Being a virtual assistant can be a very fun and time-consuming job. Being a virtual assistant includes the roles of helping customers navigate through websites and scheduling flights, doctor's appointments, and more. The whole point of virtual assistants is that you won't have to interact with customers face to face but communicate with them through the phone or any social platform as well as in-built chat options which is the most popular among amazon and eccomerce websites where they have in-built chat for people who need customer service. A person that provides services also does the same type of work except it's more of you do specific tasks for a one-time payment, for example, editing a video for a customer and getting a one-time payment. The more you do the more you make.
One of the many ways to sell digital goods is to make a webinar or course. You can have people purchase your course and teach them how to start on the journey on selling digital products however, this may only be for people who are experienced already since they need the knowledge to teach others. Another way to sell digital goods is to do graphic design and advertise it. Basically your artist view matters here as you are making a nice looking advertisement and promoting it in YouTube and Facebook etc.
Goods are physical products that people can package in a box and send to their buyer, for example, you order something from amazon and you receive whatever you ordered in a package. It is a physical item. On the other hand, digital goods are things that do not exist in the world in a physical form, for example, e-books and music and in-app purchases as well as currency in a video game. Selling digital goods has become very easy with software that helps you build your own website that can help promote your digital goods for sale. Softwares such as Wix and other web developing systems.
AI technology is the technology that's made to do simple and sometimes even complex tasks that humans can perform but at a faster speed. I have further learned that python is one of the coding languages used to program these AI technology models. All types of technology need a language in which it can understand how to carry out its goal. Python is a coding language that is very common among websites, databases, and even video games as well as technology. On the other hand, video editing software which is the main software required to edit videos and get into the graphical editing industry. There are many types of software but learning them can take a while which is why dedicating time to editing can help you grow faster.
The life of an AI machine learning engineer revolves around learning and working with AI electronics and machines to help automate them to do tasks that humans can do but at a faster speed. In the future, more technology is guaranteed to be invented that will eventually do what humans did more efficiently. These engineers help build and instruct AI, for example, robots that act as humans but with no emotions. Lots of coding comes into play when instructing these AI machines to do specific tasks.
Today I further learned about quality assurance which is the review and testing of newly developed or updated software and web pages to make sure they are working fine. Regression testing is a form of testing that makes sure after a newly added feature to a webpage doesn't cause any new errors caused in other areas. For example, adding a new feature may cause interruptions to other features in your webpage so it is very important to do regression testing which makes sure of that.
Today I learned the differences between the business and data analysts and what are the requirements to do these jobs correctly. For example, for business analysts they have to have really well leadership skills and be able to learn the process of the company and predict how it will reach its goal in the future. Data analysts are very similar but they work with numbers more than business analysts do for example, they figure out statistics and data for when the company and where it will be as well as how it will reach its goal.
I learned about web design and how to gather deb design clients for your own website or any website. Wed design is the idea of editing and designing your website to make it look appealing and attractive to the traffic. Traffic is simply people clicking on your website and interacting with your interface website gaining your viewers. The looks of your website are the deciding factor in whether or not people will be clicking it. Getting web design clients may be difficult at first but builds up eventually as you have to offer rewards and value for free for someone to work on your website.
Today I learned about version control and word press which are 2 systems that are similar but also different. Version control is a system in making a website where it helps maintain all the historical changes done to the files in a website recorded and in a safe database. These data cant be destroyed or removed and that's why version control is a safe and secure way to protect a website. Word press is a platform that makes the process of building a website way easier as it makes sure the database of the website is untouchable and secured from hackers.
Today I have learned 2 new things under the branch of web development which is the process of building a website and creating social networks for us humans. QA engineer which stands for quality assurance engineer is a job for web developers that includes the duty of testing different types of software and making sure they are ready to be published to society as well as QA engineers are responsible for any major or minor bugs in the web or software. Project managers are people who maintain and check on their team when a project is due in a certain period of time. Your main job is to make sure everyone understands their duty and gets it done.
Today I learned about a topic on web development. To put it simply it's the buildup or making of social network pages or websites that help promote so many things in the world as well as connect everyone to each other socially. In web development there are many computing languages, you will need to have an understanding in order to create a website of your own that you may want to publish. HTML which stands for hypertext markup language is one of those languages which is used to tell the computer steps in how to process and navigate as well as build a website. HTML is just one of the few, the most common.
I learned that I need a total of 20 credits to graduate. And I need to complete all the assignments from the categories I study in as well as pass the quizzes. I have also learned that it is very important to reflect upon yourself and really think about where you can improve in life to make you a better person. Making weaknesses into strengths. We all have our bad and good sides. Minimizing our negatives will help us improve and live a better life.
The Digital audio workstation is a music producing software that is the main key to making the beats to your song or rap or music. The software allows you to use your computer or laptop and add different types of rhythm to your music and also use midi to connect with instruments and record your piano or guitar to add in various types of beats. You can repeat sequences in it to make the music loop, delete beats, change the opacity, and much more stuff.
Today I learned about the process to start making music in the music production industry. To start this process you would need a microphone and a computer to record your vocals and beats. Music production also requires professional beat-making software that can record instrument beats which is very helpful in making music. In order to make music, it is recommended to learn an instrument such as the piano so that a wide variety of music options open up for you. Beat making is all about your taste and what you are feeling at the moment.
Today I learned the process to build your portfolio in the video editing industry. This process starts with gathering a lot of your edited projects and showing them to people revealing your skills as an editor and potentially attracting clients that would like to work with you. Making a business card can also help to attract clients because you can offer them to small companies at conventions and events. Offering your service at significantly lower prices or for free can start building a reputation and gain you referrals in which you can potentially start charging people a price for your work. Building a reputation is about how trustworthy you are and most importantly how well you are known. Always asking for your client's budget is a good way to show that you know what you are doing as a video editor.
I learned about a lot of editing software that can edit videos for you and pretty much do whatever you like. Adobe premiere pro, Davinci resolve, shotcut, and final cut. All of these are free except Adobe. The free software also has its paid versions. However, the free versions are not much different from the paid version as you can still do 95% of the things the paid version can do. I learned the basics of editing such as importing media, exporting, requirements and benchmarks needed to edit as well as audio, video and etc.
I learned the basics of Robinhood. Which is an app that allows you to invest money into stocks and potentially make a prophet out of it. For example, buying a share of Tesla or a fraction of a share since Tesla stocks can cost a huge amount for a lot of beginner investors ($700). And then waiting for the long term for the share price to potentially increase and selling it for an extra prophet. On the other hand, video editing and how films are made to look pleasing to their viewers. There are a lot of ways to edit videos. Animation, Realistic graphics, infographics. These areas of expertise can pay a lot of money. Doing advanced edits for people and or animations can bring in thousands of dollars per edit. There are a lot of rules to editing such as being more thoughtful of what the person wants rather than what you want in the video as the editor. What the editor wants is sometimes not something the director or owner of the film wants to implement in it.
I learned a lot of things today including mostly on trading options which are really similar to stocks but also slightly different at the same time. Buying an option strike price is the same thing as buying a stock share of the company. However, an option has an expiration date in which by the time of the date if the stock price of the company increases you can buy 100 shares of the company with the initial option strike price you placed in the beginning, therefore, making a profit by selling the stocks that you have bought with the initial lower strike price. The opposite can also happen when the stock price lowers more than the initial strike price and your option becomes worthless. I did many quizzes on stocks and passed.
Today was a review to improve all my quiz scores. I learned the differences between stocks and cryptocurrency. Crypto seems to be more of a value of money that is bought in shares by people and then kept for a long time until its value rises and then sell it or for people like scalpers which is a new method its basically buying the share and selling it as soon as a slight increase in value occurs. Forex is the biggest currency trade platform in the world where the currency is being traded for a prophet. For example, buying one currency and then trading it for another if its value is higher. Or REITs (real estate investment trusts a way to sell and buy real estate without actually buying the physical property but using it as stocks to achieve pretty much the same goal as actual real estate owners. Basically in the form of online value. Cryptocurrency is more volatile and therefore has more risks of losing money however this also means you can make a lot of money really fast if you are lucky or have knowledge of how to go about the process. Stocks can be more stable with really professional companies like apple or tesla.
There are several ways to make money through businesses self-made and or investing into already established businesses with stocks and shares of the company. You can buy a share or a fraction of a share of a company and sell it for more when the price increases. However, with profit can come loss. The company can go bankrupt and your bought shares will all go down to 0. I have learned that investing in professional and well-developed companies that have been going on for years are the safest places to invest. Types of stock investments include day trading where the person does not have to store shares in a company for a long period but does small trades throughout the day, for example, buying a share and then selling it right away for a small amount of profit. Stock prices can fluctuate throughout the day with smaller companies. Anyways, I learned that investing in stocks can make you a lot of money if done smartly and patience is a factor.