Adding video to your website. (on the cheap)
Video is one of the coolest features you can add to your website and helps you deliver your message in a quick and targeted manner. Most people think it's too expensive to even consider adding video to their website and not long ago that was completely true.
However, YouTube has made adding video to your website inexpensive as well as ridiculously simple.
Keep in mind that inexpensive and simple does not mean you should subject your visitors to a cheap, low quality presentation. Make sure you take the time to create a high quality, well produced video before you even consider publishing it on your website.
You might try shooting the video yourself and possibly even editing and formatting the video yourself, but be sure you get plenty of feedback from people whose opinions you respect before publishing the video. For home-grown productions, be prepared to take some criticism, but don't let that deter you from completing the project.
Once you've finished producing your video and are ready to publish it, go to www.youtube.com and create an account. Again this is a simple process and it's free. After you setup your account you can upload videos to be shared with the world, or keep them private.
When your video becomes available (it sometimes takes a few hours for the video to be viewable) you can view it, or email it to others and even publish it to your website.
Adding the video to your website might require assistance from your web developer, unless you have a nice content management system, or some knowledge of HTML and FTP.
This inexpensive solution is sure to add a nice wow factor to your website and should help you drive your message home with potential customers.
However, YouTube has made adding video to your website inexpensive as well as ridiculously simple.
Keep in mind that inexpensive and simple does not mean you should subject your visitors to a cheap, low quality presentation. Make sure you take the time to create a high quality, well produced video before you even consider publishing it on your website.
You might try shooting the video yourself and possibly even editing and formatting the video yourself, but be sure you get plenty of feedback from people whose opinions you respect before publishing the video. For home-grown productions, be prepared to take some criticism, but don't let that deter you from completing the project.
Once you've finished producing your video and are ready to publish it, go to www.youtube.com and create an account. Again this is a simple process and it's free. After you setup your account you can upload videos to be shared with the world, or keep them private.
When your video becomes available (it sometimes takes a few hours for the video to be viewable) you can view it, or email it to others and even publish it to your website.
Adding the video to your website might require assistance from your web developer, unless you have a nice content management system, or some knowledge of HTML and FTP.
This inexpensive solution is sure to add a nice wow factor to your website and should help you drive your message home with potential customers.
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