25 JANUARY 2024

🚀 Hi Digital Trendsetters 🌐

Welcome to the new edition of our Newsletter. 🚀

Your DIGITAL SUCCESS STORY starts right HERE! 📜

GOING DIGITAL 📱, GOING GLOBAL! 🌐🚀

Here’s what we have in store today for you: 🌈 CELEBRATING 9 MONTH MILESTONE 🌈

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1. AI TRENDING TOOLS

   Proseable - Learn a new language with the power of AI [Link]

   40H - Use AI to search for and land your next dream job [Link]

   MusicFX - Turn a simple prompt into music with Google [Link]

   FineVoice - Transform your voice into 200+ realistic voices [Link]

   AudioNotes - Structure random thoughts and ideas with AI [Link]

2. CYBERSECURITY FREE COURSES

   Cryptography Basics

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   Symmetric Cryptography Basics

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   Asymmetric Cryptography Basics

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3. EMPOWER YOURSELF: 8 AFFIRMATIONS TO OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF ADVERSITY by Jill

   1. I am resilient and capable of handling any challenges that come to my

   way.

   2. My past does not define me; I have the power to create a positive

   future.

   3. I choose to let go of the negativity from my past and embrace a

   brighter tomorrow.

   4. I am in control of my stress response, and I choose to respond with

   calm and clarity.

   5. Each day, I am becoming stronger and more resilient in the face of

   adversity.

   6. I deserve happiness and peace, and I am actively working towards

   achieving it.

   7. I am worthy of love, understanding, and support, and I surround

   myself with people who uplift me.

   8. I am grateful for the lessons I have learned from my past, as they have

   shaped me into the resilient person I am today.

4. GUIDE ON GOOGLE ANALYTICS

   Take control of your metrics. This is an ideal starting point for anyone seeking a comprehensive grounding in Google Analytics.

   Google Analytics: A Guide for Beginners from Builtvisible →

5. LIVESTREAM TO INSTAGRAM

   Exciting news – now you can effortlessly connect with your audience and multistream directly to Instagram using your StreamYard account!

    

   With this new feature, you’ll be able to…

   • Connect Instagram as a destination

   • Multistream to Instagram alongside all your other destinations 

   • Take advantage of all the powerful features in the StreamYard studio, like branding, video clips, guesting, and much more 

   Curious about maximizing your reach through Instagram? Learn more here. This feature is available to all StreamYard users.

    

   Stay tuned – we're introducing portrait mode soon for even easier Instagram streaming!

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6. STARTING A TikTok SHOP

   What is the TikTok Shop?

   A few months ago, Tiktok rolled out its new feature, the Tiktok Shop. The update should theoretically enhance the user experience by benefitting both the seller and the audience. The Shop allows content creators to advertise their products in their videos, and it allows the audience to purchase those products without ever having to leave the app - completely frictionless. Given the many ways that Tiktok’s 1B+ users engage with the app - whether for pure entertainment, travel tips, product recommendations, or otherwise - the shop is a simple and effective way for users to monetize their content. Today, we will be breaking down how the TikTok Shop works and some of the tools that you can leverage to sell your products better on the app.

   

   TikTok users can purchase products from their favourite creators without ever leaving the app

   What TikTok Shop Offers: (from the company’s press release here)

   • In-Feed Video and LIVE Shopping: Shop tagged products directly from videos and LIVEs in the For You feed.

   • Product Showcase: Browse product tiles, read reviews, and purchase directly from a favourite brand's profile. Businesses can curate custom product collections directly on their profile page.

   • Shop Tab: Businesses display their products on a new product marketplace and customers can easily search and discover promotions. Product recommendations are showcased via product listings and shoppable content, and customers can manage orders, all within a single tab.

   • Affiliate Program: Creators can connect with sellers through new commission-based product marketing opportunities. Creators have a new way to monetize their creativity by sharing products in short videos and livestreams, and sellers can choose the Affiliate plan that's the right fit for their brand.

   • Shop Ads: New TikTok Shop Ads bring more opportunities for sellers to promote their TikTok Shops, so customers can discover and complete purchases all within TikTok.

   • Fulfilled by TikTok: A new logistics solution that lets merchants focus on their products while TikTok Shop stores, picks, packs, and then ships sellers' products to customers.

   • Secure Checkout: TikTok works with trusted third-party payment platforms to facilitate transactions on TikTok Shop, to ensure a quick, smooth, and secure checkout process. All TikTok-protected US user data is stored in the US and managed by USDS.

   The variety of ways to sell makes Tiktok a must-have for e-commerce players. The app allows you to market your product in virtually any conceivable way with an algorithm that enables unprecedented reach, and TikTok will even handle shipping logistics for you if that is a barrier to entry.

   Integrations

   Of course, adopting an entirely new marketing channel is a chore. You don’t want to have to manage an entirely new storefront while also maintaining your other commerce platforms like Shopify or Amazon. Thankfully, Tiktok Shop has integrations with nearly all commerce platforms. Shopify merchants can manage their TikTok Shop directly from Shopify through the TikTok for Shopify App. TikTok also offers direct integrations and connectors with WooCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce, Magento and other leading commerce platforms. For merchants running omni-channel businesses, TikTok is partnering with leading multi-channel platforms including Channel Advisor, Feedonomics, Productsup, Pipe17, GoDataFeed, SellerCloud, Linnworks, ChannelEngine, ShoppingFeed, and Cymbio.

   

   Manage your Tiktok Shop via the Shopify admin

   Get started!

   It is abundantly clear that Tiktok has supplied the infrastructure for its users to seamlessly and successfully begin selling their products on the app. Tiktok is uncontested as the fastest growing social media platform, and its audience of over 1B users is a market that you should be amped to break into. Thanks to the simple sign-ups and integrations, you can reach this audience with ease and you don’t have to give up your already-established commerce platforms. So, what are you waiting for? Get selling on the Tiktok Shop now!

   If you found this piece useful, let us know here, and good luck setting up your Tiktok Shop!

   Entrepreneur Zone

   

   7 side-hustle ideas to make money and generate wealth in 2024.
   Looking to start a side hustle for some extra money in 2024? Check out these seven internet-based home businesses to get you motivated. You don't have to have a fancy office or employees. Your desk or kitchen table and a strong internet connection are all that is needed. Read more here. 

   Tips for productivity and “working smarter” from fellow side hustlers.
   "Work smarter, not harder" - words to live by, but this is often easier said than done. Here's how productive side hustlers are working smart on their projects. Read more here.

   10 marketing trends that will dominate 2024.
   The marketing landscape is evolving due to many factors: technological advancements, changing consumer behaviours, regulatory changes and more. Understanding the latest developments helps you formulate effective strategies to boost business development and enhance brand value, which is imperative to staying relevant and competitive in today's ever-changing market. Read more here.

7. STARTING YOUR NEXT PROJECT

   Reflections on the benefits of tweaking an existing app, instead of starting from scratch.

   Click below

   For your next side project, make a browser extension →

8. INSIGHTFUL CONTENT

   ​It's Later Than You Think: The math that you never wanted to do, but that you need to do.

   Life Lessons from 1,000 Years: The life advice we all need to hear.

   The Anti-To-Do List: Leverage the principle of inversion to help you avoid the traps along life's journey.

   The Dark Side of Big Goals: A fundamental change in how we think about goal setting.

   The Personal Annual Review: A thought-provoking exercise to drive growth.

   Mental Time Travel: A cheat code for success.

9.  HOW TO WIN THE INTERNET IN 2024 by Greg

   I won’t go through every single point in Greg’s 22-part list (check out the full thing here), but I want to call out a few tips that I found especially worth jotting down.

   These are important to understand if you’re creating content online with the goal of building brand interest, selling products, and/or launching a digital service in 2024.

10. THE THREE STAGES OF WORK by

    Jay Ferro on the stages of work:

    1. I want to be in the meeting

    2. I want to run the meeting

    3. I want to avoid meetings.”

🌈 CELEBRATING 9 MONTH MILESTONE 🌈

As we celebrate the 9-month milestone of our newsletter, it's a fitting moment to unveil the inspiration and aspirations that fueled its inception in April 2023.

This endeavour began with a singular focus: empowering the youth and their communities to transform their relationship with the internet.

In a world where we spend an average of 7 hours daily immersed in screens, predominantly for entertainment, the realisation struck that our digital engagement could transcend mere consumption.

Despite the booming global e-commerce industry reaching staggering figures, we often found ourselves content with being consumers rather than active participants.

It became evident that the youth could shift from being online content consumers to creators of online opportunities.

The essence of this newsletter lies in bridging the gap, catalyzing a transformation from passive scrolling to purposeful creation.

Witnessing the vast potential within the trillion-dollar e-commerce realm, the vision emerged to see more young minds not just sharing in the digital pie but contributing to its creation.

In a landscape marked by job scarcity and limited business opportunities, the Internet emerges as a beacon of hope.

This platform was conceived to guide the youth in converting their ideas into online ventures, turning shared thoughts with friends into tangible products or business concepts.

The internet, as the most accessible space to operate, offers a realm where compliance hurdles are minimized, requiring only a clear plan of action.

More people must subscribe to this Newsletter to ensure they secure their piece in the digital pie.

I would like to invite you to celebrate with me this milestone by sharing this Newsletter with atleast 9 people.

Here's to the journey of fostering a generation of online opportunity creators and bridging the gap between potential and reality.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

Time is NOW! Stay PURPOSEFUL & Remain INTENTIONAL By Taking ACTION TODAY!

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Until next time!