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Simple ways to add audio and video to your affiliate site
With the overwhelming number of websites to choose from, site visitors need to feel a connection as soon as they hit your landing page.
One way to do that is to add a recorded message to welcome them to your site. You can ramp up the connection even more by making a videotape of yourself discussing the product you're offering. Either way, hearing a voice or seeing someone visibly is much more personal than reading cold text. If your goal is to capture your visitors' interest quickly, audio and video are the tools you need.
Even if you've never recorded a message for the Internet, there are easy ways to make that happen. Here's a quick rundown of your options:
* The most technical way to add audio is to record your own message through a microphone or headset using a program such as Audacity. You can then save the audio file to your web server, add the HTML code to point to that file, and direct it to open when someone enters your website. If you're web savvy, or have a great webmaster to help with this, that's an inexpensive way to get audio on your site.
Note: Not everyone likes to hear a voice the minute they open a website. If you want to give your visitors the option to play your recording, you'll need to add a graphic interface (an audio "player" graphic with a Play/Stop button) to your site.
* A VERY easy way to add audio is to take advantage of one of the "instant audio" type services available on the Internet. Several companies have perfected systems that allow you to record, edit, and post a message on your website, complete with a graphic audio player. All you do is call into a special number, make the recording and copy the code they create to your website. Some charge a one-time fee to use their service, others require a monthly subscription. If you want to start using audio quickly and aren't a techie, these services are perfect. Search for "create Internet audio" and compare the services until you find one that fits your needs.
No matter which way you add audio to your affiliate product site, take the time to create a friendly message. Write it down and practice it before you record. A couple more technical notes: the audio you add that plays from your server is called "streaming audio" and does not require the site visitor to download the file. If you want to also feature larger audio files such as podcasts for your prospects' benefit, those should be set up as .mp3s to be downloaded and played from the listener’s computer.
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Video production can also be as technical or basic as you require. There are actual video production companies that focus on producing Internet video, but be prepared to pay a substantial fee for that service.
If you just want to produce a three or four minute product explanation video, it's possible to record yourself with a digital video camera. Again, take the time to make it look and sound professional.
If your computer runs on Microsoft Windows, you probably already own a digital video editing program that's adequate for producing website video. Microsoft Windows Movie Maker allows you to open a file produced by your video camera and edit it for use on your website.
There are several other video editing software options available, so do some research and use the one that fits your level of expertise. Once you've recorded yourself in a short video segment and edited it, it still needs to be converted to
FLV (Flash) format so that others can view it on your website.
This sounds complicated, but it's really fairly simple. There's actually an excellent tutorial for downloading a free FLV converter, converting your video and creating a viewer for site visitors to use to watch your video here: http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/video.html.
If you hire someone to create the video and post it to your website, they'll have the necessary software to do so. Either way, Internet video isn't beyond your reach and it's a great way to establish an instant personal connection with prospective clients.
Audio recordings in your own voice, accompanied by your photo, "warm up" an otherwise cold website. A video welcome and explanation of your affiliate product add yet another layer of warmth. Take the time to learn more about adding one of them to your niche websites. You'll wonder why it took you so long!
E. Alan Cowgill
About the Author
E. Alan Cowgill is the owner of Colby Properties, LLC. and President of Integrity Home Buyers, Inc. Since 1995, Alan has bought and/or sold hundreds of single family and/or small multi-family investment properties in Springfield, Ohio. Alan uses Private Lenders, not banks, to fund his real estate purchases. By doing this, he has created his own private bank of $2,000,000 in funds. Alan looks for situations where the seller, the lender, and the eventual homeowner can all "Win". He is not a Realtor, but a Private Investor, author, consultant and national speaker. He has been asked to speak on the topics of ‘Investing for the Beginning Investor.’ and ‘Finding Private Lenders.’ His home study system, ‘Private Lending Made Easy’, shows new and seasoned real estate investors how to find private lenders for their own real estate business.
His website is
http://www.ALANCOWGILLSTORE.INFO
How do i get microsoft movie maker videos onto youtube? everytime i try they say it's the wrong type of format
i have lots of movie maker videos that i wish to put on my youtube account, but everytime i try to upload them, it always says, "ivalid format" please help!
I've made these YouTube videos to answer questions just like yours.
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How to Convert iMovie Video to PowerPoint Compatible Video Formats?
According to Microsoft official site, one could not insert iMovie video because the video format is what PPT does not support to be embedded. PPD compatible video formats include files with the extension of .asf, .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .wmv, .wmv, .asf, .avi files are unplayable on a Mac. The .mpg files can be played on both PC and Mac. Thus .mpg is the idea format for us to insert into PowerPoint Presentation which can be played on both a Mac and PC.
you will need:
Download Bigasoft Total Video Converter for Mac and run it.
Make preparation: Export iMovie video that you want to insert into PPT
In iMovie, open your project and locate and open the iMovie project that you want to export.
Click "Share" On the File menu, select "Export using QuickTime". In the pop up window, name your movie and choose the folder where you'd like to save it. From the Export dropdown, select Movie to MPEG-4. Close iMovie after the movie is finished saving.
Step 1 Run Bigasoft Total Video Converter for Mac and add files
Click the "Add File" button or directly drag the exported iMovie video clip to import iMovie video.
Step 2 Set profile to MPEG-1.
From the profile list, choose MPEG-1 Video (*.mpg) from the "General Video" category.
Step 3 Set MPEG-1 video resolution to 640 by 480
In the "Settings..." windows, select 640*480 from the "Resolution" drop list. You may set lower or higher resolution if you want superior or inferior video quality.
Step 4 Customize iMovie MPEG-4 to MPEG-1 video (Optional)
Click "Trim" button, you can achieve converting only your wanted clips by setting the start time and the end time.
Click "Crop" button, you can cut off the black edges of the original movie video.
Click "Preference" button, you can finish setting output effects, image type, CPU usage and action after conversion done, etc as you like.
You can also join several chapters into one by checking "Merge into one file" box.
Step 5 Convert MPEG-4 to MPEG-1
Set the destination folder and click "Convert" button to convert iMovie MPEG-4 format to MPEG-1.
Step 6 Insert iMovie video into PPT
Create a folder which contains both your PowerPoint presentation and any embedded movies as separate files to keep the required linked relationship between both PowerPoint and multimedia files.
Now, you can insert the converted MPEG-1 video into PowerPoint and embed iMovie to PowerPoint on Mac or on PC. To insert iMovie video into PowerPoint can be achievable by the assist of Bigasoft Total Video Converter for Mac so easily. You can realize to insert any video clip beyond .asf, .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .wmv, be it YouTube video, FLV, MKV, MP4, etc to PowerPoint and embed the video.
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