1. Unless you are using a broadcast quality headset skip the headset/mic combos. You get extra noise there, such as head movements, wire slapping against something, breathiness, ambient pickup, etc.

2.Turn off the noisy components. When you cannot turn them off, muffle them (with pillows and quilts) as much as possible. Shut the door, turn off the phone ringers, shut off the AC, basically chase noise sources and kill them off.

3. Let about 4 – 5 seconds of "silence" roll after hitting the Record button. This let’s the mic pick up what’s called the "Sample Noise" (or sometimes called Ambient or Room Noise).

4. After recording the sound track, use Audacity to improve the audio before importing it into a Camtasia. There is a pretty effective noise reducer in Audacity that samples your ambient noise, then subtracts those frequencies from the whole timeline. Use a selection of this "sample noise" with the Noise Removal effect to get your "Noise Profile"

5 If you can afford it, purchase a Pre-Amp.A mic pre-amp performs additional processing on the sound and in the recording studio is often more important than even the mic being used. It’s a piece of gear that sits between the mic and the next component in a recording environment (mixing board, audio interface, etc…and is often built into either of those).

6. And our final tip from my LearnCamtasia.com partner Lon Naylor: Make sure you listen to your audio final results on headphones or earbuds. Why? Because that’s how MANY people will be viewing your content in the near future as mobile device access of video content becomes more widespread. Not to mention "convergence" of video between your computer and wide-screen Home Theater systems…It’s also a great way to quickly pick up on issues that you might miss by listening on just your computer speakers.

Hope these suggestions help.

warmly,

Joseph markets himself as an Internet Radio Virtual Assistant http://www.internetradiovirtualassistant.com/which just goes to show you that not only can you niche down to providing just Virtual Events Services but you can go even more narrow to just doing internet Radio and still make a nice living.

Here are some of the things we discuss on this 30 minute interview.

• How I got started as a VA
• Why it has helped my business to specialize in only Video
• What I see as the future of the VA business
• What tools are integral in my work?
• What the main thing is that I learned about myself through this business

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Apparently, the phone lines lit up like crazy when I started talking about rates and money but we ran out of time and Joseph was having trouble opening the lines for questions so it looks like I’ll be back to finish up the conversation on Friday 8/27.  if you are on my mailing list (sign up on the right) I’ll be sending out the exact time.

Hope you’ll join me!

We talk about what copywriting is, her process and how she charges, and why Internet Entrepreneurs should hire a copywriter. I know this is one area that I would choose to outsource because I know how extremely important the copy is in getting viewers and sales. By the way, I’ll be putting Allison’s interview on YouTube and she can track how many visits she gets to her Website as a result of this video. One thing I need to work around is that Youtube only accepts short videos so I can only put up an excerpt of it with a link to my site to see the full video. But that is good because people really interested can come visit my site too. That makes this not only a fun way to meet someone new but a great way to get more traffic.  I think I’ll be doing more of these!

Allison has a special promo code that she mentions in the interview which is “vademogirl”. It will be 20% off anything at her sites.

GetItInWriting.biz
CopywritingforVAs.com

DIYCopywriting.com

Best,

But her reluctance went away pretty quickly when she determined that from the registrations from this one teleseminar she increased her mailing list an amount equal to what took her two years to build from her blog alone. I couldn’t believe it.  It made me really jealous.

Now she’s offering all the skills she’s learned about setting up and delivering teleseminars to you. Whether you are a Virtual Assistant setting them up for your client or an entrepreneur setting them up for yourself you will learn how to build relationships and grow your mailing list with simple 1 hour teleseminars.

Tomorrow on October 30th starts her first coaching session on how to set up and host Teleseminars. It’s called Teleseminar Mojo – How to Set up and Run Successful Teleseminars.

Here is what you get:

• 2 hour Webinar with step-by-step info on how to set up and run teleseminar. 
• Her email templates you can use.
• Her own sign up and thank you page content in html.
• Recording of the webinar.

I’m so happy to promote this for her because after taking her Affiliate Management Webinar series I know Angela always over delivers on the content of her courses and she has a way of explaining really technical subjects in such a patient and careful manner. What is nice about this Webinar is that it is just two hours which means there won’t be a lot of fluff in it.  Just right to the point step by step procedures.

To check it out go to http://www.marketersmojo.com

Best,

Subscribing to Audio Acrobat is a very easy way to add audio to your site. For about $20 per month, you can create audios and videos, and allow your visitors to listen to them live over the Internet or download them to listen to at their convenience. Audio Acrobat will provide you with a special number that you can dial with your phone. You can create a recording of just yourself, or you can record a phone call if you are interviewing someone.  Another option is to hook a microphone/headset up to your computer and speak directly into it. I use Wavepad or Audacity to record many of my audios.

When you are finished with your recording, the service will generate a piece of HTML code that you can publish to your site. This will allow your visitors to listen to the audio or download the Mp3.

If you want to increase the traffic that comes to your site, you may want to try your hand at podcasting.  Podcasting is a fairly new phenomenon, and is somewhat similar to blogging. Rather than reading a blog, your listeners will listen to your voice via your podcast. Your listeners do not need to have an iPod; podcasts can be downloaded to any Mp3 player, and your listeners can listen online, too. Audio Acrobat includes ITunes integration, allowing your listeners to automatically download your podcasts into their ITunes. If you plan to podcast make sure you can commit to a regular schedule of at least bi-weekly.

With audio it is important to set up an RSS feed, so your listeners will always have access to your latest podcast. I do this through a Website called Feedburner.  Feedburner can be tricky to set up.  I remember how confused I was the first time I tried to use it.  Try to get a fellow VA to help you with it.

I have been helping my clients with their podcasting for a couple of years now and, at this point, many of them are asking me to conduct and record their interviews as well. This is a lot of fun for me. It makes me feel like a reporter with a big newspaper.

So feel free to call me at the Virtual Assistant Demo Girl with all your Podcasting needs.

Best,

There seems to be a general disagreement about Podcasting. On the one hand people are saying there isn’t any money in it and on the other hand people are saying you just need to look at it differently. While it is true that there probably are not a lot of people making much money specifically off their podcasts, it is a great way to be seen as an expert in your field and drive a lot of free traffic to your Website. But don’t just listen to me. Listen to the Podcasting queen Penny Hayes in a five minute interview. Penny is considered the ultimate guru of podcasting and taught me everything I know. Take a minute and listen to the interview……