Two Ways to Make Viral Video Creations for Web 2.0 Sharing

With the Internet there are so many ways to get your business exposed and the most visible way is to create viral videos to be shared on sites like YouTube.  It isn’t as hard as it sounds, either. We’ll talk about two simple ways to create videos for sharing on the ‘net.

One quick way is to create a slide show presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint using Camtasia Studio.  First you create a compelling, eye grabbing headline or title for your video. The content should have 6 to 8 benefits of your product or service – reasons that will compel your visitor to stay with you until the end.

At the end, tell them where they can find out more and then physically point an arrow to the live hyperlink, which will be next to the upper right side of the screen.  Now, do any final tweaks in Camtasia and don’t forget to add a watermark with your business name and your website URL (or a phone number if you don’t have a website yet).  This can easily be uploaded to YouTube now where it can be viewed by anyone.

The second kind of video is a talking head type, which is very quickly done with a digital video camera like a Flip Mino.  Outline a short, 2–3 minute message about your service or product.

Then set up your camera and shoot.  Edit and upload it to YouTube, Revver, Vimeo and other video sharing sites and then spread the word.  It’s just getting too easy to share viral videos on the ‘net to not use it as a viral element to your online marketing campaign.