What a week, there I am trying to get a list of things done with my web marketing business and end up stopped at every turn.

First I tried to update my footer ad software which promptly stopped working and no amount of changes and configuration could get it working again, so gave up on that.

Next I saw an amazing piece of software called Incredipoptoons which looked really impressive amd I intended adding it to many of my sites. However I need to run it on blogs and haven’t been able to get it working yet. There is a video tutorial for using it but that assumes you’re installing it on a normal html website and unfortunately installing it on a blog (php site) is not straightforward. So another bunch of money down the drain.

Lastly tried to install peel ads which I’d had for a while without using, and that wouldn’t install either.

One thing I often find with software is that sometimes when instructions are given, there is a little information about permission settings to change, but I have not yet come across any software in 2 years where the developer has listed all the correct file settings. They must assume that the original file settings will be correct but ftp software can change these settings during upload. It would be a relatively simple thing for a developer to go through the files and list the permission (chmod) settings for all files, but they don’t, and it has caused me a whole heap of problems.

So, only one thing for it, I’ll have to write my own scripts to do what I want.

The old adage, if you want it done properly, do it yourself, certainly often rings true.

I’d be interested to hear about any more frustrating problems others have faced.

Dave Smith

A long time since I posted and this topic is part of the reason.

I have been trying to sort out video creation to use in my upcoming ebook and had many problems. In the hope it will help anyone else I’ve just jotted a few comments about it all below:

I first downloaded Camtasia on a free month’s trial. It seems to be the recommended tool used by most internet marketers. However I had some problems with the audio. I have noticed on many videos I watch on the web that the audio can be low. After trying Camtasia I realised it is the result of all the filtering you can put in to cut out background noise. Which of course is excellent that you have these tools and there may have been ways to compensate for the low audio, however because I had so many other work commitments I ran out of time on the trial before I had it working right. The question was then did I want to pay $300 and risk not getting it working?

So I decided to try CamStudio which is available as a free download (it is based on an earlier version of Camtasia but has had improvements since). I soon realised that the audio problems I was having was a result of my computer hardware. I searched on the net and found much discussion about it, tried a new headset/microphone, and finally realised that the background noise was down to my soundcard. As I was using a laptop this was potentially a problem but fortunately I had another slightly older laptop which I was able to try and thankfully with this I can produce noise free videos.

Anyway as  CamStudio works perfectly and IMPORTANTLY has a new release which corrects a bug which stopped flash working properly in web browsers, I have no reason to pay for CamTasia and can recommend anyone to try  CamStudio.

An important point from the whole saga is that your computer hardware is vitally important if you want to create good quality noise free videos. If you use a desktop computer then you can easily upgrade the soundcard but if like me you use laptops then you may need to research if you have problems. At least now you can use a free tool instead of paying out a lot of money and then finding your equipment isn’t up to the job.

Hope this experience helps someone.

Good luck

Dave

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