Resources for Information Product Producers from Ghost Leg Media
Dec 31 2008
Do you wish you could create green screen effects?
You know the ones – everything from Superman flying over Metropolis to a weatherman standing in front of a local map as cold fronts swirl into view. It’s easy, if you have the right tools.
The secret to greenscreen (also known as chromakey) video is two fold:
A smooth [...]
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Dec 27 2008
Camtasia 6 has changed the screencasting landscape – perhaps for the better, perhaps not – but whether you are using Camtasia 3, Camtasia 5, or Camtasia 6, you will find screencasting infinitely easier if you use three, free tools.
1. Sizer The ability to precisely resize the screen area you want to record to exact dimensions [...]
Dec 26 2008
I have lost track of how often I have read a blog post entitled something like, “10 Tips for Boosting Traffic” that includes the advice “Be controversial.”
Please, don’t.
Be honest, be straightforward, be blunt, be yourself. But please, no – please do not be controversial.
It’s hard to build a community. It’s easy to destroy one.
Screaming matches [...]
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Dec 24 2008
Don’t be tethered to a desk. Give yourself a Christmas treat while indulging your geeky cloud computing cravings this holiday season.
LOG ME IN
Do you need remote access to your PC? Do you use LogMeIn? If you use anything except LogMeIn, you are paying too much. LogMeIn is free and it is safe, secure, and time [...]
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Dec 22 2008
Back in the fall, when I released my eBook, Blogging With WordPress, I promised that there would be a free, full, follow-up report on WordPress v2.7 for anyone who bought the eBook.
I posted the new report – WordPress 2.7: Redesigned & Easier To Use – to the Members Only area of GhostLeg yesterday, along with [...]
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Dec 21 2008
Do you want to add beautiful photos to every blog post, without paying a cent and without infringing anyone’s copyright?
Creative Commons and Flickr make it easy to find photos as good as you will see anywhere – for free. If you pay attention to the license terms and chose only the By Attribution license, you [...]
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Dec 20 2008
I just learned how to make this banner from a tutorial by Dave Cross on Photoshop Elements User.
Photoshop Elements is an essential tool, not only for photographers, but for every independent product producer.
If you don’t already own it, take advantage of Adobe’s Christmas Special to get it for $20.00 off, with Free Holiday Shipping , [...]
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Dec 19 2008
This is Part 6 in the How To Buy A New Computer Series
Part 1 Buying A New Computer
Part 2 Hard Drives and Memory
Part 3 How to Pick A CPU
Part 4 What Are L1 and L2 Cache and Bus Speed?
Part 5 How To Choose The Right Monitor
PERFECT FOR YOU
There is no such [...]
Dec 17 2008
Why do even smart eBay sellers forget everything they know about selling when they turn to video?
Whenever I do a video workshop, I am struck by the number of sellers who say something like, “Video is OK for cars, but I’m selling used blue jeans. Why on earth would I use video? What is there [...]
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Dec 15 2008
Sometimes good customer service means saying, “No.”
We’ve all had clients who demand services we don’t provide – or customers who want products we don’t carry.
The temptation to say, “Yes, I can do that,” “Yes, I can get that,” “Yes, whatever you want,” is strong.
Maybe you can contract out some of the work. Maybe you can [...]
Dec 14 2008
This is Part 5 in the How To Buy A New Computer Series
Part 1 Buying A New Computer
Part 2 Hard Drives and Memory
Part 3 How to Pick A CPU
Part 4 What Are L1 and L2 Cache and Bus Speed?
IT’S IN THE CARDS
As you decide what monitor you want, don’t forget the video [...]
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Dec 13 2008
This is Part 4 of the How To Buy A New PC series.
Part 1 Buying A New Computer
Part 2 Hard Drives and Memory
Part 3 How to Pick A CPU
WHAT’S UNDER THE HOOD?
There are still more PC parts that will make a real difference in how responsive your computer feels.
Luckily, since you are buying – not [...]
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Dec 12 2008
This is Part 3 of the Buying A New Computer Series. You can find the rest of the series at:
Buying A New Computer Part 1
How To Buy A New Computer Part 2: Hard Drives and Memory
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A COMPUTER PROCESSOR
The processor, also known as the CPU (for Central Processing Unit) is [...]
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Dec 11 2008
Oh boy! I just upgraded Information Sells to WordPress 2.7
So far so good.
THE UPGRADE
I’ve been upgrading my plug ins conscientiously, as new versions are released. Sadish announced that all his themes are WP 2.7 ready. So, although I’d planned to wait at least a few seconds before upgrading, I jumped right in.
I used the Automatic [...]
Dec 09 2008
This is the second post in the New Computer Series. Post # 1 – How To Buy A Computer – Can be found here.
If RAM is a computer’s short term memory, its hard drive is the long term memory.
Barring mechanical failure, once data is “written to disk,” it is safe until it is deliberately deleted. [...]
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