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Screencasting and MailChimp

In week seven, we were each given a program to learn about and we had to use screencast software to teach our fellow students about the program.  I chose to use Screen-Cast-O-Matic for my recording. The downloadable software was user friendly and had all of the features I needed. The video editor had to be used online because I didn't have a subscription for the offline version. This wasn't an issue for me.  Here is my presentation on MailChimp! The only thing I didn't like about this project was that it had to be under five minutes, and that didn't feel like enough to me. Here is the entirety of the information I found about MailChimp.  MailChimp is and all-in-one marketing platform for small businesses that was founded in 2001 by Dan Kurzuis and Ben Chestnut. Dan and Ben had a full-time business and started MailChimp on the side; it was nothing more than an email marketing service. By 2007, Dan and Ben realized that MailChimp was much more lucrative than their prima...