🎉 I present you @fix-it-lab - Links, descriptions, graphics and more! 🎉

Hello reader, I want to start this post with a small warning.

This post is going to be long!

So grab a cup of coffee, your favorite tea or glass of juice and let's get started

As described in my previous posts related to this project, I am going to have the tutorials posted on multiple platforms all redirecting people to the corresponding post here on steemit.

The name of the project will be Fix IT Lab (Fix IT Laboratory), it comes like the laboratory where you can find fixes for your IT(Internet and Technology) problems. I found a couple of great names, but some were taken, some were used multiple times, this one even though it's long and probably unusual for some, is rarely used on social media, also it was easy to find available handles @.

Let's check all the profiles we currently have:

• steemit - @fix-it-lab
• youtube - fix-it-lab
• pinterest - FixIT Lab
• X (twitter) - Fix IT Lab
• facebook - Fixit Lab
• instagram - will be added soon, for some reason I can't sign in with the FB account on IG, probably the FB account is too fresh
• tiktok - Fix IT Lab

It would super helpful if you could drop a follow if you are using any of the platforms mentioned above. Thank you!

Now let's check some graphics that I am going to use.

The logo

For the logo I went for a lightbulb split into puzzle pieces, the main idea behind it was for it to look like you almost find the solution for your problem but you still need that one last piece from the puzzle.

I added this logo as an avatar on all the platforms, it will also have an animation, something like this:

_{This is a 6 seconds long GIF Loop as an example}

Now for the background/banner part, I kept the idea of puzzle pieces in mind, since I had created everything in Adobe Illustrator and have all the graphics as vectors, I used puzzle pieces and shaped them 3D with gradient colors, getting this result:

You can see both the logo and banner here on steemit on @fix-it-lab, while checking it you can also give it a FOLLOW!

Let's continue, I previously held a contest to get some good descriptions that will be used in the posts to make viewers take a peek and join us here.

The two posts can be found below:
🚨 50 STEEM Contest Alert! - Describe STEEM Family and win STEEM! 🚨
🏆 A round of applause for the WINNERS! 🏆

These will be used in banners, descriptions, pinned comments depending on the platform.

For the videos I went for a banner that will pop up one or multiple times during a video, something like this:

_{This is running at 12 frames per second because I needed it to be under 15Mb to upload it, in the videos it runs at 30 frames per second and it's smooth}

The description currently used is from @ninapenda:

Discover the Steemit family, experiment with the platform, and explore the communities. Sign up and let's get to know you!

Currently I am thinking of creating a second banner like the one above, but much wider, this one maybe will remain only for Shorts/Reels/Tiktoks, not sure yet.

Now for the analytics, I want to have each link attached to the post/video shortened, firstly because long links are ugly, secondly because these shortening services also provide analytics, I want to keep track on how many people clicked on to go to the Steemit post, from which post they did and which platform got them here. I know at first I might not need it because it takes time to grow some followers on the social media platforms, but I want to get used using it.

For this I found https://t.ly/, that is cheap, allows 500 links/month, and as far as I understand these links won't expire.

I will start with the cheapest subscription level, later on if needed I will upgrade it:

A bigger description will be used at the end of the video, as the video fades away, one last word about steemit will pop up guiding the user to check the links in the comments/description.

Now for the tutorials that will be posted here, these tutorials will be found via Google searches by people searching their issue, I want to have this banner below the Title and thumbnail, something small so it won't be annoying. Same as some Blogs have Ads around their post, I will have this banner.

_{STEEMIT - A GUIDE FOR NEWCOMERS ║ 🆕 New to Steemit? Start Here! ║ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Steemit Communities - Join Now!}

Description from @nacim-rana:

Steem is a platform where a common man from any part of the world can connect with the whole world only through his mobile or desktop and internet. Here we express our opinions like other social sites and also get paid money for them.

Also below it I added a link from @steemitblog and two from @the-gorilla, links that would be helpful for new users, also if you have or know any other links that could be helpful, feel free to add them below, I will add them.

Other things that I want to mention as a remark, maybe someone can give some tips and tricks, I want at the end of the post to add keywords and key phrases maybe this will improve and rank up the posts on google searches. I will use the SUB tag to make them smaller and take less attention from the reader.

I am not sure if I am going to use my real voice to record the videos, I will have to try a few recording, if I make to many mistakes or I stutter while talking I might use a Text to Speech service. I already prepared a list of them just in case.

That was it, the plan is done, I will also make an introduction post for the @fix-it-lab page, and after that all that remains to be done is to start recording.

If you got to the end of my post, I'd like to thank you for stopping by and investing time in reading this, until next time I am wishing you a great day (or great weekend, depends when you are reading it :) )!

GIF taken from Giphy