Randy Fountain of www.trafficspeedway.com was the first to get his files to me and the following video is the result. Thanks Randy for rising to the challenge! As of right now I am still open for one more free video then I am going to have to concentrate on making enough to cover the winter bills (Brrr, anyone else here in the UK? I have had enough and already wishing I was back in South Africa!).
Randy gave me an idea of the music he wanted but this was the closest cc I could find. If you would like to find your own www.jamendo.com is a good place to start.
This is my first attempt. I felt it was too long and I’m sorry Randy, I just don’t like that style of music.
So I decided to try another. This one is shorter, just over 30 seconds, so images move faster, and the music is more “traffic like”, at least to me!
And this is the final, a little longer than the second and my favourite.
Of course Randy can choose for himself which is best. Click here to download all files.
Lessons Learned
As a novice I expect to make a few mistakes. If you decide to have a go at this and want to a video put together make sure the images you send are no smaller than 640 x 480 but 1024 x 768 would be much better.
How to take screenshots and videos?
If you are not sure how to take screenshots or do not have any suitable software you may find Jing useful. It’s free and from the same people who make Snagit and Camtasia. Jing can be downloaded from www.jingproject.com. The video’s Jing creates are crisp and in small files but if you want to play them on your PC/Mac you will need to grab a swiff player, www.globfx.com of a good player also free of charge. You could convert them, most converters cost a few dollars, but there a few free too.
Whats all this about a FREE promo video then?
Well if you have not been lucky enough to enjoy one my newsletters then now is the time to join! Go to www.ventrino.com and click the subscribe button (I know I know, I should have it here in the blog…. I’ll sort it when I get less time).
In the last newsletter I promised to do a couple of free promo videos (see http://bit.ly/a7BLjX for the original post), here’s the email if you are interested:
Hello,
Stats in the blog and the LTE page have gone wild. If you need to
generate interest in a product then video has to be the in-thing right
now. All I wanted was some ideas and I certainly got that -
with over 30 comments in just a few hours!
Updated Video
http://bit.ly/aRsh60
I have taken on-board your comments and made a few adjustments. The
pictures now change a tad slower. I have reordered a few and added the
“Impact messages” suggested by Jose and Ron, The Godfather (Did I say thanks
Ron?).
Producing a video for you
The surprising, yet delightful, response means there may be more demand
than I expected. So to help me out I have a suggestion, if you want a
video read on:
Can you create a screen shot? If so can you crop it and keep
the picture at a high resolution? If you can then put together a number
of images you would like in your video (about 10 will do, no more than 20).
Can you create a screen recording? By this I mean a snippet
of some kind of video action that you like on your website, perhaps one of the
surfing games. If you can great! Put one together and save it as
an avi. If you don’t know where to start download a trial copy of
camtasia snagit (an excellent program that makes complete graphic novices look
good). I will only use 5 or 6 seconds of each video so the files you
send do not need to be more than 10 to 20 seconds each.
If you can do all of the above and stick it into a single zip/gzip file of
no more than 100mb (so be lean on those 10 second videos) and then use
www.wikisend.com (or similar service) to send it to me.
Your instructions to me
I will produce a video for the first two to
arrive that have enough to produce a decent video. Include a readme.txt
file with your preference of music genre and also a number of impact
statements you would like to see in the video.
I want to practice more
After the first two free video’s I would like to continue to make them free
but, well, she who must be obeyed will not see it that way,
especially as it cannot be done during my normal working hours.
Therefore if you would like a video and don’t make it into the first two I
propose a charge of $37 when you supply the images/video and $57 when you
don’t. If interested you can order from this link:-
https://www.ventrino.com/billing/cart.php?a=add&pid=69
Limited to 5 for now
Apart from the two free videos I am going to limit the sales to 5 so that I
do not get swamped with requests. Perhaps I flatter myself that as many
as five people will want one, but just in case (and ummm, well if I do then I
will have to put the price up for the next five eh?),
Kind Regards,
Martyn
Tags: internet marketing, promotion, traffic exchange, video, web design
nice vid apart from the really old looking guy sitting down on the chair ;)
How much does it cost for one of your videos…I LOVE IT! Randy showed it to me today and You did an Awesome Job. I know we are not a ventrino but I hope you will still do one for Volcano Hits cause it will take me FOREVER to figure our how to make one..LOL.
Look Forward to Hearing from You Soon.
Krazy Kaye Towne
http://www.volcanohits.com
Hi Kaye,
I don’t know that I am good enough to charge anything for the creative side just yet but in the last message I suggested $37 for a 30 seconder… And I don’t think it needs much more than that. If you are interested contact sales@ventrino.com :)
(and no objection to non ventrino owners at all, we’ll gettya in the end ;))
Hi,
Good choice of music, nice video, not bad for a novice
WOW
Well shoot me, I do like the first one better, even the music, lol.