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3 Free Online Video Tools

Online video is definitely where the Internet is going. Video can generate traffic virally, increase conversions at your website, and allow you to build a stronger relationship with your customers. And the good news is it’s getting cheapr and easier all the time to produce video for the Internet.

Here are 3 free online video tools to help you get started…

Tool #1: Broadcast Your Own Live TV Show
http://www.ustream.tv

You can broadcast your own TV show…for free. Pretty amazing considering how much it usually costs to provide live video online. How could you use a tool like this to build your business?

- Run a regular TV show to generate viral traffic.
- Create a web conference using the video for training and the chat applet to take questions.
- Create a training product, because you can password protect your videos.
- Broadcast your workshop live while it’s occuring to those around the world.

Tool #2: Record Your Screen
http://www.camstudio.org

Record a screen presentation. Show what you’re doing on your computer. Perfect for creating a software or Internet training product…or doing a Powerpoint presentation. You could even record something you do regularly in your business, upload it to your site, and then outsource the work to someone else (train them by having them watch your video).

The screen recorder I’m personally using is Camtasia Studio. What I love about Camtasia is the more advanced tools and even the ability to do picture in picture (I can show a video of my computer screen and have a small video of myself in the bottom right corner of the display).

Tool #3: Edit Your Videos
http://www.onetruemedia.com

Want an easy to use editor for short web videos? Several of the video sites such as Youtube.com are now offering basic video editing. So far though, it seems Onetruemedia is in the lead on this. You can edit your videos for free or pay their $3.99 a month fee to do a little more advanced editing.

It’s a good way to get started with basic video editing and create some pretty nice online videos without having to learn the more advanced programs such as Sony Vegas.

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3 Responses to “3 Free Online Video Tools”

  1. Greg Balanko-Dickson on July 12th, 2007 8:26 pm

    Terry, since you mentioned Ustream.tv I need to ask a question. I looked at the Terms of Service and balked at their ability to re-purpose and reuse the content any way they see fit – in item 6 B they state:

    “Ustream.tv does not claim ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by uploading, streaming, submitting, emailing, posting, publishing or otherwise transmitting any User Submission to Ustream.tv or on the Site, you hereby grant Ustream.tv a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, perpetual and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works based on, perform, display, publish, distribute, transmit, broadcast and otherwise exploit such User Submissions in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, including without limitation on the Site and third party websites.”

    Does that give you pause? It did for me, after assigning the rights for my two books to McGraw-Hill and just starting to develop an info business that I own – how would you recommend usin Ustream?

    Or is it simply a matter of being careful what you reveal when broadcasting using it?

    I know this there is no perfect situation but it does make me wonder how to best use it. Perhaps only as a promotional tool?

    I did notice that they allow you to create private area that people would need a password to enter.

    Just thinking things through before I use them. Interested in your perspective. Thanks in advance.

  2. Terry on July 13th, 2007 6:07 am

    Hi Greg,

    I’m glad you brought this up.

    I would never give them the right to use your “primary” content. What I see them best used for is as a webinar…which generally is when you share content, but you also have “backend” offers.

    And that you insert your website address in it regularly. So if they were to republish, you benefit.

  3. Greg Balanko-Dickson on July 13th, 2007 9:39 am

    Terry, that is what I was thinking as well. I have done public events with a specific structure and a stream of consciousness – interacting with people.

    The challenge for a blabber mouth like me is to know when to shut up and like you say, link back to my website.

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