Part Two: Creating your Videos







So if you haven't been up to date on the posts, I'm posting a guide to boosting referrals through the power of online video. Check out Part one: Getting Started to be filled in...

Creating your Video:
If you're a complete newbie when it comes to making videos, don't worry. With simple software like windows movie maker of iMovie you can make perfect promotion videos.
Here are a few tips to follow:

• Be Brief: No promotion video should run over five minutes. I strongly recommend that if you're only using pictures and titles to keep it under 2 or 3 minutes
• Don't Be Boring: Please, Please do not do a screen cap of you typing to your reader/viewer. Anyone watching the video will leave straight away...
• Keep It minimalistic: A photo or a title in your video should rarely run over 5 seconds long. Keep it quick, simple and energetic. This is on-line video staring a boring image for more than 5 seconds will drive your viewers round the bend.
• Be Audible: If you are talking directly to the camera or as part of a screen cast make sure you can be heard. If no one can hear you they'll grow impatient and leave.
• Use Music: Try and add music to you video. If you're not talking music is a must. If you are talking try and reduce the music volume so we can hear what you're saying.
  

Tutorials;
So if you think you can handle windows movie maker go ahead and start palying around. However, if you need some help; youtube has it! Just simply type in "imovie tutorials or Windows Movie Maker tutorials" You won't really need to do this but just in case, they are always there.

Saving videos from WMM for youtube.
Once you are happy with you're video you're going to need to save it for upload. To do this go to file-Save Movie File. Select the file destination and then let it do its thing.
















Fig 1.0: Saving a widows Movie Maker Project

Direct Cam Upload.
If you are good at speaking to camera and have the confidence to do so, the youtube quick upload option is amazing. However, it is very basic. You cannot add titles or music. So if you want to add a bit of quality to your video I reccomend using the Windows movie maker capture feature, then adding music and titles to you're video.

To do this you need to go to the "Capture Video From Device" link on the top left of the window
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Fig 1.2: Use "Capture From Video device" to record straight off your Webcam.

Once this is done you will some video of your self that you can edit, add music or images to.

Mac Users:
These things are a lot easier to do on a mac. They even have a direct upload to youtube option which is very easy to use! I'm not going to show you how because it is very easy on a mac as you mac users know!

Golden Rule:
Remember your audience. This is online video, viewers are impatient. Keep your videos brief, to the point and energetic!

In part Three We'll be looking at multi-upload, a technique that can help you upload your promo videos to 13 sites with one click..FOR FREE! Stick around.....

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PTC GURU......