Christmas & Holiday Greetings 2020

As I look back, in the rear view mirror, to this year 2020, it’s certainly been a year like none other. Who could have imagined a global pandemic that would shut down not only cities and communities, but whole countries. As we say good bye to 2020 and step into 2021, even through all the challenges that we’ve had to go through and changes that we’ve had to adjust to, I’m incredibly grateful for making it this far.

I’ve not created as many YouTube videos as I would have liked to, but I’m grateful for whatever I’ve been able to accomplish and many people that I’ve been able to help through my videos as well as answering hundreds of questions from subscribers and viewers. I dedicate this video to all my YouTube subscribers and viewers.

Even through all the challenges, this is still a very special season and a great time to take a moment and acknowledge your support and love during this year. I’ve enjoyed creating tutorial videos and reviews in 2020 and I hope to continue doing so in the new year 2021. This holiday and Christmas season many of us will be spending it away from our loved ones, but whatever you do, I encourage you to take the time to celebrate this special season with family and friends, even if it’s virtually. 

I take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Make the best of your time with your near and dear ones. And as we close 2020, my hope and prayer is that the New Year 2021 will be your best yet. Wishing you happiness, hope, peace, love and much success in all your endeavors.

In closing, I would like to give a BIG shout out with a heart filled with gratitude, to my subscribers and viewers from all over the world, for your continued support this year. Always remember that I appreciate you very much and want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the visits, likes, shares, comments and of course for subscribing. It means a whole lot to me.

At the time of this writing, I’ve uploaded over 700 videos, have almost 18,000 subscribers, and over 7.2 million views across my YouTube channel. One of my goals each year is to always improve my video creation skills and focus on creating quality content, this year was no different. I hope to continue creating and sharing quality video content in 2021. Thank you once again…stay safe and blessed!

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How to Control Tweet Replies on Twitter

Twitter is among the top social media platforms today. Accordingly to stats from the Q1 2019 Earnings report, Twitter had 330 million monthly active users.

Like most social networks, Twitter tests and implements new features and functionality to their website.

A few months ago, Twitter beta tested a reply moderation feature which seems to have been received well by the testers.

So recently, Twitter decided to roll out this new feature across the platform. When you send a tweet out on Twitter, other users are able to respond to your tweets if you have a public Twitter profile.

In the past, when you tweeted, anyone could reply to your tweet, whether they are following you or not.

HOW TWEET MODERATION WORKS

With this new reply moderation feature, Twitter users will now have 3 options to control who can reply to their tweets. Now, when you tweet, you will see these 3 options are listed below:

• Everyone: this is currently set as the default option. If you have a public Twitter account, anyone user will be able to reply to your tweet.

• People You Follow: this option only allows people that you follow on Twitter, as well as people that you @ mention in the tweet, to be able to reply to that tweet.

• Only People You Mention: this option will allow only people that you @ mention in your tweet to be able to reply.

To see this first hand, you can watch this video tutorial below on How to Control Tweet Replies on Twitter:

NOTES ABOUT THE REPLY MODERATION FEATURE

• The above mentioned reply moderation feature applies to only those tweets that you specifically mark as such.

• If you use one of the reply moderation features to limit replies to your tweets, it will display as such and other users will be able to see that the particular tweet is limited in term of replying.

• This moderation feature will not limit other Twitter users from liking or sharing your tweet (or re-tweeting it). They will also be able to vote on polls (if your tweet includes a poll).

• The moderation set for a particular tweet cannot be edited once the tweet is published. You would have to delete the tweet and then create a new tweet.

• If you delete the original tweet, any replies or retweets (of the main tweet) will lose any previous restrictions that were set.

Overall, I like this new tweet moderation feature because it will provide much more flexibility for certain tweets and users to freely share their opinions without fearing haters out there.

It will also help curb trolls and spammers whom you see very often on Twitter. Have you used this new reply moderation feature? Please feel free to share your thoughts and if you intend to use it on your tweets. Thanks for stopping by!

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How to Embed Twitter Timeline on Website

Twitter is one of the top social media platforms that marketers use to share content with others. If you have a website or blog, you can also showcase your tweets by embedding them right on your website.

In an earlier blog post, I shared with you How to Embed Facebook Posts, as well as How to Embed a Facebook Page.

This embedding feature can come very handy because you can showcase your Facebook and Twitter posts with others without them having you leave your website.

Also, in an earlier post I shared with you How to Embed Tweets on your website. In this blog post, I'll focus on how to embed your Twitter timeline in Blogger.

In this video tutorial below, I walk you through the process step-by-step on How to Embed your Twitter Timeline on your website or blog. Further down below, you will also find written instructions on how to do so:

In order to embed your Twitter timeline follow these steps:

Step 1: go to this website URL
Step 2: enter your Twitter handle (for example, @ajgodinho)
Step 3: click the little arrow button
Step 4: choose the Embedded Timeline option
Step 5: copy embed code (using the Copy button)
Step 6: paste embed code in HTML editor of website

Note that you can also use the "Customization Options" links on the page, if you wish to customize the way the embedded Twitter timeline looks like. For example, you can you can choose a Dark or Light theme.

Tweets by ajgodinho

If you're also interested to learn How to Embed Tweets on your website, feel free to check out this video tutorial below:

Well, hope you found this Twitter help blog post helpful. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section. Thanks for stopping by!

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How to Replace Copyrighted Music in YouTube

If you create video content on YouTube via your YouTube channel you must already know about copyright claims and copyright infringement.

If you're new and don't know the basics on copyright infringement, I would highly recommend you take the time to learn at least the basics.

Essentially, the Copyright Act protects the ownership and usage rights for creative works including works of art and written books, as well as other types of media.

Copyright is the legal and exclusive right to copy, or permit to be copied, some specific work of art. A variety of content can be protected by copyright, including books, songs, films, artwork, etc.

YouTube has an automated system in place called as Content Id which helps content creators and owners identify other YouTube videos that include content they own. A content ID claim is different from a Copyright Takedown notice. A content ID claim doesn't result in a copyright strike, but a copyright takedown notice does.

I create original content on YouTube, which include images, graphics, video footage, music, etc. Sometimes I use music that is specifically licensed to use, even for commercial purposes. However, in the past, whenever I've used licensed music from third-parties, I've experienced copyright claims, both Content ID as well as copyright takedown notices.

In every case, I've been able to produce a license and the copyright claim was released. However, based on my experience on YouTube, I've sometimes received multiple copyright claims on the same video from different sources. This caused a lot of frustration and waste of my precious time because I would have to constantly dispute copyright claims.

So when YouTube launched the YouTube Audio Library I started using music exclusively from this library because its copyright-free and can be used even on monetized videos. Since then it's been smooth sailing.

However, recently, I got copyright claim from a Content ID match on an old video that I had uploaded in 2012. I was surprised because I do have a license to use the music. Anyway, this time I decided to replace the music instead of disputing the claim.

In this video tutorial below, I walk you through the process step-by-step on How to Replace Copyrighted Music in a YouTube Video. It's a fairly simple process which is done directly within YouTube. And you can replace the music by using a copyright-free audio track from the YouTube Audio Library.

On the flip side, I've had many of my YouTube videos stolen by bad actors on YouTube and uploaded to their channels without my permission. Previously, I had to manually search on YouTube and then file a copyright takedown notice.

However, since YouTube introduced the new Copyright Match Tool, it's saved me a lot of time and frustration. The Copyright Match Tool is a blessing because it automatically identifies content that has been used by other channel owners. All the infringing videos are listed down and copyright takedown notices can be filed within the tool itself.

I've created a separate blog post covering this in more detail, but you can check this video on how the Copyright Match Tool works.

Hope you found this YouTube help article useful. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section. Thanks for stopping by!

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How to Set Up Bluehost Email Account

If you use Bluehost for hosting your website, you can set up free branded email accounts. These email accounts will have your branded domain which is a professional way to do things online.

Once you create an email account in Bluehost, you can access it via webmail or even set it up to receive email messages via your Gmail account.

Setting up your Gmail email client can come very handy because you don't need to log into another webmail client to access your email messages.

In this blog post, I will walk you through the process on how to create a branded email account using your Bluehost web hosting services.

I will also show you how to access your Bluehost email account via webmail. There are a few webmail applications that you can choose from like Horde, Roundcube and SquirrelMail. Additionally, I will also show you how to set up the Gmail email client to receive your email messages.

HOW TO CREATE AN EMAIL ACCOUNT IN BLUEHOST?

First, let me show you how to create an email account using your Bluehost web hosting account. In this video tutorial below, I walk you through the process step-by-step. However, further down below you will also find written instructions on how to do so.

In order to create a branded email account in Bluehost follow the steps below:

1. Log into your Bluehost account;
2. Click on the Advanced tab (in the sidebar)
3. Scroll down to the Email section;
4. Open the Email Accounts app
5. Click the Create button
6. Choose your domain;
7. Enter your username and password;
8. Assign storage space;
9. and finally, click Create.

HOW TO ACCESS EMAIL ACCOUNT IN BLUEHOST?

Now that we've created a free branded email account in Bluehost, let me show you how to access it via webmail. Again, in the video tutorial below, you will find step-by-step instructions on how to do so. And further down below, you will also find written instructions.

In order to access your email account created in Bluehost via webmail, please follow these steps:

1. Log into your Bluehost account;
2. Go to the Email & Office tab;
3. Click on Manage;
4. Click on Check Email (for respective email account);
5. Choose your webmail app;
6. Set it as your default webmail app;
7. Click on drop-down menu (top-right corner);
8. Choose your webmail app;
9. Check and manage your email messages.

HOW TO SET UP BLUEHOST EMAIL ACCOUNT IN GMAIL?

If you do not want to set up a separate webmail app to check your email messages in your Bluehost email account, you can set up your Gmail account to receive these email messages.

In this video tutorial below, I walk you through the process step-by-step on how to access your email messages from your Bluehost email account in Gmail.

Well, hope you found this Bluehost help article useful. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section. Thanks for stopping by!

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How to Embed a Facebook Page

In a previous tutorial, I showed you how to embed Facebook posts. In that tutorial, I showed you examples of embedding a regular Facebook post, a Facebook image and a Facebook video.

In this tutorial, I'll show you How to Embed a Facebook Page. As you will see down below, I've embedded my own How-To Tutorials Facebook Page. You will notice that it displays all the recent posts that I made on my FB page.

All the posts that you see in the embedded Facebook page are live. This means that visitors don't have to leave your website or blog to interact with the posts in your Facebook page.

All the buttons, post engagement features are live. They can even LIKE your FB page right from within the embedded page.

I will provide you written instructions on how to embed a Facebook page below. But, you can feel free to watch this step-by-step video tutorial below:

In order to Embed a Facebook Page on your blog or website, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Go to the Facebook Developers page;
Step 2: Enter the Facebook Page URL into the box;
Step 3: Click the GET CODE button;
Step 4: Go to the IFRAME tab and copy the code;
Step 5: Paste the iFrame code in your webpage.

Note that when you click the Get Code button, you will see two tabs (or options) to get the embed code. The JavaScript code is a little more complex and requires you to add a snippet to the body tag of your website and then add the embed code to the respective page.

Whereas, the IFRAME tab (or option) is simpler because all you need to do is add the embed code to your webpage or blog post (like I did here on this blog post). Also, another important point is that if you're logged into your Facebook account, you will need to choose a Facebook App ID. Whereas, if you're not logged into your Facebook account, you don't need the App ID.

And finally, down below you will see a live preview of my embedded How To Tutorials Facebook page. Feel free to interact with the posts and leave a comment and like if you wish. As well as Like my Facebook page.