Add Recorded Teleconferences to Your Web Site
I’ve been wanting to add multi-media to my DIY Marketers site for months. But I hadn’t because I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the number of choices out there around teleconferences, webinars and all manner of multi-media ways to get your content out there.
I absolutely can’t stand to see or hear myself on video or any recorded device. And so to teach myself to “get over it” I’ve started putting a couple “flip” video book reviews on the site. It wasn’t as bad as I originally thought. It wasn’t as easy as I originally thought either.
The important thing was to actually do it.
If you’re in the same boat, try these easy ways to get started:
Free Conference: I’ve used Free Conference as a conference call planner, and now they also offer recording and transcription services for as little as $9.00 per month for unlimited recorded calls. I just used it for my interview with Adam Penenberg and the results are great! It was easy to use and I got the recording in a couple of hours. I also ordered a transcript and I’m looking forward to seeing how that turns out.
DimDim: This is a free webinar service that I’ve used several times. The latest upgrade also has a web cam feature so that you (the host) can be giving a presentation on camera and your audience can actually see you — as well as any screen shots. Another nice interactive feature that DimDim has is a white-board so that your entire virtual meeting can brainstorm and draw on the white board.
Kodak Zi6 HD Video Camera: I bought this camera a few months ago when Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, Mike Michalowicz asked me to do a “quick 25 second testimonial.” I ran out and got this little baby and in less than an hour, I had the video testimonial on its way. It’s terrifically easy to use, the quality of the videos is outstanding and my favorite part is that it has a slot for a removable SD card!
Don’t wait forever like I did, use these tools and spice up your web site with multi-media content.
Hi Ivana,
I was curious as to where on the site you recommned putting this content.
I know for our site the home page wouldn’t be our best bet but I figured I’d listen to what you had to say.
Thanks for your time.
Bob
Ivana-
Thanks for mentioning Dimdim as one of the options.
Bob-
With a Dimdim recording, you can grab the embed code (it’s on the lower right of your recording playback window) and paste it into almost any web page. Unless it’s something you really want to highlight above anything else, I recommend posting your recordings on a page where you can provide more information about it. This helps your visitor/customer understand why they’d want to watch the recording, and helps you by giving more text for search engines to understand what the page is about.
Thanks!
-k
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Hi Ivana,
Great information. I would also point out Free Conference Calling for conference recordings. Really easy to use, completely free and allows for podcast and posting to webpages. There’s some more information here along with a couple video tours I found helpful when getting started.
http://www.freeconferencecalling.com/conference-call.html