Sourcing Motion Loops or Moving Animated
Backgrounds For Your Videos!

If you want to create visually attractive, compelling videos that will keep your audience glued to their screens (and if you’re reading this, I’m assuming you do) then you definitely need to included a motion loop (also referred to as moving or animated background) in your video.

You can buy these relatively inexpensively and they can make all the difference in the world to the quality of the finished product – your video will go from looking like 99% of the videos you see on YouTube to a slicker, much more polished production.

And if you happen to be creating videos for your clients, they will be thrilled!

Here are a couple of examples. This first video is a rough draft of one I created for a client (just click the screen image to watch)…

It’s a motion loop of a waterfall, which plays over and over and over in the background, coupled with an appropriate soundtrack and text.

That’s it.

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To me, a great soundtrack makes all the difference in the world when it comes to creating the sort of video that will enthrall your visitors and keep them watching to the very end.

Yes, that means you incur two additional costs for every video you create…

• The cost to purchase the rights to use the soundtrack.
• The cost of your time; chances are you’ll have to listen to quite a few tracks before you find what you’re looking for.

In my opinion however, it’s worth every penny – especially if your videos are not high-adrenaline eye candy from beginning to end.

Let’s face it – most of us creating videos to promote our online businesses don’t have the means to take on Ridley Scott in the excitement department. And while this sounds extreme, you have to remember that online, you ARE competing against the best of the best; your viewer can at any moment surf over to YouTube and watch the trailers for the newest Hollywood blockbuster or any number of zillions of other high value productions. That’s what you’re up against!

So you really do need to use every possible advantage at your disposal!

So a great soundtrack can drive the video along, and as I said earlier, keep your visitor watching until the end.

As an example, turn up your speakers and check out this teaser video I created for a new series of videos I’m doing over on the new video section of UltimateFatBurner.com (just click the screen image below to open the video)…

Now imagine this same video without this soundtrack, or with the words being spoken instead. Not the same, right?

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I’m a huge fan of SBI!. Always have been. Heck, I worked for the company for 6 years, and still do occasional beta-testing for them.

So I was thrilled to hear Ken Evoy and the good folks over at SiteSell were launching the “$50,000 Match It! Challenge.”

Here’s the challenge…

If you can find documented proof that another product, or collection of information and tools, delivers everything that SBI! does (or more), at the price of SBI! (or less) AND that product documents success to the depth that SBI! does, SiteSell will pay you $50,000.

Yes, you read that right; 50 grand if you can find a business building service that works AS well as Site Build It! (read the complete details on what you need to do here).

But if I were you, I wouldn’t waste my time.

Because there is no such service.

I know – I’ve looked at them all.

This is also the reason respected educational institutions like Penn state are using Site Build It! as the way to teach their students how to use the Web to build a successful online business.

There is no better tool.

If you’re tired of wasting your time online and just want to get started building a long term sustainable income on the Internet, check out Site Build It! today.

And just so you know; none of the links in this article are affiliate links; I receive no remuneration from a referred sale. I recommend the product because I believe in it. That’s it.

By now, you’ve probably heard of IMReportCard.com, a site that provides reviews of popular internet marketing related products and then encourages visitors to share their own experiences with them.

On the surface, IMReportCard.com seems like it fills a pretty good niche. Who doesn’t want a impartial resource to check in with when you’re considering purchasing a new Internet Marketing related product? Who doesn’t want to read feedback and comments from everyday folks who have purchased and used the products?

The thing is, I’m a skeptical S.O.B.

That, and my main online businesses are in the body building and weight loss supplement industry, where it’s common for both retailers and affiliates to create “unbiased review sites” (which are nothing of the sort, of course) as a means to generate sales or referral income.

These affiliates frequently gloss over inconvenient truths and fail to question or investigate the retailer’s claims, instead parroting them and passing them on as “gospel” truth. I’ve made a good living over the past decade doing the opposite, because it’s both the ethical thing to do, and the only way to build long term business success.

So when I encountered IMReportCard.com, red flags started going up almost immediately…

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