Spicing Up the Salespage to Market your Video Tutorials

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 21 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

Once you have created your video course, if you are trying to sell it, you are going to have to create some kind of salespage to market it. And no matter how much internet traffic you send to that page, if it does not convert your visitors into buyers you will be wasting your time. [...]

What is the Cost of Using Voice Over Talent in your Videos?

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 07 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

Not everyone loves their own voice. If you or your client is not super thrilled with your voice as the narration for a screencast video there are many places you can get Voice Over Talent to make your video seem so much more professional. Below is a short video showing you what is available and [...]

Delivering Webinars with Adobe Connect

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 29 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

If you are a freelancer or Virtual Assistant you may already know about the Training I provide over at VAClassroom called “Becoming a Virtual Event Specialist”. In this training I cover the use of GotoWebinar and Glance as two tools that can be used to deliver Webinars. One of the tools I did not cover [...]

The Best Places to Get Graphics for Your Videos

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 25 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

One of the most common questions I get from my Camtasia Training students is where they can find good quality graphics for their videos. Below I have a list of some of the many places on the web to get great photos and clipart. Some of the places are free and some are paid. Most [...]

A Few More Suggestions for Making your Webinars Interactive

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 01 April 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

I am working with a client this week on his first Webinar. We are using Go to Webinar and I am showing him how to use the tool and giving him some best practices for making his Webinar great.
He already has really good slides. A nice mixture of images and bullets on a casual [...]

Camtasia 7 is on it’s Way

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 27 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

I am so lucky because I just got a preview copy of Camtasia 7 through my business partner Lon Naylor who got one from Betsy Weber of the Camtasia Visual Blog. I can’t share any info except for what is already out there on Youtube. But since it supposed to be released on March 31 [...]

How to Record Professional Sounding Audio

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 19 February 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Video and Webinars

The quality of your audio really matters. If you get your audio wrong, the perceived quality of your video will be lower than if you had reasonable audio but poor video! Here are some basics you ought to know to get the best quality audio possible.
1. Don’t use a 3.5mm jack-plug el-cheapo mic. The 3.5mm [...]

Running a “Fake” Live Webinar

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 30 December 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

A recent question came up in a forum I belong to about the possibility of recording a live Webinar one time then replaying the recording at a scheduled time again as if it is live. I have done this for a client, but I probably would not repeat it unless there is an easier way. [...]

Screencasting for a Living?- Yes You Can

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 15 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

For about Five years I worked for AT&T as a full time Instructional Designer and my worked involved the creation of training videos for the employees at AT&T. I loved it. It was creative, challenging and not stressful at all.
After I left there I freelanced off-line as an Instructional Designer, creating Instructional videos for all [...]

Webinars, Tele-events, Live Podcasts and Web TV Shows are HOT

Yazan: Michelle Schoen | 09 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Video and Webinars

Have you noticed? There is currently a significant increase in the number of participants attending virtual events such as webinars, tele-events, live podcasts and web TV shows.
It seems that a huge chunk of my business is coming from clients wanting me to help them set up these events.
With the massive growth in virtual [...]