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  • Ted Giles
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    Re: Software to market you business and Alpha

    The plane is getting "hanger rash" while you're coding. I can see the moss on the wing tip too!

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  • 2ninerniner2
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    screenr looks interesting too ... sort of a web-based, subscription version of Camtasia.

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  • pulsoft
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    Well this is embarrassing, my son informs me that we use screenr.com (not screencast)

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  • RRTRACKS
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    One idea to leverage some of the suggestions here would be to place an ad on Craig’s List. There is a category for Services with a sub category for Computers that does not cost anything to place an ad in. At this point for me Alpha is just a hobby and I am not ready to provide any services. However just for fun, and the sake of this discussion, an ad placed there can be found at the following link:

    http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cps/3620451420.html

    There are a zillion ads placed in the Computer Services section of Craig’s list each day. Doing a search of this section with keywords a potential customer might use can bring this down to a surprisingly small number of ads.

    Seeing someone do something horribly wrong can actually be more educational than seeing something done in a manner you agree with as it makes you think. With the level of experience I have no offence would be taken towards any negative remarks about the linked Craig’s List ad, provided they are accompanied with constructive comments.

    When I do a search for services at my job, some version of internet Yellow Pages almost always comes up. Placing an ad with one of these services might be a cheaper way of getting your services linked to web searches. Doing a search on the web in the area you live with the product you want to market might give you an idea where your best bet of internet marketing dollars might lie.

    All the Best,
    Rich Pasma

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  • pulsoft
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    Yeah, I haven't used screencast for a while, my son does that stuff now, though I am sure that there used to be a recording option on the website, maybe I am getting confused with Jing, Anyhoo...

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  • 2ninerniner2
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    Sliderocket looks very interesting ... I'll have to sign up for the trial

    Speaking of PowePoint, one that I use all the is iSpring Converter. A great way to put you PPT on the web. Not only that, but it is SCORM compliant, which means that one can export it as SCORM which can then be imported into any SCORM compliant Learning Management System and it will interact with it. For example, if one has a lesson set up whereby the student must view all the content and they try to advance without seeing all the slides, the system will not let them until they do so :)

    However, Screencast is only a place to share videos and is not an authoring environment as Camtasia and Jing (free version of Snagit) are. And yep, they are all by TechSmith What I have done now since getting hooked on VideoScribe is using Camtasia to string together a few of these and add some other features and elements.

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  • pulsoft
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    Re: Software to market you business and Alpha

    Great thread and excellent Sparkol video you made Mark, very thought provoking.
    We prefer http://screencast.com/ to camtasia for videos (although I think they are the same company) also Jing is good.

    Sliderocket is another excellent resource if you prefer working in the powerpoint environment.

    Thanks for sharing,

    Paul

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  • Clunes
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    Ah! the chicken and egg question. My thoughts on this are I am not so sure you can actually market a website with any great success, particularly to attract the random interest searches and in particular new business. Unless you pay a premium to the search engine system. The real thing to understand in marketing is that stats will tell a good from your efforts to market is 3%. Hence the need to saturate.

    I have seen people try social media, but most people on that are there to chatter. My thoughts are a website is compliment to your selling techniques. A website is a brochure and like a brochure you have give it out, not expect people to come to it. If you put out brochures or ads, people see the web address and go there for more info. I am actually amazed how many ads do not have a web address yet they have website.

    I am also amazed how many people in small business don't have a email on the business card that has their business name in it and use things like gmail. If you have a website then your emai must be that website address as well. It is simple to do.

    I am really looking the medium of YouTube as something to help me. I find that programs like we talk about here plus another beauty called camtasia allows me put up videos on the web on YouTube to demonstrate to people with not effort. If they need to involve other they pass the link on. Do this on your own website can become very time consuming

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  • Paullm
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    There is some valuable information on this thread!

    One parallel question ... just as important ... how are you driving traffic to your site?

    Being on the web is one thing, but how are you creating visits?

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  • MarionT
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    great thread

    another tool worth looking at:
    www.prezi.com

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  • Clunes
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    I took a look at wordpress after your suggestion. very impressive. Will look at how I can make it work for me

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  • Clunes
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    I actually use a program called site spinner. Totally what you see is what you get. As a point of note I also found that it allowed me to use Alpha web code. Trouble is I have not evolved in that area either yet. I made a video about how that was done. Click here

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  • 2ninerniner2
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    Re: Software to market you business and Alpha

    Originally posted by Clunes View Post
    ... I will have to start doing something more current....
    Mark - I have recently started the rebuilding/repurposing of my web site. I would like to suggest that you take a good look at WordPress when you decide to update. Ever since version 3.0 came out, it is now way more than just a "blog"

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  • Clunes
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    Thanks Doron. I am pretty lazy about my website. I guess I have been sated by my job too long. I will have to start doing something more current. Appreciate your feedback. Watch this space!

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  • DoronF
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    Hi Mark,

    If you decide to add more pages about Alpha Five in your web site that could help. Also you can add all video links from YouTube to your web site with description and key words, so this way you get the marketing benefit from two directions.

    Regards,

    Doron
    The Farber Consulting Group, Inc.

    Web site: http://www.dFarber.com
    Blog: http://www.dfarber.com/computer-consulting-blog.aspx
    Alpha Five Developer
    Convert MS Access to Web
    Remote DBA
    Last edited by DoronF; 02-10-2013, 01:15 AM.

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