Google My Business Video Maker Is Okay But Not Great

Dec 17, 2020 - 7:11 am 3 by
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Google launched a free and easy to use video maker tool within Google My Business. The videos come out okay but it wouldn't be something I share on my home page of my web site. But that being said, it is something maybe some small businesses would showcase.

You can access this tool at marketingkit.withgoogle.com/videomaker. Your first step is to search for your business name in this box:

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Then it asks you to add some information, you are given several questions to fill in:

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Then Google takes what you gave it, plus some of your reviews and local data and builds:

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Then it outputs the result with ways to share it:

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Here is the video it made for my business:

I am not sure I'd share this video with prospects or my customers but it isn't that bad.

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