Category Archives for "Strategy"
New to Video Training Development? A Successful Elearning Project Requires Good Planning.
To a novice even simple things seem complex. And when things appear complex, we can become frustrated or feel like we don’t have the skills to accomplish what it is we want to do. In a very simple sense a video training course is about creating an environment where a person goes from a point […]
Continue readingRock your Video Intros
How do you hook your learner? How do you get them to sit up and pay attention. How do you compete with so many other distractions like email, Google, iPhones and Ipads? In this excerpt from last week’s Screencast Video Coaching session, Michelle outlines four ideas for getting your viewer’s attention at the beginning of […]
Continue readingFive Cool Things I Discovered Helping My Son Create a Video Game Tutorial for YouTube
As a mom you hope that your kids might follow in your footsteps and have an interest in the work you do. I’ve often helped my kids put together projects using Camtasia Videos and PowerPoint and asked my son Joshua, who just turned 16, if he would have any interest in editing videos for me […]
Continue readingVideo Project Planning Secrets-How to Be More Productive as a Screencast Producer
Productivity is critical to your success as an entrepreneur, especially as a video creator. There can be so many moving parts and technical aspects that it is not unusual to feel frustrated and start procrastinating as you hit some particularly difficult parts to your project. Everyone wants to get the most out of the time […]
Continue readingNine Great Video Content Ideas for 2016
Typically, for a lot of you, these last few days of the year are full of organizing your home and office and getting ready for some fun parties and activities to mark the beginning of a new year. But, I have another super valuable activity you can do over the next few days that could […]
Continue readingHow Good Should Your Video Be Before you Start Charging?
We got a question recently during our weekly group coaching about how to know what to charge for your videos when you are a service provider. Lon and I have spent quite a bit of time discussing the Cheap vs. Fast vs. Good scenario when we roll out a new training product and it’s the […]
Continue readingTop 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Getting Work as a Video Screencaster (Part 2 of 2)
We talk about “Screencasting” a lot here at Learn Camtasia but just in case you are still a little unsure of what a screencast is, Wikipedia defines a Screencast as A digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. Therefore, a professional screencaster is someone who makes their living offering these […]
Continue readingTop 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions about a Getting Work as a Video Screencaster (Part 1 of 2)
Through this blog and on our weekly Screencast Video Coaching Webinars, I (Michelle) receive a lot of questions from our subscribers and students who are interested in getting into the business of Screencasting. Since I’ve seen some of same questions come up many times, I’ve decided to compile a list of answers to those questions […]
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