Originally published by Tara Hunt on LinkedIn: How to Make Great Videos for the Web (Inexpensively!)

So many brands think video = expensive endeavour for the web. While it DOES take more time and is definitely more expensive than just starting a blog or taking photos with your smart phone, it's not as cost-prohibitive as you may think.

Lots of people compliment me on my videos and, in this week's video, I let you in on the cheap and dirty secret: the whole setup cost me somewhere between $1000-1500 - and that lasts me for years worth of videos (while most companies are quoted $2500+ PER video for outside production).

If you are a small to mid-sized business, it's totally worth your time to get comfortable with DIY-ing this stuff. This video covers the production bits. I'll cover the post-production, promotion, and pre-production stuff in future videos.

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