Screen Show Pro Coming Soon...

Screen Show Pro - Coming Soon....

If you've been following this blog, or following Free IQ, or for that matter, been anywhere south of Mars, you know that the future of the Internet is User Generated Content (UGC). It's all about content. And what is the King of Content? Video, of course!

The fastest-growing segment of this fastest-growing area is Screen Capture Video. We've all seen them, videos of PowerPoint presentations, "how-to" videos of software applications, product demonstrations, sales presentations, etc...

Well, until very recently, Camtasia ruled the roost. As well it should; it's a terrific program. Only problem is, it costs almost $300!

That's about to end! Next week will see the release of Screen Show Pro screen recording program. Screen Show Pro is a full-featured application that lets you make videos from your PC screen, while narrating the whole thing.

Oh, and it'll cost less than 50 bucks... Stay tuned!

Cam Studio Now Available on Free IQ

Cam Studio, the screen capture video program that lets you record your screen while narrating over it, is now available directly from Free IQ.

There is also an Affiliate Marketing version available. And if you are a Clickbank affiliate, you can resell the program - I understand some affiliates are getting 20% click-through and 3-5% conversion using Google Adwords. I assume this is because screen recording programs are a pretty wide-open opportunity for anyone making training videos, product sales demonstrations, even Internet videos from their PowerPoint presentations. Tremendous online marketing business opportunity here.

Believe this - Web 2.0 programs like screen capture video utilities that enable User Generated Content (UGC) are truly the "Next Big Thing"!

UPDATE: New Video Added To Google Cash Thing

Quick Update: Chris Carpenter has added 2 astonishing videos to his new Google Cash Detective thing. The PDF is a FREE download, and like I said, even if you don't buy it, there's some really valuable affiliate marketer information!

Free Download from the "Google Cash" Guy

Chris Carpenter, the guy behind Google Cash, has come out with a new product. As with any good Internet Marketer, he is giving away an ebook and video.

I just read through it, and it is on par with his other stuff. Even if you don't buy his product, there is terrific information in his free download. Do yourself a favor: Download and read it. It's free.

If you are doing anything with pay-per-click, or plan to, this pdf has some excellent information.

BTW, if you never read through Google Cash, this is THE book that defined the affiliate PPC market. Incredibly valuable, well written, and still timely.

You don't want to miss out on this one. It will certainly help you become more profitable than ever, however, if you are unaware of these concepts it will be harder than ever to make a profit as an affiliate marketer.

This is a must read.

UPDATE: Cam Studio, the screen capture video program, has re-done their sales page. If you're looking for a wide-open affiliate marketing opportunity, take a look.

How To Start a Video Content Business for Under $30!

We know "Content is King", and that video is the "King of Content". We also know there are fortunes to be made creating video content. In fact, Quest Research estimates that this is the "Pre-Explosion" period, where the early adopters get to ride the tidal wave to huge opportunities.

But exactly how would you go about getting in at this "right time"? I came across one of those "too good to pass up" opportunities and wanted to share it with you. Cam Studio Internet Marketers Version - it's a full system for creating screen-capture video. These are where you do things on your computer while narrating over it, and Cam Studio records the whole thing. The result is a screen-capture video you can sell, give away, leverage.

So what's new? Doesn't Camtasia do exactly that? Sure it does, for up to $300! Cam Studio Internet Marketers Version does all that - for $29! Now I don't care who you are or what your plans are - if you can't afford $29 for the possibility of the Big Payoff - you know, that elusive "Right Place at the Right Time" thing - then you should stop reading this blog now.

Actually, this Cam Studio thing has a money-back guarantee, so you're not risking anything anyway. You gotta get through one of those long sales letters to actually buy it, but that's a small price.

Ok, I'll bite - where would I start? Well, you can record yourself using just about any program you're competent with and create "Beginners" or "For Dummies" videos i.e. "How to set up Quickbooks", or "How to use Craigslist", or "How to format a resume in MS Word"... you get the idea.

$29 to start a business? One that could just maybe possibly make YOU the one that actually got in on The Big One before everyone else on the planet?? Grab Cam Studio and start your video content empire right now!

Is Web 2.0 A Silly Waste of Time?

From a letter from Brad Fallon, Free IQ CEO:

"Web 2.0: Serious Business Tool or Silly Waste of Time? That was the title of a recent E-Commerce Times article. And it is a legitimate question. The technology is terrific, but what good comes out of it? As business executive Kevin Walker points out "Web 2.0 is a waste of time...a lot of people killing time watching inane videos. A lot of people killing time with dumb-dumb blog entries. A lot of people killing time complaining about their stay at some random Holiday Inn."

"There is a lot of technologically advanced time-wasting going on out there. And that’s where Free IQ steps in with important content. Free IQ empowers people to get better at the things they care about. Free IQ has the first mover advantage in the online video space for people who want to make more money, get a great travel deal on their next vacation, become a better golfer, learn to give a more dynamic business presentation, and any one of thousands upon thousands of skills they need.

"Whether you’re focus is on delivering traffic as an Affiliate or you’re a Premium Content Provider (or hopefully both) your association with Free IQ uniquely positions you to profit. You’ll prosper along with Free IQ as people move from using Web 2.0 tools for nothing but fluff to realizing what tremendous tools they are for learning and information distribution.

"Let’s all do something meaningful together, something that can deliver value to millions of internet users. Let’s get busy creating the next wave of Web 2.0 at Free IQ."

FREE Video Screen Capture Program

If you're reading this blog, I probably don't have to sell you on the value of video, or of making screen-capture videos. In fact, I did two previous posts on the topic, one mentioning Camtasia, and another mentioning MuVee. Both good programs. Both NOT FREE.

So to remedy the situation, and again "move the free line", I am offering you a FREE alternative: CamStudio. This program does the bulk of what Camtasia does, that is it will record your screen as you browse, go through a presentation, or work with a program. And it allows you to narrate over it. Finally, it produces the final Flash video.

Unlike the other products, however, this one is FREE. And there's NO CATCH! Wait, it gets better: I'm going to give you MASTER RESALE RIGHTS with it - meaning you can give it away, or sell it! Really!

All you have to do is click on my Free IQ CamStudio link, which will take you to my page on Free IQ. Simply click, and download. Enjoy!

Grabbing the "BEST" Affiliate Links

In the case of Free IQ, affiliate links are like domain names - the "BEST" ones are the most valuable. Whoever had the forethought - and luck! - to grab the domain name "www.AffiliateMarketing.com" is probably doing very well in search.

Within Free IQ, affiliate links (and Author Pages) are whatever you want them to be. Every content listing has a "Get Affiliate Link" button that allows you to name the link to that content. If I find content I like, say about CBmall, an affiliate mall that I can make money with, I then click the "Get Link" button and type whatever I want, such as "cbmall". As long as it isn't already taken, my affiliate link to that page is now "www.freeiq.com/cbmall". If I send someone to that link, I am automatically tracked as the referring affiliate - which means I get my affiliate cut if there is a sale anytime within the next year.

The key phrase there was "as long as it's not already taken".

Your Author Page, the free home page you get, works similarly. If I am clever (and lucky!) enough to grab "selling" (I was), then my Author Page is: http://www.freeiq.com/selling. I can now use that link to send someone to my Free IQ page.

Links within Free IQ resolve as written, so they are indexed and searchable by the search engines. Not only can I promote www.freeiq.com/selling, but it will get indexed and be findable all on it's own!

Needless to say, some of the obvious one's are already gone i.e. affiliatemarketing, internetsales, etc. However, if you like, Free IQ will automatically append the next available number so you might still get affiliatemarketing1 for instance. Still, there is obvious advantage to the former.

And while many of the sales & marketing keywords are taken, most category-specific keywords are not. Have a medical billing system? I believe medicalbilling is still available. Piano? learnpiano is wide open.... You get the idea. If Free IQ takes off like many of us are betting it will, those choice keywords will become scarcer and scarcer!

Planet Free IQ Has Launched!

As Free IQ explodes across the Internet, blogs, web sites, and countless articles have begun to proliferate. Planet FreeIQ is a directory for listing and finding Free IQ resources.

It is launched in "beta", as the graphics, template, and listings are still in progress; next week, the 'final' version with all-new graphics and much additional content will be launched.

If you have a blog or site that talks about or references Free IQ, and you would like to be listed on the site, send an email to: resources@planetfreeiq.com. It is a great opportunity for exposure and a good, relevant backlink - one of the most important aspects of building your Search Engine position.

Taking advantage of ReviewRank™

By all accounts, Amazon is a revolutionary company. Many of the Web 2.0 concepts that we now take for granted on the Web were either invented at Amazon, or "re-made" to the point of being commonplace. Perhaps the most practical (and visible) is the re-invention of user reviews into social interaction. When I shop at Amazon, I always read what others have to say, often skipping editorial reviews altogether. Often, reviewers create a running dialog, commenting on a review, then on the review of the review, etc. This is important because it highlights the fundamental flaw of user reviews - anyone can say anything. And it is not uncommon to see the user reviews being gamed; authors writing glowing reviews of their own pieces under different names.

This is where Free IQ has taken a revolutionary step.

When you search on Free IQ for whatever topic you’re interested in, the results show all of the free content in the main area, and paid content to the right. And it’s ranked according to the reviews of other users who are also interested in that topic, with the most valuable and popular free content at the top.

Even the reviews are reviewed and ranked. Reviews that are rated more helpful by other Free IQ users simply count more. Free IQ calls this ReviewRank™. The key is that there are many other factors at play in how they rank the content search results. For example, how long was a video watched before it was stopped. The more people who decide that the content is worth watching, for a longer period of time, the higher that content will be ranked. And they are all based on the quality of the free content. This creates a far more reliable review system.

Ok, great feature. That's not the point of the post however. The point it this: early in the game, you have the opportunity leverage the momentum of Free IQ. Simply put, with fewer reviewers and products in the beginning, reviews of great content has much greater leverage than they do while the 'pie' is still small.

Take advantage of this diminishing advantage; get your content up as soon as you can!

PS- Watch for the beta launch of Planet Free IQ tomorrow!

User Generated Content (UCG)

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"User Generated Content" (UGC) is a term you will be hearing a lot of in the coming year. It's not just funny clips on YouTube anymore. Real people from every walk of life have important information that has real value to others.

When you put it online and offer it to the world, you're a producer.

That is the essence of Free IQ? We all have something to add to the
world's information. Sure, our latest podcast might not be as popular as a
famous author's latest tome or the lecture of a renowned academic. But it
can be just as highly rated by those who want that specific information.

Added together, our collective content increases the likelihood that a
consumer can find exactly what they need, just when they need it.

Now, in a minute, I'm going to give you a link to one of the most valuable
videos you can possibly watch this year.

It's that important -- for several reasons -- not to mention that without it,
Free IQ wouldn't exist.

The video above - which took less time to embed on this blog than it took to write the headline - proves the point that you don't need slick, professional studio quality video to provide high quality content that truly makes a difference. (How to embed video on your site).

You just need good, valuable information!

Watch the video. Your head will spin for hours. Days probably.

PS - Watch for Planet Free IQ - launching tomorrow!

Free IQ Teleseminar Tonight 8pm EST

If you missed last weeks teleseminar with Shawn Casey, don't worry, you can listen to it here: FreeIQ Teleseminar with Shawn Casey.

Tonight at 8:00 EST, Master Internet Marketer Shawn Casey will be doing the second in a series of of Tele-training calls about Free IQ.

To listen to the call, dial 1-319-279-1000 and use authorization code: 1086295. There is no registration, just call a few minutes early to be sure you can get on the call.

There are a lot of ways to market with Free IQ, and we’ll be focused on doing everything we can to help you with list-building, traffic-generating, relationship-cultivating and all the skills that can make you a top-level Free IQ affiliate.

In last week’s teleseminar, which is now available on Free IQ, Shawn shared critically valuable information about affiliate marketing. One of the most important big-picture points he made was the huge advantage you have in being a Free IQ affiliate while the site is just a couple of weeks old and still in beta. Shawn pointed out that Free IQ is "a little wave out in the ocean right now but before long it will be like a tsunami." Positioning yourself to profit from that coming wave of customers is certainly something that gives you the first mover advantage with Free IQ. Imagine being among the first to take advantage of Squidoo or MySpace and you'll get the picture.

I will be listing all of the Teleseminars on Planet Free IQ - which launches this week! And speaking of which, if you have a blog, web site, or article relating to Free IQ, send an email to resources@planetfreeiq.com for free inclusion on the site.