You Will Not Believe That This is FREE!

Before we start, I want you to watch a video. It’s less than 1 minute. It’s a video that’s going to try to sell you QuickBooks Training. Don’t be thrown off by that. Just watch it. Then we’ll talk. Here it is:

As many of you may know, my “real” job is at an accounting school. I’m a full time web developer. That video you just watched is one that I made. It may not be the most amazing thing in the world, but it’s a relatively professional looking video, and here’s the kicker. It only took me about 30 minutes. I used a software called Animoto. It’s the simplest software to use. It comes with templates, music tracks, video and image libraries. It’s so simple.

There’s a free version and paid versions. I believe the free version puts their logo on the video. Plus you get less templates, images, music, etc. However, you can use your own images, video clips, and music. My go to source for free royalty free music is Incompetech by Kevin MacLeod.

So what’s the point? Simple, grab a handful of pictures of yourself from your shows, a video clip or two from a show and some free music from Kevin MacLeod. Then dump it all into Animoto, and like magic, you have a killer promo video that you can upload to YouTube, embed in your site, etc.

Here’s a sample of one I created for a client. It’s not in English, but you’ll get the idea:

Again, this only took me maybe an hour of total work and that’s only because we had to go back and forth to collaborate and translate the language and change up the themes a time or two.

Here’s one that took me about 30 minutes. I used it for a promo on my Tarot book:

This is a simple way to promote yourself. I happen to have the full paid version, so I’ve offered to make videos for other people. If you’re interested in that, check out my Fiverr page.

The reason for showing you all three videos above is to simply show you the variety of the videos that can be made with Animoto. Further, they’ve got some new features that they just released that make this even more amazing. The bottom line is this. For free (or just a few bucks if you have me do it), you can have a killer promo video that will up your marketability several fold.

Until Next Month . . .