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Safari Lounge Designer Classes - Learn how to become a Designer

Welcome to the Safari Lounge Designer Classes!

Introduction

Announcements

What the Safari Lounge Designer Classes will be up to!

Travel (CU Kit): Hawaiian Party Luau

Hawaiian Party Luau (CU Kit)
Create a Badge (Gimp Tutorial)
Granite Background (Photoshop Tutorial)

Course: Etsy Makeover Challenge

Etsy Makeover Challenge Course 1-7 (28:38)

Travel the World (CU Kit) + Which Designer Name and Logo is right for you?

Travel the World
Your Designer Name and Logo (6:10)

Roses are red (CU Kit) + showing your Products

Why it is essential to show what you can do with your Kits
Roses are red

Wintertime Commercial Use Kit

Wintertime 1
Wintertime 2

Creating for Halloween

Create a Halloween Tag (9:47)
Hocus Pocus Papers
Hocus Pocus Elements

Designing for Zazzle & Co.

Palm Tree Set
Designing for Profit: Products for Zazzle & Co. (15:52)

Beach Life Mix

Create a Brush from the Beach Life Pattern Mix (7:26)
Create a Pattern from the Beach Life Pattern Mix (5:56)
Beach Life Pattern Mix

Designing for Summer

Sailor's Papers
Sailor's Paper Tutorial (5:12)

Travel (CU Kit): Australia

Australia
Create a Banner/ Header
Create your Terms of Use

Prepare for Back to School

Learning is Fun! (CU)
Why Selling in More Stores Does not Equal More Money
Make a Tie-Dye Paper in GIMP
Your Product Preview and Description

Easter (CU Kit)

Easter Factory (CU)
Chocolate Effect in Photoshop
Photoshop Tutorial: Etched Text on Wood

Designing for Valentines Day

Romantic Spring
Text Message in a Ball with GIMP

How to use Gimp

Getting started with Gimp

Silver and Turquoise Text Effect
Supernova Text Effect in GIMP 2
How to Make a Face and Text Art in GIMP
Removing Background from Hair
Blending Pictures in GIMP
Using Layer Mask in GIMP
GIMP Layer Effects
Splash Text Effect
Chrome Beveled Text Effect
How to Put Images in Text
How to Draw in GIMP
Basic GIMP Modifications: Scale, Crop, Rotate, Flip
Red Eye Removal in GIMP
How to Use the Select Tool
How to Use the Paths Tool
GIMP Overview

Commercial Use Products in Action

Create a Frame in Photoshop
Create your own Postage Stamp with GIMP
Make Colourful Polaroid Photo Frames in GIMP
Stitch Effect in GIMP
Blend Image to Background
Eternity Quickpage
April Rain Grunge Trimming
Enchanted Summer Nights Stickers
Enchanted Spring Digital Photo Frame
Because of You Communication Bubbles
Walk on the Wild Side Quickpage
Vintage Rose Border
Keepsakes Digital Patchwork
Say Cheese Washi Strips
DIY Email Birthday Invitation
One in a Million Playtime Banner
Time Goes By Digital Paper
It’s Love Nostalgic Stationery
Someone Like You Postage Stamps
Textured Star Frames
Spring-inspired Peeling Stickers
Coffee Break Journal Cards
Vintage Valentine Notes
Santa’s Little Gift Wrap Paper
My Coffee Mug – Digital Paper
Masquerade Paper in GIMP 2
How to Make Vintage American Tags
Water at the Sea Paper
Seaside Mobile Project
How to Make Vintage Coasters
Creating a Vintage Hawaiian Frame
How to Make an Owl Bottle Cap Charm

Learn Designing with Gimp

Learn Designing (44 PDFs for you to download included) (1:16)

Colorshemes

We Are United Colorsheme
Vintage Traveling Colorsheme
Vintage Artistry Colorsheme
To the Moon and Back Colorsheme
Spring Fever Colorsheme
Midsummer Night Colorsheme
Little Fairies Colorsheme
Garden Eden Colorsheme

Material

Business Setup for Creative Entrepreneurs - Start here

Introduction (2:11)
Course Outline (1:30)

Your Business Foundation

Choose your Designer Name and Logo (6:10)
Create a Blog and use a real Domain (6:01)
Create a Header for your Website (12:19)
Create a Blog Background (2:43)
Modify your Blog with Widgets (4:21)
Content creation for your Website (5:56)
Install Google Analytics (2:51)
Set up a Newsletter (4:12)
Create a Newsletter Box with a Button (10:32)
Make the Newsletter Graphic clickable (4:12)
Create your Terms of Use (5:21)

Set Up A Store

Add a Woocommerce Store to your Site (2:42)
Add Categories to your Store (3:06)
Add the Shop to your Menu (6:21)
Set up a Product (9:29)
Basic Settings (Currency, Colors, etc.) (4:31)
Set up the Sidebar (3:16)
Add a sharing plugin (2:52)

What you need to decide upfront...

Your Packaging and Product Description (9:25)
Why selling in more Stores does not equal more money (8:48)
Why it is essential to show what you can do with your Products (8:05)

Use Facebook to find new Customers

Using Facebook and why it is essential for your Business Success (7:50)
Set up a Facebook Page (5:10)
Set up an Image (3:11)
Set up your Logo on Facebook (1:51)
Content for your Facebook Page (4:21)
Load Videos and Images to Facebook (2:37)
Add your Newsletter to Facebook (4:48)
Like and Find Pages in your Niche (6:05)
Planning regular Posts (3:50)

Attract more Customers with Content

Creative Content for your Blog/Website (3:05)
Boring vs. valuable Content (3:29)
Linkbuilding - Spreading the Word about your Designs (5:41)

Pinterest is the place to go to share visual Content

Pinterest Overview (4:21)
Where your Pins appear on Pinterest (3:39)
Find Friends and Boards on Pinterest (4:11)
Your Profile on Pinterest (3:09)
Pin it from your Site (3:15)
Change and edit a Pin (1:11)
Create an Account on Pinterest (1:10)
Find your Friends on Pinterest (1:03)
Pin without the Pin it Button (2:04)
Add the right Picture on Pinterest (1:32)
The Power of Pinning (1:17)

Twitter - another place you can conquer

Using Twitter (3:37)
Set up your Twitter Profile (5:32)
Find Followers on Twitter (6:12)

More Ways to advertise

Meet your Customers where they are (9:48)
Why you have to price your products higher (9:22)
Marketing which lasts forever (4:26)

Marketing on a zero Budget

Welcome (1:21)
Is Marketing on a zero Budget a fit for you? (2:01)
What you can expect in this class (1:10)
Let’s get started (0:53)
What you can expect in this module (1:10)
How Online Marketing works (2:52)
Paid Advertising (4:22)
Why paid advertising isn’t always the best way to advertise your Business (3:47)
Indirect Paid Advertising (3:59)
Free Advertising (11:21)
How it all gets together (6:21)
Conclusion (0:34)
Why Content Marketing (4:36)
We need Content to advertise our Business (4:31)
What should I write about? (8:15)
Why should I create an Editorial Calendar? (2:05)
Google Calendar (9:08)
Weekly Planning (4:28)
Writing and formating your Text (12:10)
Graphics (2:07)
Create Graphics for Advertising (12:21)
Conclusion (1:35)
Why you need a Newsletter (2:00)
Why do I need an Email Marketing Service? (3:36)
What is the right Email Marketing Service for you? (2:49)
Segmentation - Not each Solution fits to each Subscriber (3:30)
A Tool for Segmenting your Subscribers (6:06)
Your Freebie (4:49)
The Freebie is done - now what? (6:25)
The Foundation Content- and Email Marketing (2:31)
Conclusion (0:55)
What’s now? (0:53)
Warm- and Cold Acquisition (4:44)
Make sure that your potential Customer gets to know you (7:45)
Why you should specialise on one Social Network first (2:09)
Bonus (1:18)
Quiz
Congratulations (0:47)

You did it!

Go for your Passion! (0:52)
Bonus Lecture: What else we are up to and Coupons (5:00)

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