I have never used it but I just watched your video and it looked great! Do you use a built in microphone or an external and if so, what do you use?

Thank you @digitaldeans  I have a Snowball microphone that I use for recording.  Now that I am comfortable with Camtasia I am going to use it more often.  This is so much better then writing articles or comments and people seem to really like the videos. This has been an eye opening experience for me.  I think by people hearing my voice, that it also helps to let them know more about who I am.

 At first, learning how to use Camtasia seemed difficult. I was being to serious. This week, I found that I am having fun with it.   Now, I am recording the course in Camtasia. Each part will be a seperate file so that people can go over it when they want, and focus on which part they need to. This is going to be my first information product! 

My thoughts exactly @randithompson! I’m definitely going to give it a try!

Robin @digitaldeans    Camtasia sells for around $300.  I found it at a very good price. Camtasia also has two other programs that do not have all the features.  Snagit is popular, and the free version is Jing.  

@randithompson I’ve considered purchasing Snagit. I like the idea of Camtasia, but I’m not sure I’m willing to invest the $300

Robin @ @digitaldeans and Jules  @juleswebb   If you can get other people interested, who want Camtasia, it comes with three keys!  Or at least it used to…  I am sure you could check on that  :)   

I use Adobe Captivate for client work and so I’ve been using that to create information products for my business. I love it. I love the ability to add background music at the start, and the way I can record audio for each slide separately. It captures screen and mouse movements, too. It’s more expensive than Camtasia, but it’s a great tool if you already own it, or if you are building an elearning library.

A another tool that might help some of you is Screenr. For a low monthly fee, you can create and store screencasts.

@amyhallbiz thanks for the tip – I’m pretty sure Mr. Fluff would be jealous and try to add his 2 cents to my future presentations too!

@randithompson

Randi, I take it by the price you quoted that you’re using the Windows version. Last month, TechSmith gave me a free copy of the Mac version (much cheaper), which I understand is not as saavy as the Windows one (an historical event: beating Mac at anything, lol). Thanks for sharing your link and so glad to see you dive in with your new info products. Cool beans!

@amyhallbiz  LOL!   I have two cats.  I find at times that we forget they are here.  I had to re record a section several times last night as they both felt that my talking outloud is the perfect time to get extra attention.  They both played with the scratching wheel (that round thing with the ball on the outside)  Then one decided to help me by walking across the keyboard (which was fine until they changed the screen)  and the other started meowing and scratching my leg (the light way that cats do this…) to get my attention.  Maybe they need their own show?   I was going to try and cut those parts but have added my face to the screen so each time I edit (cut) the mistakes the screen gets jerky.  When I realized that they would not leave me alone I made one without me showing.

Since I have Camtasia, I have not looked at Jing.  What else can you do with it?  I know so many people prefer the free version.  

@randithompson I’ve been creating information products for more than 10 years for clients, and now, I create them for my own business.