The first step in making a how-to video is planning. This part is very easy if you already know what your tutorial is going to be about. Simply write down the steps that people need to take, because this will help you spell things out more clearly for those who will eventually view your video.

After you’ve written down these steps, you need to get the technology in order. If you are filming yourself you have to make sure you have a video camcorder. If you’re filming something on your computer screen you need to make sure you have a good video capture software. A popular selection for Windows is Camtasia software. Mac users do very well with “I Show U”.

Now, before you actually start filming yourself, you’re going to need to practice your tutorial. It’s even better if you can practice in front of someone you trust to be honest with you. Sometimes we think we are being very clear, when in fact what we were saying is not getting across all! After you are sure that your steps are clear, you can begin filming (this is the fun part!).

As you’re making your how-to video, make sure you are enunciating clearly and not missing any steps at all. That’s why it’s so helpful to make sure you have a written document right in front of you to follow. Remember — your how-to video is being created for people who have no idea how to do what you’re teaching.

Your final step is to watch your video and follow it exactly. Don’t rely on what you know in your head, you need to follow what is in the video. This will ensure that your viewers are able to follow the process as well. If you can follow it step-by-step, you will have succeeded in learning how to make a how-to video that your viewers will get a ton of value from.

A good example of this process in action is our free Video Marketing Training Series.

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You will see an example of this method in the completed video below.

Now let’s put all of this together.

Step 5: Upload your images.

Once you have signed up and signed in, click the “Get Started” button. You will be taken to a page where you can upload your images. If they are stored on your computer as suggested in Part 1, just navigate to that folder, hold down your shift key and select all of the images to be uploaded. I have uploaded 21 images for my example video.

If you have already added text to your images you can proceed to step 7.

Step 6: At this point, you can use Animoto’s text feature to add text between your images. Just click on the “add text” button at the bottom of the screen, drag the “T” where you want the text to go and fill in your text to the right of the images. You can add as much text as you want.

When you are finished adding your text, click “Continue”.

Step 7: Add a soundtrack. You can select a soundtrack from Animoto or upload one of your own. I generally prefer a soundtrack that is instrumental only, but choose what ever you like that fits your marketing message. You can hear a sample of each soundtrack and go back and edit it at any time.

Step 8: Finally, add a title and description to your video and hit “Create”. This will take a few minutes to render depending on how many images you uploaded and how much text you added.

Here is a video I created using Animoto’s text feature.

If you don’t like how the first project turned out or you just want to see a different version you can remix it. You can change the order of the images and text or change the soundtrack until you get a version you like.

What will you do with this video now?

You can upload it directly to YouTube from Animoto. This is a convenient feature and really helps you get up and running fast. I also recommend that you download your video so that you can upload it to other video sharing sites.

If you want to get a great looking marketing video online fast and easy Animoto is the way to go.

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1. Upload your images
2. Add some text descriptions
3. Select your music track
4. Create your video

I’m going to walk you through the process in a little more detail so that your videos really represent what you want them to. You will see a completed video at the end of this article.

First you need to gather some images. This will be the “hardest” part.

Step 1: Gather some images that apply to your niche. For example, if I was promoting a dog training product or website I would gather images of dogs sitting, rolling over, happy people with happy dogs, etc. I may even include an image of the website logo or ecover of the product.

If you don’t already have these images on your computer then do a search on free image sharing sites like Flickr for royalty free images you can use. Clipart images work well for this purpose too. If you have a hard time finding enough good images for your video then you may have to resort to purchasing professional images from places like iStock Photo. It may cost you a few bucks but the images you can find there are outstanding.

Be sure you save all images in .jpg or .gif format.

Note: Animoto has three account options — Free, All-Access-Pass and Business. If you want to just try things out first then go for the free option. You can make an unlimited number of 30 second videos. If you like the service and plan on making a lot of videos then, by all means, go for the All-Access-Pass. Then you can make an unlimited number of videos of any length you want. The Business version isn’t necessary to do what we want to do here. Click the image below to sign up and get a $5 discount.

With the free version you will need 12 – 20 images. With the paid version you can have as many as you want, but I usually stick with 30 – 40. The final length of the video will depend on how much text you decide to add and how many images you use.

Step 2: Organize your images in the order in which you want them to appear. I find that creating a new folder on my desktop and saving the images with a number (01.jpg, 02.jpg, 03.jpg) in that folder helps me organize them easier.

Step 3: Write a script for your video. Use the copywriting principle of AIDA to come up with a few sentences that will draw your viewer in and get them to click on your link to the website or product you are promoting. You want to grab their Attention, Keep their Interest, Build the Desire for them to visit your site then give them an Action to take by visiting. Here is an example:

“Does your dog have trouble behaving?” “Put an end to the stress and embarrasement of your dog’s behavior problems!” “. . . And slash you dog obedience training time in half. . . ” “by using techniques that give you immediate results!” “Go to TrainYourDogWell.com for my secret dog training tips.”

If your video will be longer than 30 seconds then you will need a longer script than that, but you get the idea. You can even use a few sentences or bullet points from the sales page of the product to get you going.

Step 4: Add text to your images. You have two option for adding text to your video in Animoto. First, you can add text directly to your images using any graphics program you have access to. Windows users should have Paint installed on their computer. Or you can download a free graphics editing program like Paint.net or Gimp. With these programs you just need to open each image that you want to add text to and type. You can format the text in any way that looks appealing to you, just don’t use a font that is hard to read. Make the text centered on the image and use a font size of 16 to 20 so the text shows up well in the final product.

Here is an example video I found using this method.

Go to Part 2

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Here are the links to the complete Video Marketing Training Series:

Video Marketing Part 1 — Introduction: Why Is Video Marketing So Important?

Video Marketing Part 2 — How Video Marketing Works

Video Marketing Part 3 — Components of a Great Video

Video Marketing Part 4 — Creating Your Videos Overview

Video Marketing Part 5 — Creating A Script For Your Slide Show

Video Marketing Part 6 — Making A Slide Show With Windows Paint

Video Marketing Part 7 — Creating Your Video With Windows Movie Maker

Video Marketing Part 8 — Creating A Slide Show With Microsoft Power Point

Video Marketing Part 9 — Creating Your Video With Camtasia

Video Marketing Part 10 — Choosing The Right Keywords To Market Your Video

Video Marketing Part 11 — Overview Of The Best Video Marketing Websites

Video Marketing Part 12 — Video Submission Guide

Video Marketing Part 13 — Services To Automate Video Submissions

Video Marketing Part 14 — Video Marketing Secrets Conclusion

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Let’s go through the process of submitting a video. I am going to pick YouTube since it is currently the most popular video site.

The first thing you need to do is create a user account at YouTube. Don’t worry, its free. I would suggest creating a separate email that you use just for your video submissions. This will help keeping track of things a lot easier. A Gmail account is ideal for something like this.

You can signup for a YouTube account here.

Once your account has been activated, just log in and click on the “upload” button to start the submission process. You can also go directly to this url:

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload

The first thing you need to do is come up with a title. This is really important so make sure you give it some thought. You want to make sure that your title is interesting (so people click on it to watch the video) and also reflects the keywords that you are optimizing for.

Next you need to put in a description of the video. It is important to start each description with the URL you are promoting. Many viewers will not click the “more” link to view you entire description so placing you URL at the very beginning will ensure that it is visible to all viewers and encourage some click-throughs. Make it look like this: http://makeavideo.net

Please note how the http:// is at the beginning so it makes the link clickable. It is absolutely vital that you do this, because this is how you get that all important back link to your site (plus
hopefully some visitors will click on it as well). Fill out the rest of the description by describing what the video is about, and try to make it as interesting as possible.

Next you will choose whatever category is most appropriate for the topic of your video. If you are submitting multiple videos for the same site, you may want to pick a different category for each video, to vary where your links are coming from. If your videos are a series similar to this one, then you may want to stick with the same category.

The last option to fill out are the tags. This is where you will put the keywords that the video is optimized for, along with a few other relevant keywords.

You can leave everything else on default settings and then hit “upload a video”. Find the video file on your computer. It may take a few minutes depending on the size of your video. Now your video will be live on YouTube and you’re done!

Watch this video to see the whole process in action:

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Overview Of The Best Video Marketing Websites

Now that you have a completed video, it is time to start submitting it to the top video websites. Similar to article marketing directories, there are tons of video sites that will take your video. I don’t recommend submitting it to every single site you can find. Try to focus only on the most popular directories, as this will give you the best return for your time.

Here is a list of the directories to start with:

· YouTube
· Google Video
· Yahoo Video
· Viddler
· Sclipo
· Sumo
· Dailymotion
· Blip
· Metacafe
· Facebook
· Vimeo
· Revver
· Veoh
· Vsocial
· Photobucket
· Putfile
· Bofunk
· HotShare
· Bolt
· LiveVideo
· FlickLife

You might be wondering how in the world you will have time to submit to so many sites?  Shortly, I will be sharing a few video submission services that can take care of this for you.  If you are doing this by hand, I would suggest sticking with the biggest, which would include YouTube, Google Video, and Dailymotion.

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If you aren’t doing proper keyword research before you submit your videos, you are taking a stab in the dark at your video becoming popular. Just writing on your niche isn’t enough, you need to be spending time researching and discovering the best keywords to target.

The basic premise of keyword research involves finding keywords that have:

1. A reasonable amount of searches per day/month

2. A reasonably low amount of competition on the internet for that specific phrase.

There are a many free online keyword tools you can use. Google’s Keyword tool is one of the best:

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

You basically want to avoid these two problems:

1. Keywords with too much competition (you would not be able to rank high enough)

2. Keywords with too little search volume (you may rank high, but still get very little traffic)

The keyword tool will help you find keywords in that “sweet spot”, where they are receiving a fair amount of hits per day, and there is little competition. Just how much competition should you aim for?

Watch this video to find out:

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Now, let’s take a look at different methods for creating your own videos:

1. Free Method: This involves using two programs that you should already have on your computer, Windows Paint and Windows Movie Maker. This isn’t the fastest way, but it’s free!

2. Paid Method: This is how I personally make my videos and I suspect that most people do it this way. It involves using Microsoft Power Point and a video screen capture tool called Camtasia.

The first method will give you the option of being able to produce a quality videos for free, but the second method is the most optimal way to make quality videos fast.

If you are just starting out, try the free method first. Once you start to see the benefits of video marketing, you may want to “graduate” to the paid method.

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Before you start cranking out videos, you need to consider what goes into a great video.

The main goal of this video series is to make sure that people find your video to be “worth watching”. Our second goal is to ensure that after they view the video, they will want to learn more about the topic and will click the link to your website (and hopefully buy something!)

In this video you will learn that not all videos need to be “spectacular” to be effective. The videos that you want to go viral you will need to spend more time on. The videos that you are using purely for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes don’t have to be award winning.

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Welcome to MakeAVideo.net where you will learn how to make a video online and the importance of video marketing. You can easily create videos that will bring  loads of traffic to your sites and generate backlinks to improve your search engine rankings.

Video marketing is becoming more and more important each and every day.  If you are not using this form of advertising and promotion as a way to get the word out about your websites, you are really missing out!

Here are just a few of the many reasons why video marketing is so important:

1. Over half of the traffic on the internet is now video.

2.  Video marketing gives you access to tons of valuable backlinks to your site.

3.  A “viral” video can be unstoppable once in motion.

4.  Many internet marketers are not doing it yet, which leaves a lot of room for success.

5.  It is pretty easy to do with the tools and resources you will find on this site.

How Video Marketing Works

In order to be a successful video marketer you need to know the basic principles of video marketing, and how it works.

They can be summarized in three important steps:

1.  Make a Video:

Before you can distribute a video, you need to have one.  Don’t worry, this really is not that hard to accomplish!  This website will show you how to make a video using software you already have.  You can even make a video without  a video camera or even a microphone.

2.  Submit Your Video to Multiple Video Websites:

You can make a video for YouTube or any number of other video sharing sites. This site will show you the best places to submit your videos for maximum exposure.  We will also cover how to optimize your video submissions, and automate this process if you wish.

3.  Receive Backlinks and Traffic as Your Video is Distributed Around the Net:

This last step is automatic.  Once you have your videos distributed,  just sit back and reap the benefits

To learn more about how to make a video and how video marketing works, be sure to check out each category of this site for valuable information and tools to maximize your efforts.

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