I want to talk about how to fix Camtasia slow uploads in Camtasia. In the first instance, I was wondering if it was a computer issue, although I hadn’t noticed any issues with my computer. The computer has an i9 processor and 64 GB of RAM, so there should be plenty of power to upload a video. I will show you the difference between using Camtasia with the new feature, which is called Camtasia Rev, turned off. You can see more blog posts and videos on the subject of Camtasia here.
Now, I’m on a training platform that I have been a member of for over nine years. It’s a platform where you can not only become trained up in building an online business, but also ask a question. I have asked many questions over the years, I normally receive some excellent and helpful answers! As you can see, I’ve asked 278 questions in that time. This is a question I put up a few days ago, and my question was, “Why are my videos suddenly slow to upload, please?”
You Can See My Video On How To Fix Slow Uploads In Camtasia Below
Now, I think I’ve discovered what it is. Camtasia added something called Rev, which gives you more features, but it does seem to have slowed down the upload of the videos. It’s a great feature. I’m using it, but I thought I would try it today and disable the Rev feature and see how long my video takes to upload.
Rev Feature Disabled
So, let me show you this. I created a video earlier in Camtasia, but I turned Rev off. So, I will click on the export button, local file, and then paste in the title. Let’s get rid of that question mark; does not like it. And then we’re going to export. Now, this is an 8-minute video, just over. So, some videos of this length have taken around 30 minutes to upload, and the video traditionally could take between two and five minutes to upload. Let’s see how long this takes, as I’m not using Rev in this particular video. So, let’s click on export. In a moment, you will see the video rendering, giving an estimated time of two minutes twenty seconds, it’s saying. So, that’s a lot quicker than what it’s been when I’m using the Camtasia Rev. In fact, that’s around thirteen to fifteen times faster!
Camtasia Rev Feature
Camtasia Rev Slows Down Uploads!
So, I like the Camtasia Rev features, but sometimes, if you make a couple of videos and you have to wait a long time, it’s a bit time-consuming. I had a video the other day that was slightly longer, and I think it was around an hour and five minutes to upload, which was a long time if you want to push forward with other projects. I appreciate that I can move forward with other projects, but I find it more efficient to finish one project before starting another project. So, I’m going to pause this video for a few moments and then come back rather than keep you waiting, but it looks like it will be much quicker. So, let me pause the video.
Two And A Half Minutes
Okay, we’re down to 21 seconds, so it’s literally taken under 3 minutes for this video. So, it seems like Camtasia Rev is slowing up the upload speed. In the next part of the video, I’m going to do the same thing but with Rev turned on, and see how long it takes. So, bear with me, and let’s have a look at the next video in a moment.
Camtasia Rev Is Now Turned On
Okay, I’m now back with the second part of the video. Now, in this video, I have used Camtasia again to record the video, but this time, I have turned on Camtasia Rev, which gives a few more features. Camtasia Rev adds some nice touches to a video, making it look more professional, but it’s slowing down the upload time.
In some ways, the features are quite small but they do help to enhance the video. So, rather than me being down in a square, I’ll be up in a sort of little black box with a different background and a few other features. So, I have this file, “Church Aiding Asylum Claims,” is my title, and I am going to upload it to my hard drive on my PC. The other video took about two minutes thirty seconds, which was about eight minutes long. This one’s a bit longer, nine minutes fifty seconds.
So, let’s see how long this takes. I’m not going to keep you waiting all through the video, but let’s get the video upload started and see how long it takes. It will probably take around thirty seconds before it gives us the figure. So, let’s have a look. So, let’s click on export, and in a minute, you will see it’s just rendering. It will give the estimated time remaining in a moment.
Thirty-Five Minutes To Upload A Ten Minute Video
A Slow Upload
So, let’s see what happens. I’m just going to pause this for a moment rather than hang on. Bear with me for a few moments. Right, I probably paused this video for about forty to fifty seconds. I didn’t time it, and it’s saying the video has thirty-four minutes and twenty seconds remaining. So, once again, I’m going to pause it. I’m not going to keep the video running for thirty-three minutes now. However the time on this seems to be fairly accurate once it settles down. So, it’s 6:00 PM now, so by around 6:33 PM, the video should be finished. So, I’m going to pause this video and come back, and let’s see how long it takes.
13 To 15 Times Longer!
Okay, I’m back, and this has taken literally about 34 minutes. It says one minute and one second remaining. It will jump down in a minute. My clock says 18:32, so the video has taken for just under a 10-minute video has taken probably about thirty-five minutes. That’s with Camtasia Rev turned on.
So, if you’re using Rev in Camtasia, I would think twice. Especially if you’re batch recording videos, because waiting for the videos to upload is quite time-consuming. If I hadn’t used Camtasia Rev, this video would probably have taken about three minutes to upload, so it’s quite a big difference against thirty-five minutes. It’s funny; I’m surprised Camtasia didn’t mention that it will slow your computer up. Now the video has finished and we can open the file location and upload it to YouTube.
The difference was about thirty minutes. So there was a considerable difference between using Rev in Camtasia and not using it. I do very much like the Rev feature. But it’s just if it’s taking that long to upload videos, that’s a bit time-consuming. So, anyway, if you have any thoughts or questions, please feel free to leave them at the foot of the video. I would be pleased to respond. Thanks very much for watching.
Techsmith Camtasia Screen Recorder And Editor – Special Offer
In this video, I would like to talk to you about Techsmith Camtasia screen recorder and editor – special offer. I have used both of these products for a number of years, I believe I first started using Camtasia around 15 years ago. Camtasia is the more expensive product and the product that I use mainly for video screen casts and editing, etc. You can find more blog posts and videos about Camtasia here.
There Is Currently A Special Offer On All Techsmith Products, Which Includes A 25% Discount On All Their Products. It’s Definitely Worth Taking Advantage Of The Special Offer.
However, SnagIt is also a good product and it’s okay if your budget is a bit tight. However, Camtasia does have more functionality overall. In general, I use Camtasia for screen recording and SnagIt for taking screenshots, which it’s absolutely brilliant for. If I’m making a video about how to use Camtasia, I then have to use SnagIt to make the recording. In other words, I can’t use Camtasia and make a recording about the software, I have to use different screen recording software! Hence, I have Camtasia and Snagit. You can see my video about Camtasia.
Buy As A Bundle
You can actually buy Camtasia and Snagit as a bundle, which gives you a better price. I purchased Camtasia and Snagit separately as Snagit was not available when I first started using Camtasia. I can definitely recommend both products from my own personal experience.
One of the many things that I like about Techsmith products is that they have training videos to take you through the whole learning process. I believe that Camtasia has 81 training videos, however, you do not need to go through every video to start using Camtasia. Both Camtasia and Snagit have a lot of functionality. Thankfully, Camtasia comes with a video which is called, “learn Camtasia in five minutes”!
Camtasia Editing software
Obviously, with any video editing software, there are things that you need to learn, but it’s all explained in the videos. The good thing is that you can use Camtasia at a very basic level and still get your point out to the community. Many of my videos are how-to videos, so they don’t have to be particularly fancy.
Camtasia Maintenance
However, Techsmith does offer something called maintenance, which provides you with free software updates to Camtasia and Snagit. It also gives you support which can either be through chat or telephone. That technicians will actually show you how to do a particular task if necessary, by taking over your computer, which is extremely helpful.
Another benefit of the maintenance package is the fact that you can take a certification course for Camtasia and Snagit. I’m actually carrying out this course at the moment, which takes you much deeper into all the functionality. It’s definitely worth doing and to me the maintenance package offers value for money and lots of convenience. It means I always have the latest version of Camtasia and Snagit. As Techsmith is continually adding functionality and improvements to their products.
Camtasia Assets
Finally, we have Techsmith assets for Camtasia and Snagit. This enables you to add videos, images and audio to your videos. There are free assets, which are slightly limited, however you can buy an annual asset pack that gives you access to thousands of images and videos etc. I’m not using the paid version of Camtasia assets yet, but it’s something I will be using and taking up the special offer.
To Conclude
When I first started using screen recordings, Camtasia was almost the only choice, as far as I know. Or maybe it was the only good choice. It appeared that literally all Internet marketers who were using screen recording software were using Camtasia. I did try a few other pieces of screen recording software over a period of time, but the software I tried was very basic.
There are now more products available, but as I have used Camtasia for many years and I’m happy with the performance, I’m reluctant to change to anything else. I have also seen Camtasia continually improve the software and add many features over the years.
Now that I am carrying out the certification course, I plan to continue using Camtasia. I know that I am only using a few of the features that Camtasia offers at the moment. I know that it is capable of a much more and can create videos that stand out more.
Camtasia also offers a free trial for 14 days, I believe. This is a good way of testing the software out if you are on the fence regarding purchasing. It’s also a good time to take advantage of the Cyber Monday offer.
The title of my video today is Camtasia – importing files. In this video, I want to show you how to use Camtasia and how to import files. So, let’s go and open Camtasia, which you can see on my screen. I’m using Camtasia 23. I have the maintenance agreement, so it keeps me updated with the latest software, which is handy, and you also get a few other benefits.
I created a video a few days ago on how to create your first basic video with Camtasia. You can see the video and blog post here.
View Camtasia Tutorials
Camtasia Maintenance Benefits
These benefits include online support, which includes logging into your computer if necessary to assist with a question or issue. Regular software upgrades, which are free of charge or included in the maintenance fee. There is also a certification course that can be taken to improve your expertise and skills in video creation.
So, let’s click on ‘Home’, and here we are on the homepage. We have ‘New Project’, ‘New Template’, ‘Open Project’, ‘New Recording’, etc. Then here, which is quite useful, learn all tutorials, quick start guide, etc. So, and then there’s ‘Get Certified’, ‘Projects’, etc.
And then if we go to ‘Support’, ‘Online Help’, ‘Community Support’, ‘Tech Support’, ‘Keyboard Shortcuts Poster’ – that’s quite useful. It just gives you all the shortcuts you need. And then, ‘What’s New’. So, this was updated today by the look of it, 21st of November. Camtasia maintenance gives you all the various updates as the software is regularly updated with little improvements that mount up over a year.
Camtasia Support
Importing media
So, let’s go to our media bin now. If we want to import something into our media bin, we can go up to here, ‘File’, ‘Import’. So, let’s go ‘Import Media’. This one will be fine so we have found that folder, let’s open another media folder. ‘Import Media’, find another folder. Let’s go somewhere else, and we can just put a couple of these images in. You can put any image you want, but just for the sake of the video, I’m literally just picking anything. They are not relevant to what we are doing.
So, there we have it. Now, another way of doing it – I’ve actually got three monitors here, but let me just drag this page across here. So, let’s say we want to drag some more images across. Now, we can either drag them one by one, or we can do multiple images by clicking on the control key. So, that one, that one, that one, for the sake of argument, and then let’s just drag them across like that.
Moving Images And Videos To The Timeline
There you go. Let’s get rid of this out of the way of the screen. Now, with these images, we can pull this video down onto the timeline here. There, and then with these images, we can just pull them onto the timeline down here, wherever we want them. We can move them about accordingly. This one here, this one here. And now, these images will default and play for 5 seconds when you play your video. And we can drag if we want to extend them. We can pull them out a bit, pull them onto the next one, and so forth. We can move them about depending on where we want them.
Another way to find files and images quickly is to double-click on the media bin, which will bring up the last folder. But obviously, we can navigate to any folder from there.
Moving Images
Default folder
Okay, something else I should have mentioned is, in Camtasia, there is a default folder which is here. So, let me drag this across from the other screen. There you go. It is ‘This PC’, ‘Documents’, ‘Camtasia’. Now, I also put some of my videos into another folder. I have another drive on my computer, so I’m filling my hard drive up twice as quickly, so I often come here and delete them. Just take care that you’re not filling your hard drive by having videos in multiple places. But, once again, this is the default on a PC: ‘PC’, ‘Documents’, ‘Camtasia’.
Drag Files
Files Can Be Numbered
Regarding these files that we have in the media bin now, mine are randomly numbered, but you can create a project and number them. So, if you had them like 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, you could drag all these down together, and they would be in numerical order, which can sometimes make it easier for your project, depending on what you’re doing. But I have just pulled these out of random folders, so they’re not going to come out in any order. Generally, to be fair, I just pull them down to the timeline, as that seems to be fairly quick.
So, let’s go on to the next section. So, now, if we press play and click ‘Play’ here, you will see that our items come up. We can speed this up. We can move this across quicker, so it goes on to the next one. Play, and then it’ll go on to the next image. We can extend these for as long as we want or as short as we want. And in a minute, there’ll be a gap.
Right, now I could join the images up if I wanted. Here comes the next image, by just dragging that like that. So, now if we wanted to save this project, I prefer to go ‘Save As’, and then we put it in whatever folder we want to. I don’t need to save this, so I’m going to cancel it. That’s if you just do a ‘Save’, it will go to the default folder. Because I have other folders that I use, I prefer to use ‘Save As’. This isn’t the folder I normally have my files going to; we can put it wherever we want, by project, or wherever we want to.
To Conclude
Having used Camtasia for around 15 years, I can definitely recommend the software. I can also recommend the maintenance package, not only for the software updates but also for the ongoing support, which is really useful. So, if you have any more questions on this, please feel free to comment. I will be making more videos. And thank you very much for watching.
In this video, I want to show you how to make your first recording with Camtasia. This is how to make a very basic recording. However, it’s a method I often use as I like to keep things simple. To be fair, Camtasia has a lot more functionality than what I use most of the time, but I will be creating some more videos on the subject as we go through. I just wanted to start off with a basic video to start with and keep things simple, rather than overcomplicate.
Cleaning Up Your Screen
The first thing I usually do is just to keep people’s attention. Here, I’ve got a bookmark bar. I did make a short video about it earlier, but to remove that bookmark bar, just right-click on “Show Bookmarks Bar” here and get rid of it. Now, if we want to bring it back, we just click on these three dots, go to bookmarks, and then show bookmarks. We click on that, but we’re going to leave it blank. We can just bring the bookmark back at any time, but it just makes it easier rather than having people being sidetracked or anything. They focus more on your video, rather than something irrelevant on your screen.
Opening Camtasia
Let’s open Camtasia, which I’ve got down here. I obviously have to record this with something else because I’m showing you Camtasia. I have to create the recording with another TechSmith product. Camtasia is made by a company called TechSmith, and they also have a simpler product called Snagit, which I’m recording with. So, let’s bring TechSmith up and let’s start recording. Let’s have a look at the Record Bar. I’ve actually got three monitors, so normally, when I’m recording, this will just be in another window, so it won’t show.
Custom Region Or Full Screen?
Here, you can change where you want to record your screen. I’ve got it set for screen one, which is the main middle monitor. You can choose a custom region. If you do a custom region, you can just do it like this. Let’s go back and just select screen one for full screen. There are all sorts of other regions you can choose, like vertical square, etc., but in general, I have it full screen more often than not. Occasionally, I want to hide something because it’s inappropriate to show not related to the video, so that’s when choosing a region is handy.
Audio Setup
Here, I have to turn the camera off because I already have a camera on Snagit; running the two pieces of software together would probably crash the system if I turned the camera on. Now, let’s have a look at the microphones. You may only have one microphone, but I’ve actually got four here. I’m using this headset. Just make sure it’s set to the right one if you’re swapping between microphones. Sometimes, I’ve worn the headset and then found I’ve been connected to one of the other microphones, so you don’t get that crystal-clear sound, which is rather disappointing. It’s important to just make a couple of second checks every time.
Then there is the system audio, which will record any sound playing on your system, like if you’re playing a YouTube video and recording simultaneously. If you don’t want certain sounds, like WhatsApp notifications, to be recorded, you can turn it off. But generally, I leave it on. Some things are new in Camtasia 23, but to be fair, the older versions are very similar unless they’re really old.
More Settings
Here, we’ve got capture options like record screen, record camera (which I’m not using), record microphone, and record system audio. Normally, I’d also have record camera on. Then there are tools, preferences. In the preferences, you can set things like show recorder countdown, recorder cursor location after pause, and not capture the recorder on screen, so it disappears during recording. You can also set it to exit the recorder after the recording has stopped and open the editor after the recording has stopped. I haven’t changed these settings; they are default.
Files settings show where the last file went, the default output folder, and the temporary storage folder. For inputs, I haven’t changed these either because I believe they’re set for the best settings. There are some options for better picture quality, but for most people, I would say it’s absolutely fine as it is. It works okay for me.
Shortcuts are available if you use them. I don’t, but maybe I should be. If a shortcut conflicts with any other software or shortcut, you can change it here.
Adding Photographs To Chrome
So, let’s cancel that, and that’s it. Now, where are we? I tend to, if I’m showing people something, for example, this picture here, let’s put this down here for a minute. I’ve pasted it into a Chrome browser so I can just share it on my screen. I don’t need to put it anywhere else. Like here, let’s go to this Google page. Let’s open up my pictures here. I’m going to drag these pictures from another screen. Let’s drag this across. Here’s a nice sunset of Greece. We can just drag this up here and then enter, and we’ve got a picture of Greece up there.
So, if I’m sharing my screen and I want to show someone a document, I tend to put it up here. You can do many more fancy things with Camtasia, but remember, this is just a basic video of how to use Camtasia. Let’s move that on the other screen. If you haven’t got multiple screens, I can definitely recommend them. It just makes life easier.
It’s Time To Record With Camtasia
Let’s go back here and bring Camtasia up. Let’s go to record. So, I’m going to bring my notes up. Here, for example, I’ve got a load of notes on another screen that I’m glancing at. Now, Camtasia might say you need to do it a more technical way, but I’ve just got simple notes I’ve made in a Word document. Let’s move that again.
It seems to work for me. I’ve got the notes on another screen. Now, you could print these out if you haven’t got another monitor, or you could have them on your phone or on a tablet, but I have them on another screen just to keep things simple. Most of my videos are fairly simple, but simple seems to be good and it works for me.
Recording
So, let’s now make a recording. Let’s bring up Camtasia, click on record, and it gives us three seconds. Now, I’m going to pause this a minute because I don’t want this here. I normally have it in another window. You can have it set so it just disappears, but I haven’t because I’d normally have it in another window. Let’s start that again. The good thing is you can pause it. So, I’m just going to click on resume. Let’s record.
“So, how to make your first recording with Camtasia.” I’m going to keep this recording simple. Now, I’m going to stop that recording there. It’s opened on another screen, but let’s drag that across. You can have different effects here, which I’m not going to go into. I’m just going to keep it like this and go to edit in Camtasia. This is just a simple video. Then, I’m not going to change anything. I’m going to go to export. Actually, let’s play it first.
Exporting Your Video
And that’s it. That’s done. So now, we can export this to wherever we want. You can upload it straight to YouTube, or I normally upload my videos to a separate storage disk on the computer where I have various files for videos. I’m going to upload it just for the sake of this video, I’m going to keep it an untitled project for the moment. Then, we just go export, and in a moment, it will upload really quickly because it’s such a short video. It says open file location, and there’s our file location. I’m going to delete that because I don’t want it.
Uploading to YouTube
And that’s it. That’s how we make a simple video with Camtasia. While I’ve got this up, you can drag any of these videos into YouTube. So, let me just open up YouTube here. YouTube, upload video. So, I could just drag anything into here like this. I don’t want to, but that’s how I do it when I’m uploading a video.
To Conclude
And that’s it. Once the file is saved, and you’ve got your file saved in case you need it anymore, it’s very quick. So, that’s just a getting started video with Camtasia. If you’re interested in purchasing it, they do have special offers on. This is Camtasia; this is Snagit. I don’t use Audiate; it’s quite new. I do have Camtasia and Snagit and have been using them for years. Snagit I’ve been using for longer, probably about 15 years, and Snagit probably about eight years. Both are good tools. They can do a lot more than I know. Like everyone, we keep learning, and I will share some tips and go a bit deeper into how Camtasia and probably Snagit works, but certainly Camtasia to start with.
Anyway, thanks very much for watching. If you’ve got any questions, please feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this YouTube video, and I’ll be pleased to try and help. Thanks very much.
Today, the title of my video and blog post reads, “Beware of Facebook!” Just before I start, you may be interested in my previous video, which is entitled How to Fix Slow Uploads in Camtasia.
Now, there is a reason for this. I know many of us use Facebook, and here I have a post from Jeff Brown. He belongs to a membership website that I also belong to, and he’s written a post about “How to Start a Facebook Business Page.” There is nothing wrong with that. Jeff takes you through the stages of how to create a Facebook business page from start to finish.
You Can See My Video On The Subject Of “Beware Of Facebook” Below.
However, I want to remind you that the most important tool for any internet marketer or anyone trying to make a living online is your website. You need to prioritize that! Please don’t get me wrong, social media can be very helpful and potentially powerful. I know of many people who have had huge success with social media, but your main platform needs to be your website, due to the fact that at any time, platforms like Facebook can take you down for no apparent reason.
Facebook Account Disabled
Facebook Account Disabled
Now, let me give you an example of this. Here is my Facebook account, or one of them. A couple of months ago, I went to look at something on Facebook, and I was asked to log in. I hadn’t actually logged out. However, I went to log in and received this message; “Your account has been disabled”. If you have any questions or concerns, you can visit our Frequently Asked Questions page here,” which just takes you around in circles.
Now, I don’t use Facebook much, as I must admit I am not a great fan of Facebook. It is rather clunky and cumbersome, and I don’t agree with a lot of their principles. I also believe that social media should allow you to post what you want to post, otherwise what’s the point? Surely that is the whole idea of social media: to get our point of view across to other people in the world.
Facebook Business Page
Facebook Business Pages
So here, I have a Facebook page, which is still up and running. I haven’t posted on my Facebook business page lately. However, it’s still up and running, yet I can’t get to it to post any content. So basically, I can’t use the Facebook page anymore as I cannot log in to my account, so if I can’t log in, I can’t post content!
So beware, I have heard of many people who have been banned from Facebook for no apparent reason. When when I carried out some research about the issue, Facebook says, “Look at the terms and conditions.” I can’t even see anything in the terms and conditions that has gone against the Facebook narrative.
The fact is, I don’t even use this personal profile to publish any content. And I don’t believe that talking about garden equipment can be that offensive, and yet here’s the account disabled. So, beware of social media pages, especially Facebook.
Don’t Spend Too Much Time On Facebook Business Pages
If you’re building a Facebook page, like Jeff here has honestly said, let me show you the comment I left this morning. I put just a few words regarding Facebook pages. I went on to say that how powerful Facebook pages were when they first came out. They were brilliant. So, for example, take this Facebook page, “Garden Equipment.” People know that you are talking about garden equipment, so you could comment on other people’s pages, etc., and they know what your business is. And for a year or so, they really were quite powerful, but it’s not the same now. When Facebook pay-per-click advertising came out, things changed a bit, so they actually said they were not going to show Facebook pages as much. In fact, they said that they would not show Facebook pages very often.
Is Facebook Sending You Traffic?
And then I also went on to say down here about how I knew of someone who had a Facebook page with three-quarters of a million followers. Where he spent 25% of his time on his Facebook page. The rest of the time which was the remaining 75% went on his website, which is great, and 25% of the other time on Facebook. He was responding to comments and questions, so it was quite time-consuming.
He was shocked when he went to his Google Analytics, as he discovered that Facebook was literally sending him zero traffic to his website. So, he thought, okay, well, this is a waste of time. So, he still posted to Facebook, but he didn’t really get involved in conversation. And yet it made no difference to when he stopped using Facebook. It made no difference to his website or his profits, etc.
So, this is just proof that you do have to be careful. We have to remind ourselves that these platforms, and not only Facebook, probably all of them can ban you at any time. I have heard of people with YouTube accounts banned, phage ones, just disappearing overnight! You could have a huge channel and it just disappears.
Instagram
Instagram
So, make your website your priority. And just one more thing before I go I had an email sent me as I needed to log into Instagram, which I don’t use a lot. Maybe I should be using it more. However, I only have an account because sometimes people send me things to look at on Instagram, so I really need to be logged in.
The email read, “We noticed a new login from a device that you don’t usually use. If it was you, which it was, you won’t be able to access certain security and account settings for a few days. You can still access these settings from a device you’ve logged in in the past.”
I’m using my PC to record this video, and this is where I would normally access Instagram from. It’s amazing that they are telling me that I’ve logged in from a different device. This is where I always log in from, and now I have restricted access. To be fair, it doesn’t affect me because I don’t really use Instagram. I only really use it to see other people’s content occasionally if someone sends me something on Instagram, as someone did this morning. Hence why I had to log in because I’d been logged out.
To Conclude
As I’m sure you know, Instagram is part of Facebook. So there, again, this is totally beyond my control. Fortunately, it doesn’t affect me, but it could do, so you can see how fragile the platform is. So, my words to you are to focus on your website. Make your website a priority.
By all means, use social media, but focus on your website. You own your website, which should be the platform that you prioritise, where you can write what you want to and not be banned.
If you have any comments on this, please feel free to comment. I’m here to help and answer any questions. Thanks very much for watching.
The title on my thumbnail is ‘How Accurate is AI – Be Careful. Now, I have always had reservations about AI. It started to become very big, it literally seemed like this year in the new January 2023. I’m on a platform where they teach a bit about AI, and I suppose I’m a little bit anti-AI as I can see the bad bits. But at the same time, I can see it can be helpful for some things, but I would say that we have to use it with extreme care. You can see my previous blog post about screen sharing software here.
Now, I’m actually doing a course, a certification course on a product that I’m using right now to record this video, which is called Camtasia. I made a little video the other day about it. I’ve used Camtasia probably for about 15 years. There’s also a lighter product, if you like, which is cheaper, doesn’t have quite the same functionality, but it is still a good product. I have both, called Snagit. But most of the time, I use Camtasia.
So, I’m doing the Camtasia certification course, and you can see here there are training modules and three videos. And then after that, I had to take a quiz and so forth. At the end of it, you receive a certification certificate. So you can see here I got seven out of eight, 87% correct. So I thought, ‘You see, I could take the quiz again.’ So last week, I thought I was going to see how AI answers it just for a bit of fun. I’d already passed, but let’s see what AI does.
Putting AI To The Test!
So, I put the questions in very accurately and explained what I was doing. I gave it the prompt because the prompts are very, very important. It’s also important to make a fresh prompt. So this is like some of the questions I asked. I told it what I was doing; it knew what I was doing. And it gave me some really what sounded like brilliant answers, detailed and so forth. And yet, when I got the answer, when I came to the end of this quiz, I only got four out of eight. So it was a fail.
Be Careful With AI
Now, obviously, it didn’t matter because I had already passed, and like I said, you can take the quiz again. But it just shows how inaccurate AI can be. It sounded brilliant what it was doing, it gave me detailed answers, but it was wrong, or it only got 50% of the answers correct, which is very poor when you’re trying to pass information on to people.
Another Test for AI
Hence, it comes back to my title here: ‘How Accurate is AI? Be Careful.’ So I would say, take care. This is actually the platform that I belong to, been a member for my 10th year now. A successful member wrote this back in February: ‘Is AI Neutral? Truth Revealed.’ So he’s put in here, ‘Write a poem about the positive attributes of Donald Trump,’ and it says, ‘I’m sorry, as a language model developed by OpenAI, I’m not programmed to produce content that is partisan, biased, or political in nature. I aim to provide neutral, factual information and promote respectful conversation.’
So, next question, ‘Positive attributes of Biden. Write a poem about the positive attributes of Joe Biden: Joe Biden, a leader with heart so true, a man with empathy and kindness in view.’ So, two different answers for the same question. Once again, it comes back to my title: ‘How Accurate is AI? Be Careful.’
Now, I believe that they will be working on it and making it better, but is it going to be biased? Is it going to put out inaccurate information? Supposing I was writing an article about Camtasia, and I used AI as answers and only half of them were correct, I’d be giving false information to people, and that’s what we don’t want to do. We want to give accurate information that helps people, not inaccurate information.
To Conclude
So that’s all I have to say, but just take care with AI. Use it as a tool, use it as a helper, but be very, very careful. And if you have any comments on this or where you can get training on AI, I’m here to help, as I have carried out some training on this platform here.You can see my profile here. Please feel free to leave any comments or experiences that you have with AI. I’d be interested to hear. Anyway, thank you very much for watching. Until next time.
In this video, I would like to talk to you about a free trial of Techsmith Snagit. In case you don’t know what Snagit is, it is screen recording software, complete with an editor. It’s also great for taking screenshots from your computer screen, which I probably use Snagit for mainly. Snagit can also be used to record your computer screen. You can see my previous blog post on Camtasia software here.
I started off with Camtasia around 15 years ago and then purchased Snagit, I guess around 5 to 7 years ago. I wanted something that would deal with screenshots easily, which Snagit copes with extremely well. I also required another screen recorder so that if I was making tutorials about Camtasia, I could use Snagit to create the videos. Obviously, if I want to make a video about Camtasia, I need something different from Camtasia to record the screen. Snagit was the perfect option.
Another very useful feature that Techsmith offers is something that they refer to as a maintenance contract. I have a maintenance contract for Snagit and Camtasia, as I believe it offers value for money. Techsmith regularly updates its products with new features, so with the maintenance agreement, the software updates are all included, which is great, meaning that I am always using the latest software.
Another feature is that you have telephone and online support, which is really useful if you are stuck with anything. However, Techsmith produces excellent instructional videos on how to use their products. There is also a certification course available for Snagit and Camtasia, which is included in the maintenance agreement. This takes you deeper into the software and helps you to use the software more effectively and create videos that pop.
YouTube Transcript
Hi there, it’s Roy Bretton here. In this video, I want to talk to you about Snagit and how you can have a free trial for 15 days. Now, basically, Snagit is a screen recording software. It’s got powerful screen capture and an image editor for clear communication. The other day I created a video about Camtasia, which has a bit more functionality. You can see there’s a difference in price as well. I’ve have both Camtasia and Snagit, they both have their uses. I started with Camtasia, and then Snagit came out a few years ago, I don’t know, six or seven years ago. So, I now also have Snagit. You can purchase them as a bundle, which gives you a cheaper price overall.
Screenshots
What I like about Snagit is its usefulness for things like screenshots. But suppose I’m making a video about Camtasia. In that case, I can also use it to record my screen while talking about Camtasia because, obviously, if we’re talking about a piece of software, I can’t make the video with Camtasia. I use something else, and that is Snagit.
If we have a look, it says “learn more.” It’s a screen capture loved by over 40 million people. There’s a short video here. I’m not going to put it on, but it just shows you what it can do. I’ll just go through some of the features. What I mainly use Snagit for, to be fair, is to take screenshots. You can also do a scrolling capture, which is really useful. I may already have a video on that, but if not, I may make some more videos on the functionality another day.
Editor
Snagit can transform screenshots into simplified user interface graphics in a single click. Like all these things, it does more than I can do. There’s a library to get various pictures and keep them organized and synced, which is very handy. Smart Move: Snagit automatically recognizes elements in your screenshot, granting you the magical ability to rearrange or remove UI elements. Then it’s as text recognition, so quite a few useful features.
Record Screen
Here, you have the capture button. You can have it all-in-one, image or video. Mine’s currently set for “image”. Let me bring it over here. It looks like this. That’s a bit confusing actually; I have two of the same. So I can just change it to “all-in-one video”. I mainly use it for capturing images, so I’m going to move it to another monitor and move it into the next monitor. If I wanted to capture this, just capture it, and you can make it capture whatever you want. Then it goes into a folder which is across on another monitor, which you can see there. And you can trim screenshots and edit etc, and what have you.
Once again, it’s got more features than I use. I’ve been using Snagit for several years, just in a fairly basic form, but I do find it extremely useful. Let’s just scroll down a bit. It says, “Unleash your creativity with the ultimate built-in editor.” There is an editor that does lots of things. You can share photographs. Someone here is saying, “Snagit saved me tons of hours.” It is really useful. For example, perhaps you’ve paid a bill; you just want to do a quick screenshot, and send it over on WhatsApp or email, and what have you. It’s really useful and quick.
Snagit Maintenance Contract
Then the free trial is for 15 days, and then you have to purchase it. So it gives you plenty of time to test it out. We can see the price, £60.92. In dollars, it’d be about $70, something like that. So not silly money, and that’s billed once. However, let me come to this: Benefits of Maintenance. I have a maintenance contract on Camtasia, and you can also have it on Snagit, which I have both. So it gives you software upgrades, so you’re always using the latest version. You don’t have to pay for software upgrades. I originally was paying for software upgrades, but with this, you get them automatically. Then you get maintenance support. Good maintenance support; you can support a ticket, or you can chat online, or they can even log into your screen if you’ve got a problem.
Certification Course
Once again, same as Camtasia, you can also take a certification course. I haven’t started this one yet; I will do. I’m currently doing the Camtasia certification course, but it gives you a greater knowledge of how the software works step by step. So that’s definitely worth having. But coming back to Snagit, what I like about TechSmith products is, for example, Camtasia got 81 tutorials, Snagit 80. And you don’t have to go through every one of them, but the short videos just take you through what’s new in Snagit 24, get to know Snagit, capture your screen. So it’s not like you’ve got to watch a video before you can start using it. You can use it in its basic form really quickly, which is something I like. And I do generally use it in its basic form. But it takes you through all the videos are there.
Snagit Assets
Lots of things there. And then, finally, once again, this is something I haven’t got, but it’s something I’m going to get for Camtasia: TechSmith assets, which gives you all sorts of pictures and things. Let’s go travel to places. So you have stamps, templates, themes, photos etc. Let’s go to photos. It gives you all different sorts, but you can also carry out a search. Now, some of the assets are free, but you can also buy the library, so you have more pictures if you’re using it a lot. It is definitely worth considering. I don’t have TechSmith assets for Snagit as yet, but it may be something I look at. I am certainly going to buy Camtasia assets.
To Conclude
So there you have it. If you have any questions on this video, please feel free to comment. I’ll leave a link where you can test out the software here below this video. Let me know what you think. Like I said, I’ve been using Camtasia probably for about 15 to 15 years and Snagit, I think, five to seven years, something like that—two very useful tools. You can find out more about me here and also a platform that I recommend to people who want to start an online business.
Redefining education – Online Course Or University
In this video, I want to talk about redefining education – online course or university? Now, as we know, things have changed a lot in the last few years with the internet and technology. We’re able to do so much from our home, whereas just a few years ago, we used to have to go out to book a holiday, go to the travel agent, and so forth. But now, we can be educated online from the comfort of our own homes. In fact, I always recommend that people don’t go to university but instead get an education at home from an online course.
Now, I appreciate there may be some people who can’t do this, and it’s just not possible for them. But there are a lot of courses now where you can really educate yourself well for a lot less money and not get yourself into debt. You know, you can come out with something better than what you would have come out with if you spent three or four years at University. You can see my getting started blog post here.
I think one of the issues is that young people just want to experience being away from home and meeting lots of new people. Which I do understand; however, realistically, you could save huge amounts of money and create a better business by carrying out a home study course like Wealthy Affiliate.
The Cost Of University Education
I was looking at the University fees here in the UK, and I just put in ‘university fees UK 2023,’ and it says the average price would remain at £9,250. And just scrolling down, we keep seeing this price, £9,250. And for the USA, which I hadn’t got a clue what it would be, it’s similar, around $20,230 for State residents and $26,290 for visitors. Further down, there’s a price range from $5,000 to $50,000. Certainly a lot more than what an online course would cost.
This Is A Genuine Training Platform
So, I want to introduce you to a platform here that I’m part of called the Wealthy Affiliate platform. I’ve been a member since November 2014, so I’m coming up to starting my 10th year soon. Basically, it’s a platform that teaches you how to build an online business. First of all, this is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It is a proper training platform. The training works, but like any business, you have to work. It’s not like a few clicks and you’re making money. You have to work, and I think this is where some people get disappointed. They think they can build an online business in just a few minutes, but like everything and like every business, you do have to work.
Success Stories
The great thing is that there have been many success stories and still are. Let me introduce you to this young man, Robert. I made a video about him the other day. He joined in July 2015, and within about two and a half years, he became full-time online. Now, if we go to his latest post, it’s got $40,051 from two websites. Affiliate marketing works. So, just from two websites, this man has made that much in one month. And obviously, like I said, it didn’t happen in 5 minutes. He has grown his business.
And there are more people on the platform who have grown a business. There are people who are beginners, there are people who are mediocre, and there are people who are highly successful. Robert came to the platform with no knowledge whatsoever, but he was willing to go through the training step size step. However, let me give you a tour of the platform.
Training Classes
So, here’s my profile, the platform allows me to write a bio about myself, so other members can get to know me etc. If we go to another tab, and if we go to the training section here, there’s all sorts of different levels, for example. Getting started, building your own traffic-producing website,making money, mastering social engagement, and achieving maximum success through content creation. And then, if we come down here, there are all sorts of classes available: website development and programming, getting started, keyword niche and market research, everything WordPress, social engagement and marketing, and so forth.
I won’t go through them all as there is a terrific amount of content on the platform. You can create a free account, which enables you to see what the platform has to offer. I always recommend that people start with a free account. The free account gives you enough access to the site to know if it’s for you or not. You do not need a credit card to create a free account.
You Need To Be Serious To Start An Online Business
If you’re really serious about starting an online business, then you need to go upgrade to the paid version. But the good thing is with a free account, it does enable you to see if it’s something you’re interested in without spending a penny. So, I always recommend people start with a free account. I started with a free account, and within a few moments, I upgraded because I could see the potential of it, and it was a good website. But it’s good to see for yourself to check it out before you spend money.
So let me go to getting started, the place where everyone should begin. One of the great things about the courses is that you don’t have to go through every piece of training to be successful. There are lots of different classes in here for various things, but they do take you through a specific course to get you started, and you can just go through the process step by step. For example, Robert here, he knew nothing about affiliate marketing or an online business when he came, but he just went through the training step by step, and he learned.
Getting Rolling
So here, this is the very first course, ‘Let’s Get Rolling.’ It’s also written out on the webpage, and there’s a video here which you can open out into full screen if you want to. Then, the good part is that, at the foot of the page, it says, ‘Watch the walkthrough video from above.’ Then you check the box, jump into live chat, which let me show you where live chat is. It’s actually on the home page on the right-hand side.
Live Chat
So, live chat’s here. Now, it’s probably a bit quieter today because of Thanksgiving in America, but you can see there are people who have been active. I was active on here earlier this morning, talking to someone quite a few hours ago. If I scroll down far enough, I should be able to find my previous chat. You can go on to live chat at any time of the day, you normally find someone of interest, or you can ask a question or just have friendly banter, which is great.
So, coming back to the first lesson, once you’ve gone through the lesson, you just go on to the next lesson and so forth. So, it explains it step by step how it works, and it’s important not to jump through hoops. I understand that people want to progress quickly, but it’s important to follow the training and carried out in an organised way. Occasionally, I see people trying to jump through, but if you just go through the course step by step, then you won’t miss anything out. And at the end of each training module, check these boxes and take action after every training module, it’s the best way to learn.
Classes
So, moving on here, we’ve also got a section here for classes. If I click on that, you can see all the types of classes there are: artificial intelligence, search engine optimization, WordPress, niche research, pay-per-click marketing, and so forth. Every subject you can think of, and new lessons are being added almost daily. So here, you can see there are 1.2k classes available.
There are three levels. There are five courses available for the free account. With the premium, which is the cheaper level, it’s 612. The premium level is actually fine for you to be successful. However, the premium plus has probably only been with us for two or three years, and it’s just like a bonus.
Sometimes I think members are better off with the premium membership. Especially if you’re a beginner, because it’s not quite so overwhelming. And like I say, you don’t need the premium plus to be successful, but it is there if you want it, and you do get some great training on the premium plus, but it’s not absolutely necessary.
Weekly Live Training Classes
So, just going over here, we have the page where it’s got… It just happens I’m doing this video in their Black Friday offer, so there are some discounts. But let me take you to the education, and it says 52 live classes a year. There’s actually a lot more than that, but there are at least 52. There’s a chat with Jay every week, and so forth. You can host your website here. There’s free website hosting, and it’s absolutely fine for getting started. I believe you can host up to 10 websites, which is enough for most people. And probably, if you had ten websites by that time, you would probably need a dedicated server to look after them.
The Community
So, let’s move on to the Community now. Something I like about the Community let me just go back to my profile. On my profile page, there is blog training. I’ve actually created some training. You can ask a question at any time and here you can see that I have various blog posts that I have written over the past nine years. The last one was November 20th, ‘Camtasia: Is it the Best Video Creation and Editing Tool?’
So, you can create conversation, and if we look at this, I’ve got 52 comments on there. Alright, admit some of them are my replies, but it’s interesting. If you want to learn something, let’s just go back to another blog post. All sorts of things. And another one here, 51 comments. So you can get involved, and then, if we go to the homepage, you can see there are lots of blog posts here. This is the top 10. Due to Black Friday, there are a lot of Black Friday blog posts here. However, normally there would be a selection of different topics which we can all learn from.
Ask A Question
Then I go, “If you want to ask a question, let’s go to new questions. What does your business need help with? FTP details?” So, there are all sorts of replies. “My videos are not indexed,” more replies, all sorts of questions. You can just come in here and ask a question at any time. You can see that some questions just got one reply, but most of them got several replies. Sometimes, let’s have a look at this one. Oh, so it actually has more than one reply. People have replied and helped. So, if you have a problem, you have help at hand. Also, if you have a website problem, can contact support 24 hours a day, which is great. So, let’s come back to this page.
Surround Yourself With Successful People
As I said, there are many success stories. It says, “Surround yourself with successful people.” One of the reasons I like being part of the platform, although I was making money before I came to the platform. It is good to be around like-minded people. I recognize these faces here. All these members are successful. So, we can learn a great deal from these members. Some of these members also create the training as well, which is great. Let’s go to the ‘About Us’ page.
A Few Statistics
Eighteen years of helping people, 18 years of progress, and training updates of 750 plus per year, system improvements of 155 in the past year. The platform is growing all the time, which is great. So, let’s have a look at the pricing. Forgetting the Black Friday offer, this is monthly billing. Starter package: You can start for no cost and no credit card. I always suggest people go for premium, which is £49 a month for monthly billing. Premium Plus, which I have, is £99. However, if we go for yearly billing, it’s £697 a year for Premium Plus and £497 for Premium, so considerably cheaper.
But, if we go here, if we go to get the offer for the Black Friday offer, which is only on for a few days. So, for the premium plus it is £497, and if you want to go premium, it’s £249 with a Black Friday offer. Now, they do offer Premium Plus with a dedicated server, which is £332 per month. However, not many people require a dedicated server, just a few people. I have my own dedicated server for some of my websites. However, that’s not something a beginner would be looking at, so ignore that.
Redefining Education
So, coming back to my question regarding redefining education, when I hear someone’s going to university. I always suggest that they do an online course because I know that online courses work and it’s far cheaper than going to university. If we come to these prices, for example, UK prices are £9,250 against the Black Friday offer for the premium plus, which is almost 1,000% cheaper. So, there is a considerable difference, no expenses, and you can live at home. And if you study and focus, you could really have something good. You could end up like Robert here, who’s done extremely well, along with other people as well. I didn’t want to give you loads of examples because it would make the video too long, but I have plenty of examples of people who are successful.
So, if you have any questions about this video, please feel free to reach out to me and leave a comment on the YouTube video. I’m here to help, and thanks very much for watching.
In this video, I would like to show you how to punctuate YouTube transcripts quickly. I made a video about a year ago, which has received quite a few views. However, I believe there is probably an easier and better way to punctuate YouTube transcripts, which I will show you in this video. If you are creating videos on YouTube, you may be interested in seeing my previous blog post, which is about using Camtasia and how to import files.
I have a video here that I created the other day; it’s a relatively short video. So, I am going to go to the transcript on YouTube. Transcripts have recently moved on YouTube; you now have to go to the description area to find the transcript.
If we click the transcript button, we can see our transcript from the video. You can see that the transcript is not punctuated and it also has timestamps on every line. If you click on the three dots, you will see toggle timestamps, which will then remove the time stamps from the transcript.
We now need to go to ChatGPT, where we need to add our prompt. I’m using ChatGPT 4. However, the free version 3.5 works absolutely fine. I’m going to put my prompt into ChatGPT, which you can see below.
I will then copy and paste the YouTube transcripts below. The transcript is not very long, so it shouldn’t take long for ChatGPT to edit the transcript.
Full Transcript
In this video, I want to show you how to punctuate YouTube transcripts quickly. Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever downloaded a YouTube transcript. As you can see here, this was a year ago. I made this video, “How to Edit YouTube Transcripts in Microsoft Word with Line Breaks,” and it does work. But there’s probably a better way now. I have a few comments up there. However, we can actually use ChatGPT to do this. So, let’s have a look at a video I have here. This is a relatively short video that I made the other day. So, let’s get this transcript up. Transcripts used to be here, but now they’ve moved for some reason. So, we come down here to “Transcript,” “Show Transcript,” and there it is. Then we need to go to “Timestamps,” and in a minute, I’m going to highlight this and paste it into ChatGPT.
Now, I am using ChatGPT 4. I’ve only just started using version 4 of ChatGPT; I was using the free version before, which works fine. Apparently, ChatGPT 4 does have a few better capabilities, although I was getting on fine, to be fair, with ChatGPT 3.5, which is free. So, you can use either; I’m going to use ChatGPT 4 as I have full access to it.
Paste The Transcript Into ChatGPT
In the document which I’m going to copy, I have a Word document here. In fact, let me drag it across. It says, “I have another YouTube transcript. Can you check out the punctuation, please, and remove any or similar unwanted words? I will put the transcript below.” So, let’s copy that to ChatGPT. Let’s slide that out of the way. I’ve got another monitor here, but you can only see one monitor. So, let’s paste that in and put the new text below.
So, let’s copy this. Highlight that from the top. It doesn’t matter if there’s stuff in there. This one’s quite short. Copy that and put it into ChatGPT. Let’s watch it do the work. For some reason, ChatGPT seems to be slower than 3.5. Now, whether it’s because it’s doing things more thoroughly, I don’t know, or it’s being used a lot. This video is not particularly long, so it won’t take too many seconds.
The great thing is that ChatGPT will remove all those unwanted words that you were not aware of!
Talk To ChatGPT Like It’s Human!
So, it’s finished. Just going back to what I put in, in case you’re not used to ChatGPT, you can create a free account. As I said, I was using a free account for quite a few months, to be fair, and I didn’t worry about upgrading. But because it’s quite useful for a few things, I thought I’d try the paid version. But you need to talk to it almost like you’re telling a person what to do. So, I have another YouTube transcript: “Can you check out the punctuation, please, and remove any ‘ums’ or similar unwanted words? I’ll put the transcript below.” So, you’re literally telling someone to do a job. You can see, probably here; I’ve probably got some stutters. We don’t realize we have these stutters until we see it in a transcript, but it’s just the way we talk. We’re all different.
So anyway, it’s spelled my name wrong, I will correct that. “Hi there, it’s Roy Bretton here. I hope you’re doing well. In this video, I would like to show you how to temporarily remove the bookmarks bar from Google Chrome. Now, you can see I’ve got a bookmarks bar here that’s got various things on it. So perhaps when I’m making a video, which I quite often do, I don’t want to show the bookmarks bar. So, it’s much more here; you just got one long passage with no abbreviations or anything.
To Conclude
So, ChatGPT has punctuated the transcription; there may be times when you might want to convert a transcription into a blog post or something. I would not use ChatGPT or similar AI products to write a blog post; you do need to make it unique. You can’t just copy words and let AI do it for you. ChatGPT has a very unique way of writing, but it is not always too clever. So, you do have to be very careful with AI. But just for transcribing YouTube videos, it seems to work fine.
I see far too many people writing blog posts with AI, personally, I don’t think it’s clever! To me, AI has a very unique way of writing, and it’s not very personal, and it is also very obvious that it has AI content. I believe that people using AI to write blog posts will suffer later as Google can easily tell that it’s not unique content.
When we write, I believe it has to come from the heart and be our own content; otherwise, what’s the point? Please don’t get me wrong, AI can certainly help brainstorm ideas, etc, but the main content has to come from our own unique style.
So, if you have any questions on this, please feel free to leave a comment. I’m here to help. Thanks very much for watching.”
Inspirational Success Story – Affiliate Marketing Works
In this video, I would like to share a short inspirational story, Inspirational Success Story – Affiliate Marketing Works, that will hopefully encourage you. It is the story of how a young man started an online business with no knowledge whatsoever but became successful through learning and working hard.
I remember when Robert first joined the platform, I had a feeling that he would be successful! It didn’t happen instantly or in five minutes; it took time, as he did not know anything about building an online business. However, he followed the training step-by-step, took action, and kept upping his game!
Robert’s plan was to become a full-time Internet marketer. He achieved this in less than two years on the platform; he was going to give up his job. However, his boss offered him a substantial pay rise, so he stayed there a little longer. I’m not exactly sure of the date when he finally gave up his full-time job. I do believe it was shortly afterwards. I know Robert’s been working online full-time for a long time now.
His success was due to following the training and taking action. Many people come to the platform full of enthusiasm only to discover that they have to do some work. I don’t know why, but many people seem to think that an online business is automated! It has to be built in the first place. However, an online business can make you money when you’re sleeping, but we do have to take solid action in the first place!
Having been a member for almost 9 years, I can recommend the platform as I know it’s 100% genuine. It’s also a very friendly platform where you can meet with like-minded people.
If you want to create a free account and test the platform out, click on this link. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments section.
Have a look at my video below; you can see the transcript of the video, which I have written below the embedded YouTube video.
Today, in my thumbnail photograph, I have the title “Inspirational Success Story: Affiliate Marketing Works.” The reason I have this story is that I’m on a platform, as you can see in my profile here, which teaches you how to start an online business and grow it. I’ve been a member for nine years now, since November 2014, and I don’t have any plans about leaving.
No Knowledge Of Affiliate Marketing
This particular member started in July 2015, and he put this blog post up yesterday. It says he earned $40,501 in the last 30 days from two sites, and $13,469 from one of the sites, with the remainder from another site. He’s been here 8 years, but let me show you now before I say more about this young man called Robert from Finland. I remember when he started, and I thought then that he was going to be successful.
It’s Not A Get Rich Scheme It’s A Training Platform
What I want to say is that this isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme. Wealthy Affiliate teaches you how to start an online business and grow it. It doesn’t happen through doing nothing. If you’re unwilling to work, you’re wasting your time. But if you are serious about starting an online business, this training works. However, you do have to work. If you don’t do anything, nothing will happen. But if you work, things will happen, and this man’s worked hard, hence his outstanding results.
Grow Your Online Business
To be fair, plenty of other people are doing that, but he’s growing his business, which is excellent, and he’s just followed the training. Let’s have a look here. On the platform, Robert’s written 364 blog posts. This is his very first blog post in October 2015, bearing in mind he started in July 2015. He’s gradually been working and building up.
Now, there are lots of interesting posts. I’m going to jump to 2018, well, actually, January 2017. He wrote, “2018 Full-Time Online Entrepreneur Project.” In April 2017, he says he resigned from his job on Monday because of Wealthy Affiliate but later decided to continue his current job after a raise and promotion from his boss. Nevertheless, he kept growing his online business every day and became a full-time entrepreneur. You can read Roberts blog post on the day he became a full-time internet marketer.
You Can Do It But You Do Have To Work!
He’s been working full-time now for some years, which is great. It’s encouraging to see what other people do, and we can learn from others. Something I like doing is helping other people as well, it really is rewarding and satisfying. In February of this year, he wrote about earning $13,357 per month from one affiliate program with zero blogging. My point is to show what can be achieved with someone who puts their mind to something.
He’s had the same training I’ve been looking at, but he’s taken solid action. I’m making money online, but I also have an offline business. The fact is, if you’re focused, you can get results. Learning that sort of money means you don’t need another job, which is brilliant.
Black Friday Offer
Coming up, we have a Black Friday offer on Wealthy Affiliate. It runs from November the 24th to the 27th. They do occasionally extend that. The price is $297 for premium membership and $497 for premium plus membership, which is a considerable saving on the normal price. It certainly offers value for money. I’m a premium plus member, and for me and many others, it’s worth every penny. Being self-employed, I claim that against taxes, so it goes down as an expense, but it certainly offers value for me.
If you have any questions about this video, feel free to comment. I have quite a few videos on Wealthy Affiliate. You can sign up for a free account and just test the system. You don’t need a credit card or any payment method, you can just test the platform. If you want to start an online business, which is something I certainly recommend. I never recommend anything that I haven’t tested. I might talk about something, but I don’t necessarily recommend something that I haven’t used.
Nine Years On The Platform
As you can see, I’ve been here for nine years, and it works for me, and maybe it can work for you. I will leave a link at the bottom of this video, so if you’d like to sign up for a free account, you can. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to comment on this video. Thanks very much for watching.
To Conclude
Many people say that training is the best thing you can invest in. I really would agree with that! Right now, after nine years, I’m still checking out the training on the platform, as it is regularly updated almost every day. In fact, I probably only watch 25% of the training, not because I don’t want to watch it, it’s more of a time issue.
Having said that, there is a getting started course that I firmly recommend every new member goes through.
I’m also in the process of taking Camtasia’s video software course. This is a certification course that shows you how to use Camtasia to the full. I have been using Camtasia for years, but probably only using 10% of its functionality. By learning, I will gain something good.
I’m here to help, so if you have any questions, please feel free to leave me a comment on YouTube.
