Video is so easy, and it makes it simple to produce things like blog posts, messages to customers, or just fun for the family. My wife and kids recorded us singing Happy Birthday to my nephew for his 6th Birthday. He loved it.
As long as you have a web cam, you don’t need any special [...]
If you run your website off of Wordpress, you can get analytics for free. Now you have to host your Wordpress installation (you can’t be using “wordpress.com”). This little video explains it all.
Jim
I hate cleaning up my office in order to make webcam shots. I hate cleaning in general. I was making this elaborate back drop for my camera out of some spare curtains, a curtain rod just behind my chair…. Yikes. What an ordeal just to hide my mess. You’d think it would have been easier [...]
I hate taking pictures on my digital camera – because even though it’s easy, it creates 3mb files. That’s great for printing, but when I want to share them with friends via email, I end up sending huge files over email – which is annoying for me, and the folks receiving them.
I’m pretty good [...]
I just found a free – online – screen capture system. They host your videos too, or you can post them to youtube. www.screentoaster.com
I paid $1000 for my system (AllCapture) four years ago. While it has some features I really like (like being able to cut elements), this one has new features I’ve always wanted, [...]
Ever thought about hosting a webinar? What about getting help from a tech support person by actually showing them the problems you’re having on your computer? Better yet, work directly with your customers when they have problems by viewing their computer screen.
This probably sounds way too techy for the average person (or too expensive), but [...]
I have to say, I’m a big fan of WordPress. Primarily because they don’t pigeon hole you into a site with ads (at least the self hosted version). As I noted through a previous blog post, I was even able to make a very solid membership site with Wordpress, where each member:
could write posts
had member [...]
I decided to create a website for the members of my organization, a speakers association. I wanted the site to be for the members, not just a site that the members would join.
Why would this be necessary? What I’ve found is that even though it’s extremely easy to create a WordPress site, there are some intrinsic problems that every techno-phobe faces.
First, the mere installation process, no matter how simple, is enough to cause paralysis. The second is the pressure of maintaining (and updating) an entire site by oneself. And finally, adding advanced features, like podcasting, is too daunting for many.
I thought WordPress could be reduced to the extreme basics for the members, and they can all contribute to the site, and leverage off it’s success. I describe how I did this, and the features I included in this post.
Many speakers are drawn towards computer applications to enhance their presentations, with the most popular application being Microsoft PowerPoint. When it comes to computer presentations, Less is More.
Stay away from the design templates! Most of the templates are way too graphic intensive, and while they look impressive on your computer screen, they can be distracting [...]
Have you ever been in a position that needed to collect volunteers for an event? If you have, you probably either emailed a spreadsheet around, printed one out, and passed it to friends, or tried to use your email as a way to corral everyone’s responses.
YUCK!
I found a better way!, and it’s easy and free [...]
