Archive for October, 2009

How to convert your article to video using the new One-Click Article to Video Converter

Monday, October 19th, 2009

One of the greatest strengths of ArticleVideoRobot’s is its unique One-Click article to video converter technology that can convert any article that is posted on EzineArticle or simply in plain text or Word format to a lively video content in a matter of seconds. The One-Click Converter wizard, which was previously called teh EzineArticle Article Wizard, underwent a number of changes over the last few months. The result is the new One-Click Article to Video Converter wizard – more powerful in the sense it packs in a new engine that converts articles to video seamlessly, a wider range of article customization features, support for multiple article directories and a new easy-to-use friendly interface.

  1. Support for multiple article directories

    The new One-Click Article to Video Converter supports top article directories that include iSnare, ArticleBase, ArticleAlley and ArticleDashboard in addition to EzineArticles. The new additions are among the top article directories which means you could now convert all your articles to video like the same way you would for your EzineArticle.

    If you thought that the support for the article directories are a mere addition, think again. The new additions unlocks great article sources that you could use to convert your articles. Not limited to your own articles, but as long as you obtain necessary permissions from the author you could now convert your favorite article to videos to be distributed to YouTube. Also note that the new article directories (iSnare, ArticleDashboard, ArticleAlley and ArticleBase) are one of the top-ranked sites on the internet so any video that you create out of the article that is already on these sites would mean you get immediate backlinks when you publish the video article to YouTube, Metacafe, DailyMotion, etc. This greatly increases the chances of your video article indexed and associted with top-ranking keywords when searched in Google. Another aspect is that your video article would then add valuable backlinks to your original article on let’s say ArticleDashboard.com resulting in a chain reaction of backlinks that directly translate into increased traffic to your website.

  2. New Features to Customize the Video Article

    The new One-Click Article to Video Converter wizard now comes with options to customize all aspects of your video article as a whole. This saves a lot of time and re-work as one would not have to launch the video article in the full AVR wizard to change the background settings of a video. We’ve regularly received feedback from customers who wanted to set properties such as the voice-over character, the intro name (you could now change the name “Pat” to your name or remove it completely) and the background music/image. All these could be now customized directly in the new One-Click Article to Video Converter as shown below:

  3. Customize the Voice-Over of your video article

    The voice-over character that is used with the new One-Click Article to Video Converter can now be cutomized as discussed earlier. You could now set a single voice-over character read out the entire video article, a feature that was requested by many customers.

    Also, should you wish to include your own voice-over with your video article then you could set the option such that no voice-over is used. Just in case you weren’t aware, ArticleVideoRobot has built-in functionality that allows you to record your own voice and add it to your flash video on-the-fly without having to use any additional voice recording software and having to upload the recorded voice as an MP3 file. Please refer the following KB article for detailed instructions:

    http://www.webmarketingrobot.com/support/index.php?page=kb_view&id=26


  4. Customize the Background Picture and Music

    One could now customize features such as the background music and the background image of the video article by enabling the customization options. Again, this is a great time saver as since the new article to video conversion wizard gives you all the options to plan your article upfront.

  5. Customize the Introduction Frame
    This is one of the top feature request from our customers. A number of our users wanted an option to customize the default name “Pat” in the video article when the article is being converted using the One-Click Converter. This feature hsa now been incorporated in the new article to video conversion wizard.

As you might have noted, the new One-Click Conversion Article to Video Conversion wizard is a welcome change that can greatly improve your productivity by reducing the time spent on converting your articles to videos. The new One-Click Article to Video Converter is just a start…we are working on a number of major changes to a large collection of ArticleVideoRobot features that should significantlyincrease the overall productivity. Besides, we have lots of new powerful features lined up in the next major upgrade due in a few weeks that should boost your video marketing efforts.

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Where to find good quality Free stock images for your videos? Here is one site..

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Hi,

I was browsing the warriorforum and came across an interesting thread about sites that offers stock images to use inside your videos, presentations, etc.

A member there was kind enough to suggest the following site for that let’s you download some very good images for free…

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

I have checked out the site and sure enough their contract states that “You may use the Image: In digital format on websites, multimedia presentations, broadcast film and video, cell phones.”

I’m no lawyer but to me that basically means you’re okay to use images from this site inside your AVR videos freely.

The full image licensing agreement is here (for those who understand legal jargon better):

http://www.sxc.hu/help/7_2

Of course there are some restrictions (on image by image basis) but overall I think this site is a great resource that you may want to bookmark (I surely have!)

Hope you find this useful when replacing the stock images inside your article’s videos with the EZA converter here:

http://www.articlevideorobot.com/eza_wizard.html

Also if you know of any more sites please do share.. I’ll probably create a resource box and have all such sites listed on there for our members.

Anyway, thought I’d share this wonderful resource :)

Kind Regards,
Navneet Rai,
Article Video Robot.

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