Articles Into Videos

Video article marketing is the process of taking information in the form of articles that you have created and repurposing that same information into video format. Once the video is complete you submit it to video sharing sites like YouTube just as you submitted the articles to article directories in the first place.

This is not a new concept but is one that not many people use or are even aware of. Basically what you do is to write your articles into PowerPoint and then import them into Camtasia and read the text as each slide appears containing a sentence. You can improve on this by adding a nice background and background music as well. You can use plr articles and articles from directories as well and edit or re-order the paragraphs if you do not have enough articles of your own.

As with all new projects or systems it might take you more time than you expected on your fist video or two but you will get better and quicker the more videos that you make. But there is a quicker way, and that is to use the services and software of a specialized third party site. I personally have used two such sites where making videos from your articles is real easy, and you will be posting new videos on the internet in no time at all.

How it works is like this. You start a new project in the wizard and and give your article a name which would probably be the original name of the article. Then you paqste in the body of the article in the next section where you have an option to break the article into paragraphs. The paragraphs are listed as separate entities broken down from the original article and numbered. The paragraphs can be reviewed and edited if necessary and then re-ordered to make your article unique. Once you are happy with flow of the article after re-ordering then you can move on and create the video.

Depending on which software you are using you might now have the option to summarize your paragrahs with headlines. This will allow the headline to be displayed in the video while the rest of the paragraph is read aloud by the computer generated voice over. You will have a choice of voice overs, male and female with different accents. You also will have the option to summarize each sentence into subheadings.

A choice of templates is available along with the ability to add pictures to enliven your video. You can select a movie background by setting a picture or a plain color. You can also select a background track from the extensive library of royalty free tracks and pictures or use the in built search feature to save time looking elsewhere. You can also add video clips into your new video as well.

Once you are happy with the layout and content of your video you can enter the The final step in completing your video article is adding your name and your contact information in the resources box which will be shown at the end of the video. You can add a picture of yourself or a company or website logo as well. You have the option to select to display your website address throughout the movie and show your brand or logo on the first screen as well.

You will now be ready to produce the video and distribute it automatically to video sharing sites such as YouTube and Metacafe and also to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. Finally your video can be converted to AVI format and downloaded as well as converting to Flash or SWF for use across the internet.

Turning articles into videos for internet marketing and driving traffic to your website is a great idea and the videos can be quickly made to a high standard using third party software. With the built in publishing facility you are sure to have your video viewed countless times and a big increase in traffic to your website.