Here's How You Can ADD VIDEO to Your Blog

Today I'm showing my blog clients how to add a video right inside this box when they are adding posts to their blogs. You can request a step by step procedure for doing this at www.terscott.com/blogarticles. (If you don't see this page on my site just now, please give me a couple of days because I have to create it yet at the time of this post).

I've chosen to add a video here about my website: http://www.myimprintrep.com/. It's a site that shares ways to promote a business or organization using "Anything With An Imprint".

So now before I leave you with this post, let me list the steps to placing a video on your blogger page (as seen at: http://marketingmasterclass.blogspot.com/ or as shown here, within the content of your blogger post. Remember that if you are a member of the Master Blog Class, you can email me using the email revealed in class to ask me any questions or simply leave your questions or comments after this post.

STEPS (Without Pictures) to ADD VIDEO TO BLOGGER

Today we’ll go over how to add a video to your Blogger Blog. First log in to Blogger, and open the dashboard.

Next, scroll down if necessary and choose your blog. Today I’ll choose one of my marketing blogs since I have a few marketing videos out there on YouTube. I’ve chosen my Be A Marketing Master Blog.You can see it at: http://marketingmasterclass.blogspot.com/.

Click on the “Design” link and this will open what I call the “backroom” where you can change the “look” of your blog.

Because I like my videos and other “elements” usually on the side running along side the posts, I will choose (by clicking) the “add a gadget” from the side versus the top or bottom of my blog:

I’m not going to explain how to shoot and save your own video here. I am making the assumption that you have a video saved on your computer or have one out there on YouTube. I’m going to first show you how to transfer one to your blog, and later how to add videos to your actual post. For now, follow me as I go to YouTube:

You can see that I’m already signed in at the top right. I then do a search for my videos by placing my name in the search bar.

I see two of them and I will choose the one where I teach my Master Marketing Series.

Below the video there is a “share” button. Placing my mouse over this button it states:”Share or embed” this video. I click there. Now you’ll see some html code that is highlighted. Right click and copy this code. Let’s now return to blogger.

Click on “add a gadget” and open the HTML gadget.

  

Paste the code into the content area of the gadget. Note that I usually don’t fill in titles for a better “visual” on the blog, but knowing that the search engines “look” for this when visiting, and since I want the viewers to “check this out” I will add a title this time; it’s always optional. I then click on “save” and we return to the backroom.

You’ll see at the top that it states:”Page element added. View Blog” but because I’m cautious and have lost things in the past and had to redo things, I again click on the orange “SAVE” button (doesn’t hurt to do this), I then click to see my blog:

And there is the video! Wow, very cool. However, depending on the layout of your blog, you’ll see that part of the video is cut off. I’m not overly concerned with this particular video because most everything is “seen” as it plays. However, when I’m creating the video to be played in my blogger blog, I will be sure to have all of my wording “flush left”, that is to have it all on the left side of the screen. If you choose to have your video in the top or bottom positions, you’ll have the full video and this won’t be a concern.

Now, let’s add a video right inside your post. Depending on whether you want visitors to always see your post as I have chosen with placing it on the side of the blog, or only for the duration of your post as we’ll discuss now, will be your choice. Placing a video within the content of your post is as simple as adding a picture within the content area. Here’s how.

Again, first find the blog you want to add this video and find your video either on your computer or on YouTube. I will use the same video from YouTube but I’ll choose a different blog. I will place this video on my Master Blog Class Blog at: http://masterblogclass.blogspot.com/.

Open the backroom or use whatever option you want to place a “new post” on your blog. Add content to the post area. Here’s a tip, when posting I usually create all my content in a word document for several reasons. One, this shows areas that need to be edited and two, I can save it and later perhaps use it for an eBook, or other written product. Here I’m just going to show on the blog how to add a video so I’ll take my chances and trust my grammar and spelling and type directly into the content box.

On the task bar you see the word: “Link”. To the right of that is the picture icon and next to that is the video icon; click on it.

Here you’ll either browse from your computer, or with my case here, I will click on “my YouTube videos” to find my video.

Well, this is odd. I don’t see my YouTube video for my Master Marketing Series so instead of taking your time to find it and “fix” this, I’m choosing my Imprinted Promotional Products video which I use to promote my website: www.myimprintrep.com. I need to go back into Blogger and modify my content in my post and I’ll be right back. OK, I’m back.

Get back to this spot, and click on your video to select it, click on “select” and there you are.

Make it a great day! Ter