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How To Create Your Own Newsletter in Less Than An Hour

By Katerina Gasset

Real Estate Agent with The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services 13253167-SA00

March 05, 2011 05:40 PM

How to create your own newsletter in less than an hour.

After I wrote the post about creating your own newsletters and podcasts people requested that I post a tutorial on how I create the newsletter and podcast on our Macs.

This video tutorial is on how to create your newsletter in about an hour using Mac applications. The next tutorial will be on how to make a podcast.

If you don't own a Mac and you watch this tutorial I will warn you this may just be what gets you to go to your nearest Apple store and get yourself a Mac. I have no idea how I ever was NOT a Mac Fan! The Apple products are so intuitive and are light years ahead of the PC world.

I forgot to minimize my recording console but I am NOT going through to do the tutorial again so please bear with it being right there.

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Adam Kutchuk Murrieta

Realty Works - Murrieta, CA

Short Sale Specialist Rated 5 Stars

Great idea and thank you for sharing!!

Mar 06, 2011 03:09 PM

Don Hintz

2D-enterprises / HAUS Design, LLC - Anderson, IN

Katherina,

Back in the early days of "desktop" publishing Mac's were it. And IMO today, they still are. There used to be that gap of applications and things not working on a Mac the way they would on a PC, but now you can run Windows on a Mac, and Windows runs better on my Mac, than on most of my PC's.

My experience has brought me that I use both platforms, depending on what I'm doing. There are things I like on a PC better than a Mac and vice versa.

Mar 06, 2011 03:47 PM

Tammie White, Broker

Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN

Franklin TN Homes for Sale

This is a great tutorial. Keep them coming.

Mar 06, 2011 04:00 PM

Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE FARMER" Folayan

Samson Properties - Bowie, MD

I don't make promises.I deliver results.SOLD HOMES

I might be making the switch to a MAC myself too Coach "K". Thanks for sharing. Great post.

Mar 06, 2011 04:00 PM

Sarasota & Manatee Counties FL

SaraMana Properties - QuickFreeMLS.com - Bradenton, FL

QuickFreeMLS.com - Listings In Paradise

Good Blog post/video tutorial! Thank you for sharing it with us!

Mar 06, 2011 04:43 PM

Allen Henderson

Henderson Real Estate - Scottsdale, AZ

www.scottsdaleisms.com

Great Post! I just purchased an i7, IMac 27 and an i5, 17 Mac Book Pro. The dynamic duo!!!!! Can't believe how fast my videos process. Would never go back!!!!

Mar 06, 2011 05:10 PM

Evelyn Kennedy

Alain Pinel Realtors - Alameda, CA

Alameda, Real Estate, Alameda, CA

Katrina:

Watching your video makes me want to get a Mac. But so many application we use are set up for PCs. You always do a great job with your"How To" videos. Thanks.

Mar 06, 2011 05:15 PM

Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Katerina, the Mac sure makes a very professional looking newsletter. I like the double sided print feature. Thanks.

Mar 07, 2011 01:50 AM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

ALLEN!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!! We have in our office, 2 huge iMac 27s- AREN"T THOSE THE DADDY OF all computers!!! I am SOO productive on the 27" screens, when I multi task or do research projects, make comments or write posts, the 27" allows for such incredible optimization of my time. I have iPhoto open on one side, my twitter stream down the left side, safari open and firefox open, then work through all of them. It saves a ton of time. That alone was worth buying these two iMac 27"screens.

Nestor and then each have the iMac Book pros- both 17" which I LOVE!!!! Then we have an iPad which I am very jealous because Nestor gets the new version and I have the old one:( But he has the iphone 3 and I have the iphone 4.

You are SOOO right, once to go to MAC YOU NEVER GO BACK!!!!

What a great commercial! I would be rich if they had affiliates!!!! Katerina

Mar 07, 2011 02:54 AM

DeeDee Riley

Lyon Real Estate - El Dorado Hills CA - El Dorado Hills, CA

Realtor - El Dorado Hills & the Surrounding Areas

Thanks Katerina for all the info. We are a PC family and have always been one. When my daughter was going to college and we were deciding on a computer for her in the on campus store, we were told the mac is better on the artsy side - (hense the video's) but the pc was better on the business side. I was able to find a all kinds of newsletter templates on Word 7 that I'll have to play around with more. Thanks again though for the inspiration. Right now I send out an electronic version that is very simple more like an email with news.

Mar 07, 2011 04:13 AM

Jeff Link

Asheville, NC

"Your Asheville Real Estate Link"

Katrina, You really need to look into Screenflow for screen cast's. Reason one it will record the whole screen. Reason two it will hide all icons on the screen. Reason three callout's so you can make more visible what you are showing.

Reason four you can isolate any part of the capture so you're screen saver is not distracting from the video.

Here is a video I did and the first call out is 32 seconds in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-liApLaybGA

Mar 07, 2011 07:40 AM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Jeff- iShowu does hide the console etc but this is the first time and only the second video I made like this. I forgot to minimize the console. I forgot to do a lot. I was in a hurry to get the content out there before my deadline of Sunday night, :) for my 10 posts for the week. It is a learning curve for me. Just like my podcasts are:)

I will check out Screenflow in the Apple store online. Thanks for the tip. Katerina

Mar 07, 2011 08:09 AM

Diane & Doug Briggs

Re/Max Gold, DRE #10410348/#01346951 - Elk Grove, CA

Sacramento & Elk Grove Top Listing Agents

Katerina, you always have good tips to share. I think I'll have to check out the Apple line of computers next time I'm looking to purchase new equipment. Thanks for sharing!

Mar 07, 2011 08:20 AM

Nellie Lytvinenko

Homes by Nellie-Working with Buyers & Sellers - Raleigh, NC

919-210-9992, Raleigh - Cary NC Real Estate

Thanks so much for this info. I'm a new Mac user and not been to the apple store yet for training! But I'm heading there soon. Been away from AR actively for a while and realizing how MUCH I miss your informative posts.

Mar 07, 2011 01:00 PM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Nellie- get to the Apple store! You will learn so much and there are not a happier bunch of people who love to help! I am amazed at the customer service!

Mar 07, 2011 01:08 PM

eRealty Houston Real Estate

Buy, or Sell Homes in Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi, TX

Brokerage

I like apple but they are so expensive.

Mar 07, 2011 01:16 PM

Howard Wilson

Wilson Than Real Estate - Santa Monica, CA

Pages is an incredible program, and your demonstration really showed off its ease of use. Thanks for sharing your video. GREAT presentation, Katerina!

Mar 07, 2011 04:57 PM

Dagny Eason

Dagny's Real Estate - Wilton, CT

Fairfield County CT, CDPE Homes For Sale and Condo

I NEED a Mac! That's obvious!

Mar 29, 2011 11:30 PM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

ehomes- So expensive? No, not at all when you do the actual math.

My brother has had his Apple computer since the 90's and it still runs in tip top shape. His only expense is updating the operating system which is so minimal compared to a pc. So when we had PCs we had to get new ones about every 2 years. We just gave away 7 of our old PCs sitting in our attic. That is a lot of wasted money.

Next, with MAC - everything comes with it. You know how now when you get a windows system, you have to buy the windows license? Do you know how much those are now? I AM WINDOWS FREE!!! The software that I bought to do ALL our excel type programs, word type programs, professional better than power point, etc, ALL together for a multi user license was $99. I could not believe it the first time I bought a mac, I asked, what do I have to buy extra so it is ready for working in our office, they said, iworks for 99 bucks. WOW! All the movie maker, the iphoto all of the other things come with it.

Add those up and you save money. Next, the time you save is = to money, actually more- because you can always make more money but you can not make more time. The time savings alone and the savings of doing a lot of this ourselves, has saved SO Much money!

Hey, they don't even pay me to be their fan!

Mar 30, 2011 02:18 AM

Katerina Gasset

The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT

Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Dagny- Yes you do!!!

Howard- Thank you!

Mar 30, 2011 02:18 AM