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Stop looking at my face! Sharing your screen, and secondary camera angles with others, live online
You’re not just limited to what can be seen through your webcam. Through tools like Zoom, you can easily share your computer screen to participants. You can share individual windows, as well as your entire screen. Here as well is the option to share your phone screen too! And that works either through a cable, or wirelessly through airplay. 
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Easy tips to make you sound great on Zoom (or Teams, FaceTime etc.)
One of the most important aspects of video, is the audio. People will be distracted and lose interest when the audio isn’t up to scratch. Of course, if you can make the video better, then go for it! Though good cameras can be expensive, and good audio equipment, less so! 
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Things we have learned from the last 7, weird days of lockdown
Most of us not on the UK front line have now been locked away for just over a week and have had to adapt almost every area of our lives that we took for granted. Here are a few of my thoughts of the initial phases of the Coronavirus lockdown - and how we can look at the many positives that may arise out of a terrible situation.
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Working from home during the coronavirus outbreak
It’s the story dominating the news; the coronavirus outbreak and the impact it might have. Companies across the country are having to seriously consider how the outbreak might impact business continuity, and what they can do about it.  We’re hoping that it will all settle down soon enough, but if you haven’t thought about how your business might continue operating in a situation where staff can’t go to work, have a read of our top tips below. 
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Interpreting your website analytics and what to look out for
At Volute we give all our customers a monthly report, outlining key performance statistics regarding their website. It helps to give them an idea of who is and isn’t visiting their website and what areas you might need to change or improve.  It’s important to take time to really understand your website analytics and consider them in the context of your business and customer base; what might be a negative for one website could be seen as a positive for another. 
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Where to get great imagery for free
The best websites have great imagery. Whenever we get a client brief with lots of good photos, we know it’ll be a great looking site. While there is a time and a place for professional photography, a lot of the time these clients have simply taken a photo on their phone or found some free stock imagery online.  We’ve compiled a list of some of the best places to get pictures from, that cost nothing! 
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