Youtube - Popular, powerful and pretty. But how do I make youtube videos?

I have had a few questions relating to you tube and how to use you tube for more exposure.

Eric asks: "How can I create a youtube video without buying software?"

Eric that is a great question and one that quite a few folks ask. Good news.


As long as you have a PC you have a built in video maker file right at your fingertips. It's called Window's Movie Maker. To access it follow this:

Start menu > All Programs > Windows Movie Maker will be there. If you don't see it on that main screen that comes up go through all of your window's options. It's there.

Okay you found it? Great.

Now how to use it. Actually it's pretty simple really.

The first thing you want to do is have a draft or idea of what you want to do. For example do you want to capture a movie from your cell phone or your camera?

The capture video section walks you all the way through it.

The odd time I make video's however I simply go with Option 2. The Edit Movie section.

From there I can add my video and music files and tweek it and presto....well not exactly presto but within an hour or two depending on what I have done.

Once your finished preview it and go to file and save.

Done.

The next question is How to make money on youtube.

Youtube is quite scary, honestly it is so viral it's nuts. I actually had a video I made 2 years ago that got over 1.8 million views but I had to remove it because I put the wrong music file in it and I was actually violating the TOS. Lesson learned, make sure you have the proper permission before uploading music files. Youtube will actually give you a few options where you can find legal to use sound bites or music.

If you make a video send it to all of your friends and ask them to send it to friends. If it is funny or unique it will spread across the net fast. That's all fine but you want to know how to make money from it right?

At the beginning and end of the video make sure you put something like "Brought to you by (your url here)"

Viewer's will more times than not go to your site.

That's killing two birds with one stone as the saying goes. You get traffic and potential customers.