Meylah Article: How to Use Screencasting To Promote Your Business

Originally posted on Meylah by Justine Smith / Jul 14.10

Even if you draw a blank when you hear the term "screencast", you may have watched and learned from one in your online travels.
Many bloggers and webmasters use screencasts – which are recordings of what happens on a computer screen, often accompanied by voice or text explanation – to illustrate tutorials or other useful resources that will be of interest to their audience.

The second image above on this post comes from a screencast by Dianne Gilleland at CraftyPod, which explains how crafty types can maximize their use of Google Reader. You can use screencasting in many ways: to create demonstrations that will help your audience, presentations using Powerpoint, or to help watchers navigate a website, product or software program.