April 2015
Weekly Video Update – 04/04/15
Lon Naylor here with this week’s video tips and resources!
From the Blog:
How to Make a Video “Credit Roll” in PowerPoint
I had this question on a recent Screencast Video Coaching webinar:
Bill asked, “How do you create scrolling credits at the end of a video?”
Good question!
Here’s a tutorial and a free PowerPoint animated template slide:
In my tutorial sample, notice how I used the template to make a YouTube “end card” and added a Subscribe to my channel annotation!
[divider_line_dashed] [/divider_line_dashed]*** Making Videos for Local Businesses ***
Speaking of questions, one I get asked a lot has to do with a very lucrative business model that I just don’t really have any experience with. Yet.
“Can I make money selling videos to local businesses and how would I do that?”
So, I went on the hunt to get the top strategies & tactics… and I didn’t have to look far because my good friend, mentor and most awesome video dude, James Wedmore, has it dialed-in (as usual)!
Check out this 4 part video series:
==> The Secrets to Making & Ranking Client Videos
This is an excellent education in what this model is, top tips for pulling it off without wasting time & money, downloadable cheat sheets and a bunch of stuff I never even thought of.
Recommended for anyone wanting to cash in on their video skills…
[divider_line_dashed] [/divider_line_dashed]I have a special list just for folks who want to make killer videos with PowerPoint:
==> PPT Video Tips & Templates List
That’s it for this week – see you next weekend!
Lon Naylor and Michelle Schoen
LearnCamtasia.com
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Weekly Video Update – 04/11/15
Hi fellow screencasters. It’s Michelle Schoen this week. First I’ve got a blog post for everyone interested in creating some live webinar courses and below that a serious invitation for me to kick your butt.
From the Blog:
Six Ideas for Preparing Better Live Webinar Courses
One of the easiest ways to create a video course is to deliver it live via webinar, then edit and produce the replay using Camtasia Studio.
In fact, tomorrow morning I’ll be delivering a course on Camtasia Studio to 8 Oracle employees in various parts of the world using GotoMeeting. In this post I’d like to share with you 6 ideas for creating a better live webinar course.
[divider_line_dashed] [/divider_line_dashed]Get your Video Done – Finally!
Tomorrow night we start the 30 Day Video Challenge where I motivate and commit you to a plan to get your video done in the next 30 days.
The challenge is for ten serious people who have a pretty good idea of how to use their video software of choice (PowerPoint, Camtasia, Powtoon, Sony Vegas, etc.) but need a good project plan and some accountability to get the video actually started and/or completed.
Those that join us will also get an opportunity for a one to one consult with me for half price. Many people took advantage of this last year and got their specific questions answered and/or a personalized game plan to launch their video course.
You also get a behind the scenes look at how I plan my day and week and get so many videos knocked out for our courses and my clients.
I only do this once each calendar year, so I hope you will take advantage of this limited time offer.
That’s it for this week – see you next weekend!
Lon Naylor and Michelle Schoen
LearnCamtasia.com
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Weekly Video Update – 04/18/15
Hi fellow screencasters. It’s Lon Naylor with some weekend video goodness for you.
From the Blog:
Camtasia Text Animation Work-around
There seems to be a kind of quirky behavior to text callouts when you want to scale them with animation.
Well… if you’ve ever tried to do that, you’ll probably notice a problem. In this tutorial, I’ll show you the problem and a workaround for it:
[divider_line_dashed] [/divider_line_dashed]YouTube Announces “Cards”
YouTube has announced a new feature for adding annotations called “Cards”.
These are a great way to get extra clicks, views and drive traffic from your channel to your website!
My buddy, Ray The Video Guy, has put together a really nice, clean, concise and very inexpensive step-by-step set of tutorials on exactly how to create and use these.
Check it out HERE ==> YT Cards Training & Templates
http://www.screencastprofits.com/tools/ytcards
He is including a bunch of nice thumbnail graphics so you can take advantage of the importance of an “eye-catching” image to get-the-click.
A great way to get up to speed fast and start using this important YouTube update!
That’s it for this week – see you next weekend!
Lon Naylor and Michelle Schoen
LearnCamtasia.com
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Weekly Video Update – 04/25/15
Hi fellow screencasters. It’s Michelle Schoen with some video and PowerPoint tips for you:
From the Blog:
Title on the Top, Bullets on the Left, Image on the Right. Boring!
We’ve all been there. You’ve learned enough about PowerPoint to create a decent set of slides for a video. You know how to format a nice gradient background and how to choose images. Maybe you know a thing or two about fonts. But after a while all your slides start to look alike: Title at the top, some text on the left and a picture on the right.
Booooooooring. Let’s do something about that, shall we?
[divider_line_dashed] [/divider_line_dashed]Fun, Free Tool to Generate Titles for your Videos
This is supposed to be a blog post title/idea generator but it will work equally well for your marketing videos. I’ve used the Hubspot Topic Generator before with mixed success but this idea generator is a lot more fun. Check it out when you’re feeling stuck and I guarantee you will find a new angle or idea for your next video.
That’s it for this week – see you next weekend!
Lon Naylor and Michelle Schoen
LearnCamtasia.com
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