{"id":2941,"date":"2013-07-01T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?page_id=2941"},"modified":"2020-08-24T19:11:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T17:11:30","slug":"just-a-second","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/just-a-minute-explainers\/just-a-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a Second"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Powtoon explainer videos by Tom\" src=\"http:\/\/d39i6hsgi8vxmf.cloudfront.net\/images\/34862\/Tom-JAM-220.jpg\" width=\"121\" height=\"121\">Just a Minute #009 : These days we only have around a second to grab someone&#8217;s attention to click a link. This is the first in a mini-series on how to get people&#8217;s eyeballs looking your way.\u200b  \u200b  Tom Evans is a BBC-trained broadcast engineer turned author and writer&#8217;s mentor. 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