Some truly good ways to tie an article with a video on YouTube!
Jan 1, 2012 General
Blogging tips I used in YouTube.
The very first thing I do to begin to get ranked in Google is to begin with the Google external keyword tool. I try to find an applicable keyword. In this example I’m going to do a YouTube video and then put it on YouTube and then take the info from there and create a piece. I will then put the piece in an Article submitter and then spin it and send out article submissions,
In the video I took a programme and copied what I was doing on the PC. First I am going to Google and search for an important keyword that I am going to get ranked in Google. I started with the keyword “blogging Tips” and searched it in the Google external keyword tool. As it pulled up the crucial phrases I noticed some that were low search volume. These are the ones that I look at, especially those under 10,000. The Keyword “blogging tips” was under 10,000 so this is the word that I choose to put into the Text submitter.
Then I showed the way in which the article submitter worked by putting a story in and submitting it to 1 or 2 directories. In the video I show how I going from 0 and went to a rank in the 50′s by submitting articles.
My destination with this article is to take info from the video and write a piece and then use the work in the article submitter and distribute this out to as many directories as feasible and determine if I’m in a position to get my YouTube video to move up in views. I’m going to use keywords that are the same and put 3 links in this piece to see what occurs.
I have 13 on the articles as of today. This may be a test to work out if article submissions will help your YouTube video’s go up in views.
In this piece I’m taking a vidoe in Youtube called”blogging tips Empower network” and am making an article to determine if using Article Samuai will help me get more view on youtube. I’m working with Empower Network to build up my web business. I have my video’s on kenmarz1 channel on YouTube.
Tags: blogging tips, dave wood, empower network kenmarz, General, Google, kenmarz, kenmarz1, miscellaneous, other, youtube
7 Desserts 7 Days- Rosewater Panna Cotta
Mar 29, 2011 Bakery House
And so we have reached the last dessert for 7 Desserts 7 Days. I hope you enjoyed the blogathon as much as we did eating all of the yummies featured! When I asked readers and friends what desserts they would like featured on 7 Desserts 7 Days, someone suggested something with a Middle Eastern touch. Since I live in Dubai, I thought that was very appropriate. My first thought was something like baklava but I’ll be doing a separate post on that since I’ve had the pleasure of visiting a baklava factory recently. Rosewater rice pudding was high on my list but Akber isn’t a fan so I finally settled on rosewater panna cotta. Not only has it got a hint of Middle Eastern but what screams Valentine’s more than roses.
When I was writing up this post, I was intrigued about the origins of rosewater. I have used rosewater in flavouring Indian dishes in the past such as Gulab Jamuns as well as vermicelli- so is it really of Middle Eastern descent?
It sure is. It was first created by a Muslim chemist in medieval Islam but its uses spread worldwide with the Turks using it to flavour Turkish Delight, Indians using it as a flavouring in falooda, Malaysians and Singaporeans make a rose flavoured milk called bandung and even the French didn’t want to be left out- they use it to sometimes flavour madeleines.
Since I’d never attempted to make panna cotta myself (let alone ever heard of it), I turned to Google for a recipe and lo and behold, it brought me to one of my favourite blogs- Indian Simmer. Everything on her blog looks beautiful so I had no doubt this recipe would be fabulous.
Like most of the recipes featured on 7 Desserts 7 Days, this one is super easy as well (I know you’re tired of me saying that but it’s true!). The results look like you’ve spent considerable effort and time making it. The panna cotta itself is smooth and silky from the addition of cream and mascarpone. The rosewater flavour is very delicate and me and Akber polished this in no time at all.
The giveaway still continues and if you haven’t taken part yet, all you have to do is go here.
Rosewater Panna Cotta
Ingredients:
1 cup heavy cream
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp unflavored gelatin
1 tbs cold water
1/3 cup mascarpone cheese
2 tsp rosewater
2 drops pink food coloring (optional)
Directions:
In a heavy bottom saucepan, bring the cream and sugar to a slight simmer until the sugar has melted. In a separate bowl, combine the gelatin and water and mix until the gelatin has somewhat softened. Add the cream and sugar mixture to the gelatin, constantly stirring. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until smooth. Strain the mixture into individual ramekins. Chill in the fridge for 2-4 hours. To unmold the ramekin, run a sharp knife around the ramekin and then put the ramekin in a bowl of hot water for a few seconds. Turn it over into a plate. Alternatively, you can serve the panna cotta in the ramekin.
Tags: Baklava, Blogathon, Chemist, Dessert, Dubai, Eastern Descent, First Thought, Google, Indian Dishes, Indians, Malaysians, Medieval Islam, No Doubt, Origins, Panna Cotta, Recipes Desserts, Rice Pudding, Turkish Delight, Valentine, Yummies
Plans You Can’t Count On and Italian Buttercream
Feb 18, 2011 General
Valentine’s Day is NOT a day that anyone likes to feel disappointed.
About five minutes into making Valentine’s Day cards, Amaya got up to leave.
“Where are you going? We’re making Valentines! That’s the plan!” I said, alarmed.
She looked at me with her little four year old squint and said, with a side pinched mouth, “That was your plan. That wasn’t my plan! I just want to have fun!”
She walked away without one bit of guilt or even one backwards glance at her abandoned list of friends who would have one less Valentine.
Predictably, for our Valentine’s Day, my hub and I were having a bit of a squabble about “adult stuff” and acting like kids about it.
To top it off, my culinary class was supposed to make cupcakes, and I forgot the flour.
I mean, who said cupcakes have to have flour anyway? Why are we forced to give Valentines on February 14th? Why does an argument have so much more weight on an arbitrarily assigned day of the year?
Bah. Humbug.
Basically, every week I have to drag my entire kitchen to my car, from my car to my classroom, then my classroom to the kitchen classroom, and then back again. So when I came back from my all day field trip in time for 7th period, there was no time to problem solve having no flour. My google searches for "substitutions for flour” weren’t going to save me.
I apologized to my students, and the grumbling from those teenagers was even louder than my own grumbling. What if you were promised an hour to cook and then had to write notes on leaveners instead?
I tried to salvage my own romantic Valentine’s Day by ordering takeout. Both places I thought would be appreciated happened to close early on Monday. I went to the store to get some inspiration, and by the time I got home, it was already time for dinner. I basically completely failed to do anything for my significant other. And I had to ruin the rest of our evening because now I had to make 90 red velvet cupcakes.
Today I brought in the cupcakes. My friend, co-owner of the local cake shop Paradise Pastries, came in to talk with my class about her expertise, and made us some Italian Buttercream.
She whipped up that buttercream like someone who could do that in sleep. I was impressed. I’m very impressed by anything that requires thermometers, whipped egg whites, sugar that could burn your skin off, and pounds of butter. There’s a lot that can go wrong with this recipe. The variables are hard to account for. She could make that alchemy work up into a perfect sweet frosting while I struggled to work out using a phone to order take out.
Stress momentarily melted into that pillowy buttercream. If this is what Italians eat, get me on a plane right this moment. I may have eaten more cupcakes than I originally intended. I’m not normally a frosting person, but I was basically using the cupcake like a plate for frosting.
We played around with decorating, and let’s just say that my technique could use some work. One of my students seems to have a knack for food styling, and she made a rose on her first try. My cupcakes look like Zac Efron’s hair. The “all bangs” look. 
I came home to a surprise. These nun orchids have been my Valentine’s Day staple since we first started dating in 2000.
That’s something I can count on.
Valentine’s Day magic lives on. Even a day late.
Resources:
My friend normally makes a lot more buttercream than you would need, and buys egg whites by the bucket, but this recipe is closest I could find online to what she used.
I made Annie’s Red Velvet Cupcakes. Easy peasy. Even 90 of them.
Wilton’s website is a great source for decorating techniques using buttercream frosting. Something I will be studying.
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