How to put video on your site
Put your website into motion by adding video to it!
In today's world, video has become one of the most important forms of content on the Internet because now most Internet users can now stream video (and the quality keeps getting better….
Here are some ways to put video onto your website…
1. An embeddable video from a 3rd party source. This is perhaps the easiest way to put video up on your website. There are hundreds of sources, including niche sites with videos for syndication. And many free video hosts like Youtube, Vimeo, Veoh, blip.tv, Revver, Tangle, Flickr, Facebook, etc.
2. Your own “live action” video. This is the most time consuming method – but don’t overlook its power just because you have to shoot it, transfer it, edit it, encode it, etc. While it can be expensive (ex. $4,000 HD camera, $1300 Final Cut Studio, $700 Adobe Flash, etc) it can also be done very cheaply. Try the Flip Video camera ($50 – $200)
Watch the demonstration video below.
See how video brings a site ALIVE!
Now, there are two ways to embed video on a site:
a) Upload it to a video site like Youtube, and then embed it on your website. Like the above video, this method is easy to do, but free video hosts have some downfalls such as looking less professional, displays ads (overlay on video, or at the beginning/end) and links to the video host.
b) Convert it to flash yourself, and then embed it on your website. For this method use the Free tool: FLV Producer Lite If you’re doing (or want to do) a fair bit of video streaming , we recommend upgrading to a dedicated server to host your video files. Personally, we use GVO – our hosting company. GVO gives unlimited bandwidth and a host of other goodies try them out today here at: GVO
3. Your own screen capture video. This is great for teaching and extremely effective for selling If you have the resources use Camtasia Studio from Techsmith (Approx. $300) Check out the Camtasia Tutorials Here Click Here For Jing, a cool free tool from Techsmith to make casual screen capture videos on the fly…
On a shoestring budget?
Then use a Free screen capture software called Cam Studio However, Here Is A Better Than The Free Version ( for only $29)
Action steps:
1. Think about how you can incorporate video into your online business. Ideas: Blog content, teaching series, intro video, video sales letter, explain checkout process, give your guarantee, explain email opt-in process, testimonials, squeeze page video, exit pop video, etc.
2. Add a video to your website!
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below.
