If you are broke and just starting out as an information marketer, then this blog post will be a God-send.
There is no reason to BUY software to create products. There are plenty of FREE alternatives if you are living paycheck to paycheck and trying to get your business off the ground.
I love open-source software. Not only do I use Audacity for creating podcasts and audio products, I also use OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office for creating documents, drawings and presentations.
Another alternative is to use Google Docs.
If you can’t afford Camtasia, I have found FREE software called Webinaria that will allow you to create your own video tutorials, as either AVI or FLV files. I haven’t tried using the software yet, but the videos on the Webinaria service seem adequate. I will give it a whirl in the next few days and give a review.
Now doing a simple online tutorial can be done marrying OpenOffice’s Impress (Powerpoint Alternative) with Webinaria. Or record your Impress presentation as an SWF file and convert to FLV at MediaConvert. Then you can upload to YouTube, etc.
Primarily I use Visual Communicator and Camtasia for creating my videos. But it’s nice to know that there are plenty of FREE alternatives if you ask the right questions and how to use Google!
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Just as a quick one, if you’re on a Windows machine, Jing is very good for screen capture (both intelligent screenshot and video)
Yep. Jing is free. For now…
I do like this product as well and the price is right. If you need the next level of features you may want to check out http://www.scateignite.com they have a product that starts at 39.00 bucks. It is easy to use and offers some features that are missing from the free ware.
Free trials here; https://www.scateignite.com/s2.php?action=downloads.trials