If you’re not using video marketing in your blogs or websites then prepare yourself for this one!

Creating videos for your website or blog is a great way to increase your traffic and conversions. More and more people are watching video online," said Joe Laszlo, an analyst at Jupiter Research." Plus there are so many websites that make creating videos now extremely easy.

Have you heard about Animoto? Have you seen the videos this software can produce? It’s amazing! You basically upload a few images and it creates the video for you.

For example, take a look at this Tucson Marketing website. They used Animoto to create their video for marketing in Tucson. The great part about creating videos with Animoto is if you don’t like the video, you can remix it. In just one simple click your video gets a complete make over! Did I mention Animoto is free?

Creating videos for your marketing and promotion needs has never been easier. Start using video and you’ll see amazing results.

Here’s my secret recipe for creating great marketing videos…

  • Create your video using a paint program or graphics editor.
  • For best results use 1024×768 for your pictures.
  • Create Curiosity, Interest, Desire, and give a Call to Action
  • Keep the video as short as possible and get to the point
  • Use watermarks or be sure to add your domain to the end of the video.

To get you started… here’s a list of the "top ten" video sharing sites:

  • MySpace TV
  • LiveLeak
  • Break
  • Dailymotion
  • Metacafe
  • YouTube
  • VideoSift
  • MegaVideo
  • Yahoo Video
  • Veoh

If your short on time, head over to TubeMogal and take advantage of their free service which will track your visitors and ton’s of other useful data. Plus, you can upload your videos to multiple sharing sites at the click of a button!

Here’s some helpful resources if you need a free image editor:

  • http://paint.net
  • http://aviary.com
  • http://pixlr.com
  • http://www.sumo.fi/web

Here’s a few places you can convert your videos to different formats:

  • http://media-convert.com
  • http://www.media-mobi.com

Just remember to take action because doing something produces much better results than doing nothing!

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