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How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

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Re: How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

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post #20

Vimeo clearly states: Vimeo Plus users may not upload videos that are commercial in nature, or that are intended to sell or promote a product or service. So how can Vimeo be an alternative to YouTube? Am I missing something here?

I called this out before... Vimeo could be considered optional. Youtube can be configured as well for hosting the video. Or you could self host. The post was more about the production.

Re: How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

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What considerations did you have for the type of voice used?

Voicebunny lets you select gender and add notes. They also seem to have a process that reads your notes and looks for the ideal talent.

Our first recording came back a little too whimsical. So we asked for a revision to have it more profesional sounding and got it for $16 more dollars. Still within our $200 budget.

Re: How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

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post #20

Vimeo clearly states: Vimeo Plus users may not upload videos that are commercial in nature, or that are intended to sell or promote a product or service. So how can Vimeo be an alternative to YouTube? Am I missing something here?

I called this out before... Vimeo could be considered optional. Youtube can be configured as well for hosting the video. Or you could self host. The post was more about the production.

Get a free account with http://wistia.com/, they let you do cool stuff like calls to action and capture emails.

They also give you the stats on the video, so you know which parts users watch, which parts they rewind etc.

Also can the OP break down what they spent the money on, Powtoon is not displaying pricing right now. Great post.

Re: How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

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post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No - That should be called out as optional. But the commenters here have added information on creating a better youtube experience.

Where are you seeing it's optional? Do you mean it's just not enforced? https://vimeo.com/help/faq/pro Vimeo Plus is intended for individuals who want more features than a Basic (free) account, however Vimeo Plus users may not upload videos that are commercial in nature, or that are intended to sell or promote a product or service.

Optional for the post content. You can produce the content and have it hosted on Youtube for well under the $200... which was the point of the tip.

Yes, in our case, we also pay Vimeo for video hosting so we can further customize the experience.

Re: How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

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post #28

This is certifiably bad ass. Any hints as to pricing or what it was before? It might be cool to license some more background music from a site like audiojungle.net to make it available.

Once I signed up for PowToon the pricing for our plan was $57 a month... which gives you 20 video exports.

I thought about music... but after an hour trying to find a good match I gave up and figured I could add music later.

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