No one has to tell you about the importance of video and how implementing it can increase sales. Many of you already use video on Free IQ to "move the free line" or to sell various products and/or programs. But today we want to point out a new recording software package that may make it easier for you.

A company called Tasteful Graphics, Ltd., debuted a new screen capture video program today called ScreenShow Pro. It’s the type of program used to create many of the instructional videos and info products you see on Free IQ. ScreenShow Pro is the perfect tool for recording any on-screen activity to be played back at a later time as an online video.

ScreenShow Pro is being priced very aggressively at $37 - a great bargain.

Better than that, however, is the deal we’ve got to offer. Michael Ullman, President of Tasteful Graphics, Ltd., and an early beta user of Free IQ, has agreed to make ScreenShow Pro available to Free IQ users and affiliates at an exclusive price of just $29!

To learn more about this product and get your copy at this special price, go to: http://freeiq.com/screenshowpro

Plus, if you'd like to invite others to take advantage of this offer and receive affiliate rewards for those referrals, there is a 50% commission being payed out.

This is a limited-time $29 Free IQ exclusive. So don't wait. In two weeks, the price goes up to $37.

If you've wanted to begin creating info products, training applications, software demonstrations, etc., this is a great opportunity to get started right away.

To learn more about this product and get your copy at this special price, go to: http://freeiq.com/screenshowpro

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As we continue to grow, our variety of content becomes wider and wider. Remember, the sooner you get your content set up and begin establishing expert ranking in your niche the better chance you'll have of dominating with ReviewRank as Free IQ becomes the leading destination for content of value.

In the past two weeks we had video additions covering a wide range of topics:

1st and 2nd Generation iPod Battery Replacement (3:23), by ipodjuice

Watch as a member of the ipodjuice.com team installs an iPod battery in a 1st and 2nd Generation iPod using a battery replacement kit from ipodjuice.com

Check out the ipod battery replacement here

Basic Yoga For Golfers (57:14), by Richard Myers

Check out yoga for golf here

Choosing Cabinet Hardware (3:11), by Nathan Harrison

Check out the hardware here

A 3-part series on Forum Marketing (about 60:00 total), by Travis Sago

Check out part one of the forum talk here

How To Pack a Suitcase Butler Style (16:15), by Steven Ferry

Check out the butler lesson here

So, as you can see, nothing is too targetted for a Free IQ content offering. In fact, the more specifically you can demonstrate your expertise the better off you'll be.

What's your most favorite niche that you've discovered on Free IQ up to now?
That butler suitcase video is hard to beat, and darn useful even if you're not a butler.

What are your niches that will enable you to become an early leader on Free IQ?

Get uploading this weekend. The long tail will be monetized.

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As we wrap up the week we're excited to introduce a new aspect about Free IQ that will help both Affiliates and Content Providers.

One of the keys to Free IQ is the ability to promote other people's content and make money from the sales generated. With that in mind, today we introduce the initial beta version of the place you will go to select content for promotion: the Marketplace.

• Affiliates will now have a place to browse for content to promote and details about the products


• Content Providers will now have a place where their content can be found - to then be promoted

To find the Marketplace, go to your Account Manager.

The Marketplace tab is to the far right.

When you select the Marketplace tab you'll see a page that includes the following details:

• Thumbnail of the product


• Product Title and My Affiliate Link


• Price


• Affiliate Profit


• Number of Purchases per 10,000 views


• Total Income per 10,000 views


• Recurring Price


• Recurring Profit

In the Marketplace you will have everything you need to find content and create your unique affiliate links so that you can begin promoting product and making money from referrals. There will be several enhancements added in the near future, like search filters, but this beta version will get us in the game.



In addition to the Marketplace introduction, there are a couple of other noteworthy site improvements.

Search result display is improved - the number of rows displayed on each page is now customizable per user. There is a dropdown to the right of each of the "next" pagination links which allows for on-the-fly modification. This automatically alters the preferences of the user, so that the same display counts are used the next time as well.

Also, we've amped up the search speed, so there shouldn't be any query that takes more than a second, and most will be nearly instantaneous.

As always, your comments and feedback are welcome. Let us know how this beta version is improving, and especially if you have any comments about the Marketplace. We certainly are building this functionality for you, the Affiliate, so if there are any improvements you can suggest that you think will increase the amount of money you can make.... let us know!

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So, you may or may not know that Brad Fallon, the Head IQ, has many irons in the fire other than Free IQ , including wedding favor and baby sites as well as a coaching program called StomperNet.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution published a front page business article today that highlights the various successes Brad and his teams are experiencing: "StomperNet guru lures entrepreneur wannabes"

Free IQ is characterized as "a high-brow YouTube for sharing knowledge and ideas."

Check out the entire article and get a taste for what mainstream press is saying about us, and especially Brad's guiding vision of entrepreneurship.

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Recently, Brad and Shawn Casey got together to discuss the variety of opportunities Free IQ offers that can help you make more money online. We'll post the video as soon as it's available, but in the meantime we wanted to highlight a sample of the suggestions that may prove to be thought starters to increase your business.

As a reminder, the ideal online partner is someone that has:

• Deep subject matter expertise


• Content that people pay for - Consultant, Celebrity, etc


• Many relationships (a list)
  

These content providers can be a great resource to partner with in the content creation process or simply as a referral to Free IQ if they already have a product.

Do you realize what that means? Many people will have a market-ready piece of content produced, but there is a large percentage of experts in the world that have no physical product. What if you guaranteed one of them that you could increase their sales by ‘x’ if they partnered with you?

So, that's the first suggestion today: partner with an excellent content provider and agree on a revenue split, facilitate the product creation and uploading onto Free IQ, make them more money by increasing their exposure, and make a nice cut yourself.

The second reminder, which people often overlook, is that you can create sites to display Free IQ content. Practically, this means that you can publish information so your site gets credit for being the knowledge center on a given topic even though you may know nothing about it! And the content providers, the experts, won't mind because you are promoting them and their expertise.

Shawn actually talks about this in one of his Free IQ training sessions, Making Money With JV’s, Blogs, Minisites and More.

The final suggestion today challenges you to use video in ways you may not have considered before. The idea is that if you are doing any sort of product launch, or announcement of any kind, video needs to be a key component. It's proven that sales letters have a higher conversion rate when they contain video, and that video ads are more productive than static text and traditional banner ads. So, utilize the embed link within Free IQ and place your video wherever you are trying to convert a user to a customer, whether it be on your company site, email or a blog.

The marketing days without video are over.

Publish video wherever you are publishing marketing messages and watch your business grow.

A Summary of Free IQ Opportunities:

• Create info products with known experts.


• Refer experts with information products.


• Display other people’s expert content on your site.


• Include in Product launches, sales letters or any customer conversion attempt.

So, go start browsing for some content now.

What are you waiting for?

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