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Pros of Ingress

As we have already figured out above - with this game you will run around the city like a wounded beast - after all, the war of factions is going on right now (when you read this post too), even if you captured a portal, in half an hour the enemy can take it away . You will learn to walk faster and longer, and you may become slimmer and more energetic.

The game "Ingress" for me in the first place was an application that did not allow me to sit still. I visited places where, perhaps, I never would have been. I learned new people, by whom I would pass in everyday life. Many of them are responsive and kind people.

More Ingress develops strategic thinking, reaction speed, calm and balanced decision-making. At least because of these skills it is worth playing this game. Yes! And do not forget to choose the right faction =) Also a big con it is ingress shop, where you can buy a lot of items for this game. Doubt? You can personally check!

Surprisingly, Ingress is not just a game for young people. It is played by people of all ages. It is likely that your portal has just worn out that serious man with a beer belly, and not the schoolgirl you thought of. And since the older generation is playing quite actively - Ingress is much less trolling, mate and other dirt than in any other online game.

I ingress in existential pre-depressive periods. Well, the contacts are new, yes - you are here, for example;)

Ingress certainly broadens the mind. After all, portals are objects of art (beautiful buildings, architectural monuments, galleries / museums, urban graffiti). C Ingress to walk around the city is much more interesting, and exploring areas in which it was not - a separate pleasure, because each unique portal helps to collect the Explorer medal. Each player has a lot of medals, which must be "pumped" from bronze to onyx. These are the original goals that fuel interest in the game.

Because of the ingress, I developed and developed, finally, with several old Internet-acquaintances and in general expanded my social circle. Walking has become more, the habit of long walks has appeared

Ingress - can be both solo and team play. Be sure that as soon as you start actively playing in your city, you will be noticed and asked to install a Telegram in the game chat. Do not worry, they want to help you, so to speak, take it under your wing so that you can study and ask your questions in the district chat rooms of the faction. Some features are not available to single players, in particular, the creation of matryoshka-fields. I would say that Ingress is a game in which you will surely meet nice people, and they will help you in development, they will tell you how to play correctly. Do not be afraid to take someone else's help - in this game it is so customary.

Ingress - additional motivation for those who do not like to walk. How many couch potatoes this game has turned into active agents ... Tired of walking the same route from work? Or maybe you do not like just wandering around the parks on your day off and looking at the flowers in the company of friends / walking with your child? With Ingress, any routine walk will find new meaning.

With the emergence of such a game as Ingress in my phone, my interests abruptly changed - bike rides found meaningful routes, the seat behind the computer gave way to long walks in the fresh air and the excitement appeared. Now it does not seem to me crazy to break off at three in the morning and leave 120km from the house, which is to tear down the interfering portal or link from it, or to lay kilometer fields for the victory of the fraction in the cycle. Of course, Ingress made it more often and longer to spend time in the fresh air, which makes it stand out from all the games played in the past.

When I can't think of an occupation for myself - Ingress always comes to the rescue. It is worth a couple of hours for a walk in the district, beautifully linking everything ****, and somehow it’s good to feel your soul. And most importantly - there is a sense of accomplishment of an important business. And you are such a good fellow at once.

And Ingress really helped me. Right game of psychological help. I haven't been on the subway for 6 years. Just some fad was. Even when hell was uncomfortable, I moved by car. And then Ingress appeared and playing on foot is much easier than on cars. Now I go to work on the subway and I feel good.

Cons of Ingress

Did you have a good time management experience? Forget it. Now Ingress, not your diary, tells you how, where and when you will spend tonight.

-Farm ** in Konkovo? Tomorrow? Well, I will think...

Can you even imagine that you go to Konkovo? That is generally in principle? And it turns out you can and go. Saturday morning. What is most interesting is that you will not suffer from this, only your husband / mother / wife / children will twist a finger at their heads. But over time, stop.

C Ingress you should try to always be alert. And how, sorry, to be on the alert, when you have a whole bunch of eighth *** portals on your way from work and you have decided to do a lot. So what's in the park, so what's autumn and 9 pm and it's dark. Many agents also play behind the wheel of a car or cut through the city on a bicycle. Personally, I think it is very dangerous and I play only walking on foot. And that happens to please in a puddle, or a branch in the eye suddenly falls. And all because the game requires concentration.

The battery of your device can be discharged pretty quickly (all due to constantly included geodata), and then you will be more nervous than playing. Ingress is a game in which there is practically no donation and you do not spend money on game items, but almost every second agent has a power bank or a more powerful battery on the phone. You understand that this is an additional cost.

Ingress takes a fairly large amount of time in the warm season, forcing out other hobbies and passions from your life. Sometimes it is possible to combine - for example, a walk in the park and play. But if you go on nature, where there is no connection or portals - it can begin a real breaking.

Perhaps the cons of the game I exaggerated a bit, because not every agent is so much imbued with the game and finds time for it. But keep in mind that all of the above may well happen to you.

Whether you’re interested in learning a useful skill, trying to impress your partner or just tired of eating frozen meals all the time, now might be the time to learn to cook on your own. Besides being less expensive than dining out, cooking for yourself allows you to customize each of your dishes while having some fun in the kitchen.

If you get overwhelmed at the mere thought of turning the oven on, we’re here to help. This article gives beginner cooks 10 practical tips for learning to cook at home, along with a few easy recipes to get started. So tie on your apron and get ready to become a master chef!

10 TIPS TO TEACH YOURSELF TO COOK

Whether you’re learning to cook for yourself, your significant other or your whole family, keep these 10 tips in mind as you brave the kitchen:

1. Get Into a Routine

Like anything, learning to cook well requires practice. If you really want to become a good cook, you have to commit to doing it regularly. Try to prepare all of your dinners on your own for one week to get yourself fully immersed in the kitchen. Simply approaching cooking with a positive mindset and a “can-do” attitude will make the process seem easier. You might even have some fun!

2. Start With the Basics

In the midst of your newfound passion for cooking, you might be tempted to tackle impressive dishes like a savory souffle or baked Alaska. But these dishes are only so impressive because they are quite challenging recipes that you should wait to attempt until you’ve developed your cooking skills a bit more. Instead, the best way to learn to cook is to begin with the basics, such as pasta or tacos.

3. Keep It Simple

Because you’re sticking with basic recipes, you can keep your cooking equipment simple, too. When you first start learning to cook at home, all you need is the bare minimum of cooking supplies. Spare yourself from purchasing a bunch of fancy kitchen gadgets and focus on mastering the cooking tools you already have instead.

4. Grow Your Spice Collection

To make flavorful dishes, you will need a sizable spice collection. Most notably, you will need to make sure always to have these essentials on hand:

• Sea salt
• Black pepper
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Paprika
• Basil
• Parsley

These base spices will help you create delicious, well-seasoned dishes. As you continue cooking, you will naturally acquire more spices for a wider range of cuisines.

5. Invest in a Set of Pans

Regardless of what you plan on cooking, a high-quality set of pans is a necessity. Purchasing pans from a reliable brand will prevent you from finding pieces of coating from cheap pans in your food. Typically, pans with a ceramic coating provide a dependable non-stick surface and are less susceptible to chips and scratches than other kinds of pans.

To start, make sure you have a frying pan, saute pan, stockpot and cast iron skillet in your cooking arsenal.

6. Make Sure Your Knives Are Sharp

Just like a reliable set of pans is a must, well-made knives are crucial for good cooking. Using a high-quality, sharp knife in the kitchen can save you from frustration as well as potential injuries from trying to saw away at something with a dull or blunted knife. For beginners, a chef’s knife, a paring knife and a serrated bread knife are all the cutlery you’ll need.

7. Plan Ahead

Before you start cooking, get out all the supplies you’ll need and measure all of your ingredients. Doing this will make the entire cooking process go smoother by saving you from continually washing your hands to retrieve, measure and add in a new ingredient. You will also want to make sure you preheat the oven whenever necessary before diving into prepping a recipe.

8. Cook in Bulk

Even if you fall in love with cooking throughout the learning process, there will be days you don’t have the time or motivation to whip up a full meal from scratch. Cooking some meals in bulk so you have enough leftovers to store in the freezer will provide you with a good back-up dinner plan for busy days.

9. Stay On-Recipe

In general, it’s best to wait to go off-recipe until you’ve become more confident in the kitchen. As you keep following recipe ingredients, measurements and instructions exactly, you’ll start to learn how different components work together and what can be substituted for certain ingredients. Eventually, you’ll be able to modify recipes on your own to create custom variations.

10. Be Patient With Yourself

Even for experienced chefs, unexpected things can still pop up out of nowhere and ruin a meal. Although it can be frustrating to see all that time and energy go down the drain, keep in mind that cooking is a learning process and don’t give up. Instead, focus on learning something each time you cook by figuring out what worked and what didn’t, which will make you into a better chef for the future.

One of the most effective ways to market a new fitness program is with pre-recorded exercise videos.

These videos can be used on the website, in the studio and posted to social media sites and on YouTube as well.

Pre-recorded videos can help potential clients and present clients visualize themselves completing certain moves and almost see their bodies change before they actually begin a class.

A great way to use these pre-recorded exercise videos is by having them available right on your homepage so that when people come to your site they instantly have something.

Here are some key benefits to having pre-recorded exercise videos:Targeting different time zones

Pre Recorded video allows you to target viewers depending on their time zones to make sure they are able to watch your videos. This will give you access to a much broader audience which you might miss out on when doing live streams and will help you maximize your reach.

Bonus tip: You can also live stream during your local peak audience time and then upload the pre-recorded version later to cover other time zones.

If there are people who still can’t make it at the designated stream time, simply make your virtual event on-demand.

Cost-effective

Pre-recorded videos will be cost-effective if you already have the tools to record the workout sessions. Live sessions are usually always more expensive than pre-recorded ones. If you're short on time or on a budget, pre-recorded sessions can save you a lot of money.

Accessibility

Your client even if living in Antarctica can view pre-recorded workout sessions at any time. Your clients will now no longer have an excuse to skip a workout by saying that they forgot which exercise they needed to do or that they didn't know how to do a specific exercise.

The pre-recorded exercise videos will make your client feel more comfortable when performing the exercise – and can even encourage them – because it’s possible to watch and re-watch the videos.

They can learn how to properly do the exercises without your actual presence which can save you a lot of time

Leveraging Social Media

Pre-recorded videos are exploding on social media, and many people like to see and hear people talking about workouts done practically.

Approximately 81% of consumer internet traffic is through video content, with much of it being transferred from platform to platform. One of your goals as a fitness trainer can be to deliver and maintain services and this is just another reason why pre-recorded videos should be a part of your marketing strategy.

Conclusion

Pre-recorded video content is a quick and easy approach to elevate your personal brand. You can now create perfect video content just the way you want it to be and no longer have to be concerned over the flaws and mistakes that happen during live sessions.

When you pre-record a workout video, you have complete control over the video. You simply need to record and then stream when you're ready to go live. You can use the pre-recorded workout video and also create personalized content and ads from it.

With FitBudd you can upload your workout videos for your clients with unlimited video uploads along with access to the pre-bundled exercise library.

While there are different ways to promote an online casino, affiliate marketing has deserved its status of the most effective. Of course, SEO, PPC, media advertising, exhibitions, and other offline activities should also be part of the bigger strategy (after all diversity always increases your chances of success) — but if we compare investments and outcome, affiliate marketing often wins the ROI competition. Let’s have a deeper insight into who affiliates are, what benefits they bring to an online gaming business, and how to find the right affiliate marketing software.

WHO ARE AFFILIATES?

Affiliates are people who use their websites to bring traffic to your online casino. While for other industries it may differ, in online gaming affiliates are quite often players themselves. They usually have vast experience as online casino users and run blogs or do live streaming to share their gaming experience with other players. Sometimes casino affiliates have experience in online casino operation and know the other side of the business, too. In any case affiliates (or professional affiliate companies) are not strangers in the world of iGaming and know its ins and outs.

By providing truthful information on various online casinos available on the market and sharing gambling tips and tricks, affiliates gain trust among players and manage to attract a significant audience to their websites. With skillful SEO, link building, and use of online forums, they manage to achieve high rankings in search engines. Once that’s done, affiliate websites are ready for monetization: they start referring traffic to online casino operators.

WHAT DO THEY DO TO PROMOTE AN ONLINE CASINO?

Affiliates deliver referral traffic to online casinos by placing links and banners on their own websites. Sometimes they use banners that call for direct action, e.g. to register or make a deposit in a particular casino. The important thing is that casino affiliates bring super relevant traffic with higher rates of conversion into depositing players.

Affiliate websites have one thing in common: they all contain really useful information, such as iGaming guides and online casino rankings, so they attract users who search for the best casino to play at and actually do play after following the link. However, they may differ in general approach. There are portal-like affiliate websites such as AskGamblers or LCB that target a wide audience and cover everything related to online gambling. Then there are more niche websites that specialize, for instance, in casinos licensed in the UK or Bitcoin-focused casinos — like BitcoinBuster or Bitcoin Chaser.

WHAT DO THEY GET IN RETURN?

Affiliates get paid for the traffic they bring to casino websites. There are several different models of rewarding the affiliates.

1) Revenue-share.

With this model, affiliates get a percentage of the casino’s net revenue generated by referred players. Many affiliates prefer this model because it means long-time (often life-long) income. For operators it is also a good option because affiliates are motivated to bring quality players who would constantly generate revenue for the casino. The percentage that you pay to an affiliate varies. Most casino operators use an individual approach. Some appreciated and trusted partners get up to 50% commission with no negative carryover.

2) CPA (cost per action).

This is a model where a casino offers a fixed rate for every player. It can be a reward just for registration, but most often the player needs to deposit and/or wager a certain amount for the affiliate to be paid. Casino operators can be flexible about the rate, increasing it while the number of players referred by the affiliate grows.

3) Mixed models.

As already mentioned, casino operators often apply customized approaches to high-profile affiliates. For example, they can offer a combination of revenue share model and CPA, or even negotiate certain upfront payments together with long-term participation in the casino revenue. The more flexible you get in your relationship with the affiliates, the better network you will be able to grow and the more chances you will have to profit from these win-win partnerships.

WHY IS AFFILIATE MARKETING EFFECTIVE?

There are several unarguable advantages that affiliate marketing has over other methods of online casino promotion:

Payment based on performance. It is always easier to pay for something that you already have rather than make an upfront investment without any guarantees on the result. Affiliate marketing is totally focused on performance and therefore guarantees high ROI. Even when the CPA or commission paid to an affiliate is high, you know that your revenue is higher. You get 100% relevant traffic that is converted into real sales.

Measurable progress. “When I’m investing a significant amount into certain marketing activities, how do I know which one is effective?” You can build a posh stand and bring half of your company to a gaming conference or you can buy heaps of advertising articles in the media, but how do you know exactly how many players come to your casino as a result? With affiliate marketing, you can calculate and compare the amount invested and the amount earned up to a single cent, thus getting a clear picture of your returns.

Simple tracking. If you are using an effective affiliate system (online casino software usually has an affiliate module that facilitates easy management of their affiliate programs), it allows evaluating the performance of different affiliates. You can even see how your casino is doing on different affiliate websites. You can use this info for a better analysis of what ads and banners work best for you and adjust your affiliate program accordingly.

Reputation and online presence. Since successful affiliates usually have a good reputation in the world of iGaming, being advertised on their websites adds to your casino fame and credibility. It helps to strengthen the brand and make a long-lasting impression on the people in your industry.