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(First of all, just a side note that I am leaving on vacation tomorrow (August 28th) and will be away for about a week. I don’t yet know what my Internet status will be, so updates may be slow for the next week. Please have patience with me! )

Video on the net is constantly getting more popular. There’s no wonder why, it’s easy to get your message across and after all, who doesn’t like watching video? That’s good news for you if you run a website or blog! It means easy traffic to your site and a creative means to get a message to your viewers.

With video you can create tutorials, show examples, create short movies and so much more. I’m going to give you a brief overview of how to host a video on your site and get some ad revenue while we’re at it!

The easiest place to start is probably if you have a webcam. You don’t neccesarily need a video camera to record video, you can get software that records your computer’s screen so you can make tutorials or videos that show what you are doing with your mouse. I won’t go into details on how to create your video as there is a ton of info out there. As well, if you’re wondering how to use your webcam, most come with really good software for recording. As for editing your footage, you may need another program or if you’re lucky, you webcam or other camera came with some editing software. A lot of digital video (DV) cameras come with great editing software, so look for that lost CD (the one that came with your camera)! If possible (if not, do not worry) try to get your video into 440×330 resolution, 30 frames a second, MP3 audio with mono and 64kbps.

You should now have a video. It doesn’t really matter what format it’s in, as we’re going to change it. It’s most likely in Quicktime, MPEG, or Windows Media (or something similar). We’re now going to convert the video into Flash video format (*.flv). The easiest and cheapest (free) way of doing this, is going to either Zamzar, Hey!Watch, or Mediaconverter.org. At most of these sites, you can select what format you want to convert your video into. Just go down the list and select “flv”. The site will automatically convert your video into “whateverthenamewas.flv”. You now need to upload this file to your server or website. On my site, I created a new directory called “videos” and put my flv files in there.

You can now go to AdBrite and login (if you don’t have an account yet, check out my other post on AdBrite and sign-up!). Once you’re in your AdBrite account, click on the top tab called “For publishers” and then click on the sub-menu title that says “InVideo”. Within the new page that came up, you will see a link that says “Add Video +”, click on that. Now fill out the relevant details that it asks for (including where you put your “whateverthenamewas.flv” file). At the bottom, a few of the options have an “Override” setting, you don’t need to click on those unless you want advanced options. You can now click on the “Save and get code” button and you’re just about done!

Now that you have the javascript code, you can go back to your website or blog and insert the code wherever you want to see your new video. If you’re using WordPress or another blog platform, it’s best to upload the code to an individual HTML page or if you’re making a post you have a “code” tab, you can insert the javascript code anywhere in the code tab and then publish your article. On a side note, I notice in WordPress if you insert javascript in an article in the “code” tab, it’s a one-time deal. What I mean by this is, if you need to go back and edit your article, the javascript will be messed-up and you’ll have to redo the javascript insert. If you just publish your article once and don’t need to edit it at a later time, everything should be fine.

I’ve included an example of what the ads look like from AdBrite in videos. I made a small (maybe too short) video of a gear moving just to show you what the ads are like. They’re actually nice because they’re not too invasive and can bring you a bit of extra income from your publishing. Well, that’s all! I know this was a really long post and if you’re confused about any part or need help, leave a comment!

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