Often, creative professionals find themselves in their current roles due to a combination of aptitude for a particular craft-photography, for example-and an insatiable curiosity that drives them to cultivate a diverse skill set. In today's market, where photographers often need to know design and designers often need to know how to take great pictures, these varied skill sets are crucial. Essentially, the more you know, the greater your professional value. In this course, get a high-level overview of some of the most popular creative fields-including graphic design, photography, video, and UX design-and learn which techniques you need to know to stay competitive. Join instructor Jim Heid as he shows the tools needed for various kinds of work, the skills that you'll need to get the most out of those tools, and the LinkedIn Learning courses that allow you to explore these tools and skills at your own pace.


* Identifying essential creative professional skills
* Reviewing different creative tools
* Learning about the field of graphic design
* Working in the photography and video fields
* Working with audio and music
* Reviewing motion graphics and 3D animation
* Working in UX and web design

Master Blogging By Creating, Driving Traffic To, And Monetizing Your Blog!

As a member of Blogging Masterclass you have full access to this crash course on how to create, drive traffic to and monetize your blog.

The Blogging Masterclass course consists of 3 modules:

Create Your Blog - In this module you'll learn how to find the right niche to target to make sure your blog will be profitable. Starting with the wrong niche is the #1 reason why people don't make money with their blog, and in this module we'll show you key methods you can use to make sure you don't make their mistake. You'll also learn how to build your website on a shoestring budget and then turn that website into a user friendly blog using a completely free program.

Drive Traffic - In this module you'll learn several methods to driving traffic to your blog. Without traffic you will not be able to take advantage of the techniques in the next module to monetize your blog. We'll show to you to craft the right kind of content that search engines love as well as how to use social media to make your blogs go viral. Finally you'll learn a secret twist we use utilizing a completely free service to bring even more buyer hungry organic traffic straight to your site.

Monetize Your Blog - In this module you'll learn key methods to turning your blog into a money machine. We'll show you how to use free software to track your blogs statistics to make sure you're making the most profit possible. You'll also learn how to leverage other people's work and advertising dollars by promoting niche relevant offers on your blog. These methods won't cost you a dime which means you get to keep every dollar you make. Finally we'll show you how to turn your blog traffic into lifelong customers that you can promote to over and over. This step is the key to making long term income with your blog.

We've only included what we think are the most important factors in optimizing and monetizing your blog. We hope you get a lot of value from this course and as always we'd love to hear your feedback!

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With AutoCAD P&ID software, you can quickly create, edit, and validate piping and instrumentation design information with AutoCAD-based editing tools. In this course, discover how to leverage this powerful software to create a project-based piping and instrumentation diagram. Instructor Irene Radcliffe walks through the desktop environment and goes into the basic functions of the program. She explains how to locate and open a P&ID project, use the Project Manager function to create a new drawing, and build a new drawing by adding equipment, pipe lines, valves, and instrumentation. Irene also helps you understand how tagging works in P&ID, as well as how to use the Data Manager to manage the project database.


* Setting up the P&ID workspace
* Understanding the P&ID ribbon menu and tool palette
* Using the AutoCAD properties dialog box
* Creating P&ID drawing files
* Inserting equipment and assigning tag information
* Changing your P&ID layout
* Inserting a valve on a pipe line
* Adding instrumentation to your P&ID
* Creating custom P&ID symbols
* Adding and removing off-page connectors
* Understanding tagging and annotation
* Working with Data Manager
* Working with the Data Validation tool

Linters make sure your code has a uniform style, to make the code easier to read and to catch mistakes early. But installing a file linter or style checker usually requires a lot of configuration to set up the particular style rules that you want to follow. Some linters might have presets to make things easier, but these presets will also need to be configured before the tool can be used.

In this Coffee Break Course, Dan Wellman will show you how StandardJS makes linting simple. It comes with a specific set of rules for formatting JavaScript code, and you either follow these, or you don't use StandardJS. You'll see how to install it in your project and begin using it immediately, without the chore of configuring the rules. You'll also learn how Standard can correct simple formatting errors in your code, to make it easy to write in the Standard style.

Git has become the most widely used system for version control and sharing code. If you want to help build open-source software, or if you want to work on a professional team, understanding Git is a must.

In this animated Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Ed Wassermann will show you the various states that files can have in a Git repo: ignored, untracked, unmodified, modified, staged, and committed. Once you understand the flow between all these states, you'll have an easier time working effectively with Git.

It's such an exciting time to be running a business as an artist. One of the things that makes business and marketing such fun right now is how Instagram has grown to be such an important platform when it comes to social reach. If you're thinking of jumping in, or perhaps have a personal account, but are thinking about having a dedicated business account for your art profession, this class is for you.

In the class we will leverage engagement, learn about hashtags to amplify reach, and which ones to use that multiply your bottom line growth and engagement. The methods are practical and taught step by step and does not require any special skills or deep pockets. Anyone can succeed on Instagram using these practical methods.

However, if your business is 100% personified by you, and you already share your artwork on Instagram and have built a following, then I would continue to build on that and just curate a little bit more tightly in the future using the methods in this class to brand your Instagram Aesthetic and boost sales. Let's dive in & talk about what you can do with your Instagram as an artist to boost your business right now.

WordPress.org and ThemeForest have hundreds of great custom themes that you can use to create a beautiful site, but sometimes you need to customize the front page.

In this course, instructor Rachel McCollin will show you how to go from a plain homepage using the WordPress 2016 theme to a custom page with a slideshow, static content, a widget area, and custom loops. By the time you finish, you'll be able to create your own custom front page with WordPress template files!

Learn to composite the scene of your dreams. In this advanced Phlearn PRO Tutorial we walk you through each step required to composite a background from multiple images, balance the exposures, match lighting, create additional atmosphere, add realistic shadows and more! Build out this amazing scene from multiple images as you follow along with master Photoshop instructor, Aaron Nace. Learn his thought process behind the photoshoot and how he envisioned the entire composition coming together.

Learn the most ideal conditions for your photo shoots to give you more flexibility for editing. Shooting at the right time of day will keep more contrast in the sky and fewer hard shadows in your scene. Use Photoshop to adjust the colors and place your subject to create the desired mood.

Unite the subject with their environment by adding interaction between them. Plan ahead to pose subjects in a way that will compliment the scene. Learn how to evaluate what's important to make interactions more seamless.

In this Phlearn PRO Tutorial we help you to achieve incredible details in every part of the final image. Enhance existing light sources to build the dream-like essence. Adjust colors and add atmospheric effects to achieve your ideal scene.

Create Light Sources
Easily add your own light rays and learn the best methods for making them blend seamlessly into your image. Adding light with Photoshop is a great way to bring atmosphere and attention to your images.

Color Correction
Remove the complexities from correcting colors in shadows, midtones and highlights. At times, highlights are too warm or too saturated and need to be treated separately from other areas of an image. Learn how to correct color and restrict your changes to specific areas.

Phlearn Custom Brushes
Create your own Photoshop brushes so you'll always have the right brush for the job. Custom brushes are excellent for advanced retouching and adding special effects, like fog, to your images.

Focus Attention
Learn multiple methods to draw attention away from a particular area of an image, so the viewer will focus where you want them to.

Coding a full-stack app has always been hard. Developers have to know client-side languages, tools, libraries, and frameworks, as well as a different set of server-side languages, tools, libraries, and frameworks! But with React and Node, we can finally use the same JavaScript code on both the client and server.

In this course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Jeremy McPeak will show you how to write a universal (isomorphic) React app-one that can render on the server or the client. This will let us reuse the same code on the server and client, and it will make it easier for search engines to index our app. Follow along as Jeremy builds a simple app in React with React Router and then upgrades it with server-side routing.

We've built comprehensive guides to help you learn JavaScript and React, whether you're just getting started or you want to explore more advanced topics.

In this course, we will be discussing the steps any artist or designer can take to create an engaging and noticeable cover for children's books. We will discuss composition, the Golden Mean, how to create quick thumbnails, and the power of negative space vs. positive space. We will pretend that we are designing for the client, and we will follow the steps that you would normally use when freelancing.

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Practice working with the Standard PHP Library (SPL).Learn to securely manage files and emails.Build clean URLs.

Content:

1.Up and Running with the Standard PHP Library
2.Uploading Files Securely with PHP
3.Exporting Data to Files with PHP
4.Resizing and Watermarking Images with PHP
5.PHP Email with Swift Mailer
6.Clean PHP URLs on Apache Server

FLIP THE SYSTEM - Attract job inquiries and pre-qualify yourself for your target position. Never search for a job again!

If you are ready for a change, a change in thinking, a change in your approach, and a change in your results (aka, a new job or career), then keep reading. This is unlike any other "Resume Writing" course out there - I use data to "Flip-the-System" and get Recruiters to pursue you!

If you are looking for an "all-in-one" (resume, cover letter, LinkedIn, interview, negotiation course) then this course isn't for you. WHY? Think of your job search as a funnel: you have to succeed at each step to improve your end conversion rate (did you get the job?). First, you need to optimize the "top" of your job search funnel; are you getting more INQUIRIES (aka "leads"). This is what your Resume and LinkedIn Profile deliver. Without fixing this FIRST, you can be the greatest interviewer, but it WON'T matter. Make sense?

If you agree, then you are starting to think like a digital marketer, and in this digital age, you HAVE TO think like a digital marketer to succeed (your competitors and the resume filter "bots" are already employing these tactics, without them you don't have a chance). Let's look at a data-driven example around Recruiters' interaction with your LinkedIn Profile:

Top of Funnel (Appearance in Searches, Profile Views, Inquiries) -> Bottom of Funnel (Interviews)

Note: %'s indicate the conversion rate or what percent of Recruiters advance you to the next stage

1000 Recruiters x 20% Appearance in Searches (=200) x 20% Profile View AKA click-thru rate (=40) x 25% Inquiries (=10) x 10% Interviews (=1)

If you double the "Bottom of Funnel" Interview rate from 10% to 20%, by only focusing on your Interview skills, you now go from 1 to 2 interviews.

Instead, with this course, you improve the "Top of Funnel" first. For simplicity, we'll say you get the same "double" improvement that we used for the "Bottom of Funnel" example above for "Top of Funnel" (e.g. 20% Appearance in Searches & Profile Views goes to 40%, 25% Inquiries goes to 50%):

1000 Recruiters x 40% Appearance in Searches (=400) x 40% Profile View AKA click-thru rate (=160) x 50% Inquiries (=80) x 10% Interviews (=8)

You now get 8 Interviews instead of 2. That's a 400% increase!!! Clearly, focusing on Top of Funnel is a more urgent need and delivers 4x the results. Focus your time now on what will deliver the greatest results moving forward.

Objection: "But I want to improve my Interview skills first, so I won't squander these additional opportunities."

Why this is WRONG: Get started fixing this FIRST, as it will take time to implement, THEN work on your Interview skills once you get the first iteration of your Fully Optimized Profile/Resume completed, which you'll have by the end of this course. Rome was not built in a day and neither will be your perfect Resume/Profile.

"Your actions speak so loudly, I can not hear what you are saying." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Understand the difference between what other Resume Writing courses "say" and look at the results that my "actions" have delivered.

Who am I?

I'm a data-driven marketer who implemented these same SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tactics into my Resume and LinkedIn Profile that I used as an acquisition marketer and the results were dramatic - 450+ Profile Views over 90 days, up to three or more recruiter contacts on some days, and I attracted my then dream job as Head of Marketing at a FinTech startup (Do you know your 90-day metrics?). Here is what you can expect:

Short, concise and digestible lessons built with the beginner in mind - I use definitions, not jargon
Bite-size "Action Items" at the end of each lesson ensure you make progress with just a few minutes of work
Not just a resume writing course - you will learn new search & internet marketing skills that will benefit you forever
Data-driven SEO approach delivers results (new way) - not anecdotes from a Recruiter (old way)

To clarify, I didn't have to submit my resume for mediocre roles, I had "cracked the code" and figured out how to get Recruiters to pursue ME for some incredible opportunities; I had "Flipped the System!" Employing these same principles, I have helped several people achieve these same results. Stop submitting resume's into the "black hole" of online applications, where bots filter out upwards of 70% of resumes. Work smarter - appear at the top of Recruiters searches, entice Recruiters to click into your Profile, and pre-qualify yourself by wowing them with a thoughtfully crafted story of your successes. You'll learn it all in this course.

At the end of this course you will have:

A professional caliber resume valued at $1,500 - bypass the filter bots and get more INQUIRIES
A fully optimized LinkedIn Profile (or at least a good start on this iterative journey) - appear HIGHER in searches
The confidence to research more Keywords that Recruiters are searching for - appear in MORE searches
A memorable Tagline that will entice Recruiters to click into your Profile more often - increase Profile VIEWS
A razor smart Profile/Resume that tells your career arc with success bullets - use DATA to get more INTERVIEWS

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