This is part 4 of the 7 part video training series, “How To Create and Host Your Web Videos”.

Today we’ll look at how you can edit your videos using free software to polish them up and submit to various video sharing websites.

The software is called “Windows Movie Maker” which comes as a free tool with your Windows Operating System. In the video, you will learn how to add effects to your videos and trim out the parts that you don’t want.

A lot of people don’t realize how powerful and useful this free tool is, that is sitting on their computer. It may not have all the effects of a professional editing software, but unless you’re a professional, you won’t need it for the time being.

In this video training, I talk about how you can record a live video for the web.

This is a very inexpensive way of recording videos. It you want good quality web videos, then this is not for you.

However, for videos you want to submit to video sharing sites such as YouTube, Viddler and Revver, then it’s good enough.

All the methods I show you in this video training series are inexpensive. All the software and tools mentioned are within the price range of most people.

To check out part 1 -2 of the video training series, click on the links below:

Part 1 – How to create and host web videos

Part 2 – Using CamStudio To Record Your Desktop

You need web videos for your sales page to capture your visitors’ attention, and making them take the action you want. Whether it’s to purchase a product or sign up to their newsletter.

I started to create web videos about a month ago for this blog. It took me bloody ages figuring out how to do it. One of the reasons is because there are is much information out there and everyone has different views.

Well if you like the videos I created for this blog and on my page at http://www.eliteghostwriters.com/report.html then check out the video series on how I did it.

This is the cheapest solution I’ve come across. I could have done it the easy way by hosting it on a Viddler business account for $99 a month or on Brightcove which charges considerably more including a set up fee. But that’s too expensive in the long run.

What I was looking for is a place to host a lot of my short videos, allowed me to play them on my website with no advertisement and enables visitors to watch them at a comfortable speed.

My solution is create video —> host on S3 Amazon —> display on website with free flash player —> Cloudfront

The actual set up is very easy after you’ve done it once. If you’re just starting out with no experience in creating web videos, it’s a bloody nightmare.

Watch this 7 part video tutorials where I explain everything in detail. It’ll save you weeks of research.