Marketing with Video (Like a Pro) with PowerPoint & Camtasia

A script is the central piece of any video. Here are 4 reasons why you should write scripts before you make videos.

Many people feel they need not prepare a script for training video, while others feel that sales script is NOT a pre-requisite for an engaging video. Are they right? Find out in this lesson..

We all like formula, don't we? So here is a proven formula for sales video script that unfailingly engages your viewers. Guaranteed.

No learning is as good as having a guru holding your hand, helping you cross the turbulence. How to know them? This lesson tells you that.

If you are one that feels script is as important or maybe more crucial than the video itself, you'll find these 5 tips really helpful.

Images from these sources are not only free and stunning; you don't need to attribute them. Isn't that great?

There are some free image sources that need attribution. But they have such a wide range of images that you just can't ignore them. Find more in this lesson.

Explainer videos are largely made with clip arts, and in this lesson you'll learn how to pick and choose free clip arts from multiple web sources.

Text videos look impressive when you use some cool fonts. And viewers like them. Where would you get these fonts for free? There are several sources, one of which is Google Fonts.

You surely know that background music and sound effects improve video quality appreciably. This lesson shows some great free royalty-free resources which you can use for your needs.

You can boost your PowerPoint videos when you use templates created by experts. I do this often, and other professionals do as well. So here are some free resources of PowerPoint templates.

At the heart of any good video is rendering 'motion' to the different elements in the video. Which are these PowerPoint features that fulfill this requirement? Watch this lesson for that.

While making video with PowerPoint is a great help, the same is true for producing video as well. In this lesson I deal on the important PowerPoint features to produce video.

Preview the animations what you'll learn doing in this section. I'll add more animations in future..

In PowerPoint you can create animation in any which way you want. However, for making e-learning videos you’ll mostly use 5 types of animations.

At the beginning you may start with one or 2 animations to a single element. But as you progress you'll realize the power of PowerPoint when you render multiple animations simultaneously to a single element. In this lesson I show you giving 4 animations to every text element simultaneously. Download the PPT template for your use.

PowerPoint allows you to conjure up any animation you can think of. For example, in this lesson I show you how you can make reverse animation to horizontal 3D texts. The PowerPoint template is available free for download.

Here is the preview of chart animations you'll learn doing in this section..

PowerPoint gives you a wide range of chart options for using in different situations. We will take a look at them. Plus I'll also discuss a free PowerPoint plugin for a range of diagrams and charts which will help you in making e-learning video..

Simply creating a chart is one thing. But if you design it properly, the same chart will look impressive. And needless to say, it will impress your students as well..

More often than not, e-learning videos depend on charts and graphs to teach lessons. It is seen that if you animate the charts in tandem with the video lecture, the students find it easy to understand the lessons. In this lecture I'll cover some simple ways to animate charts in PowerPoint. To make your work easy you'll also get the same PowerPoint presentation I've used in this lesson..

Give hand-drawn effects to the charts in PowerPoint easily. Learn the techniques in this lesson and in the next.

In this lesson learn yet another way to easily convert your PowerPoint charts with hand drawn effects. You can download the PowerPoint presentation for your use.

Create eye-catching animations for the different elements in the hand drawn charts. Download the PPT slides for your use.

Preview this video for what you'll learn making in this section.

First 2 steps to convert sales script to text video covered in this lesson.

The third step in making text video from sales script covered in this lesson..

In this penultimate lesson, Part-4, learn some more techniques to refine your text video.

This is final part of making text video from sales script. Download the PowerPoint template and use it for you own video.

This time the text video is made on a dark background. Plus the font family and its style are also changed. Also the transition type is changed. The result? An eye-catching video with the same sales script! Download the PPT template and use for your need.

Take a peek at 3 main types of explainer video you currently see on the web..

Preview this video to know what you'll learn doing in the following lesson

I show you the steps to create kinetic typography on a dark background with different fonts, colors, and different animations and transitions. Get all the templates for free, and download them for your use.

Preview this video to know what you'll learn doing in the following lesson..

Unlike the previous lesson, this time you'll see kinetic typography on a light background with different fonts and different shades of grey color. Download the template for your needs.

Learn making this explainer video in this section with both text and clip art animations..

After you've sourced vector clip arts (refer earlier lessons) you can now create exciting animation with them in PowerPoint as explained in this lesson. Don't forget to download the clip art animation template.

SVG clip art (Scalable Vector Graphic) is more commonly available on the web. But it cannot be used in PowerPoint. So you have to know how to convert that to something you can do in PowerPoint. Learn that in this lesson, plus download the PPT template with yet another example of clip art animation.

In this lesson you'll learn combining animated text and animated clip arts to make explainer video for your needs. Plus, download the template used in the lesson for your use.

Learn making this parallax video with PowerPoint in this section. The PPT template comes FREE with this lesson..

Parallax effect is not only a modern idea, it's also a great leap toward awesome designing. In this lesson students learn the basic designing steps of parallax effect in PowerPoint..

This lesson demonstrates parallax effect using 3 elements - 2 images and a rectangle shape - in the slides. Plus there are text animations in the slides. Students get the PPT template FREE with this lesson.