Question 1

What is Digital Footprint?

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Like footprints left on a trail in the woods, our digital footprints leave evidence of what we do on apps and websites. This video explains the concept of digital footprints, why they matter and how to reduce the risk of digital footprints in the future. It teaches:

What it means to have digital footprints
Why digital footprints are tracked and saved by organizations
What actions leave digital footprints
How your digital footprints could be used in the future
How to reduce the risks of digital footprints

Video Transcript:

Let’s pretend, for a moment, that you are a detective trying to solve a crime. You and your hound find the trail of a criminal in the woods and notice footprints. Because of your training, you can tell what direction they were headed, how fast they were going, what size shoe they wear, what kind of shoe, approximate weight and more. This is valuable information for the investigation - the criminal didn’t even know that clues were being left behind automatically.

Something similar happens on the internet. When we visit websites, search for information, leave comments, upload videos, like pages and more, we leave another kind of footprint that’s also valuable. This is your digital footprint.

To understand why your digital footprint is valuable, we have to consider how business works on the web. Organizations depend on collecting and analyzing what people do on their website. That information can help the website, make recommendations, inspire helpful features, connect people, sell products and more.

The organization may also be able to sell the information to advertisers. The bottom line is that your digital footprint is being tracked and saved because it’s valuable.

And leaving tracks is unavoidable. By simply using the web, we leave digital footprints by default. And for the most part they are harmless. However, digital footprints do come with risks.

Unlike a footprint left in the woods, our digital footprints don’t get washed away. Your digital footprint leaves tracks across the web that lasts much longer than we can remember.

That comment you left on a blog five years ago? It’s still there. This means your digital footprint is part of your online identity and doesn’t go away.

The problem is that your digital footprints could be discovered and used to make decisions when you apply for school or a job. What seemed like a funny video to share 3 years ago could seem inappropriate today - and keep you from getting a job.

So, if digital footprints are unavoidable and saved by organizations, what can we do? First, we can choose to be respectful and responsible online. Before posting on a public website, imagine how it would look to a future employer or on the front page of a newspaper.

Second, we can take steps to protect our privacy. This means understanding how our favorite websites and services collect and use our information. Find the site’s privacy settings and choose a level that works for you.

Third, consider having more than one account or persona online. This could be a professional account and personal account. By consciously switching between accounts, you can keep private information private, but still have an online presence that can be found easily.

Our digital footprints can be both helpful and a risk. As you use the web for work school or to be social, keep in mind that your actions are being tracked and it’s your responsibility today to prevent problems in the future.

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Question 2

Can you share examples of New Zenler websites?

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Whether in a free trial or paid account, it is common for new users of New Zenler to send me a message and ask for website inspiration on what can be done with New Zenler.

Below are a few websites that I have built together in collaboration with my clients that I wanted to share to serve as your guide or inspiration. Feel free to browse them so you can get an idea how to build your own. You can be creative explore your options to get the best output:

I have a training on DIY Website Design if you would like to learn more about building your own website. The training is available in this Facebook Group, Dot Com Truths.

If you would like additional hands-on support with building your New Zenler website, please visit our Zenler services page.

New to Zenler? Sign up for a free trial.

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Question 3

How do you create a video lesson for your online course or membership (systeme.io tech tutorial)?

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Creating a video lesson in systeme.io is really simple. But the best part, is you really only have to create the lesson ONCE, and then create a block that you re-use over and over... that's how I use a lot of time.

Here is the template I created for myself that you can install into your systeme.io account with ONE CLICK = https://systeme.io/user-block/share/1...

Creating a video lesson in systeme is required if you want to teach someone something through video tutorial or training.

You can host your videos directly on systeme.io or through YouTube.

I personally use both scenarios, depending on what I teach.

For example, this video you're seeing, that's in one of my courses but it's publicly available on YouTube.

There is nothing proprietary about it.

But it is a question that has come up in a Q&A during my Website Creation challenge, so I created a video to answer that in greater detail.

Download some free resources to help you with your website on this page:

[https://www.websitediycourse.com/](https://www.websitediycourse.com/)

Sign up for Systeme using this link: [http://eranbucai.com/sio](http://eranbucai.com/sio)

Steps to creating a video lesson in systeme:

I usually delete the template that Systeme provides.

Once delete I drag a section, then a row, make it medium, add Text Headline, add Text, add a few bullets, put a video under, text element under that for the timestamps or call-to-action and sometimes a button with any downloadable resources of call-to-actions.

I make sure all the branding is accurate (font, colours, styling, etc) the way you want it and then save that as a section to use in future lessons so you don't have to go through that again.

All is explained and shown in detail in the video below.

Systeme.io is an all in one business software for your online business.

Systeme.io has email marketing features including up to 5000 contacts on their lowest plan of $27/month

Systeme.io has funnels, including landing page, sales page, order pages, upsells, downsells, etc.

Systeme.io has membership sites / courses (basically the same thing in systeme.io)

systeme.io has the functionality to create blogs.

systeme.io has a deadline funnel feature (huge plus!) which I've not seen any other funnel software having that in-built.

systeme.io has an evergreen webinar features.

Systeme.io lets you sell your products and services online using all the above features.

What is missing/lacking from systeme.io? at the time of uploading this video, there is no live feature (you still need Zoom), there is no calendar (you still need Keap or Calendly), there is no community feature (you still need Facebook group, Circle or Mighty Networks), systeme.io does not have a live webinar feature you'll still need StreamYard or Zoom or EverWebinar.

But besides these, systeme.io literally has everything you need to start and grow an online business.

Sign up for Systeme using this link: http://eranbucai.com/sio

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Question 4

How to choose a great domain name?

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There are a few simple rules.

The shorter the better.
Make it catchy or easy to remember.
Make it relevant to your niche or industry.
The fewer words within the domain the better. Finding a domain which is 1 word is really hard these days (for a .com domain), 2 words, is more feasible. 3 words are borderline, and anything more should have a really special reason but I suggest against it. Unless it is extremely memorable.

Additionally, if this is your first domain name, I always advise people to buy their personal name. For example, in my case it's EranBucai.com.

This is for the simple reason that you are your own brand. Your name is what makes you unique. Even if you think your name may be stupid, I want to remind you all the great brands and companies you know. These brand names were named by and after a person, who when they got started, were just like you. Here are some notable examples:

Ford (automative)

And so many more.

You can read more about this article from Wikepdia, "List of companies named after people".

Why make a domain name easy to remember? Here's a short 45 seconds video that explains this perfectly.

Here are some examples of domain names I personally bought for my businesses:

EranFunnels.com = A simple combination of my name, Eran, and the word "Funnels". My freelance business that explains my process for helping people choose the best software for their online business, and then also helping them build their funnel 1-on-1.

CustomIntroVideos.com = A domain name for a side business where my team creates an custom branded introduction video for people's YouTube channel videos. Combination of the 3 words, Custom, Intro, and Videos.

WebsiteDIYCourse.com = A domain name for a sales funnel I wanted to create for my website building services. It starts off with a simple landing page to give a free gift in exchange for an email address and the follow up products to help someone DIY their website, such as my Website DIY courses. For example, my Systeme.io Website DIY course is found on WebsiteDIYcourse.com/systeme. This domain is based on the 3 words combination, "Website", "DIY" (a well known and easy to remember acronym), and "Course".

DogTrainerFunnels.com = This domain name is to serve a very specific niche of Dog Trainers. There are literally 10s of 1000s of dog trainers worldwide, and I discovered some time ago that a lot of them were looking to create an online course on New Zenler. And so, I created a sales funnel specifically to cater for that niche audience and created a Sales Page Template specifically for them and this is the capture page to bring them into my world. This domain name is a combination of "Dog", "Trainer" and "Funnels".

Another reason to buy a domain name is if you want to have have a higher chance of being found on on the search engines like Google. For example, I promote a software called "Podia", which is a software company that lets you build online courses and memberships. Since people who are interested to learn more about Podia, may type to google the search term "Podia Review".

So I bought the domain name, PodiaReview.com. While there are other factors that go into getting a website on the first page of google, I knew that this domain name would be a good one for this reason. I also bought the domain name PodiaReviews.com for the exact same reason and purpose.

Another thing to watch for when choosing a domain name, is seeing if the social media accounts are available. To do that, check the availability on a website called NameCheckr.com - I show how in this short Instagram video reel.

To wrap up this FAQ, I have a great explainer video from GoDaddy. I would like to note that even though I greatly appreciate GoDaddy's wonderful explainer video, I do not recommend buying products from GoDaddy. I'll give you my thoughts in this YouTube video.

With that said, here is the video from GoDaddy explaining how to choose a domain name:

Transcript of the video below (italicized):

*Welcome to “How to choose a great domain name.”

Your domain name is a critical part of your online identity. As your unique internet address, it can help put you on the fast track to business success – or be a stumbling block to reaching your goals. So knowing what makes for a good domain name matters.

For starters, keep it short and relevant to your business. A name that’s easy to spell and type is a bonus.

For instance, if your business is cleaning windows, you’ll want your domain name to include the keywords “window” and “cleaning” or “clean”- because those are the words people will search when they need your service.

Numbers, whether spelled out or as digits, and dashes can create confusion. Avoid forcing customers into mental gymnastics trying to recall your online address.

The domain “bestwindowcleaning.com,” three short words, is way easier to remember and type than number1-windowcleaning-4u.com

For local businesses, including your city, state, or region in your domain helps your customers find you faster. For example, seattlewindowcleaning.com is more targeted than bestwindowcleaning.com.

Now for the extension…. that’s the part of the domain name following the dot. If you can get “.com,” go for it. It’s the most widely used extension, but it’s also been around so long that getting a short, memorable name that ends in .com can be a challenge.

Other popular extensions include .net, .org., .info. and .biz. Plus, hundreds of fun new ones are now available, like .guru, .shop, .nyc, and .actor. These descriptive extensions allow you to perfectly represent your business and boost your brand.

Speaking of your brand, you can protect and build it by purchasing misspelled versions of your domain name so customers who get it wrong are still ushered to your website. It’s also a good idea to purchase your domain with various extensions to prevent competitors from registering them.

Finally, make haste. Domain names sell fast. But most are affordable, so get your favorite domain registered now before someone else beats you to it.

Domain registrars, like GoDaddy, streamline the process of finding a good domain name because they know which names are and are not available and help with your search by suggesting relevant alternate domains when the one you want is already taken.

Question 5

What is Augmented Reality?

Accepted Answer

What it teaches:

A high level introduction to augmented reality
Using it to find a restaurant
Using it to compare products, be entertained
A look at future possibilities of augmented reality

Video Transcript:

I think we can all agree that reality is pretty great. It’s what we experience through our senses like our eyes, and phones with cameras. The Internet is awesome too, but the Internet and reality have a hard time working together.

Thankfully this is changing quickly. New tools mean that the world around you can now be seen with a layer of new information from the Internet. Let's start with an example.

If you've ever seen a movie with a fighter pilot, you've seen the pilot’s view from the cockpit – but something’s missing. The pilot needs a layer of information that adds useful items to his view of reality. Recently, this kind of layer started working on your smartphone. But instead of flight data, you have data about the world around you. It’s Augmented Reality.

Let’s say you're hungry and at a busy intersection. There are multiple restaurants around you, but you don't know where they are or which one is the best. You could look up each one on a computer, or just take your chances. But now, thanks to new software on mobile phones, you can simply point your phone's camera at buildings around you and voila! Restaurants are magically highlighted and a layer of information about the restaurant appears on the screen.

Another example is shopping. You can point your camera at a product and see a layer of information about it, like prices of the same product at other stores in the area or on the Internet. And this functionality only requires a few things.

First, a smartphone with a camera to capture reality.

Second, a connection to the Internet for receiving the layer of information.

Third, software on your phone to bring it all together.

It also helps to have a phone with GPS and a compass so it knows which direction you're facing. Augmented reality can also work with a camera attached to your computer. You can hold products in front of the camera and see a layer of information on your screen that makes reality more interesting and even fun.

These examples are just the beginning. In the future, you may wear glasses that have a tiny display that you can see while walking. As you walk by stores, buildings, people and products, this screen displays information from sites like Wikipedia or Google. Suddenly your reality is richer and more interesting.

It's coming, but augmented reality has a long way to go. Keep your eye out for ways that augmented reality adds layers of information to your reality.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here:https://www.dotcomtruths.com/

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 6

What are the Benefits of Working as a Team?

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Using an example of a robot building competition, this video follows the story of two teams with different approaches to teamwork. Using their example, we can see what helps, and what makes it difficult, for winning the competition. It teaches:

What all successful teams have in common
Why clear communication can be more important than skills or experience
How to develop a sense of team strengths and weaknesses
Why some teams have a difficult time finding success
What teams can do to improve their weak spots

Video Transcript:

Welcome to the CC robotics competition! Today, teams are competing to design and build a robot. The team whose robot is judged to be the best in the time allowed wins and earns internships at CC Robotics. The competition requires skill and talent, but what really matters is how teams communicate and collaborate, or not.

Any successful team, whether it’s a soccer squad or lab of scientists, works together in the same ways. They define the goal and what steps are required to reach it. They communicate and develop a sense of strengths and weaknesses. This helps them identify gaps that must be filled to be competitive and reach the goal.

Having the best player or most brilliant scientist isn't enough. To win, they must work together to turn weaknesses into strengths.

Let’s consider two teams in our competition: green and purple. Team Green got started by reviewing the challenge, dividing it into steps, and discussing each other’s skills and ideas for completing the robot. All input was welcomed. These discussions showed gaps in their skills that could slow them down. They considered each gap and how they could work together to fill it.

For example, the robot was electric and electrical engineering wasn’t a strength.

During the project, they agreed that any team member could propose an idea or share a concern. This open communication helped them make necessary adjustments along the way. Before long, victory was in view because the team was operating as one.

Team Purple, despite their talent, was in disarray. Andre assumed the role of team leader and without a discussion, divided the team into two groups: hardware and software. These groups got to work without discussing their skills, strengths or weaknesses.

Each group followed their own path and assumed it would work out. They had concerns, but Andre was dismissive. Nothing was more important than speed. The team also saw that Claire was distracted and not contributing to the software side. When Team Purple finally shared their progress, it was bad news. The software didn’t match the hardware and they realized they’d have to start over.

It’s not difficult to imagine which team was better prepared to win. Experience and expertise are not advantages when team members are dismissed or some members don’t contribute.

On the other hand, when teams communicate clearly and work together to identify and solve problems. They can overcome challenges and be stronger than other teams.

The next time you’re on a team, remember that success comes from open communication and cooperation that’s focused on the goal.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here:https://www.dotcomtruths.com/

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 7

What is Smart Grid?

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This video focuses on the basic ideas that make up the smart grid, which is the next generation of the network that delivers electricity to our homes. It teaches:

What's wrong with the current grid
What makes the grid "smart"
How it will help us reduce the use of fossil fuels
How it will help us reduce blackouts
How smart meters will help us manage electricity usage

Video Transcript:

It’s easy to take electricity for granted. But modern life would not be possible without it. To keep it going, we need more efficient ways to manage electricity.

For over one hundred years, coal and other fossil fuels have been used by power plants to produce the electricity we use every day. The Grid is a network of power lines and substations that carry electricity from power plants to homes and businesses.

Today, the grid has problems. It needs updating and is running at capacity. When power lines break or powerplants can’t produce enough power, blackouts can occur – and that’s a problem that can cause fatalities.

At the same time, today’s grid often relies on a single power source and doesn’t provide detailed information on usage, making electricity difficult to manage.

To address these problems in the past, we simply built new power plants. But now we can work toward sustainability and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels by using a smarter grid.

Here’s how…

The Smart Grid means adding sensors and software to the existing grid that will give utilities and individuals new information that will help them understand and react to changes quickly.

Let’s say a tree falls on a powerline and one thousand homes lose power. With the current grid, utility employees often physically re-route power, which takes time.

With the Smart Grid, sensors and software would detect and immediately route the power around the problem, limiting the issue to fewer homes.

And there’s more. The price of electricity changes throughout the day, but we can’t see it with the current meters on our homes. It may be expensive during peak hours and cheap late at night. With new Smart meters at your home, you could set your dishwasher to run when power is cheap. This provides more control of your energy bill and helps prevent blackouts at peak hours.

The Smart Grid also means news ways to use renewable energy. Power generation can now be distributed across multiple sources so the system is more stable and efficient.

It’s this ability to communicate and manage electricity that makes the grid smarter and helps us avoid burning more fossil fuels in the future.

The Smart Grid is still a few years away, but soon we’ll be able to manage our energy bill, help the environment and help the economy by making more informed decisions about how we use electricity.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 8

What is Artificial Intelligence?

Accepted Answer

What it teaches:

The goal of artificial intelligence is to create computers that are as intelligent as humans. Achieving this goal is a huge, huge challenge.

Today, researchers are making progress and forms of artificial intelligence are starting to appear in everyday life. This video teaches:

Video Transcript:

Computers do a lot for us these days and can sometimes seem intelligent like a person. But really, they’re more like calculators. Most only do exactly what we program them to do and nothing more.

But this may change in the future. Today researchers are working on artificial intelligence which has the goal of making computers seem to be as intelligent as humans.

Let’s take a look at what’s possible today. Talented programmers can currently provide instructions to computers that help it do amazing things. We’ve seen computers beat professional chess players…and win trivia game shows. We can now have basic conversations with our smart phones.

These are possible because their use is very narrow – the computer can be programmed do a small number of things amazingly well. But the computers we have today are just getting started.

The challenge of true artificial intelligence is a computer with the same broad intelligence as a human. Here, the same computer that can beat you at chess, would be able to teach itself new concepts and react appropriately to your emotions...It would be able to converse with you like another person and comprehend abstract ideas.

This sort of intelligence may be in our future. Here are a couple of the big challenges.

The first is learning to learn. Here, additional instructions from a human wouldn’t be needed for the computer to teach itself new skills, ideas and concepts.

For example, it would be able to learn from experimentation, interactions with humans or exploring data and information from other sources. This gets computers closer to human intelligence.

But the real challenge here is creating computers that have the emotional intelligence and empathy that make us human.

Think about it this way… Human intelligence comes from a huge, complicated mix of life experiences, education, culture, emotion, genetics, and much more. All these things overlap and make us the intelligent people we are.

We take it for granted, but understanding and interacting naturally with humans is really complex.

This is a problem that’s very difficult to solve and likely a long way off.

And there is even another level of intelligence that we can imagine.

What if very powerful computers could use all mankind’s knowledge to achieve things that are beyond our current understanding? They would become far more intelligent than the smartest humans.

Some worry that these super intelligent computers may someday be able to work together and become a problem for humans.

But that’s not a worry today. We’re a long way from this level of intelligence. We’re still working on solving narrow problems and learning. But over time, we can look forward to artificial intelligence becoming a bigger part of our lives.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 9

How to generate website policies for your website?

Accepted Answer

There are various website policies you need to have as part of your legalities. This FAQ is not a replacement for proper legal advice from a qualified lawyer in your respective country.

I simply wanted to share a great resource that I have used to create my policies. Here is a video explaining:

How to generate legal policies for my website is one of these boring questions that still need to be taken care of.

In addition to showing you how to generate legal policies for your website, I also have some free templates to help you with that. You can get a copy of these policies samples on this website: https://store.eranbucai.com/website-policies-templates/buy

If you want to generate your own legal policies for your website using the software tool I shared in this tutorial, please use this link: https://link.eranbucai.com/WebsitePolicies

The different types of legal policies you can create would be:

And more!

How this video helped you answer the question of "How to generate legal policies for my website"

This video is not intended to give you any legal advice but simply to share a software tool I personally used that helped me generate legal policies for my website.

Question 10

What is Private or Incognito Browsing?

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Modern web browsers come with two versions: the normal version and one that provides for “private” or “incognito” browsing. Using this feature can be helpful, and using it effectively requires an understanding of what it does and why. This video teaches:

What information web browsers save when you visit websites
Why this information is saved
What makes private or incognito browsers different
Why private browsing is not truly private
What makes provide browsing useful

Video Transcript:

Your web browser has a twin that’s designed to help increase your privacy when using the web.

This twin version is usually called a private window or incognito mode and knowing how to use it is part of being smarter on the web. Let’s take a look...

You never see it, but your web browser does a lot when you visit websites.It logs what pages you visit in your browsing history. It saves a type of file called a cookie that contains information about your use of the website, like login info or what you saved in a shopping cart.

The browser also saves the search terms you used.

And all these items are saved for future reference when you close your normal browser.

A browser in private or incognito mode is different: it doesn’t keep a record of your browsing history, cookies, search terms, and more. As soon as you close the browser, they disappear.

Using a private window might sound like you can browse the web anonymously or without anyone knowing what you do. But, this isn’t the case. When you visit websites, information is still logged on the internet.

The internet connection you use, like the wifi at work, still sees what sites you visit. The goal isn’t complete privacy. Instead, Private browsing is a way to browse the web without leaving evidence, in the browser, of your actions.

Imagine you’re planning a surprise vacation by searching for and browsing websites using a normal browser. Then your spouse uses the computer and sees evidence of your plans via the browser history, search terms and even ads. If you had used a private window, this information would disappear when you closed the browser - and your secret could be safe.

Or let’s say you’re using a shared computer at a library and log into your favorite social networking sites. A normal browser might remember your login information and allow someone else to login as you. By using a private or incognito browser, your login info is deleted once you close the browser and you can feel safe.

Or suppose you’re a blogger who is logged into your website and making changes. You’d normally have to log out To see how those changes look to visitors, and then log back in to keep working.

Instead, you can simply view the site using private browser window. Because it doesn’t save login information, it will show you the version of the site a new visitor would see.

All popular web browsers offer a private or incognito mode. You can usually find your browser’s more private twin under the File menu. While there are some differences, they all operate in the same basic way and help you browse the web without leaving tracks that others can see.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.