- Hey guys, I'm Jayla Koriyan,
and my YouTube channel is Jayla Koriyan TV.
I'm a YouTube personality,
I'm an author, I'm an entrepreneur,
and I use Squarespace to showcase
all of those things on my website.
Let me show you how my website was created.
Since branding is everything,
I needed a website that would allow me
to do very specific things
and wrap it all into the Jayla Koriyan brand.
Squarespace did not disappoint.
The main thing I wanted my site to have
was a strong introduction
so new visitors get a sense of who I am
as soon as they landed on my homepage.
I want to be able to incorporate
and connect my social media feed
so my Instagram will automatically update
and I can provide a way for my followers
to join my community and stay updated.
Finally I want my site to offer an option
for visitors to contact me and sign up for my newsletter.
Squarespace has that option
for all of these things and more.
In this video we're going to be discussing
how to build a website
so you can design one of your very own.
Let's get started.
Like I said, Squarespace offers a bunch of great templates
to get your website in motion.
If you go to squarespace.com\templates,
you can take a look and find one that best suits you.
The template for my website is Stella.
You don't have to use my template.
You can use any that you choose.
Among all of the features that Squarespace offers,
I love the option of an Index Page
that gives more of an immersive experience.
When you first land on my site,
what you're looking at is an Index Page
to get a good idea of who I am, what I do,
and what the website is all about.
This is a fantastic design feature that collects images
and content from different pages creating a destination
where my visitors browse content from sub-pages.
There are a few options of Index Pages
but my website utilizes the stacked feature.
I'll get back to the design of this Index in just a moment,
but as you scroll you'll see Let's Get to know Each Other
where you should go for my About page.
Scrolling down a little more,
there is some information
and a link to my book, and e-course,
and just under that is a link to my masterclass
for launching your YouTube career.
These are all features that are most important to me
and what I like to provide and convey to my audience
on first impression.
For instance if they want a five-second
elevator pitch of who I am,
my Index Page should include all of this.
Let's talk a little bit about
how to put an Index together.
So what you want to do
is go to your Home menu and click Pages.
Click the plus icon and then click Index.
Give your Index a title and hit Enter.
Hover over the Index and click the gear
to adjust the Index's Page Settings.
It's really simple to add pages to your Index.
Within the Pages panel,
click the Add section within your Index.
When you create a new page in your Index,
the menu will show you
what kinds of pages are available
for the template you chose.
If you're using the Stacked Index like my website,
click the Title in the Pages panel
to scroll to the section in that Page Preview.
When it's time to add content,
all you have to do is hit the Edit Annotation.
When you look at the Pages panel,
the order they're displayed
reflects the order that the pages
will show up in your Index.
Let's say this order isn't working for you,
and say you want to move these around.
It's no problem at all.
All you need to do in your Pages panel
is drag and drop pages to rearrange their order.
If you want your website to be like mine
where my Index Page is my homepage,
all you have to do is hover over
the Index Page Title in your Pages panel,
click the gear icon and scroll down in the Basic tab
and click Set as Homepage.
That's it.
You now have a homepage that gives your visitors
a nice preview of everything that you have on your site.
One more thing that I want to show you
really fast about the Index Page,
when you scroll down and you see the page about
I've Learned A Lot from My YouTube Career,
I want to show you how this was made.
First off, I love the photo,
taken by the super talented photographer Clicker Fist.
What you're looking at is an Image Block
added to my page content
which makes it really simple
to have a design like this.
Let me show you how it's done.
Go to your Page Content and hit Edit.
From there click an insert point
and select the Collage option from Image Layout.
When you do this,
you'll be prompted
to upload the image you want,
and add any information in the text box
so it overlays the image.
I love the way it looks.
It gives that little extra design element.
Once you start putting blocks of elements into your Index,
let's head over to the Style Editor.
All you have to do is click on Design
and then click on Style Editor.
The great thing about every template from Squarespace
is that the elements on the site are meant to be changed.
Squarespace wants you to customize them.
Once you have a template and homepage,
it's important to make changes in your Style Editor next.
This really allows you to make important changes
to your site right off the bat
so you don't have to focus on them as much later on.
Also really important,
you can always change elements
in your Style Editor at any point
so you aren't stuck with these.
Let's go ahead and make changes
to a very important design element,
the Color Scheme.
The Style Editor makes it really simple to make changes.
For example if you hover and then click on
the Site Header at the top of the website,
the design elements for the header automatically appear.
This is where you can change the fonts,
the color, the spacing of everything.
Have fun when deciding these.
You want them to look good.
The color of the header on the site
was changed to this beautiful pink.
If you take a look at the Color Editor,
you can see the exact shade that was used.
Here is a quick tip that will save you loads of time.
If you find a shade of a particular color you love,
and you want it to appear elsewhere in the site,
you can open up the Color Editor,
highlight the exact number
shown on the bottom of the window
and hit Copy.
When you want to change a color
of another element to this exact shade,
you can just hit Paste
without having to guess it
if it's the right color.
For the navigation across my site,
I really wanted the font Rollerscript.
I think it fits really well into the design.
It's stylish and playful, I love it.
For the font on the header, Henderson Sans was used.
These two fonts really play off each other in a great way.
They're fun but convey the information
I want the visitors to know.
The Style Editor is great for anything
you want to change the appearance of.
No matter how small the detail,
from the size of your social media icons
to the width of your site's borders,
you can do it in the Style Editor
and make your site look the way you want it to.
Having a following on YouTube
and updating my fans through videos
has been incredibly important to my business.
I wanted my website to reflect this,
and I couldn't believe how easy it was
to embed videos from my YouTube channel
on my Lifestyle Page through Squarespace.
Instead of having to upload a video file,
Squarespace makes it really simple
to create a Video Block on your site,
especially if you already upload your videos
to YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, and Animoto.
What makes it even better is that
there is more than one way to do it
depending on what you want out of your site.
You can add your videos to the Video Blocks,
Gallery Blocks, Gallery Pages,
Project Pages, and even Cover Pages.
For my website it made sense to utilize Video Blocks.
Once you create a new page for your videos
or if you have a page
you would like to feature a video content,
you're going to make a new Video Block.
The way to do this is select the insert point,
and within the menu, select Video Block.
A window will pop up where you'll need to enter
the URL where the video is hosted.
As soon as you paste the link,
Squarespace will automatically grab
the same video thumbnail
that is used on the video link.
If you want, you can always upload
another thumbnail instead.
In order to do so,
directly under the URL link
is a window to upload a custom thumbnail.
For this video we're just going to keep
the YouTube thumbnail that's shown.
Now you can see how the video displayed on the page.
If you look at my Lifestyle Page,
you can see that there is one large Video Block
and three smaller blocks underneath.
In order to do this,
you just repeat the process
of adding Video Blocks
and place each one next to each other.
These blocks will resize
relative to each other
so they are the same size.
Click an insert point underneath the first video.
Once again select Video Block
and enter the URL link in the window.
Now select an insert point anywhere on the page,
and again select Video Block.
But this time when you select the block,
click and drag it to the right of the lower video.
This allows you to insert it next to the block.
Now both of these are resized.
If you repeat the process one more time
and insert a Video Block next to that one,
all three of these Video Blocks will resize.
Just like my YouTube channel,
my following on social media
is integral to my business and to my brand.
I get to connect with my fans everyday
and I can't tell you how important it is.
Squarespace has made it so easy
to sync my social media feeds
directly to my website
so whenever I post anything on Instagram,
my website would be automatically updated
without having to lift a finger.
The first thing you'll need to do
is head over to your Home menu and click Settings.
Click on Connected Accounts and then Connect Account.
Select Instagram from the Social Accounts menu,
and from there you will need to log in
using your Instagram username and password.
Just so you know, you can do the same thing
with your Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr,
LinkedIn, Facebook, and even Snapchat accounts.
Once you have your Instagram account connected,
go to the page where you want to feature
your Instagram photos.
Select an insert point
and scroll down the menu
to Social Blocks.
There you will select Instagram and click.
Squarespace has done a great job of giving options
for how these photos are displayed.
In the Design tab there are four different options,
Slideshow,
Carousel,
Grid,
and Stacked.
As you can see my site has Grid.
Depending on which display you choose,
Squarespace gives you more options within that display.
You can choose to have your Instagram post
automatically transitioned or not.
You can have Next and Previous buttons.
You can have Squarespace automatically crop images,
add captions if you want.
It even have your content open up in a new window.
Once you have your Instagram block
looking the way you want it to,
every time you post something to your account,
it will show up at the same time on your website.
You don't manually have to update your Squarespace website.
This is a fantastic tool for the social media
savvy people out there like myself.
My book Pretty and Educated
is a really great complement
to the rest of the content
I create on my YouTube and social media.
I want all of my visitors to know
where they can buy my book
if they didn't want to buy it
directly from my Squarespace site.
So there are links to Amazon page.
For those of you who want to create a hyperlink
or button that would direct your visitors
to the merchandise page like Amazon,
I've got you covered.
It's really straightforward.
Let's talk about the hyperlinking first.
Go to the page where your link will be featured.
On the page click an insert point and hit Text.
Enter the text for your link
and then click and drag
to highlight the text you want to link.
Click the link icon in the toolbar
and a link editor will open up.
Enter the URL in the window and click Add Link.
That's it.
Now your visitors will be directed
to where you want to send them.
When you want to add a button, it is just as easy.
On your page click an insert point
and select Button from the menu.
A text box will pop up where you'll enter
what you want the box to say,
and just below that
is where you can place your URL link.
Depending on the layout of your page,
you can also make the size of the button
small, medium, or large.
Once you hit Apply, you're good to go.
Just like the hyperlink,
a visitor clicking a button
can be redirected to another page.
I wanted to make it easy for my visitors and followers
to be able to stay in touch,
so my contact page has a Form Block
that allows people to reach out
and also sign up for my newsletter
whenever I have updates.
When you build your site on Squarespace,
the Form Block is a simple way to set your contact page up
and take the headaches out of designing it.
Squarespace also makes it very easy to add
certain fields to your form that you might want
and take away others that you don't need.
Create a brand new page on your site,
click an insert point and scroll down
until you see Form Block.
Here Squarespace has a preset list
of fields that automatically come up.
Take a look at these and make sure the fields
request the right information that you need.
Form Blocks are also great
if you want your followers to take a survey,
take a poll, fill out an application and more.
From there all you need to do is set up
a storage option and the email addresses
you want these forms to be forwarded to,
and you're all set.
I know I've gone over
a lot of information in this video
but I want to leave you with one
really important feature Squarespace offers
and that is Analytics.
Squarespace offers the users
super detailed information
about key details of the site.
Go to the Homepage and select the Analytics button,
and you'll find an array of information
Squarespace gives you about your site,
how many visitors you had, which pages get the most hits,
what's the most popular content on my site, and more.
It is tools like this that help me to know
what on my site is doing well
and what could use a little more attention
to attract visitors.
By clicking on Geography,
you can see where visitors are based.
As an author, that might help me decide which cities
I should try to visit during a book tour.
I love this aspect that Squarespace offers
to all of their clients.
So that is how my website was built.
Make sure you guys just have fun with it and be creative.
If you guys have a Squarespace site, I would love to see it.
Make sure you guys subscribe to my YouTube channel.
And thank you Squarespace
for having me and featuring my website.
Bye guys.
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Why I Quit My 9-5 Job To Build An Online Business - Amazon FBA Success (COURSE GIVEAWAY!) - Duration: 18:36.
Hi everyone.
Welcome back to my channel today.
I'm Tamara.
My name is Palmer.
And I am the founder of Amazon FBA Winners.
We're here with you today because we want to provide you with an update about what's
going on with my Amazon FBA journey.
How I was able to successfully grow my business online so I no longer have to return to my
9 to 5 job.
I'm also giving you guys a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT.
I'm officially releasing my Amazon FBA Winners Course.
Be sure to watch until the very end because I'm an announcing a BIG GIVEAWAY for this
course, you don't want to miss it!
In this YouTube video today, it will be very much interview-style.
Palmer's going to ask me a set of questions about our online business and how I was able
to make passive income online so I no longer have to return to my 9 to 5 job.
Now for the most of you, I'm sure that's what you want and I really want to go over a lot
of things that has happened throughout the last year - how I was able to make it and
what Palmer does to help me in this business you guys.
It's impossible if you are planning to run a business by yourself.
So Palmer, why don't you tell them a bit about what you do to help us grow this online business
together.
So thanks Tamara, so like she said, I do a little bit of help with the Amazon FBA business
as well.
I mainly handle everything in the backend really.
It's all about handling the SEO, managing a little bit of the YouTube channel, doing
a lot of the editing of the videos, I do everything I can to help her grow her business.
So this is what I am here to do and as a support for my partner.
So I want to ask her a few questions so you guys can get a better idea of what it is that
she's done so far with her journey.
Basically, let's start off with "where are you at with your FBA business right now?"
Yeah, so starting out a year ago you guys, if you've been following me, that's been great,
I've mentioned a lot of times that when I first started out my Amazon FBA journey, I
didn't know what the heck I was doing.
And I really, really wished that there were more trust worthy mentors out there that was
able to guide me from A to Z.
Because basically what happened to me last year, the end of last year, was I spent a
lot of time researching, like hours and hours everyday.
I didn't know what the heck I was doing and I ended up losing $3000 to $4000 on my very
first product, ordering 200 units not knowing what I was doing.
So the main reason why I started my YouTube channel, and Palmer pushed me to do this and
I am so glad that we actually did, I was able to help so many people who are struggling
with Amazon FBA who did not have proper mentors for themselves to follow, did not have the
guidance, following the wrong mentors, we're not going to mention names in this video.
But there's a lot of, you know, wrong people that you follow out there on YouTube and it
can really make a negative impact for your Amazon business you know.
I see all around Facebook groups, people are complaining about losing money, they're liquidating
their product.
But you know what?
There's so many ways that you can actually make this business work for you.
So I really want to, you know, go over a lot of things and how this was able to work for
myself.
And learning everything from testing and just learning a lot of strategies, talking to big
6, 7 figure sellers, I knew that I had to get a piece of the pie.
And actually a lot of people that have found me on YouTube noticed that I was female.
I think I am the first female woman that was really able to make this work for themselves.
So ladies, if you are watching this, I would love to talk to you about Amazon FBA.
So Tamara, tell me a little bit more about how you feel about helping other people achieve
their own lifetime goals with creating passive income for their own lives?
Yeah so, to be honest, this is... when I first starting out like 6 months ago, it felt like
a full time job.
I am not going to lie.
I mean, you see a lot of glamour out there on YouTube where it's like, you know, you
could be driving this kind of car in like 2 months and you can be making a $100,000
in a few months... that's absolutely not true you guys.
This is a real business and Palmer's actually helping me a lot with the backend stuff.
So my YouTube channel, for example, he does a lot of the SEO, he does a lot of the video
editing, he helps grow my following on social media, and without his help.
All organic.
Yeah, it's all organic.
We don't buy subs, we don't buy anything because I really wanted to grow everything organically
to really show you guys that, yes it does work.
We are not going to mention any names of any mentors who do buy things like that but this
is all about being organic and really being able to make your online business work for
you.
So a lot of what he does, he has taken a lot of time off for me so I can really focus on
selling my physical products.
You guys, when you have your first, second, maybe even third product up on Amazon, you
realize that it's like having a new baby in your life, right?
Everyday you have to maintain it.
At least for the first, I would say, three months you know.
You have to pick your product after it's sourced.
It gets sent to the warehouse.
And then you have to pick out keywords, learn how to run PPC, launch your product properly,
wait until that takes off and then, that's the only time that you can sit back and relax.
There's a lot of posts in my Facebook group if you have not seen where I really talk about
how to do this properly, having a launch strategy, knowing what you're doing step by step.
And I've had two test products the last year where I actually bought...
I purposely bought these products because I want to really test out a few strategies
and that's when I found out something that really worked for me.
And that's why I created the Amazon FBA Winners Course.
I know a lot of you guys have had one on one mentoring with me.
And you guys, thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to help you because I could
guarantee, these calls that I have with my students, I desperately want to help them
and they have gotten results.
So I decided to create a course because, let's face it, a lot of us have different learning
capabilities, right?
A lot of us adapt to things differently so, for myself, I am very hands on.
If you give me a book to read and learn, I'll never understand it.
I can read all about Amazon for hours and hours, but I will not understand it until
I'm hands on.
And that's when I started doing the coaching calls.
I've been reading a lot in Facebook groups that people are having problems with this
and that.
And you know, I want to help you pick at this problem and get it right.
So without Palmer's help, I would not be able to do these calls with you guys.
Palmer, why don't you tell the audience a little bit about what you do and how we operate
the business as a couple because I am sure a lot of people are wondering, oh do you guys
only sell on Amazon?
Like what else do you guys do?
Thanks Tamara, so basically what we do on the side besides Amazon FBA is the fact is,
we actually own about 4 pieces of property together as a couple.
They are scattered all over Vancouver, New Westminster, Coquitlam.
Other than that, on the side, I actually have my own part time contracting job.
It's great for benefits, that's why I am keeping it and I also have a great passion towards
what I do.
But either way, what this interview is about is all about Tamara.
So Tamara, can you tell us a little bit about what your life has been since you started
Amazon FBA?
Yeah, so I am sure you guys have been following, I am sure you've heard multiple times that
I absolutely hated the corporate world.
I had a 9 to 5 job, a desk job at many accounting companies, engineering companies, and I was
basically "the office b*tch".
That was a term I always referred to myself as because I was constantly getting bossed
around.
And I knew at a very, very young age that I wanted to work for myself.
I think I knew this around 13 years old, to be honest.
But you know, coming from a Chinese background - we're both Chinese.
From Asian families, our parents really taught us and molded us to become like a lawyer,
a doctor, or get a degree, go to school for 10 years, be in debt for another 5 years,
and then finally pick up and make something out of yourself.
But I am here to tell you guys that, that's not really how business is nowadays.
A lot of people are putting their business up online, they're making money passively,
selling physical products.
E-commerce is really, really new.
It's still very new.
If you think that e-commerce or Amazon or eBay, whatever it is, dropshipping, is too
saturated, it's not.
Okay, people are going in business and also getting out of business every single day.
So, for me, to really make this work for myself, I was very desperate.
And I've watched a lot of inspirational mentor videos.
One of my favourites is Tony Robbins.
And he's always told people, you have to be hungry and you have to be desperate.
And that's exactly where I was the last 10 years.
Every time I got laid off or fired - I think I got laid off and fired about 5 times throughout
my last 10 years.
I was always chasing the next 9 to 5 job.
I thought that was it.
But when I started...
I met someone two years ago and they were doing Amazon FBA, I thought it was a total
joke.
I was like "you really make money online, you can make your own schedule?"
Yeah right, whatever.
So I started testing the business model myself, like I mentioned.
From everything, literally, from A to Z, how to launch my product, how to find the right
products, how to not really follow your passions and what you'd like to sell on Amazon because
I am going to be completely honest, I love make up and I love purses.
But if I sell those products on Amazon, it's not going to work because they are so saturated.
So what I teach a lot of my students, a lot of my members, is how to do proper product
research - how to look at numbers before you pay your supplier, how much do you have in
the bank that you are willing to put upfront and invest because if none of those check
out, you should not be doing Amazon.
You know, I'll never sell anything to you guys that doesn't work.
I'll never sell to you guys that you cannot afford and that's mainly what my channel is
about.
So I think that the majority of your viewers right now want to know is what is the real
reason behind starting this whole course together?
So the main reason for this course is I honestly, I am going to be completely honest, I was
so sick and tired of people getting lied to, you know; through the wrong people.
I was tricked myself, I got tricked into this myself when I first started Amazon FBA, not
going to mention any names, like I mentioned.
But I really did not appreciate people giving false hope out there, you know, people giving
fake information.
You only need $500 to start - no you don't.
I'm sorry, no, that is incorrect.
This is a real business, I want you to treat it like a real business.
This course that I have for you guys will work for you IF you put in the time, you do
your homework, you are desperate to make a change in your life, you are committed, and
you know that this will be your baby for the next, at least 6 months.
Because in order to make profits on Amazon, or to make money online, in any type of business
that you are starting, you need to invest money.
You need to invest money to make money.
That's just how business is, right?
It's not like a 9 to 5 pay check where you get paid every 2 weeks.
When you have steadily built that base and you are making a steady income.
Such as myself, I was making a little over $50,000 a year when I had my desk job.
I've replaced that with Amazon FBA.
And being Canadian - we're Canadian, it has its benefits because we actually get paid
a lot more due to the exchange rate so that's a little bonus for us.
But you know, I always tell new sellers, and if you are watching this, do not compare your
business to somebody else.
That's a lot that I stress on my channel.
If you start comparing numbers, I'm sure you guys know of big sellers out there... if you're
starting to compare businesses, compare yourself, compare numbers, you're never going to make
it because you're just going to feel like sh*t everyday.
So what I always teach my members is... members are, my theme of my course is always to make
an income, to enjoy your life, whether or not you have a 9 to 5 job, and if you are
making your first few thousand dollars on Amazon a month, which is totally doable, you
are already winning.
If you can replace your bi weekly pay check with the money you make on Amazon, you're
already winning.
You are already way ahead of people.
You can actually sit back and start doing a lot of things that you enjoy.
So think with myself and Palmer, when Palmer's not working, we're working on the business
but you know, we don't have alarm clocks, right?
Nope.
He goes to the gym, I go to the gym in the morning.
We both do what we love in the morning and then I'll start answering to a lot of questions
that you guys have, my Facebook group, my YouTube channel, everything.
I answer to you guys every single day.
So a bit about the course, let's talk a little bit about my course though.
Before I started this course, I got a lot of people asking me, "why don't you have a
course?"
And I am "what?"
Yeah, why don't you tell them about a lot of people that have been messaging you about
why we don't have a course?
Why didn't we have a course?
Well, basically when we first started, we actually had no intention about selling a
course to begin with but as things progressed and how things fell together into place, there
was no other avenue for us to take besides helping others.
And we found that the best way to do it was to actually create a more thorough, in depth
tutorial and hands on experience for people to figure out how to sell and how to succeed
on Amazon FBA as well.
Another thing that I wanted to add to that was we did a lot of research, okay?
A lot of members that I have coached one on one, my coaching calls - they always ask me,
"why don't you have a course?"
And to be honest, we weren't ready for it.
We weren't ready for it, not because we didn't have the skills but because we wanted to know
what other members were picking at.
What people were complaining about in other groups, why their mentors were not responding,
what can mentors do in order to improve the response level.
So I studied every single one of those, every single course that I came across, I really
thought about, "what are these members complaining about?"
So I, when I had my own course, I can fix all of those problems for you guys.
So I am sure you guys who do sell on Amazon, I'm sure you guys read a lot of one star,
two star reviews from your competitors.
That's exactly what I did with this course.
I picked out every single bad thing that people had been saying in other Facebook groups about
other courses and really made this course from scratch, setting out rules in my private
course group on how to help members.
So what have I done?
Basically, for the private course group, for Amazon FBA Winners Course, there are rules
you have to follow.
Number one rule: always search in the search bar for any questions other members are asking.
If other members are asking the question that you were going to ask, you just saved so much
time instead of repeating.
Imagine having ten students repeating the same question every hour, instead you can
just search, right?
We really have to get into the habit of Googling things, searching things online, that's real
entrepreneurship.
That's a lot of what I do.
I search things on my own before asking someone else.
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Building a Compost Bin [Quick Start to Composting Part 2] - Duration: 17:23.
I've been working on a blog post about composting and it reminded me of
something funny that happened about 12 years ago in my very first garden I was
a couple years out of college sharing a tiny apartment with one of my
best friends she and I had this dismal little backyard it was surrounded by
five foot high cinderblock walls the ground was about as hard as the walls I
think it had been a parking lot at some point we saw potential and we decided to
fix it up by planting a garden now I had helped in my family's garden for as long
as I can remember but I'd never started one from scratch it was late winter and
so we started digging we knew that the soil needed to be improved and we found
a source of free cow manure which seemed like a great idea at the time we go out
to the farm and we load four or five boxes up put them in the back of her
cute little Jeep Liberty and head home oh my goodness this smell was so bad
shut in a car with boxes of fresh manure oh my gosh
so naturally we open the windows now there is manure and hay flying all over
the car it's freezing and it still smells her car smelled for months after
that so we get we get home we unload the car we work this is the manure into the
soil we even have enough left over to put in the corner and start a little
compost pile all as well until spring that's when the Flies found the manure
oh there were so many fly my friend sat outside for hours with her fly swatter
swatting these flies hundreds of flights and our next-door neighbor here was this
gray-haired little Cuban man Ramon he would peek over the fence and chuckle
and he called her mother most gas witches Spanish for flax water
eventually the Flies didn't go away and the garden actually produced a pretty
good crop of tomatoes that summer and here we are 12 years later still friends
and both still gardening with so much more knowledge in the years since I
became a master gardener and I taught for a few years at the Albuquerque
BioPark Botanic Garden I've grown many more garden beds on my own using
homemade compost instead of manure and I'm definitely still learning but that's
one of the things I love about gardening another thing I love about gardening is
that a long way fresh flowers and delicious food I get
to grow these lasting memories like that one the most important thing is to get
started like I did 12 years ago and like you're doing now you'll figure it out by
doing it and maybe I can help you avoid some mistakes along the way like adding
fresh cow manure to your backyard let's make compost instead hey there I'm
Amy with gardens that matter calm welcome and thanks for joining me for
part two of our quick start to composting series today we're going to
take action yes by the end of this video you'll be ready to go out and create
your own simple yet highly effective compost bin I'm gonna break this lesson
down into three easy steps picking your site creating your bin and filling it up
follow these steps and you'll be on your way to composting success we're going to
build on the basics that we went over in video number one if you haven't had a
chance to watch it yet I recommend that you pause this video and go take a look
we went over what composting is the amazing benefits of compost and the
materials that you should and shouldn't add to your compost pile thank you so
much to everyone who sent comments and emails I love hearing about the reasons
that you want to compost and the plans you have for creating a garden that you
love I'm so excited for the things ahead before we get started you may want to
follow along using the no fuss compost bin worksheet from the link below this
video you can download it and print it out to take your notes okay let's get
started with step number one selecting your site the placement of your compost
bin is going to be key for you using it successfully I'm going to show you how
to build around three-foot compost bin today for this you'll need an open level
area that's at least 4 feet by 8 feet that will give you enough room to stand
in front and fill up or empty the bin you'll place your been on top of soil
rather than on concrete or asphalt the soil life can move up into your bin to
help with decomposition and Exce moisture can drain down into the soil
you'll want to keep your pile at least six feet from buildings or trees we are
encouraging decomposition and we don't want your garden shed to decompose and
you may want to leave some extra space nearby to stockpile leaves or other
materials the other factors you'll want to
consider include local regulations depending on your neighborhood or town
you may need to place your compost pile a certain distance from property lines
Sun versus shade we live in a temperate climate and usually go with partial
shade on the edge of the woods or near a building if you live in a hot dry
climate you'll want more shade to slow down evaporation if you live in a really
wet or cold climate you'll want more Sun where are you going to get your water
from most compost piles will need to be watered at least occasionally will you
get water from a bucket in the house rain water from a nearby roof from a
hose where will you use your finished compost you might want to build your
compass file in or near your garden you might even put the bin over a future
planting area as the materials compost nutrients and water will drain into the
soil below and make it a great place for plants to grow afterwards and finally
where will your composting materials come from for a new composter I think
this factor is the key you must place your compost bin where it's convenient
to use if you're weighing a few possible spots like convenience be the deciding
factor if you're not sure where to put your compost bin choose a convenient
spot our bin for kitchen waste is right next to our back porch I can empty our
bucket quickly even in the rain when you're starting out the most important
thing is developing the habit of using your bin so take a location that makes
it easy remember we're aiming to have a non stinky compost pile so if one of
your goals is composting kitchen waste you can place it near your house once
you've picked a convenient spot step 2 is to build your bin there are dozens of
types of composting bins you can go from a simple pile on the ground to a complex
multi bin system no matter what kind of then you choose you're going to need a
few things you want a bin that is three to five feet on each side we're aiming
for at least three feet high three feet wide and three feet deep
this size is large enough to hold moisture in heat but not so large that
air can't reach the center with a pile this size the center of your compost bin
can stay active even during winter in many places our compost bin also needs
to breathe it needs to have holes in it so air can move through it
we're composting with the help of aerobic bacteria and they need oxygen to
do their work there are also anaerobic bacteria but that's a story for another
time these are the basic requirements let's put together a bin I'm going to be
showing you how to create a wire been out of fencing this is the kind of bin
that we use on our phone we like it for several reasons it's
quick and simple to make it's easy to move and reuse a wire bin like this will
last for years it also gives the compost plenty of air and it's inexpensive
we usually have scrap fencing laying around if you're just starting out you
can buy a small roll of welded wire for under $20 we like to use this animal
fencing that has a two inch by two inch grid this is made out of galvanized
steel wire fencing comes in lots of different sizes welded and woven will
both work you'll want to look for a size that has three inch grid or smaller if
you get much bigger than that things start to fall out air compost pile you
can also use hardware cloth that tends to come in smaller grid sizes that is
also more expensive chicken wire is another option but it's kind of floppy
so you'll want to reinforce that with pulse you're gonna want your piece of
fencing to be at least ten feet long and thirty six inches tall that'll give you
the ideal three feet by three feet by three feet size its optimum for heat and
moisture retention sometimes we go a little bit wider or taller but we found
that 48 inches is a little bit too tall for lifting the materials into the bin
if you need to level or clear your site go ahead and do that now you want to
make sure your bin is nice and flat as you add materials and water them in the
materials are gonna settle in and that'll stabilize your bin and keep it
in place if the soil where you're putting your
bin is really hard packed use a shovel or a garden fork to loosen it up a
little bit that's going to help with drainage so next you're gonna take your
wire you're gonna set it up so that the two ends are coming together to make a
cylinder if you have a new roll of wire it's gonna be really springy so roll it
out flat on the ground and kind of smash it down that's going to keep it from
road trying to roll back up on you so you're gonna want to cut off one of
these vertical end pieces with wire snips or pliers and that'll give you
ends poking out that you can wrap around like this take each piece of wire and
wrap it around like this
now you can see how it have some movement I'm gonna take one piece of
wire here at the top and wrap it all the way around and that'll help hold it in
place I'm going to do that at the top in the middle and at the bottom I wouldn't
recommend doing it all the way down because that will make your bin really
hard to open when you're ready to turn it or harvest it alright there we go
we've got a cylinder so now just turn your seam to the where it's most
convenient for opening later on and you're ready to go I told you it was
easy now we are ready for step number three fill your bin there are basically
two ways to fill your bin batch meaning all at once
or as you go meaning you add materials over time since batch piles have more
mass they tend to be hot and fast you can have compost that's ready to use in
a few months using the batch method your compass will be ready all at once as it
decomposes your pile will shrink down to about a third of its starting size that
composting does require materials in bulk so you can either stockpile them
until you have enough for a batch or plan to do batch house seasonally like
in fall when you have lots of leaves and garden waste to use
as you go piles tend to be warm and slow rather than hot and fast this is because
you're adding to them over time they don't have that initial mass of a batch
pile you'll end up with finished compost towards the bottom and less decomposed
materials up top those can just go back into your next
compost pile the as you go method is more practical for your kitchen waste
because you simply add to the bin each time you empty your pail this is the
kind of bed I'm going to show you today I'll get it started with a few layers
and leave plenty of room for adding scraps over time if you have enough
space and materials you may want to try out both methods no matter which method
you use you're going to be adding a mix of carbon rich and nitrogen-rich
materials these are the browns and greens I mentioned in video one Browns
are carbon rich they are usually older materials that are dry and relatively
lightweight leaves straw wood chips sawdust shredded paper greens are
nitrogen rich they tend to be fresher weather and heavier than Browns
kitchen scraps green grass clippings manure even Drive manures and weeds are
all greens
these compost materials are food for your microbes they use the carbon to
grow and move they use the nitrogen to make proteins and reproduce like us
microbes need a balanced diet to do their best work we're going to use
volume to help us get a balanced mix of browns and greens you want two-thirds
Brown and one-third green by volume you can think of it as two containers of
brown material for every one container of green material or since we'll be
building our bin in layers you can also think of adding two inches of brown for
every one inch of green don't stress out over this composting is going to happen
even if the ratio isn't perfect now let's fill up our demonstration bin
the first thing you want to put in your bin is several inches of coarse material
like sticks wood tips or corn stalks this roughage will help with drainage
and air circulation
next you want a layer of brown your dry carbon rich material like leaves straw
shredded paper dried grass clippings or weeds right here as well make a good
layer aim for about four inches thick some of it may fall into the gaps of
your bottom layer no problem
now you want to give this layer a nice drink of water as you add more layers to
your pile make sure each one is evenly moist not soaking wet but moist like a
wrung out sponge moisture is necessary for those bacteria
and fungi that are going to break down this material into compost however if
your materials are already soggy you will want to find more dry Browns so you
can get the moisture level just right so if it's been raining for weeks and you
don't have dry leaves you could shred some paper or buy some straw to add
if you live in an area where it rains a lot it's a good idea to keep some brown
material covered with a tarp or in a large container so that you always have
some available
next it's time for a layer of green or nitrogen rich material this is where you
add your kitchen scraps coffee grounds freshly cut grass manure or fresh garden
waste spread it around make about a two-inch layer if this layer seems dry
give it a little water if this layer seems really wet mix it in with the
brown a little that way it won't matter sometimes grass clippings can get matted
if you don't do a little bit of mixing as you go on top of green layers we
often add a thin layer of soil maybe a quarter inch to a half-inch layer adding
soil to your pile is not required but it can seed the pile with microbes and
speed up decomposition it also helps the pile retain heat and water and it keeps
flies from laying eggs in your green layer
now repeat a three to four inch layer of browns a one to two inch layer of greens
a thin layer of soil water as needed
you always end with a layer of Browns it
will act as a filter for smells which will discourage pests and it means
you're always ready for your next edition of green materials when you're
using the as you go method to compost kitchen scraps you don't have to wait
until you have enough to make a whole layer you can take your kitchen pail out
to the bin dig down in a little dump it in and cover it back up adding more
Brown material when needed I had browns every second or third time
I empty my pail if you do have any smells go ahead and add more Brown
material kitchen scraps often add moisture to the pile but if the bin
seems dry go ahead and add some water and you're done and that's all it takes
to get started pick a convenient spot build your bin
and start filling it up if you follow these three easy steps I promise you're
on your way to beautiful compost and a happy garden now you might be wondering
how long do I have to wait to get this beautiful compost you should have
finished compost in three to twelve months depending on which ingredients
you use if you'd like to speed up your results you're in luck in our next video
I'll share three tips to speed up the process
I'll also reveal the results from one of our finished compost bins and I'm going
to give you an introduction to the foundations of a happy garden how to
bring your soil to life using compost mulch and cover crops this is our
premium course that digs deeper into what it really takes to create healthy
soil I'm excited to tell you more about it next time
but first I'd love to hear from you tell me in the comments below where are you
gonna put your compost bin what's your perfect place also if you know somebody
who could benefit from this quick start to composting series please share it
with them thanks again for watching and I'll see you in video 3
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Building a chatbot, which platform or solution integrator to use? - Duration: 2:55.
Hi you are convinced that you need a chatbot for your business?
But don't know how to start?
That's a tough decision and it depends on multiple variables.
Your budget your use cases your number of resources and many more.
Let me break it down into three main categories
Category 1: You are a business like Wells Fargo, Anthem,
Walmart, Macy's, or others You can manage and afford to recruit top talent
from companies like Facebook and Google to build your cloud infrastructure
and AI infrastructure, do that, as a matter of fact it was in the news that Anthem and
JP Morgan have already done this Why?
I think it is pretty obvious, have you heard that Amazon has ventured into healthcare?
Do you want to build your services on their servers and give away your data?
I wouldn't do that.
I mean yes, you can sign SLAs and what not, but if you can afford recruiting their talent,
do that instead and create a moat around your IP around your data.
You can use services like RASA, because, why? it is an open source service or framework
and you get to do all the training within your servers within your firewall, that's
a good one to go with.
Tier II: You are not that big and you cannot afford
building an AI or cloud infrastructure, go with the second best option, go with domain
specific chatbot integrators.
Like Automat for instance, which is for the beauty business, or Clustaar which is for
customer care or many more that are available for inbound marketing, outbound marketing,
maybe financial service, Cognigy, or others.
There are domain specific solution integrators or RPA or Chatbot SIs that can create good
services for you and since these are smaller companies you get to cut
good deals with them and protect your data at all times
Tier III: You are a smaller firm, 100 people and maybe
fewer and you cannot afford let's say 100 200 300 or maybe 500k contracts, that's
ok, there are services like Dialogflow wit.ai or chatfuel that you can use and create smaller
chatbots but remember as soon as your data grows you may want to think about moving your
data off of these services to a more secure option, right?
Data is your IP, and without your IP your business would not have a future.
I have heard this from many people that data is the new oil and you want to protect
by all means
Let's turn this into a conversation, your feedback helps me a lot and talk to you soon
and good bye.
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What's The Process Of Building A Website? - Moko Media Minute - Sandi Gauder www.mokomedia.ca - Duration: 2:15.
So when a customer comes to us and they come to the realization that they need a
professional website, they need somebody to build it for them, because they've
gone to Facebook route, or they've gone to you know a do-it-yourself platform
and it's proven to be a nightmare or it's just not working for them. So they
come to us and they say "I need help, will you build me a website?" Sure we will.
So we start by finding out why they want the website in the first place. What is
the purpose of the website? What do you need it to do? What do you, you know, is it
is it a brochure website, are you just providing information to people? Is it a
commerce website, are you hoping to sell things on it? Do you need to engage with
your customers, do you need a forum? Do you, I don't know, they're, you know, what
is it you're hoping it's going to do? So once we know what the purpose of the
website is, we then start asking questions about branding. Do you have any
kind of branding? Do you have a logo? Do you need a logo? Do you have particular
colours that you're working with? Do you have any existing marketing materials
that we need to kind of line up with? So we ask them to gather all that
information, we ask them for, you know, some sites that they have been to that,
they may not like the entire website, but there might be pieces about the website
that they go, "Oh, I like how they're doing that. That would be good. Something like
that on my website would solve that particular problem for me." Or, "I like how
on this website they there's lots of white space." You're trying to get a
sense of what it is that they're looking for, what resonates with
them, what kind of feel they're going for, what the you're trying to - the end goal
is going to look like. So we gather all that information, what the content is
going to look like, what kind of structure they need, and then off it goes
to the visual designer to kind of make it all look good and organized in a
proper fashion.
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