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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st January 2015, 02:28 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 531
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Using Names of Famous People in your Ads

Let me see if I can create an example that's essentially identical to what I have in mind -

Johnny Cash is a famous country music star who passed away a few years ago. So let's say that a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st January 2015, 01:24 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 531
Posted By Steve Robertson
Using Names of Famous People in your Ads

I'll have to talk in generalities to avoid giving away my whole business plan...

A reputable record company has produced a "remix" song featuring the voices of two pretty famous scientists. I...
Forum: Website Design 17th November 2014, 01:35 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 357
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Automated Link Changes?

Thanks!

Sounds like a link rotator is just what I'm looking for. I'll check it out.

Steve
Forum: Website Design 17th November 2014, 09:36 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 357
Posted By Steve Robertson
Automated Link Changes?

Hi Warriors,

Here's a question for web page designers or programmers -

Assume I have a simple video squeeze page. There is only one link in the page. It is connected to a big button that says...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th August 2014, 07:55 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 584
Posted By Steve Robertson
How to Find BitCoin Users?

Hi Folks,

I have a small business offering a creative service. Most of my clients are internet marketers found here on the WF. At the moment, all my clients send my fee by PayPal.

I would like...
Forum: Suggestion Forum 14th June 2014, 05:03 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 496
Posted By Steve Robertson
Separate Section for "Reviewers Wanted"

I'm a video producer. I watch the section titled "Members Wanting to Hire You" in case a member needs some video work.

Ever since this section was added, there have been more and more "Reviewers...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th November 2013, 09:08 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 455
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How are the effects in this movie made?

Either Adobe After Effects or Apple Motion and many, many hours of work!

Might also need a talented graphic designer on the team to create custom graphics.

Steve R.
R.A.M. Video
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th October 2013, 12:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,187
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How to Record LiveStream etc. without background Noise

I think the replies so far might be answering the wrong question :)

It sounds to me like Jenna wants to record someone else's webinar for future study.

Are you saying that the recording has...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th November 2012, 06:33 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 460
Posted By Steve Robertson
Anybody having trouble with the Fiverr website today?

All day I've been trying to do some business on Fiverr, but their web pages have been mostly plain text all day. Looks like they are having trouble with their style sheets.

Most of the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th June 2012, 01:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 989
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Is "weird" the new word?

"i" before "e" except after "c."

Weird!

Steve R.
R.A.M. Video
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th April 2012, 07:06 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 812
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Best way to connect with race car drivers?

I'm a big fan of auto racing. For me, this is the main focus of my Twitter account. I follow as many of the big names as I can find. I don't try to use that to send messages, but you might find a way...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2012, 07:40 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 5,354
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Animated Sales Video. Where do you get them from?

Lots of big, big numbers being thrown around in this thread. And I'm glad to see it :)

I've been a full time video producer for ten years. Spent most of the last five years working with Warriors...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th September 2011, 05:43 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,155
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Good microphone to plug directly into a MacBook Pro?

I agree with Marty that the mic built in to the MacBook is better than most external mics. I would only use a lavaliere if the speaker must be at a distance from the built in mic. In that case, the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th August 2011, 08:38 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 701
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Just Made my 1st Promotional Video for My First Real Client, What do you think?

It looks like your client is the wedding photographer rather than the bride and groom. Correct? Looks like the main objective is to showcase the photographer's images.

It's a nice photo montage....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2011, 07:39 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 5,264
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How to convert video files for iPod/iPad/iPhone and Android

For the Apple products, you can definitely use MOV. This is Apple's preferred format. It's almost identical to MP4. Both make the best quality videos using the H.264 codec.

I don't know whether...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th July 2011, 09:28 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 25,762
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Can You Make Decent Money Collecting Soda Cans?

You're just looking at the wrong metal!

When you collect and sell cans, the metal recycler looks at them as aluminum - rather than as cans. The price he will pay for aluminum is respectable, but...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th August 2010, 05:26 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 700
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: I need a video expert to answer this...

Hi Dayne,

I also work on a Mac, but I use Final Cut for most of my editing. Never tried to add an audio track in iMovie, but I assume this is possible.

One way to sync video with separate audio...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th July 2010, 08:28 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,470
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Help Screenflow Video File Size Too Big

ScreenFlow records your entire screen all the time. If you don't really need to see the entire screen, you can remove the unwanted screen real estate in editing. Just click on the button in the lower...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th May 2010, 10:45 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,576
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Screenflow users - help needed

Hi Chris,

The latest upgrade for ScreenFlow added the ability to export as an FLV. Don't know whether that will cure your incompatibility with the tracking script.

Steve R.
R.A.M. Video
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th February 2010, 09:35 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 896
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Outsourcing 50 Articles to Video A Week - Cost?

Hi Andrew,

A voiceover artist averages about 150 words per minute, so 250 word articles would produce videos almost 2 minutes long. The voiceover alone, if done by a professional, will cost you at...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2010, 02:10 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 634
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: I Need Your Help - Urgently (Video Compression)

Hi Davioli,

What you need is a DVD ripper. On my Mac, I use Handbrake. It's available for Windows:

HandBrake (http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php) (not an affiliate link)

Handbrake will take...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st February 2010, 01:43 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 503
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Looking for a free Video editor, Cheap ecover needed, I Need 10 low cost articles. I need an wor

Right on the money, Ken!

Except that I would double your investment suggestion. Hire a video producer to help you create a really nice product for $1,000. Your annual sales estimate still returns...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th January 2010, 02:25 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,368
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Video Creation Software???

A person would have to be highly skilled in the use of Camtasia to produce anything close to that "Extra Degree" movie. Technically, this is just a slide show, but it s a very sophisticated slide...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th November 2009, 11:26 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 902
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Help needed on how to produce videos

Hi Mark,

If your final destination is DVD, you can pretty much forget about the video formats used on the web and at YouTube. DVDs use Standard Definition video (rather than HD) although, if your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st October 2009, 01:17 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 675
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Video Conversion Steps

I agree that free converters use a codec older than VP6, but it ain't H.264. The older Flash codec commonly used is known as Sorenson Spark. H.264 was developed as a joint project of the MPEG...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th October 2009, 02:44 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 768
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Question for Mac Users

Shows you how much I know! I thought Pages was for creating web pages. I use Adobe InDesign for page layout and PDFs, but good templates for Pages would give me another option.

Steve R.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th October 2009, 11:31 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 768
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Question for Mac Users

So far I use Keynote exclusively. Would love to see a package of good new Keynote themes.

But some good Pages templates might get me to use Pages. I learned RapidWeaver before Pages came out, so...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th October 2009, 05:42 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 589
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Video Camera Advice For Transparent Video Use

Hi Christian,

Getting good results when making a video with a transparent background depends on a couple of key considerations:

camera resolution and good lighting

And these are related. The...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th September 2009, 08:50 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 550
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Spin my video around (Tech)

Final Cut will also let you rotate the video 90 degrees. That control is found under the "Motion" tab on the clip viewer. I'm sure Premiere and Vegas both have similar controls, but I can't tell you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th September 2009, 09:58 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 610
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How do I add this to a video?

Hi TW,

Depends on what you mean by "link" :)

You can't put a CLICKABLE link to your website in a YouTube video. There are a couple of ways to add the website address in a semi transparent box...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th September 2009, 08:11 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 23,404
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: All-In-One: Outsourcing Secrets

Hello Warriors,

Speaking as someone to whom Warriors outsource work, the sites such as Elance don't work for me.

These sites give almost all the advantages to the service buyer and almost none...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2009, 11:09 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 927
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Funny Videos for Video Marketing

Yeah, that JibJab video makes use of another approach - new lyrics for an old song. Either that or an entirely new song works well. But JibJab's fancy animation costs a bundle. Very few marketers...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th August 2009, 06:49 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 927
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Funny Videos for Video Marketing

Great video, Marty. Looks like it took lots of work.

Also some outstanding ideas from the video master. Thanks, Andy.

We have been thinking about all the unusual social situations that come...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th August 2009, 11:21 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 927
Posted By Steve Robertson
Funny Videos for Video Marketing

Hello Warriors,

We have been doing some brainstorming on what makes a video really effective for video marketing. By "video marketing," I'm talking about using videos uploaded to sharing sites to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th August 2009, 04:08 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,185
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How Can I Make Videos Like This Tony Robbins Intro?

A few people have suggested that this Tony Robbins intro requires Chromakey work with a green or blue screen. Not so! It's just a coincidence that the background they used was blue. The look of the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st August 2009, 06:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 560
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: how was this video done?

I never ran into any audio sync problems with ScreenFlow. Your audio track might have been accidentally shifted. I'm pretty sure you can highlight the audio track, then use the left or right arrow...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th July 2009, 11:06 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 8,453
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How do you upload videos to Amazon s3 server?

Hi Brad,

I made a couple of tutorial videos on the basics of S3. Here's Part One:

YouTube - Amazon S3 For Newbies-Part 1

And here's Part Two:

YouTube - Amazon S3 For Newbies-Part 2
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th May 2009, 11:24 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 642
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: need to create a dvd that plays in a standard dvd player

Hi Rebecca,

A DVD that will play on a TV is not just a file type. It's a collection of files that you create with a DVD authoring program. I use a Mac, which comes equipped with iDVD. You can use...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th May 2009, 07:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 559
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How was this video done?

There have been other threads recently where people asked how John's videos were done. I remember one where John himself answered and explained that he has a staff on salary who create his videos.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th May 2009, 11:02 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 546
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: UNIQUE Monthly Video Membership Sites?

Hi Sirius,

Not exactly what you're looking for, but we recently launched a new site where we provide one new, professionally produced PLR video each week which can be downloaded for free.

Free...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th April 2009, 07:30 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 474
Posted By Steve Robertson
Good Subjects for Traffic Building Videos?

Hi Warriors,

We recently launched a website where we provide a new free PLR video each week. These can be used as content on any website. Or you can add your web address and use them for traffic...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th April 2009, 10:39 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 580
Posted By Steve Robertson
Children's Books as Ebooks?

Hello Warriors,

Are any of you writing children's books as PDF e-books?

One of the female voiceover artists I work with told me that she would love to have the chance to turn children's books...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th April 2009, 08:09 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 957
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: putting videos on a website....

Hi Rebecca,

To get the best quality and a small file size, the best bet is to go back to the original video - before it was encoded as a WMV file. Then encode this original video as Flash video...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th April 2009, 09:26 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,335
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: What is the best way to convert video for online viewing? Very frustrated here :(

I'm not an expert on the .mod format, but someone in another thread said that this is essentially the same as the MPEG-2 codec used to compress video for DVDs.

In other words, a camcorder that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th April 2009, 09:16 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 816
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: YouTube & TubeMogul - User Violation?

I can appreciate what everyone is saying so far, but this has not been my experience with YouTube. I'm a video producer and sometimes I'll upload a client's video to my account first to see what it...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd April 2009, 08:59 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 554
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Recommend a video marketing product

Hi Redbeard,

We have just launched a new website that is designed to help video marketers and save them some money. The link is in my sig below (I hope!)

Steve R.
R.A.M. Video
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th March 2009, 04:15 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 50,310
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: How To Remove Watermark from Video?

If the logo is small enough and tight enough in the corner, you could crop the video enough to remove the logo. That would give you a black bar on the side with the logo. Probably would look better...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th March 2009, 09:34 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 954
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: What is the BEST way to add a video to my salespage?

Not free, but pretty cheap. And made for the Mac.

Open up your copy of the Quicktime Player. Look under the "Quicktime Player" menu on the extreme left. You'll see a choice to "Upgrade to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd March 2009, 09:54 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,086
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Out Of Sync Video

A friend of mine was using a Logitech webcam recently and thought his audio was out of sync. When I looked at it, it turned out that the problem was a very low frame rate. In other words, most screen...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th March 2009, 07:34 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 467
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: need to find a program for creating a flash video...

Hi Rebecca,

Your sample is what I call a "Flash animation" instead of a Flash movie. The main program for creating the effect in your sample is of course Adobe Flash. There are a couple of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th March 2009, 09:55 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 519
Posted By Steve Robertson
Entertaining Video? Or Informative Video?

Hi Folks,

Uploading video to the sharing sites can be a good way to build traffic. Obviously, it works best if your videos give the prospective viewers a good reason to watch your video. How do...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th March 2009, 10:24 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 457
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Video Conversion

Hi Matt,

I haven't found any free conversion software for the Mac that will convert WMV. There are a lot of free conversion programs. I use MPEG Streamclip mostly. But when you start working with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2009, 06:57 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 606
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Any Singer/Songwriters out There?

OK, you guys. If you admit to having written songs, you'll have to dig out an MP3 and let us hear one!

Steve R.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2009, 03:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 606
Posted By Steve Robertson
Any Singer/Songwriters out There?

Hi Folks,

In addition to producing video for marketers, I've worked with a few independent musicians over the years. Just discovered that one of those musicians has uploaded a couple of my videos...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2009, 10:08 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,363
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Offline Video Gold

Maria makes some great points. My report is all about how you can shoot great video at your local businesses. But you may run into some situations where everyone at the business is camera shy. In...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd March 2009, 09:55 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 523
Posted By Steve Robertson
Re: Movie-making dilemma

Hi Dana,

Do you want your e-book buyers to be able to watch these movies on a web page? Or do you want them to download the whole video file to their hard drive and play the movie there?

Being...
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