?

Say, you have a product or service to sell or promote. It could be a book, course, software, coaching consulting , webinar, or anything.

The first step is to create a landing page for that product or service. This landing page could be opt-in form to capture the email addresses of your prospects.

Once you have designed a good landing page, you need a sales page selling your product or service. It's important that you know the pain points of your prospects so it would become easier to position your product or service as a solution.

ClickFunnels offers two main pricing levels: $97/month for the ClickFunnels software, or $297/month for the Etison Suite, which includes ClickFunnels, Actionetics, and Backpack.

ClickFunnels comes with three pricing plans The lowest ClickFunnels pricing plan costs $97/month, the other and the most popular ClickFunnels pricing plan is called Platinum costing $297/month , and the most expensive pricing plan is ClickFunnels Collective which costs $1,497/month The main differences between the plans are the number of landing pages, custom domains, and other features allocated per month.

Here are a couple of videos that explain what is a sales funnel and what is ClickFunnels in relation to that.

Question 10

What is ConvertKit?

Accepted Answer

Convertkit is an email marketing software (or an email service provider) that is specifically built around the needs of bloggers, writers, podcasters, course creators, YouTubers, content creators and others who are working to build an audience.

The platform helps you to increase your email subscriber list and automate email marketing with drag-n-drop email sequences, workflow automation rules, landing page templates, custom opt-in forms, and more.

It has all the basic functionality you expect from an email marketing software.

Autoresponders (email sequences)

It has segmentation options so you have multiple lists and trigger different responses based on people's engagement with your email.

I have personally used ConvertKit and it is a great software to use. I have been on their free plan, and that's mainly what I use (limit of 1000 subscribers). I am not a paying subscriber.

I did a video review on ConvertKit showing you the inside. You can check it out here.