Screen Show Pro Released Today; Limited-Time Just $37!!

Tasteful Graphics long-awaited Screen Show Pro screen capture video program was released today. The screen recording program creates AVI and SWF Flash movies from a PC screen is priced at just $37 during a limited-time rollout.

This is what Michael Ullman, President of Tasteful Graphics, Ltd., had to say: “Screen Show Pro fills a tremendous market need. Before Screen Show Pro, if you wanted to create videos from your computer screen, you were limited either to paying hundreds of dollars for programs like Camtasia Studio or Adobe Capture, or trying to muddle through the low-cost/freeware/shareware programs available on the Internet. Screen Show Pro offers users a solid, easy-to-use, professional program at an affordable price.”

Apparently Brad Fallon, CEO of Free IQ, agrees. “As Free IQ users already know, the next step in the evolution of the Internet, User Generated Content (UGC) and Web 2.0, are upon us, and video is poised to become the predominant media type. Screen Show Pro is leading the way with an affordable program that makes screen capture video available to anyone with a PC.”

I don't know about you, but when Brad Fallon has something so say, I listen. Closely. Screen Show Pro creates videos by recording your computer screen. You tell the program what you want to record, either the entire screen, or just a portion, such as a browser or program window. The program then records everything that happens including mouse movements, while you narrate. The result is an AVI or Flash SWF file that can be viewed with the included player, inserted into a web page, uploaded to Free IQ, Youtube, Myspace, etc.

The program can be found at: http://www.screen-capture-video.com.

Applications for Screen Show Pro include “how-to” training videos, sales & informational presentations, software demonstrations, and instructional videos. Screen Show Pro can even turn a PowerPoint presentation into a video that can be played right from a web page. And of course, there is a burgeoning market for free and paid “info-products”, with sites like Free IQ providing the next-generation platform for info-product publishers.

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"!

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."

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!

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.

Unique "Direct Publishing" locks in your referrals

Free IQ has done many evolutionary things when it comes to affiliate marketing, such as 1-year cookies and SEO-friendly affiliate links. But they've also done some truly Revolutionary things; one of the most significant is "Direct Publishing".

If you have your own web site, and are referring to Free IQ, it is easy to use your affiliate link. But if you have a large site, or multiple sites, it can be all too easy to miss opportunities by inadvertantly leaving out your affiliate link somewhere. Or, you may have many links and content that can get unwieldly to update and manage.

What if... you could somehow just say, "Here's my URL, make sure that I get the referral for anything coming from here" - well, that is exactly what Direct Publishing is. You simply "register" your domain through a quick and painless two-step process, and Voila! anyone coming from anywhere on your domain automatically gets tagged with your name!

You can only do this for domains that you can save a small file to (just your email address on a blank page), and this rules out blogs such as Blogger - which wouldn't be your domain anyhow. But for domains that are yours, this is a wonderful feature!

Here is a short video showing you exactly how to do it. Make sure you do it today - don't risk losing a referral that may become someone else's first!

Getting Started Today

In the first in a series of training events sponsored by Free IQ, Internet Marketing expert Shawn Casey teaches the basics of doing business with Free IQ.

The first call covers:

• How to make money with Free IQ
• The best ways to refer people to Free IQ
• What to do to get started right now!

You will learn details about first and second level referral affiliates as well as first and second level content affiliates, and how you earn from all of them.

After this call you will understand the importance of building value with great content as your number one goal with Free IQ right now, as well as how that increases the chance for you to generate leads and Free IQ referrals.

Shawn will introduce his own personal series of help videos which he has produced for you and explain how those will help you get ahead of the curve today, as well as the various ways for you to invite people to the site.

And lastly, you'll understand the importance of the various kinds of feedback you can provide as we, collectively, work to improve this beta version of Free IQ.

Click here to listen to the call.