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Umbilical blood can be a valuable treatment for rare diseases. But that doesn’t mean you need to pay thousands of dollars to bank your baby’s. In the fall of 1988, Matthew Farrow , a 5-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder, received the world’s first transplant of umbilical-cord blood from a newborn sibling. It worked: Farrow was cured. This miraculous outcome broke open a whole new field in medicine—and, not long after, a whole new industry aimed at getting expecting parents to bank their baby’s umbilical-cord blood, just in case. These days, in fact, being pregnant means being bombarded at the doctor’s office and on Instagram with ads touting cord blood as too precious to waste. For several hundred dollars upfront , plus a storage fee of $100 to $200 every year, the banks’ ads proclaim, you could save your child’s life. Cord-blood banking has been likened to a “biological insurance policy.” In the U.S., the two biggest private cord blood banks are Cord Blood Registry and ViaCord. Together, they have collected more than 1 million units. But only a few hundred units of this privately banked cord blood have ever been used in transplants, the great majority by families who chose to bank because they already had a child with a specific and rare disorder treatable with a transplant. For everyone else, the odds of using privately banked cord blood are minuscule—so minuscule that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends against private banking. It does make an exception for families with that disease history. “But that’s a rare circumstance,” says Steve Joffe, a pediatric oncologist and ethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, “and not one that anybody is going to build a successful business model around.” ViaCord and Cord Blood Registry do offer free services for families in which someone has already been diagnosed with a condition treatable with cord blood. In general, the companies reiterated to me, cord blood does save lives and they are simply providing an option for families who want it. But the marketing also gives the impression of much more expansive uses for cord blood. The private banks’ websites list nearly 80 diseases treatable with transplantation—an impressive number, though many are extremely uncommon or closely related to one another. (For example: refractory anemia, refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation.) They have also recently taken to highlighting the promise of still-unproven treatments: Temporary infusions of cord blood, they say, could eventually treat more common conditions such as cerebral palsy and autism. Video testimonials feature parents talking excitedly about the potential of cord blood for their children. But the evidence isn’t there yet—and may never appear. Nonetheless, says Paul Knoepfler, a stem-cell scientist at UC Davis, “the cord-blood companies seem to be trying to expand their base of potential customers.” The initial exuberance around cord blood came from a real place. The blood left over in umbilical cords is replete with cells that have the special ability to turn into any kind of blood, including red blood cells, which carry oxygen, and white blood cells, which make up the immune system. Adults have stem cells in their bone marrow and blood—which can also be used for a transplant—but those in a baby’s umbilical cord are more immunologically naive. That means they are less likely to go awry and attack a recipient’s body. “They don’t cause as much havoc,” says Karen Ballen, an oncologist at the University of Virginia. This allows doctors to use cord blood that matches only four out of six immunological markers . Because cord blood is so valuable, publicly run banks have been collecting donations since the 1990s. Despite amassing fewer units overall, public banks worldwide have provided 30 times as many units of blood for treatment —and saved more lives—than private ones, because they are accessible by any patient in need. Although the AAP recommends against private banking, it does recommend donating to public banks. One appeal of private banking, though, as the companies highlight, is that the cells in a baby’s umbilical cord are a perfect match for them in later childhood or adulthood. But this is usually irrelevant: In most of the diseases that can be cured by a cord-blood transplant, doctors would, for medical reasons, not use the patient’s own cells . In cases of inherited disorders such as sickle cell anemia, for example, a child’s own cord-blood stems have the same problematic mutation. For children with one of many types of leukemia, the concern is that cord blood could contain leukemia-precursor cells that cause the cancer to reappear; in addition, donor blood-stem cells are better because they can mop up remaining leukemia cells. Doctors would “never” use banked cord blood from a child with these types of leukemia, says Joanne Kurtzberg, a pediatrician and cord-blood pioneer at Duke University, who helped treat Farrow when he was a young boy. When privately banked cord blood is used in transplants, it is more likely to go to a sibling. Genetically, siblings have about a 25 percent chance of being perfect matches for each other. The chances of finding a suitable match among unrelated bone-marrow or cord-blood donors from a public bank, on the other hand, range from 29 to 79 percent , depending on one’s ethnic background. (The majority of donors are white, so it’s highest for white patients.) In any case, not banking a matched sibling’s cord blood doesn’t foreclose the possibility of a transplant, because that sibling can still donate bone marrow. “I often encounter families who have some guilt around not storing the cord blood, and I will point out, ‘Well, your donor child that matches our patient is still here,’” says Ann Haight, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at Emory University. Even if a baby’s cord blood is banked, there’s no guarantee that it will contain enough cells for a transplant. In fact, most may not: Public banks only keep 5 to 40 percent of their donations , as the rest don’t meet their standards. Private banks will save much smaller samples, which they argue serve a different purpose. Whereas public banks are looking for large samples that are mostly likely to be used for transplants, says Kate Girard, the director of medical and scientific affairs at ViaCord, “when families are banking with us, this is that child’s only cord, so our threshold is way lower.” Another reason to bank these smaller samples, a spokesperson for Cord Blood Registry pointed out, is that they can still be used for experimental infusions treating conditions such as cerebral palsy and autism. (About 80 percent of units released by CBR have been used this way, as have about half from ViaCord. ) The private banks partner with researchers, such as Kurtzberg at Duke, who are running clinical trials to test these treatments. The theory goes that cells from cord blood can make it to the brain, where they might have some neuroprotective role—but the mechanism remains unknown, and the effects are not entirely clear. As Kurtzberg told me, “The therapy is not proven.” The current state of cord-blood science might be summed up thus: Proven uses are very uncommon, and unproven uses are, well, unproven. Of course, a future discovery could lead to a real breakthrough in the use of stem cells from cord blood—an idea private banks trade on. Who knows what might be in store for cord blood later, when your baby is 30, 50, 70 years old? In a recent Cord Blood Registry survey of new parents, a spokesperson told me by email, 45 percent named “belief in future treatments” as the primary reason for banking their child’s cord blood and tissue. Knoepfler, the stem-cell scientist, notes that scientists have been excited for decades about the promise of stem cells. But translating interesting results in the lab to a doctor’s office, he says, “is really much harder than many of us realized. I include myself in that.” Medical discoveries have actually changed the ways cord blood is used over years, but they have so far resulted in less use of cord blood. In the past several years, doctors have refined a protocol to use half-matched donors in transplants. Doctors generally get more cells from these donors than from an infant’s banked cord blood, which means the transplants “take” more quickly and the patient spends less time in the hospital. For this reason, cord blood has been falling out of favor. Public banks have started scaling down their collections; the New York Blood Center, which had launched the world’s first public bank, recently stopped collecting new donations. How cord blood gets used in the future is still unknown. More than 30 years ago after Kurtzberg first treated Farrow, she is still in touch with him. He’s 39 now, and doing well. Having watched cord banking grow and evolve over the years, she remains a proponent of public banking and the possibilities ahead. When it comes to private banks, however, she says, “I don’t think it's a necessity. I think it’s nice to have if you can do it.” There isn’t much harm in private banking, after all, as long as parents can afford the several thousand dollars over their child’s lifetime. Afford might be the key word here. The ads for cord-blood banking feel a lot like those for any number of “nice to have” baby products aimed at anxious parents, be they organic diapers or BPA-free wooden toys tailored to your child’s age and cognitive development. If anything, the stakes of cord-blood banking are higher than anything else you might choose to buy. The opportunity only comes around “ once in a lifetime, ” and it could literally save your child’s life—even if the chances of that are very, very small. “It’s playing to parental guilt and the desire for parents to have healthy children and do whatever they can for their kids,” says Timothy Caulfield, a health-law professor at the University of Alberta who has studied cord-blood banks. “There’s a huge market based on exactly that.” It’s telling, perhaps, that Cord Blood Registry ran a giveaway of $20,000 worth of baby products this summer. The curated package of luxury “baby essentials” resembled the registry of parents who want the best for their kid, and can afford it. Included were a Snoo smart bassinet ( $1,695 ), an Uppababy stroller and car seat ( $1,400 ), Coterie diapers ( $100 for a month’s supply, guaranteed to be “free of fragrance, lotion, latex, rubber, dyes, alcohol, heavy metals, parabens, phthalates, chlorine bleaching, VOCs, and optical brighteners”), and, of course, a lifetime of cord-blood and tissue banking ($11,860).…
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There are plenty of reasons to head out on a hiking trip or mountaineering expedition. Both outdoor sports get you right into the heart of the natural world – enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of nature and providing you with the chance to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of the modern world. They are also both great social activities. Head on a private expedition with some friends or family to reconnect or join a group tour and make some new friends. Regardless of the option, you’re almost certain to create memories that last a lifetime. Keep reading: A Beginner's Guide to Mountaineering However, one of the top reasons to take up or continue your hiking and climbing passion is the myriad physical and mental health benefits that both provide. Hiking and, especially, mountaineering is strenuous physical activities. In order to enjoy and excel at them, you will need to get into good physical condition and maintain it. The reward for doing so, however, is immense. Not only will you get out into the wilderness and visit places to which cars, cities, and nature documentaries simply cannot bring you, but you will also reap the numerous health benefits associated with getting there. Below we’ve listed just a few of the top health benefits associated with mountaineering and hiking for your consideration. Establish Healthy Routines Most guides recommend that participants spend at least three months getting ready for their trip, undertaking a combination of flexibility, cardiovascular, and strength training regimes. These may include some combination of heading out on biweekly runs, going to the gym three or four times each week, and making time to do some yoga in the morning or evening. Regardless of the exercises, you choose to undertake, you will likely fall into some sort of routine over the course of your training period. After making it up to that mountain summit or completing your hike or trek, you will probably not find it too difficult to stick with the same fitness routine. Not only will this keep you in shape, but it will also keep you perennially prepared for any other mountaineering or hiking opportunities that come your way. Lower your risk of heart disease Hiking and mountain climbing are among the many ways to reduce your risk of heart disease. The physical act of walking and climbing increases the amount of high-density lipoprotein in your blood. Known as good cholesterol, HDL helps your body collect bad cholesterol – LDL – and transport it to the liver to be removed. By increasing your heart rate as you hike or climb, the two sports simultaneously help to lower your triglyceride levels. Triglycerides are a type of fat found in the blood. When their levels become too high, they can contribute to the buildup of plaque in your arteries. Increase bone density Hiking and mountain climbing are weight-bearing exercises and involve plyometric movements, both of which contribute to increasing bone density and slowing the rate of calcium loss. Both types of outdoor sports require you to move your body uphill against gravity. Due to the rate and frequency of muscle strain caused by climbing or hiking uphill, the bones become increasingly dense and more resistant to breaking. The magnitude of the muscle strain during the exercise also contributes to increasing bone density. Climbing and hiking with a moderately heavy pack add to the magnitude of the strain exerted in the same way that weight lifting does. Additionally, both outdoor sports strengthen the muscles in your legs and back, which in turn help to hold your bones in place. Climbing and hiking with the correct posture can help to prevent or reverse the impacts of osteoporosis, a disease in which bone mass deteriorates over time, as well as arthritis. According to experts, simply hiking for 150 minutes each week also helps to keep your joints flexible, which prevents the onset and slows the spread of arthritis. Improve mental health Studies have shown that participating in group physical activities in nature decrease negative and obsessive thoughts about the self, which are attributed to depression and anxiety. Exercising in nature is also a great way to increase endorphins, which stimulate receptors associated with pleasure in the brain, making you feel good and releasing energy that may have been contributing to the build-up of anxiety. Mountain climbing, in particular, requires you to focus on achieving a goal as a member of a team. Concentrating on constructive activities, such as making it up a cliff face or traversing a glacier to reach a mountain summit, improves self-esteem and your sense of self-worth. It also forces your brain to solve problems and improves mental agility, all of which are associated with healthier brain function. Work on your balance Hiking and mountain climbing are both full-body sports. Along with improving your cardiovascular endurance and exercising your upper and lower body, they are also great for improving your balance. Walking and climbing over uneven surfaces engage your core muscles in a way that few other types of exercises can. The type of lateral motion achieved while hiking or climbing will better hone abdominal, leg, and back muscles that all contribute to balance but are rarely worked out during daily activity. Habitually, hiking and climbing can also improve your foot-eye coordination and judgment. Both sports allow you to practice traversing uneven surfaces, learning your limitations, and improving upon them. Take advantage of fresh air According to the World Health Organization, air pollution contributes to lung cancer, acute lower respiratory infections, stroke, and heart disease. All the aforementioned health benefits provided by hiking and climbing are amplified when unpolluted air is filling your lungs and oxygenating your blood. For people who suffer from asthma and allergies, getting fresh air helps to alleviate these respiratory problems and ease the difficulty of breathing. Additionally, the most common scent one encounters while hiking is pine, which studies have shown reduces stress, depression, and hostility levels after prolonged exposure. Lose weight more efficiently While any type of exercise, when done correctly, will contribute to weight loss, hiking and climbing at high altitudes are especially effective ways in which to do so. Studies have shown that spending as little as one week at higher elevations helps individuals to lose weight. It is no coincidence that mountain communities tend to have far lower levels of obesity than communities at sea level. This is because spending prolonged times at higher elevations speed up the body’s metabolism, processing proteins, carbohydrates, and fats more quickly, while also reducing appetite. However, this means you need to be smart when exercising at altitude. Be sure to acclimate properly before heading to altitudes in excess of 2,000 meters (6,500 feet). Also make sure you are eating properly, including consuming “good” carbohydrates and plenty of protein. Along with helping to lose weight, hiking and climbing on a consistent basis also help to keep the weight off once it has been lost. Hikers and climbers can burn anywhere from 60 to 300 calories per kilometer (100 and 500 calories per mile). Heading out to hike or climb once per week will help you shed unwanted weight and keep it off as well, more effectively than diet alone. Assist in the recovery from cancer While hiking and mountain climbing will not cure cancer, some research indicates that they may provide some health benefits that help mitigate the recurrence of or prevent cancer from returning. Research published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine found that women with breast cancer and men with prostate cancer had lower rates of oxidative stress – which is believed to play a role in the onset, progression, and recurrence of cancer – after heading out on long-distance hikes. The study found these hikes may improve the antioxidative capacity in the blood of oncology patients. It is also well-established that regular exercise helps to improve the prognosis of recovering cancer patients. Get out there and see the results for yourself! Take a healthy and fulfilling vacation while making memories that last a lifetime.…
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Hundreds of thousands of deaths, from either tobacco or the pandemic, could be prevented with a single behavioral change. The end state of this pandemic may indeed be one where COVID comes to look something like the flu. Both diseases, after all, are caused by a dangerous respiratory virus that ebbs and flows in seasonal cycles . But I’d propose a different metaphor to help us think about our tenuous moment: The “new normal” will arrive when we acknowledge that COVID’s risks have become more in line with those of smoking cigarettes—and that many COVID deaths, like many smoking-related deaths, could be prevented with a single intervention. The pandemic’s greatest source of danger has transformed from a pathogen into a behavior. Choosing not to get vaccinated against COVID is, right now, a modifiable health risk on par with smoking, which kills more than 400,000 people each year in the United States. Andrew Noymer, a public-health professor at UC Irvine, told me that if COVID continues to account for a few hundred thousand American deaths every year—“a realistic worst-case scenario,” he calls it—that would wipe out all of the life-expectancy gains we’ve accrued from the past two decades’ worth of smoking-prevention efforts. The COVID vaccines are, without exaggeration, among the safest and most effective therapies in all of modern medicine. An unvaccinated adult is an astonishing 68 times more likely to die from COVID than a boosted one. Yet widespread vaccine hesitancy in the United States has caused more than 163,000 preventable deaths and counting . Because too few people are vaccinated, COVID surges still overwhelm hospitals —interfering with routine medical services and leading to thousands of lives lost from other conditions. If everyone who is eligible were triply vaccinated, our health-care system would be functioning normally again. (We do have other methods of protection—antiviral pills and monoclonal antibodies—but these remain in short supply and often fail to make their way to the highest-risk patients.) Countries such as Denmark and Sweden have already declared themselves broken up with COVID. They are confidently doing so not because the virus is no longer circulating or because they’ve achieved mythical herd immunity from natural infection; they’ve simply inoculated enough people. President Joe Biden said in January that “ this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated ,” and vaccine holdouts are indeed prolonging our crisis. The data suggest that most of the unvaccinated hold that status voluntarily at this point. Last month, only 1 percent of adults told the Kaiser Family Foundation that they wanted to get vaccinated soon, and just 4 percent suggested that they were taking a “wait-and-see” approach. Seventeen percent of respondents, however, said they definitely don’t want to get vaccinated or would do so only if required (and 41 percent of vaccinated adults say the same thing about boosters). Among the vaccine-hesitant, a mere 2 percent say it would be hard for them to access the shots if they wanted them. We can acknowledge that some people have faced structural barriers to getting immunized while also listening to the many others who have simply told us how they feel, sometimes from the very beginning . The same arguments apply to tobacco: Smokers are 15 to 30 times more likely to develop lung cancer. Quitting the habit is akin to receiving a staggeringly powerful medicine, one that wipes out most of this excess risk. Yet smokers, like those who now refuse vaccines, often continue their dangerous lifestyle in the face of aggressive attempts to persuade them otherwise. Even in absolute numbers, America’s unvaccinated and current-smoker populations seem to match up rather well: Right now, the CDC pegs them at 13 percent and 14 percent of all U.S. adults, respectively, and both groups are likely to be poorer and less educated. In either context, public-health campaigns must reckon with the very difficult task of changing people’s behavior. Anti-smoking efforts, for example, have tried to incentivize good health choices and disincentivize bad ones, whether through cash payments to people who quit, gruesome visual warnings on cigarette packs, taxes , smoke-free zones , or employer smoking bans . Over the past 50 years, this crusade has very slowly but consistently driven change: Nearly half of Americans used to smoke; now only about one in seven does. Hundreds of thousands of lung cancer deaths have been averted in the process. With COVID, too, we’ve haphazardly pursued behavioral nudges to turn hesitant into the inoculated. Governments and businesses have given lotteries and free beers a chance. Some corporations, universities, healthcare systems, and local jurisdictions implemented mandates. But many good ideas have turned out to be of little benefit: A randomized trial in nursing homes published in January, for example, found that an intensive information-and-persuasion campaign from community leaders had failed to budge vaccination rates among the predominantly disadvantaged and low-income staff. Despite the altruistic efforts of public health professionals and physicians, it’s becoming harder by the day to reach immunological holdouts. Booster uptake is also lagging far behind. This is where the “new normal” of COVID might come to resemble our decades-long battle with tobacco. We should neither expect that every stubbornly unvaccinated person will get jabbed before next winter nor despair that none of them will ever change their mind. Let’s accept instead that we may make headway slowly, and with considerable effort. This plausible outcome has important, if uncomfortable, policy implications. With a vaccination timeline that stretches over years, our patience for restrictions, especially on the already vaccinated, will be very limited. But there is a middle ground. We haven’t banned tobacco outright—in fact, most states protect smokers from job discrimination —but we have embarked on a permanent, society-wide campaign of disincentivizing its use. Long-term actions for COVID might include charging the unvaccinated a premium on their health insurance, just as we do for smokers, or distributing frightening health warnings about the perils of remaining uninoculated. And once the political furor dies down, COVID shots will probably be added to the lists of required vaccinations for many more schools and workplaces. To compare vaccine resistance and smoking seems to overlook an obvious and important difference: COVID is an infectious disease and tobacco use isn’t. (Tobacco is also addictive in a physiological sense, while vaccine resistance isn’t.) Many pandemic restrictions are based on the idea that any individual’s behavior may pose a direct health risk to everyone else. People who get vaccinated don’t just protect themselves from COVID; they reduce their risk of passing on the disease to those around them, at least for some limited period of time. Even during the Omicron wave, that protective effect has appeared significant: A person who has received a booster is 67 percent less likely to test positive for the virus than an unvaccinated person. But the harms of tobacco can also be passed along from smokers to their peers. Secondhand smoke inhalation causes more than 41,000 deaths annually in the U.S. (a higher mortality rate than some flu seasons ). Yet despite smoking’s well-known risks, many states don’t completely ban the practice in public venues; secondhand smoke exposure in private homes and cars—affecting 25 percent of U.S. middle- and high-school children —remains largely unregulated. The general acceptance of these bleak outcomes, for smokers and nonsmokers alike, may hint at another aspect of where we’re headed with COVID. Tobacco is lethal enough that we are willing to restrict smokers’ personal freedoms—but only to a degree. As deadly as COVID is, some people won’t get vaccinated, no matter what, and both the vaccinated and unvaccinated will spread the disease to others. A large number of excess deaths could end up being tolerated or even explicitly permitted. Noel Brewer, a public-health professor at the University of North Carolina, told me that anti-COVID actions, much like anti-smoking policies, will be limited not by their effectiveness but by the degree to which they are politically palatable. Without greater vaccination, living with COVID could mean enduring a yearly death toll that is an order of magnitude higher than the one from flu. And yet this, too, might come to feel like its own sort of ending. Endemic tobacco use causes hundreds of thousands of casualties, year after year after year, while fierce public-health efforts to reduce its toll continue in the background. Yet tobacco doesn’t really feel like a catastrophe for the average person. Noymer, of UC Irvine, said that the effects of endemic COVID, even in the context of persistent gaps in vaccination, would hardly be noticeable. Losing a year or two from average life expectancy only bumps us back to where we were in … 2000. Chronic problems eventually yield to acclimation, rendering them relatively imperceptible. We still care for smokers when they get sick, of course, and we reduce harm whenever possible. The healthcare system makes $225 billion every year for doing so—paid out of all of our tax dollars and insurance premiums. I have no doubt that the system will adapt in this way, too, if the coronavirus continues to devastate the unvaccinated. Hospitals have a well-honed talent for transforming any terrible situation into a marketable “ center of excellence .” COVID is likely to remain a leading killer for a while, and some academics have suggested that pandemics end only when the public stops caring. But we shouldn’t forget the most important reason that the coronavirus isn’t like the flu: We’ve never had vaccines this effective in the midst of prior influenza outbreaks, which means we didn’t have a simple, clear approach to saving quite so many lives. Compassionate conversations, community outreach, insurance surcharges, even mandates—I’ll take them all. Now is not the time to quit.…
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Skin is the body’s largest organ made up of 19 million skin cells , 650 sweat glands, 20 blood vessels, and 1,000 nerve endings. It does a big job for us, so it is important to take really good care of it. Learning just a few useful skincare tricks can eventually lead to that glowing and happier-looking skin every woman strives to have. We at Bright Side love beauty routines, so we’ve created a list of 8 simple yet effective skincare hacks you can start practicing as of today. 1. Wash your face with rice water. 2. Differentiate your morning and evening routines. In the evening double-cleanse your face to remove makeup, oil, and other impurities. After double-cleansing, use a toner and an eye cream. Finally, treat your skin with a face serum based on retinol and apply a moisturizer or night cream. 3. Try multi-masking. 4. Measure out SPF using your fingers. 7. Always sleep on your back. 8. Follow the four pillars of wellness Do you apply any of these skincare tips in your daily routine? What is your skincare routine? Share it with us know in the comments.…
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Wood said the amount of interest investors are showing in or decentralized finance could threaten the traditional banking world Cryptocurrency was initially created to sidestep old institutions – and banks may finally be feeling themselves get disrupted, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood said. Known for her high risk high reward strategy, Wood told CNBC’s “Crypto World” Thursday that the amount of interest investors are showing in DeFi, or decentralized finance, applications could threaten the traditional banking world. There’s been a “share shift” when it comes to loans in DeFi, she said. “Banks have a big problem,” Wood said from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. “They’re losing talent to crypto, so they’re having to raise wages to attract talent, and they’re losing business to DeFi. Lending and saving – a lot of it is taking place in DeFi right now.” Decentralized finance is an umbrella term for the various financial products and services that are peer-to-peer, built on blockchains, and eliminate the need for the traditional institutions that have historically provided access to those services. “What we’re seeing is 180 degrees different today than it was a year ago,” she said. She noted the shift in stance from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen , who had previously expressed concern on crypto, averse to its potential environmental problems and risk of illicit activity. “I remember I was asked at the time and I basically said she hasn’t studied the technology and she hasn’t studied the instruments of the new asset class. Well, it seems like she’s been boning up,” Wood said. Ark was the first public asset manager to gain exposure to bitcoin, in September 2015. Wood said the firm still sees bitcoin’s price scaling to $1 million by 2030.…
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1 Snoop Dogg And Billy Ray Cyrus To Launch Hit Song Backed By Massive Animal Concerts And Avila Brothers NFT Drop 4:06
With so much drama in the LBC, it’s only right that we drop a dope NFT. Recording artists Snoop Dogg and Billy Ray Cyrus have teamed up to release a new smash single, “A Hard Working Man.” The hip hop-country mashup, produced by the legendary Avila Brothers, will debut on April 2 during Grammy weekend in Las Vegas. Cyrus’ 2019 hit remix of “Old Town Road” with rapper Lil Nas X made history by going 16x multi-platinum in the United States. Asked about his genre-bending approach to music, Cyrus replied, “My philosophy to making music is no limitations. No rules, no limits, no preconceived notions. Don’t try to think inside the box or outside the box, just think like there is no box.” Adding to the excitement of the song’s debut, metaverse entertainment company Animal Concerts is hard at work (pun intended) developing a new 50,000-piece nonfungible token (NFT) drop to accompany the single. Cointelegraph is producing the artwork for this massive collection, which will be featured on Crypto.com NFT. The drop also features an exciting array of redeemables for music fans, from concert tickets and backstage passes to merch and free tickets to Animal Concerts’ “Meta-Concerts.” Animal Concerts recently burst onto the scene with a host of high-profile live concerts featuring some of the hottest names in music, from Alicia Keys and Future to Meek Mill. Bridging the NFT world, the metaverse and utility for the community, Cointelegraph and Animal Concerts will be expanding their collaboration beyond this drop. In the coming months, the two will be releasing other high-profile NFT collections, including with beloved celebrity dog Izzy the Frenchie and some of the biggest names in music. Animal Concerts is reinventing the future of concerts. From interactive metaverse shows to immersive live events, Animal Concerts enables established and emerging artists to deliver amazing next-generation fan experiences. Stay up to date with all upcoming announcements, launches and Meta-Concerts by following Animal Concerts on its social platforms . Cointelegraph is the world’s largest independent digital media outlet covering a wide range of news on blockchain technology, crypto assets and emerging technology trends. Since 2013, Cointelegraph has delivered the most accurate, up-to-date news from both the decentralized and centralized worlds. Award-winning entertainer and icon Snoop Dogg has released 19 studio albums, sold over 40-million albums worldwide, reached No. 1 countless times on Billboard charts internationally, and received 20 Grammy nominations. In addition to his extensive work in music, Snoop Dogg has made his mark in the television and film space, with numerous partnership deals with major studios and networks, including TBS, Netflix, VH1 and more. Billy Ray Cyrus is a critically and commercially acclaimed superstar who has established himself as a household name across multiple areas of the entertainment landscape, including music, television, theater and more. When one scopes out Cyrus’ trophy case, the awards are represented across all genres: Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, MTV VMA Moonmen, Country Music Association Awards and American Music Awards, among many other accolades.…
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Bitcoin leads the way as investors seek adaptable hedging alternatives in the search for the new digital gold. Gold has served as a store of value for thousands of years. Due to this, investors have widely used it as a hedging tool against the effects of recessions and inflation often caused by geopolitical tensions. In light of recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, the military crisis between Russia and Ukraine, many investors have sought alternatives to gold and other precious metals as hedging options. As we approach a digitized age, it is a prerequisite that alternatives to gold are equipped to deal with the future. In this search for a contender to challenge gold’s dominance, Bitcoin ( BTC ) has shone the brightest. A spike in the price of gold is usually an indicator of anxiety within traditional equity markets, with the current consensus among investors being that gold is currently overbought. Prices of gold have reached up to $2,000 as investors weigh up the geopolitical and economic ramifications of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Related: Fighting economic warfare with crypto’s double-edged sword The ongoing conflict has seen both populations suffer economically. The military activity within Ukraine has led many businesses to close, which, naturally, has hurt the local economy. Russia has been subject to economic sanctions that have seen restrictions to bank accounts, loss of access to most forms of electronic payment and the devaluation of their local currency. Due to the decentralized nature of Bitcoin, there are still no uniform international laws to regulate the cryptocurrency , meaning BTC maintains value regardless of the holder’s location. Bitcoin is legal in most countries, with some even declaring it legal tender. Bitcoin’s potential utility in times of need increases its attractiveness to traditional investors. This attraction has also grown thanks in part to the recent drop in the value of Bitcoin. A key advantage held by Bitcoin over other cryptocurrencies is mainstream awareness, as it has been around long enough that it has gained support and recognition and, in that time, has even shown some trends. Related: A detailed guide on how to lose all your Bitcoin investments Stability in the face of crisis The global COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated to many that Bitcoin can withstand the fallout from the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The pandemic led to a worldwide economic decline for many traditional sectors. Coinbase reported a $1.4 billion intake of fiat and cryptocurrency into wallets on their exchange over 24 hours during the then-peak of the pandemic in March 2020. During the first half of March 2020, investors quickly noticed that Bitcoin managed to maintain its value while traditional stock values crumbled around it. This increased the amount of capital poured into the cryptocurrency, eventually leading to a then all-time high of around $60,000 in March 2021. The stability shown by Bitcoin during that particular crisis has increased its attractiveness as a hedging option for those skeptical of gold’s future viability. With the advantages Bitcoin holds over gold and the certainty of a digitized future, many investors are looking to diversify their portfolios, and Bitcoin looks to be the best option. This incremental flow of capital into the crypto-space can only go on for so long until the flood gates eventually open, allowing Bitcoin to take its place as the new gold.…
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How to make money online may seem like an impossible task, but it’s actually easier than you think. The first step, of course, is to figure out what you can do online and make money from it. If you’re interested in learning how to start an online business, or how to make money from social media or from freelance writing, these five methods of earning money online will get you started in the right direction. 1) Proofreading: There’s a reason why proofreading is often left until the end of a project. If you’re like most people, it can be difficult to read something you just wrote—the last thing you want when proofreading is to run into your own typos and grammatical errors. Give yourself enough time between writing and proofreading, so that your work doesn’t become stale in your eyes. 2) Market Research: One quick way to earn money online is to conduct market research. Today, there are several paid survey sites that you can use, but they aren’t going to make you rich. However, if you just want some pocket money and have time on your hands, then it might be worth a shot. Here’s how it works: sign up for a survey site and then accept invitations from individual companies or businesses. 3) Listening: Listening is a huge part of sales. For example, you want to know what your customers need before they ask for it. That way, you can give them exactly what they want when they come asking, which will make them more likely to buy from you. There are plenty of tools that help with listening, like: HotJar and Google Analytics. You should also be on social media as much as possible so that you can see what people are saying about your industry and your competitors. 4) Tutoring: Help students better understand subjects they’re struggling with by tutoring them. Whether you’re a history buff or a whiz at algebra, there are plenty of people willing to pay for someone who can help them get back on track. If you want to make money fast, start tutoring part-time in your free time and eventually grow it into a full-time gig. 5) eCommerce: For those looking for a way to monetize a website, e-commerce may be an option. Sites like Etsy and eBay allow you to set up shop and sell handmade goods or vintage items for extra cash—just make sure you have pricey inventory that people are willing to buy. If you don’t have any handy, consider trying Fiverr, which lets you offer your services for just $5 a pop.…
One Dashboard, One Decision to invest into Bitcoin. Simplify your decision to invest in Bitcoin with the help of our Investment Calculator. The reason is very simple: market data tells you the result of market price, meanwhile, social data lets you predict the trend of price before it lands. Because the investment game is the crowd's psychological mind game, if you can handle the crowd's mind, you can predict the market. To win the crowd's investment, you need to understand the psychology of the crowd and how to manipulate it. You need to know when and where to invest, and how much risk you should take. Explaination XBTUSD: The current Bitcoin to US Dollar exchange rate. Sources: Social listening data that are tracked from social: Bitcointalk, Twitter, Reddit. Let's take a closer look at the XBTUSD chart. Before moving forward, please first understand these terms: Score (Golden Line): From range 0 to 1, this number indicates the attention of the people on social platforms who are talking about the Bitcoin. The highest score is, the biggest trading opportunity. Trending_topics (White Line): The main keywords that people talk about. The rule is very simple: Regardless of the Bitcoin price, if the sentiment score is high, the price will be increased. But if the price is high and the sentiment is getting down, Bitcoin prices will be down soon. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. Bitcoin prices are determined by supply and demand, so if the sentiment is getting down, the price will be down soon. Source: btc.adcrew.us…
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The easiest way to make money from your computer! Do you want to make money from home? With Bybit.com, you can register and get up to 90$ in rewards. There's nothing to lose, so sign up today! If you are looking for a trustworthy site to make some money online, look no further than Bybit.com. They offer $90 in rewards for people who register on the site and complete some simple tasks. If you are willing to put in the time to watch short videos or complete surveys, you will be able to earn more money than most people earn at their day jobs. Do not wait any longer to get started with this opportunity! What is a Cryptocurrency Exchange and Why Should I Use One? Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use encryption to control the creation and transfer of money. The most popular cryptocurrency at the time is Bitcoin, which has a market capitalization of about $150 billion. There is no central bank issuing these currencies and no physical coins or notes, just digital entries in a database. Cryptocurrency trading platforms allow people to trade cryptocurrencies in decentralized exchanges. When trading cryptocurrency online or offline, you will need to use a trading platform that supports your desired cryptocurrency. You will also need to choose an online wallet for storing your cryptocurrencies on the internet. How to Open Up a Trading Account On Bybit.com This post will explore how to open up a trading account on Bybit.com, including depositing money and trading with Bitcoin. The process of opening up a trading account on Bybit.com is simple and straightforward. Step 1: Create an Account follow this link . Step 2: Deposit Money - The platform accepts deposits in various ways, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Tether USDT... It is extremely important for you to make sure that you deposit the right amount of cryptocurrency or fiat currency before proceeding with your deposit transaction because once the transaction is done it cannot be undone. How To Use the Trading Platform - A Step-by-Step Guide The trading platform is very intuitive and easy to use. By following the directions in this tutorial, you should be able to use it without any problems. How to Deposit and Withdraw on Bybit To trade on Bybit, you will first need to deposit funds. Select the “Assets” tab on the top navigation bar and you will see all of the available perpetual contracts listed neatly. Bybit is a cryptocurrency-based platform so if you are looking for different kinds of securities, this might not be your best option. Here, you can track important metrics for gauging the performance of your positions. You can see Unrealized P&L, Available Margin and Position Margin. To deposit or withdraw money, just choose the 'Withdraw Funds' button on the right side When you click the Deposit button, Bitcoin (BTC) deposit information will automatically fill out in the corresponding fields. Users have a lot of freedom when depositing but withdrawing can require some verification. In order to withdraw, your account will need verification and 2FA setup. How to Trade on Bybit It's not a coin or a platform, but an exchange where its users can make either LONG or SHORT orders. If you think the price will rise, make a LONG order, and if you think it'll drop, make a SHORT order. Additionally, there are some advanced order types: Limit, Market, and Conditional Isolation Margin and Auto Margin Replenishment When it comes to margin trading on Bybit, you have two options: Isolated Margin and Auto Margin Replenishment. What Kind of Services Does ByBit Offer? The Bybit platform offers many different services for both cryptocurrency traders and entrepreneurs. We mentioned the main features of the platform in the introduction to this review, but here is a more detailed look at what types of services are offered. What Are the Fees on Bybit? There are 2 fees types which are charged by FM - commission, and swap points. Market makers: This is a pretty low fee of just 0.025% on your trade, but only if the order you place is on the order book. Say if you're selling something and want to charge $10 for it, you put $1 in a limit order, and wait for someone to buy it from you. That is a market maker. Market takers: There is a nominal transaction fee of 0.075%. As you are the one definitionally making the trade, your order is filled immediately without having to be listed on an order book. That applies even if you're placing a market order. Bybit Security One of the things that make Bybit unique is its insurance fund. If contracts don't settle, the Bybit team will make up the difference. Not only does Bybit offer 2FA authentication, but they also have mutual insurance- which is great for your protection. This applies to both your personal account security and the BTC/USD pairing. Conclusion: Why You Should Consider Trading Crypto On ByBit.com You may be in doubt about which is the best platform in the world to trade cryptocurrencies. But in case you are not, you should consider trading crypto on ByBit.com. There are many reasons for that. Let us take a look at some of them briefly: - The trading platform has one of the most secure trading systems, with no single point of failure anywhere in its system. - The company has an innovative approach to digital assets and has already established fruitful partnerships with many digital asset exchanges, brokers and liquidity providers around the world - It offers one of the lowest transaction fees on cryptocurrency trading. - Currently it is one of the most competitive exchanges in terms of liquidity. - The company provides 24/7 customer support which is very responsive and helpful for any issue.…
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1 The Complete Guide To AI-Generated Fake Videos And How They Are Disrupting The Media Industry 3:23
AI has now progressed to the point where it can manipulate people's movements in fake videos. This technology has already been used in marketing campaigns for deterring people from crime, but the ethical use is questionable. Nowadays, one of the most popular uses of AI is to manipulate people’s movements in videos. This technology can be applied in different ways, but its ethical use is questionable. It can be used for marketing campaigns that deter people from crime or it can be used for crimes like stalking and terrorizing someone. Technology is getting more advanced and we can already see how it has impacted the internet. Now, AI-powered tools are about to make these videos even better by making them more lifelike. Some people might be deterred by our research, but we know this is necessary work The researchers also know their work might, uh, worry some folks. But they assured me that they would never create anything "without the user's consent or knowledge." It is important to note that the AI writing assistants are not replacing human copywriters. They are just there to provide assistance with generating content ideas at scale. The paper itself only has one sentence dedicated to ethical concerns - the researchers suggest that someone needs to start looking for better watermarking technologies or other ways of spotting fake videos. How to Use AI in Marketing Campaigns -AI generated videos are more engaging -AI generated videos have a sense of novelty -AI generated videos are safe When it comes to marketing content, the most important thing is to generate something that will capture people’s attention. With AI video generating tools, marketers can create engaging content in no time. AI generated videos are more original and have a sense of novelty because they are not like the usual stock footage that marketers use for their ads. As artificial intelligence improves, it may be able to predict what kind of video people want to see and will generate it automatically. This way, marketers won’t even need any creative input at all. Conclusion: Start Using an AI Generating Video Today To Create Amazing Content Video content is becoming more and more relevant for marketers. It is an essential part of any digital strategy. It has been proven that brands using video generate better customer engagement, higher conversion rates, increased search rankings, and increased brand awareness. However, it takes time to make a good video. A lot of skills are needed to create a great video that will tell your story in the best way. Sometimes it’s hard to find all the necessary skills in-house or on your team. That's why many marketers are turning towards AI generated videos.…
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The best text-to-speech providers can help businesses bring their ideas to life with a voice that’s friendly and relatable, making products more personal. More importantly, it can give a sense of humanity to brands that need to deliver any kind of message or content. The text-to-speech technology generates an audio file with a human voice that could be downloaded and played on personal computers, mobile devices, and car stereos. Have you ever spent an hour or two trying to read a document - where it’s not easy to find time to read the document and also not easy to concentrate on the reading? Talk-With-AI is a text-to-speech tool that solves that problem by giving you “voice assistants” that read your documents aloud while you do what you want. What can the best text-to-speech do for you? Talk-With-AI will help you engage more people online! Generally, people will be quite happy to listen rather than read everything you're saying if they're short on time. Change the way you communicate with your customers by delivering some of your content via audio files rather than text for a more engaging experience. While text-to-speech solution may be tempting to read out something yourself in a friendly voice, it's generally better to use the text to speech software instead. While they won't come across as natural at first, algorithms will continue to improve over time, and natural variations between voices are sure leave you’re listeners intrigued. You Can Talk-With-AI and it reads your audio script aloud with the best natural voices ever! No matter what the reason may be as long as you have audio files or raw text files you need an embeddable speech synthesizer that has deep learning built-in and that's exactly what Text-to-Speech (TTS) solutions enable you to deliver to your audience. Cost less than the traditional recording with the talent of the human voice. Voice acting is a wonderful solution for online businesses and today, thanks to technological inventions there are many voice recording services that can help you get started on a tight budget. The fact is, with so much competition in e-commerce nowadays, any edge you can get over your competitors could give your company that little boost needed to beat out the big guys. In this case, vocal performance has arrived just at the right time when it comes to reducing costs while developing a high level of customer trust and rapport. Luckily, you can get more done with your time. Content creators, voice-over seekers, and audiobook makers can focus on their core business instead of attempting to record your own voice day by day. Improved customer engagement, better conversion rates, and reduced costs for hiring voice-over talents! If you're making and recording content for your website or blog, you'll want to differentiate yourself from everyone else out there and build a bond with your audience. Adding voice-overs will give your page a more personal feel because they sound more human and can make it easier to engage with what's written on the screen. If you want to find narrators that have native accents then it's best to use a platform like tts.adcrew.us where it has experienced voice-over artists that provide different types of delivery. You can also create content in multiple languages opens up an entirely new market for anyone selling products internationally. Now you don't have to wait for anyone to read your content aloud! How do you say something? There's a sound to speech. It's as individual as our fingerprints, and it creates an emotional connection. This is particularly important in copywriting, where your own 'voice' - how you talk, think, and feel - will be part of what makes your content effective or not. Have you ever tried text to speech google online? If yes, so try Talk-With-AI - text to speech demo - at tts.adcrew.us ! You will say goodbye to things such as text to speech google docs! 7 creative ideas to do with this best text to speech tool. 1. Do a series of funny videos with the text-to-speech reading from famous books, songs, and novels. The low-cost idea could be done with a phone and shared on your social media. 2. A story selling to natural voice talents, using our American English voices (both male and female) as a backing vocalist. 3. Come up with a Talk-With-Ai video series where the robot gets injured (surgically enhanced scars) and at the end of each video, it hilariously reveals that it's just another super-realistic makeup or prosthetic. 4. Make a marketing video, show that despite being automated, a human still works behind the scenes. Have a human in the video, it may be possible to have the whole process automated. Reveal that with your command. You will hear a sound, someone is listening to you. 5. Create a series of fun how-to animated videos demonstrating how to make different types of content (videos, podcasts, audiobooks, etc.). Make the explainer video set in the future and show voice actresses and actors in the future being replaced by Talk-With-AI. 6. Use text-to-speech technology to help improve personal performance for athletes that struggle with reading. 7. Use it to read out funny text, like the newest Wikipedia article edits. Conclusion Instead of spending a large amount of time reading for hours and hours, they can now have the AI to read for them online or offline on mobile devices. The voices generated are better than other text to speech robot such as text to speech Google, Amazon Polly... Forget about them, their voices are worse than Talk-With-AI's text to speech voices. You can also forget other things like text to speech free download or text to speech daniel! You don't need to install anything to use Talk-With-AI! It is very useful because it will save a lot of time and energy that would be spent reading things that you don't have to.…
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Try these voice over tips for your next video! You’re making a YouTube video, but you need that voice over. Well, you’ve come to the right place! How to get into voice over work? There are so many different methods and tools to create professional narration or voice over for your videos. We’ll teach you some of these methods in this article. Do you want to add some beautiful narration to your videos? You might be better off with a travel video than a YouTube video. Whether you like to make screencast videos, videos without showing your face, or just explainer videos, a narrator can add elegance and beauty to your videos. Nobody likes to watch videos with terrible sound quality. Why voice over services are so expensive? So, you're looking for voice over work and make sure that you have the best talent to give their original voices. In order to provide a professional voice over service, they need to learn how to deliver a script with passion and enthusiasm without strictly adhering to what's written on the page. There are many reasons why voice overs are so expensive compared to other in-house corporate communications services or indeed online outsourcing through freelancers on freelance websites such as Upwork and Freelancer. We named this kind of work is voice over work from home (voice over jobs from home). If you want a voice over recording produced for your commercials, shows, or training videos, then it can be difficult to keep them at affordable rates because they need practical guidance, voice over training, and direction from more experienced professionals. The solution: do it yourself or use cutting-edge technology for voice over careers! You don’t need to spend a lot of money to create professional videos. Just take proper measures and use the right tools to record and edit your audio. We wrote an article that helps you get started on YouTube at low costs. There are many things to think about when creating a YouTube voice over. Here’s how to get started. 1. Scripting is one of my favorite steps to voice over audio for YouTube videos. If you don’t need voice over scripts as I do with my gaming channel, you can skip this step. When it comes to your voice over, there’s no room for mistakes, ummms , and pauses. Prepare a script and leave a day gap so you have time to edit it and make it perfect. You can also have someone read your script out loud to find any errors and make better recommendations. 2. A quiet place is required! While recording a voice over for YouTube videos, it is very important to choose the right place. A good place to record is somewhere silent with no traffic or loud noises. Sometimes, background noise can be a problem. For example, if you’re a voice actor, the sound of dogs barking, or a TV in the background may make your voice sound creepy and disturbing. To block out these sounds, you can find a room to hide in, turn off any noise-making devices, and try recording during the times when the noise level is lowest. Want your audio recording to be as clear as possible? You’ll want to pay attention to the sounds in your space. If you have a budget, you can use acoustic foams to reduce noise. Make sure you’re reading the script from the screen and not from paper! This will help minimize paper sounds. 3. It’s important to practice your voice over before actually recording it. Know what you are talking about, and practice several times, before actually recording the final draft. You’ll want to ensure that your levels are correct before you begin recording, so don’t forget to check them. It’s always better to do a quick test before you start the recording process. Make sure the mic is set at the right distance from your mouth, and use the appropriate levels. If you find that the sound quality is too low, adjust the settings of your voiceover application and practice until you find a level that sounds good. 4. Recording and editing is the crucial step of making your voice over sound professional for YouTube videos. Hydrate, speak as confidently as possible and pronounce each word clearly. If you make a mistake, rephrase and then continue on from the last sentence. Be careful not to edit too much. Your editing should always be used to add warmth and beauty to your recording. 5. Adding the final voice over audio to your video is the last step of creating it. You can do this with a video editor and synchronize it with video speed. If you find your video to be missing a voiceover, you’re in luck! You can use Talk-With-AI to add a voice by just typing in text. Video is much more successful with a narrator. They can describe products or tell us the story. Conclusion Creating a video with a voice-over service can be quite challenging if you've never done it before. There are many aspects to a video that goes beyond just the script itself, such as creating an image, choosing the right background music, researching attractive fonts, and even testing to make sure that your audio levels are clear. Because of the many variables involved in creating a video, we recommend that you use a pre-made template that has all of these aspects built into it. That means all you have to do is type up your script using the provided interface and our virtual voice talent, Talk-With-AI, will read it aloud for you. You can choose from tons of different voices and also adjust their pitch level if needed before clicking on "go" and letting us take care of the rest! Video is a great way to promote your business. We've partnered with Talk-With-AI to provide you with a text-to-speech solution. 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Here are our top tips for becoming a successful content creator on YouTube... 1. Upload Useful and Quality Content to Your Channel You can define “useful” however you’d like. Comedy videos are useful if they make people laugh, and style advice videos are useful if they teach people how to dress better. One thing that isn’t negotiable is that your content needs to be high-quality. That doesn’t mean that you need an expensive production budget or the highest tech equipment available. It means that you need to upload quality content that will help and inspire your audience. When it comes to creating and uploading content, choose quality over quantity. 2. Choose Your Titles and Descriptions Carefully If you look at popular YouTube channels, you’ll notice that the video titles and descriptions usually have a format that they stick with. You need titles that will make users want to engage with your videos. Descriptions should help provide a summary of the video. If you’re featuring products in your video, you can list them in the description with links to where your followers can buy them. 3. Include Calls to Action in Your Videos Let’s say you have a compelling title and description that make people click and watch your videos. That’s great! Just make sure to have a CTA (call to action) in your videos that prompts users to do what you want them to. For example, if you make a video review of a pair of sunglasses, prompt users to “buy now” and link to the seller’s website. 4. Use Annotations at the Beginning and End of Your Videos Annotations are the bubbles of text that pop up throughout YouTube videos. They’re a great way to convey additional tidbits of relevant information or promote CTA’s. 5. Create a YouTube Trailer That Captivates When someone goes to a specific YouTube channel, there’s often a video that starts playing. That video is usually a channel trailer that has some general information about the channel. A channel trailer is your shot to quickly summarize your channel in hopes that people will stick around to watch your videos and subscribe. Make it captivating so it intrigues people and makes them want to see more! 6. Customize the Thumbnails of Your Videos Along with the title, the thumbnail is the first thing someone sees from your video. An intriguing thumbnail will make someone want to click your video to see what it’s all about. One of the best ways to create a great thumbnail is to take a still image from your video and use a tool like Canva to add graphics and text over it. 7. Post-New Videos Regularly Earlier, we mentioned that you should choose quality over quantity, and we meant it. However, you do need to post regularly scheduled content to keep your subscribers interested in your channel. Posting once or twice a week is awesome. Just make sure it’s high-quality content. 8. Record Videos That Are at Least 5 Minutes Long Platforms like Instagram and TikTok are good at showcasing short videos, but YouTube really shines when it comes to long-form content. Make your videos longer than 5 minutes and full of information that will leave the viewer feeling well informed and satisfied. 9. Collaborate With Other YouTubers Some YouTubers may feel like being a content creator is a competition, but others like to work with their fellow content creators. When you start getting subscribers, you can reach out to YTC’s in your category to work on a video together. It’s good exposure for you both! 10. Take Advantage of Your Social Networks to Attract More Subscribers YouTube is a social network, but it isn’t the only one you should use if you’re trying to become a successful YouTube content creator. Make sure to promote your YouTube videos on other platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok. 11. Reply and Have Conversations With Your Followers Most businesses can benefit from interacting with their customers and hearing their feedback, and the same goes for content creators on YouTube. Interacting with your channel’s subscribers is an awesome way to connect with your fans and show them that their voices matter! 12. Stay Tuned for the Latest Trends When you’re popular enough, you can be a trendsetter. Until then, keep an eye on what your fellow YouTubers are posting. You’ll be able to stay on top of emerging trends so you can create your own content that people will want to see. 13. Collaborate With Brands This is hands down one of the best ways to promote your channel, gain new subscribers, and make money. Platforms like ours, Insense, help content creators partner up with relevant brands who are looking for cool content creators to promote their content. Source: insense.pro…
Talk-With-AI Text to Speech Tool I'm writing this article while being locked down in my apartment. The future of online learning with text-to-speech because of coronavirus is not too far away. Since March 2020, the use of text for education has increased rapidly, nearly 100%, until April 2020. Traditional learning has been shifted to distance learning magically in the form of digital learning. Both students and teachers are forced to go online and have to do so. They discover distance learning technology, digging up academic publications, and attracting text-to-speech tools. Text to Speech Tools A text-to-speech (TTS) tool is software that reads digital texts and documents aloud, utilizing a speaker. It converts the standard text into an audible voice that is spoken by the computer or mobile device. In our increasingly busy lives, text-to-speech is gaining popularity. These tools are used daily by almost everybody, from professionals to students to even children. Text-to-speech tools have many uses, but they are beneficial for people with learning disabilities because they make it easier for them to access the content. The technology is also helpful to people who migrate to foreign countries and are faced with language barriers. When you search for AI text-to-speech tools, you will come across plenty of software. Some of them are paid, while others offer a free trial. Almost all software programs claim to generate authentic voices, but many of them have difficulty doing so. An artificial voice delivered by a text-to-speech reader is a waste of money. Some coaches find ways to make their learning materials by making videos with the voice-over from a text-to-speech app. So far, Talk-With-AI is the best text-to-speech tool that can generate the most natural voices. Talk-with-AI Text to Speech Tool Talk-With-AI is an Artificial Intelligence based text-to-speech tool that allows you to generate voiceovers with just a few clicks. The TTS tool generates the most natural voices and is extremely easy to use. Later, I'll explain how you can use it in your business or studies. Let me now briefly introduce the concept of artificial intelligence. What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence refers to human intelligence embodied in machines. Smart machines are programmed to do tasks that humans usually carry out. A machine that can learn and solve problems is considered artificially intelligent. Here is an example. Imagine that you want to create a voice-over for marketing your product. The process of creating perfect foreign languages is time-consuming. As text-to-speech tools, artificial intelligence is crucial to providing the accurate voice-over. What You Can Do With Talk-With-AI There are many ways in which the Talk-With-AI text to speech tool can be helpful. Here are the most common things you can do with this natural text-to-speech software. 1. Voice Over With this TTS voice generator tool, you can generate your voice in different languages in no time. The program saves a lot of time and gives a perfect voice in foreign languages, especially for those unsure of their voice. 2. Helpful to Learn Languages Writing is usually easier than speaking a specific language for most people. It is also necessary for migrants to learn a foreign language. To communicate, they need a tutor. You can listen to multiple languages using the Talk-With-AI tool. This text-to-speech online tool will be your ideal partner if you do not wish to pay extra money learning a language. 3. Create Audio Books Audiobooks have become increasingly popular these days as a way to sell content. It is a very time-consuming process to create an audiobook because you have to speak much text. If you want to hire someone to make an audiobook, you have to invest some extra money. Talk-with-AI TTS software can save you a lot of time because it the perfect audiobook maker. All you have to do is type the text, and your speech is ready with a single click. 4. Generate Voices for Business With this free text-to-speech tool, you can create professional voices for your business. A business may see a higher return on its investment and save on human resources. 5. Minimize Video Equipment Using TTS software movie maker, you can generate a voice for videos without any microphone or video equipment. You can quickly produce business promotional videos this way. 6. Build a Podcast For bloggers, Talk-With-AI plays an important role. They can build a podcast by simply pasting your blog posts into the text-to-speech app. Features of Talk-With-AI Talk-with-AI offers voiceovers in a wide range of languages. Whether you want male or female voices, you can select your language and generate the output audio. There are many voice tones with different pitches, and all of them produce natural sounds. Talk-With-AI offers four different plans, including a free option that converts 25 words of text into a speech. Most speaking software is usually complicated to use, but this is not the case with this Talk-With-AI tool. How to use Talk-With-AI The interface of this artificial intelligence tool is user-friendly. Within three steps, you can convert your text into speech. 1. To convert text to speech, simply type or paste it into the tool Talk-with-AI. 2. For the audio output, you need to select the preferred voice and language after typing the text. 3. Click the "Talk it" button and wait for the magic to happen. Afterward, you will see an audio clip of your text in a new popup window. Your speech is now ready. You can also download the file to your desktop or mobile device. Final Words Talk-With-AI is one of those TTS tools that generate the most natural sounds. Additionally, it saves you a lot of time and money. Even the free version of this text-to-speech tool offers a wide range of voices. If you are a YouTuber or a video maker, I hope this tool will help you create all kinds of audio.…
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