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Creating Videos With Promo

As a marketer, it is important that you know how to create a video for a business.

1 Learn the concept

As a marketer, it is important that you know how to create a video for a business. Online editors make it possible to build professional-looking videos from templates, stock footage and text. This lesson shows how to create high-quality videos with an online editor and keep them on brand.

Four steps: choose a template, add your content, brand it and exportA TEMPLATE-BASED VIDEO WORKFLOW1TemplatePick a layout thatfits the topic2ContentAdd your text, clipsand images3BrandLogo, colors andfonts4ExportRight size for eachchannel
Templates save time on structure so you can focus on the message.

2 See it in action

  • Start from a template and adapt it.
  • Use the brand's colors, fonts and logo.
  • Keep text short and readable.
  • Export in the right format for each channel.

Worked example

A 15-second promo

Frame 1 (3 s): "New this week".

Frame 2 (5 s): the product with one benefit.

Frame 3 (4 s): the price or offer.

Frame 4 (3 s): the logo and a call to action.

Check: captions on, readable at phone size, and the last frame stays long enough to read.

3 Study an example

Example scenario

A small business turns a customer testimonial into a thirty-second branded video using a template. It publishes it the same day.

4 Apply it and download

  1. Choose a template.
  2. Add your brand elements.
  3. Export and review the video.

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