Before you run screaming, hear me out.  We all know or may not know how important it is to have a blog for our business or service.  It is a wonderful marketing platform and one that should not be dismissed.  However, what makes people cringe is the thought of writing.  Some individuals don’t enjoy writing but that is not a reason not to blog.

In fact you can incorporate videos into your blog.  If you are not a writer, using a video will be very helpful and actually quite enticing.  One of the biggest trends today is the use of videos.  So now you may be thinking how you can incorporate videos into your blog.  Try the following tips to incorporate videos:

• Sharing your product
• Explaining the services you may provide
• Tutorials
• Inspirational
• Review of products

Above are just a few examples of how you can use videos on your blog or website.  No fancy equipment is needed to achieve a successful video for your site.  If you are new to the video scene, using a simple Flip video camera is a great option.  You can then upload your video to a platform such as You tube and embed the video onto your site.

The possibilities are endless when it comes to adding videos to your site or blog.  Don’t just sit on the sidelines with excuses.  You can do it, I have complete faith in you.

Do you remember the long afternoons spent watching family slideshows?  Some were not very impressive and others were simply down right boring.

Of course now with modern technology, slideshows are simply memories and at times not very good ones.  Thankfully there is a wonderful program that makes the slideshows from the past into fantastic shows for your family and friends to enjoy.  The program I am referring to is called Animoto.

This program allows you to upload photos and choose music to go along with the project. The possibilities are endless with this program.  It allows you to upload photos, and video clips as well.  Can you imagine the look on your family member’s faces when you show them a ‘slideshow’ using Animoto? And..if you are an iphone user, you can now download this program’s new application.

If you are new to the video making or video marketing world, try this new program.  It will put your worries aside and perhaps may entice your senses to trying more videos on your sites or for your marketing purposes.  Videos are a wonderful way to market your brand, your services, your products and so much more.

Don’t let the fear of the unknown keep you from exploring the world of videos.  For more information on how videos can help in your business visit my other site which is packed with more video information.

With the new wave of video equipment those just starting out may have issues with conversion.  You may have had a program on your old computer and now can’t seem to locate.  Or perhaps you are at a loss on converting your videos.  Well, there’s no need to worry.  I want to share a great site that will convert any of your videos into a format you can use for your iPod, or for a DVD or any format you desire.

I want to share a great site that offers the service of converting your videos to the format you require.  The site I am referring to is called Hey!Watch .  This service allows you to import files to their site in several ways.  It allows you to upload from your hard drive or as easy as adding the URL from a video on YouTube or other online video services.  If you use Firefox, this company has developed an easy plugin to import a video from a previously viewed website to the service very easily.

Once the videos are uploaded to this system you have the ability to convert the video to whatever format you need at the time.  Never again will you worry about how to convert your videos or lose your mind trying to figure it out.  The Hey!Watch service, takes all the headaches out of conversion and makes it easy for you, the way it should be.  If you desire an RSS feed, this service can do that as well.  With the RSS feed, the videos can be added to your iTunes feed and the videos can be viewed  on your iPod.  The possibilities seem endless and pain-free.

Next time you are having issues with the formatting of your videos, try Hey!Watch .