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Welcome to the Killer Keywording blog!

If you haven't had a chance to check out my keywording course yet, How to Write Killer Keywords for your Stock Footage, you can check it out on Udemy!

I'll teach you all the best practices you need to know to write professional titles and keywords for Shutterstock, Adobe, and Pond5. As a bonus, you'll get my second course with my personal brainstorming methods included for FREE!


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Victoria
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