Hey Everyone

I hope you all are having a wonderful day, today’s post is a continuation of creating and using videos, and is a mixture of both text and video, so I hope you enjoy it.

So in module 6 – video mania part 2, Sally introduced and explained to us what slide-show presentation videos were and basically to put bluntly slide-show videos are a series of slides displayed in sequence. Now on these slides,it can features anything from:

  • Text,
  • Images,
  • Photographs,
  • With or without animations

Next Sally explained to us and demonstrated to us as to why do we want to use slide-show videos?

Well the key advantages are that:

  • Slide-show videos are easy to create once you master them
  • Slide-show videos help you explains your ideas easily
  • People love them and perceive videos to be of greater value
  • People can then also share them with others thus making it go “viral”
  • Most marketers and online business doing promotions use them
  • They help put you ahead of your competition

From that point on after hearing how advantageous slide-show presentation videos are to our online business, we were next shown examples from a collection of Sally’s fantastic slide -show presentation videos that she had created herself before and were show to a vast array of slide-show presentation resources that would be very useful in the near future.

Now before we even get to that stage, we needed to learn how to create them, for those who are unfamiliar with creating a slide-show video, then it’s very easy and very cost effective as well. To start off….

  • You need some sort of slide-show creation software such as Powerpoint or Impress
  • You need to have a idea or something that you wish to discuss of share
  • Then simply open up the software to create, be that Powerpoint or Impress
  • You can add texts, images, photographs an even animations.
  • If you are doing voice-overs – then you will need a microphone

 

So what’s next, well after creating the slide-show, you need to create the video, so some type of video capture software such as:

  • Camtasia
  • Camstudio
  • or some other video screen capture software

would be most advisable, and then open you recording software, load your presentation in slide show mode and present with your voice over and that’s it.

The next stage after creating the video, you will need to post-process in a readable format so that it may be published across the internet, ideally you want it in MP4 format and HD where possible. Uploading the video couldn’t be simpler and if you wish to make the most out of using video, then you must up-load to Youtube and anywehre else possible be that your blog site, or using video distributions sites such as TubeMogul.

Now before you go dashing off to create your videos, there are some very “Key Important Points” to Remember when creating a slide-show video:

First you need to plan your slide-show videos, and that means

  • a start,
  • a middle
  • and an ending.

 

For the start part,

  • You need to have a an Intro
  • Tell them who you are,
  • What your viewer will gain from watching your video

 

For the middle part:

  • You need to deliver content
  • Be honest so provide facts that tell but also build in stories that will help sell
  • Provide value, be that making someone laugh, put a smile on their face, cheer them up, advice, helps tips, useful links to resources etc…

 

 For the ending, you need to make sure you have a call to action ….. such as:

  • Subscribe to channel,
  • Share your videos with friends,
  • Tell them to visit your website,
  • Ask them to leave comments and feedbacks etc……

 

Remember:

  • Try to keep you presentation slides simple and effective i.e. one point per slide
  • Try to limit the amount of colours used
  • Keep one type of animation transition throughout the slide-show for consistency
  • Put or show your URL throughout the video

And finally, if you have been scared to appear on video or create videos, then you really need to step of your comfort zone and

“BE BRAVE”

 and most importantly …

Take Action!!!!

There is no point daydreaming about creating videos and then not even putting the effort in and certainly don’t worry if isn’t exactly 100% spot on perfect, just keep making them, keep experimenting, apparently according to Sally, this will help show your growth and people will love to see you going from video newbie to video master.

And so that is all for this week – well…. not really as below is a video of me showing you how I created a slide-show presentation using openoffice impress. I recorded it with camtasia and it lasts about 25 minutes, but don’t worry, I’ve speedED up the clip, so it’s about 3 minutes with some electro music as well in the background to make it more interesting. Hope you all enjoy it and let me know what you think – will perhap create a voice over longer version in future if you guys and gals would like one.

As always I enjoy a good conversation so any comments or feedbacks are greatly appreciated and more than welcome.

Catch up with you all soon and take care

Nigel

PS: I have enclosed a PDF resource full of great places where you can get a lot of free music to make your presentations dance off the shelf!!!! You can download it from here

 

Have fun!!!!

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