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The new Facebook embed video feature is a great timesaver for bloggers.
In the past, if you wanted to include a video on your blog, it required you to upload your video to YouTube to get an embed code.
Same thing if you wanted to include a video that was relevant to the content you were publishing.
It took time to go through the steps to upload the video to Facebook. And when it all comes down to it – time is money to online marketers.
Additionally, with the recent changes in the Facebook algorithm that now gives native videos on Facebook more promotion, this added feature is making it even easier for bloggers to include their videos on Facebook as well as their blogs.
See how easy this is:
This should save you some extra steps.
Make use of this now in your video marketing. Utilizing Facebook’s new algorithm and now this new video embed feature is one of the most impactful actions you can use right now in your business.
As always, be sure your videos provide value and service to your audience.
Be sure to keep them short and always remember to grab your viewers’ attention in the first few seconds of recording the video.
Would love to hear how this Facebook video embed feature is going to help you in your marketing!
There are endless video apps for your phone to help you with creating great videos.
Yes, endless apps with all kinds of cool features for adding more snap or fun to your videos.
I’m the kind of person who likes to keep things simple and these two apps were solutions for what I needed: a way to create a quick video using the photos from our travels and a way to flip the camera from me to the scenery while I was filming.
Majisto
The best feature of Majisto is the automated video creation.
Majisto is a free app for phone but is also available for your desktop. It’s a done-for-you video creation tool.
Majisto’s automated video editing turns your photos and videos into a movie collage. You just choose the pics and video clips you want to use and the tool puts them all together in a video for you.
Majisto’s algorithms take a virtual look at all of the video and photographs you upload for your movie and breaks down analysis on three levels – visual analysis, audio analysis and storytelling.
It utilizes what they call emotion guided editing techniques to edit your Movie together.
You can choose from a variety of themes and music to create a unique personal video.
Here’s the very first “test” Majisto video I created using pics from our roadtrip early last year.
MoviePro
The best feature of the Movie Pro app is that you can switch the camera during filming.
You will find that sometimes while you are talking into the camera, maybe as you’re taking a walk, you want to show your viewers what you’re seeing.
It’s kind of clumsy to maneuver your camera around during filming a video … your hands get in the way of the lens, you give your viewers a topsy turvy spin while you flip the phone around … and sometimes you fumble around and drop the phone. YIKES!
This app solves that dilemma by allowing you a quick tap on the screen to switch the view. Easy – breezy!
This video was shot using MoviePro and illustrates how I was able to flip the camera from me to a peek under the hood of our truck.
There are a ton more features on the MoviePro app like being able to zoom, take stills, adjust volume while filming. It also has editing capabilities. But as I said, it was the camera flipping feature that I needed.
I realize there are more video apps that I could be using.
For me, it’s the learning curve for this ol’ hippie chick that keeps me going back to the familiar. My kids and grandkids master these apps in micro seconds (and roll their eyes at me when I say “you can do that on your phone?”)
This recent article gives a list of the top video IPhone video apps for 2014 and I must admit, it’s tempting to download a few more to my phone.
Here’s the dilemma. I know how easy it is to get distracted with the fun of creating. My graphic design passion can pull me into a vortex of creation where time evaporates while I play and design and create visual delights.
But, in the end, you are not making videos to be considered for an Academy Award. You are making videos to get a message out to your followers and prospects and that’s it.
It’s not the coolness that sells, it’s your content, your message. Bells and whistles can be distracting, so be careful of this.
Bottom line is this: keep it simple so that you can efficiently and effectively get your message out.
Just curious, do you have a favorite video app that you use?
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For those who are camera shy, this will show you how to turn a powerpoint into a video.
In this video, I am using Powerpoint 2007 and Windows Movie Maker 12. Powerpoint comes with Microsoft Office, so there is a cost to it. But Movie Maker 12 is free.
In this video, I took a recent Facebook post and turned it into a video by adding the text and more pictures to the powerpoint.
You can do this with blog posts or any kind of step by step training you wish to share.
NOTE: I know I’ve said your videos should be brief, but training videos are different … they require a little more time to explain how to do something. Just be sure you have a mix … lots of short videos with longer training videos added in.
Let me show you how fun and easy it is to turn a powerpoint into a video:
Here’s the finished powerpoint in video form:
Tomorrow, I will be sharing the free screen capture video tool that I used to make this training video!
