Hello AniMOTO: Jack Has No Competition

by Jack Humphrey on Aug 4

Guest Post by Fred Hopkins

By now there should be no one saying that video isn’t an effective means of marketing and communicating online. If a picture says a 1,000 words then video speaks volumes! Now how many of you, knowing the power of video, actually use it to promote your business? If you don’t, then why not?

Oh, I can hear the excuses now, I don’t have a video camera, I don’t have fancy schmancy software, I have a face for radio, etc. (Okay, that might just be me. . .) Now what I am going to show you will eliminate all excuses!

How would you like to create professional looking video for your business for FREE?

Raise your hand if you are interested. . .

What if you didn’t have to know a darn thing about frame rates, compression, aspect ratios or any of that techno babble?

Okay a few more hands went up. . .

Alright, what if the only thing you had to do was upload some pictures and maybe an mp3 (background music).

Beautiful, I think that’s everybody!

Check out this little video I made of our dear friend Jack using the service at Animoto.com (I hope that he invites me back after this! Say good things about me, ok!)

Now this took me all of 20 minutes to do, mainly because I had to find photos and also because it takes Animoto about 5 minutes to format everything. Now if you were wondering about all of those transitions between the photos, sorry, Animoto does that automagically based on the rhythm within the song you choose. Cool eh?

For those of you who said that they don’t now how to make a video, now you do! Head to Animoto.com and play around with it.

Oh yeah, after you’ve made one, be sure to come back a post a link to the comments and show off your new video wizardry.

Tagged as: Animoto, slideshow videos, Video Marketing

  • http://www.asktak.com Tak Hikichi

    Hey Jack,

    So the last gentleman in the video must be Fred? The author of this article?

    I’ve created two videos so far using Animoto.com I really like them and it’s all free as long as under 30 sec.

    I also created a promo video for my day job and it blew away my co-workers and they asked me why I wasn’t in marketing for a living? Well, I kind of am, at home.

    Anyways, it was good meeting you in Vegas. Thank you for taking time to make me feel welcome.

    Tak

  • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/cd Jack Humphrey

    Hey man – thanks for stopping by! Actually the guy in the photo with me at the end is Ron Capps. I think if Fred had any real guts he’d have dug up a picture of himself! :)

  • http://fredhopkins.com Fred Hopkins

    LOL!

    I just want to play the role of the infamous “Mr. X” for 2 seconds, Jack! Cut me a little slack!

    Fred Hopkins’s last blog post..Animoto Slideshows: My First Guest Blog Post

  • http://homesearchtv.com Tim Judg

    Jack and Fred,

    LOVE Animoto! I’ve been using it for months and have made people CRY! I mean tears of joy! Im in the real estate market and its not been easy but the videos have been a real boost. Check it out!

    Tim Judge
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6I9ny5aSCA

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  • http://www.efit-today.com Kris

    Hey Jack and Fred,

    Thanks for the great tips as always. You Rock. The animoto tip alone was
    incredible. I ended up staying up way too late messing around with it.

    Here is my hand work from tonight. I am really excited about the possibilities of this tool.
    http://animoto.com/play/fMUO171QyVoVZXtPcVz51g

    Thanks
    Kris

  • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/ Jack Humphrey

    Kris,

    Damn! That is really cool! I think Fred’s video having me in it made me think the software was “ok” but when you take me out of it, Animoto is pretty cool! :)

    Good job – do you know how much you’d pay for that video in the “real” world?

  • http://www.efit-today.com Kris

    Yes…it would cost one kidney and one child. :)

    Thanks again!
    Kris

  • http://fredhopkins.com Fred Hopkins

    Good job Kris!

    I have to agree with Jack, a video without him in it is much better :-) .

    Seriously though, congratulations to you and Tim for taking action and creating your videos and sharing them with us! Don’t forget to put it up on youtube.

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  • http://andrewgouldingarticles.blogspot.com/ andrew goulding

    Just a brief point.

    I’ve worked in the media for a long time and I have to say that Animoto rocks my socks, giving you the power of what would have been state-of-the-art editing in 2000.

    However, and I mean this respectfully, it doesn’t provide you with taste. However, it will soon become a fantastic tool in the hands of some and of course, voice-overs and mixing capabilities will surely be in Animoto 2.0!

    ADG

  • http://www.communtybalance.org Marc Isaac Potter

    Jack,
    Your Anmoto would not load ( maybe because I ahve 75 programs open.

    I will check t out, I do – produce – independent TV Talk Shows.
    Yours, Marc

  • http://www.searchengineoptimisationworks.com.au/Content_Common/pg-search-engine-optimisation-our-professional-seo-team-SP.seo Steve Pronger

    Hi Jack & all. Yep, Animoto is incredible. Try using it to create a video for a client and they’ll think you’re a genius…when all you really did was upload a bunch of photos, picked some music and clicked a few buttons.

    Definately worth ugrading to Animoto for Business. You can now add text and a Call to Action link at the end of the video.

    Cheers

    Steve

  • Tjapko

    Thanks Jack and Fred for the tip! I have created a video with my own song and a couple of photos. It works great.
    Here it is. Hope you ike it.

    http://animoto.com/play/t6x6ig1M7s4w0V74CZBx2g

    Tjapko de Heus

  • http://www.camphillchiro.com jeff

    It’s great, but not free for business. If you use it to promote your biz you need the biz level.

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