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People often ask me,

“What online tools do you find to be the most beneficial to your business?”

With so many great technology tools available these days, it’s hard to sort through them all. But one of my most obvious choices would be Jing.

Jing by TechSmith is a fast, easy, and fun way to capture images and create videos of what you see on your computer screen, allowing you to add visual elements to your online conversations.

Founded in 1987 by President William Hamilton, TechSmith provides seven products in more than 30 countries that do anything from take screen captures, to screen recording, and managing consumer content.

Since the advent of Web 2.0, a wealth of helpful tools have emerged to help make the sharing of information online more effective and efficient.

Jing enables you to easily capture, edit, save, and distribute specific portions of information displayed on your computer screen.

Jing makes it easy to insert arrows, add text boxes, or highlight or frame text….

Jing also allows you the ability to create a video of your screen capture and add an audio element as well (referred to as a ‘Screencast) with up to 5 minutes recording time maximum:

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Your screen captures and video/audio captures (screencasts) can be easily distributed to several of the most popular social networking sites.

You can easily download the FREE version of Jing for both Windows and Mac by going to the Techsmith website:

http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/

Once you’ve downloaded the program, the small yellow Jing orb will be superimposed at the top center of your screen, allowing for quick, easy access to the Jing tools.

For more information and helpful tips on how to best use Jing, follow their blog:

http://blog.jingproject.com/

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Rich Jacobson is a licensed real estate broker providing Knowledgeable Empowerment and Relentless Representation for his clients of residential properties and vacant land throughout all of Kitsap County WA and portions of Pierce, Mason, and Jefferson Counties. You can also find him at KitsapLife.com, ActiveRain, Everyday CK, HomesByHarbors, and Crabbing in the Hood, or e-mail:  kitsapagent@gmail.com

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Have you jumped on the Twitter bandwagon yet? It’s one of the more popular social networks populating the Internet these days.

I have to confess, when it first came out, I wasn’t all that motivated to check it out. I mean, seriously, what value is there in letting people know that I’m going to the bathroom, what I ate for lunch, or what movie I’m going watch this weekend? All I could think was that people really need to get a life!

Well, Twitter IS life. It allows us to quickly connect within our sphere of fellow Twits by offering up short snippets (limited to 140 characters) into our lives. Conversations on Twitter can also be sent directly to your mobile device.

As a local real estate professional who is fully immersed in today’s social media technology, Twitter offers yet one more viable platform for promoting my business, and expanding my sphere of influence.

In order to relate and interact in our Net Savvy culture, you have to go where the conversations are.

So Ride the Wave of Social Networking, and join Twitter today! It’s fun and it’s FREE!

• Follow SoundBiteBlog on Twitter @soundbiteblog
• Follow Sparky on Twitter @ActiveRich
• Follow Buckwheat on Twitter @frog_blogger

Added by Mark …

Just like Rich, I wondered what the fascination with Twitter was at first. My original question? How can I say anything meaningful in 140 characters? Well, ask yourself this. Have you ever been involved in a series of emails back and forth to a friend when the emails consisted of one or two lines of text?

That’s the niche Twitter fills so well. It’s much quicker to post a short Twitter update than it is to write an email in response to a friend. And, other friends can jump in with their comments as well if they are following you. It’s kind of fun and it’s more efficient than the way I used to do things. I think of it as online text messages.

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