Here is a list of links I check to find out what's going on in the 'real' world. (updated July 15/2007)
What People are Searching For
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Extra Money Ideas
How to Create Multiple Streams of Income" course on Udemy.
go to www.udemy.com and type in the course title, you'll be able to view the info. It's $29. I purchased it during a half-price offer from Udemy.
If I were to start creating short intro videos: http://www.bmyers.com/videos/moneyemail.wmv which was part of Bill's post (http://www.bmyers.com/members/848.cfm) would anyone here need such a service?
go to www.udemy.com and type in the course title, you'll be able to view the info. It's $29. I purchased it during a half-price offer from Udemy.
If I were to start creating short intro videos: http://www.bmyers.com/videos/moneyemail.wmv which was part of Bill's post (http://www.bmyers.com/members/848.cfm) would anyone here need such a service?
Friday, October 25, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Bill Myers Offers Great ScreenCast Tips: Join His Site to Learn More
Top Ten Tips for Effective ScreenCasts
- Start with Camtasia Studio
- All in one Recorder, Editor, Publisher
- Publish for web, CD, or DVD
- Proven solution, mature product
- Use a USB digital microphone
- for clean, problem free audio
- Affordable - prices start under $40
- Plantronics USB500 or Samson CO1U
- Position the microphone to prevent popping
- Move microphone away from mouth to prevent popping and to avoid breathing sounds
- Avoid contact with body or clothes to prevent unwanted noise
- Use an enhanced cursor
- Enhanced cursor helps viewers follow the action
- Use enhanced cursor movement to pinpoint important information
- Find enhanced cursors in Camtasia screen recorder under 'effects'
- Close Unneeded Programs
- Clear the clutter from the screen
- Free up system resources
- Reduce problem of device or resource conflicts
- Set the size the stage
- Take into consideration destination (web, CD, DVD)
- Reduce screen capture area to minimum size
- Set capture region in Camtasia Screen Recorder
- Size and place all components to fit capture region
- Do a trial run
- A trial run will help you compose presentation
- A trial run will reveal missing elements
- A trial run will help you condense your presentation
- Plan to Make Mistakes
- Know that mistakes are easily removed during editing
- When you make a mistake, take a breath and then repeat the segment where the mistake was made
- Edit ruthlessly
- Editing audio and video is easy in Camtasia
- Edit out mistakes
- Edit out unneeded or confusing material
- Edit to keep the presentation brief and interesting
- Publish to flash
- If primarily a screen capture, publish to .swf format
- If contains video, publish to .flv format
- To minimize file size, publish at 10fps, 11.025 mono
If you want to see other screencasts I have created, visit our Screencast Area
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Helpful Advice from Bill Myers
Until last year, the keywords you used in the meta tags of your web site were important. But these days, the actual content of the site, including words used in headlines and articles are far more important than the keywords used in the meta tags.
In fact, Google and most other search engines ignore the meta tags for keywords and site description, and rely solely on site content.
With that in mind, you'll want to focus on writing headlines and articles that will appeal to your target audience.
And you'll want to update your site often - as the more often you add new pages, the higher you'll get in the google results.
But headlines and article content also need to be supplemented by inbound links from existing sites, as well as visits from people who are active in facebook and other social networks.
Google changed their search results algorithm this past month, so any books or videos you find on Search Engine Optimization are probably already out of date.
To answer your original questions . . .
1. You can use your competitor's name in articles and headlines, as long as the information presented is factual and isn't designed to liable the competitor.
2. Best way to promote any site is to make the people most likely to visit the site aware that it exists. Do this by writing compelling content, and using forums and social media to link to articles on the site that would be of interest to your target market.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
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