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AI-Powered Video Translation

Jon Loomer

Using a tool called HeyGen, I uploaded a video that features at least 30 seconds of me speaking. It then regenerated the video from English to Spanish. I could see YouTube, TikTok, and Meta building something like this into apps to make videos more accessible, regardless of the language you speak. Unfortunately, I don’t.

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Custom Event for Embedded YouTube Video

Jon Loomer

When someone plays an embedded YouTube video on my website, an event fires. That event captures: • URL it was on, • Title of the video, • Percentage of the video that was watched • Total time watched in seconds I add a column to my Ads Manager to see how often people are watching these videos from my ads.

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How to Plan a 1-Minute Video

Jon Loomer

Here’s how to structure a 1-minute video… I’ve figured out that about a minute is the perfect length of time for a short-form video. To plan a 1-minute video, it starts with a script. The post How to Plan a 1-Minute Video appeared first on Jon Loomer Digital. That’s how I do it. How about you?

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Meta Fixes Video Views Custom Audience Bug

Jon Loomer

It appears that Meta has finally fixed a Video Views Custom Audience bug related to Facebook Reels engagement. Let’s take a closer look at what happened and how I’m using this to my benefit… The Bug When you create a Video Views Custom Audience, one of the steps is to “Choose Videos.” Not excited?

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You Have Time to Create Videos

Jon Loomer

It’s the typical excuse for not publishing videos… Get outta here with that nonsense. I’ve published at least one video every day this year. Each video takes an hour, start to finish (scripting, recording, editing, scheduling, everything). I don’t need to spend an hour on each video, but I do. I don’t have time!

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11 Lessons Learned from Short-Form Video Creation

Jon Loomer

I went from having no experience with the format (and a negative feeling about it) to being fully committed to it after recording more than 270 short-form videos. If you haven’t started creating your own short-form videos yet, it’s not too late. Every time you publish a new video, you are going to learn something.

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Scripting Short-Form Videos

Jon Loomer

I don’t read from a script because that would be super unnatural and uncomfortable… But I do write out a video script. These days, I script out my videos. The post Scripting Short-Form Videos appeared first on Jon Loomer Digital. When I first started, I just hit record and started talking. Just a little behind the scenes!

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