How to Use AI to Turn Your Blog Posts into Videos Automatically

We are living in an unprecedented time in which we are able to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools and applications to do incredibly useful things like generate text copy, images, and now compelling videos automatically.

We’ve turned this post into a video to show you a very clear example! Check it out below and subscribe to the AI Marketing Plan YouTube Channel today.

Then continue reading to learn how to turn blog posts into videos yourself with the help of AI tools.

This Blog Post Was Converted to a Video Using ChatGPT and the Pictory AI Video Tool

In this article, I will describe just how to turn your blog posts into videos quickly and easily in 3 simple steps. The video below is an example of just what can be accomplished by using ChatGPT and Pictory.ai to do this.

You can share your newly created videos on all major social media channels like YouTube, Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram. Imagine how much MORE traffic and exposure you’re going to get to your blog.

You might even get one of your videos to go viral if you make it compelling, and useful if you use the right hashtags and trending audio.

In this article, I will describe just how to turn your blog posts into videos quickly and easily in 3 simple steps.

Step 1. Ask ChatGPT to Summarize Your Blog Post and Convert it to a Script for a Video

We will use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to prepare your blog post to be transformed into a video using some special prompt engineering that I will share with you.

You can copy and paste the prompt below to have ChatGPT write a summary of your post and outline a YouTube script that will work for a brilliant video.

With this script, we will be able to create an easily digestible video that will capture attention and allow you to drive more traffic to your blog.

Blog Post to YouTube Script Prompt for ChatGPT

Here is the exact prompt you can use to generate a clean and concise YouTube video script.

Simply copy the following prompt into ChatGPT and then copy and paste your blog post into the defined area at the bottom of the prompt where it says [PASTE YOUR BLOG POST HERE].

Update: We’ve created a Blog Post to YouTube Script AI tool and it can now be found here!

Summarize the following article into a creative and compelling YouTube script using a high-school reading level. Make sure that you abide by the following 4 directions in your response. 

1. I would like you to identify the most important and informative highlights of the article
2. Make sure that no sentence is longer than 200 characters. 
3. Make sure that no paragraph is longer than 250 characters.
4. Include several emojis that will generate the best emotional response where there are relevant keywords.

Article:

"[PASTE YOUR BLOG POST HERE]"

The output you get from using this prompt should provide you with a great start for our next 2 steps in turning your blog post into a video.

Step 2. Edit Your YouTube Script for Clarity and Brevity

You’ll want to make sure that your content is up to par and easy to read for the video format. Sometimes blog post copy and AI-generated copy doesn’t always 100% work with video due to its lengthy sentences and verbiage.

Step 3. Create Your Video on Pictory

This is the exciting part! Where all the magic comes into play is utilizing the AI technology provided by Pictory. You can try Pictory.ai for free today to create up to 3 video projects up to 10 minutes long.

Pictory’s AI will enable you to easily transform your blog posts into awesome videos.

With Pictory you can copy the script we generated with ChatGPT and paste it into their Script to Video tool.

Ways You Can Customize Your Blog Post Video

Here are some ways that you can customize your blog post to YouTube script to make it better for the video format.

• Select unique and beautiful videos that are perfectly relevant to your text copy
• Add or remove emojis
• Add icons, gifs, or other graphic element layers
• Add a Subscribe call-to-action
• Add your logo design
• Record a voiceover

You can also choose an aspect ratio for your video to make it horizontal 16:9 suitable for YouTube or vertical 9:16 for other social media platforms.

Pictory Subscriptions

If you try Pictory today and decide to upgrade your plan you can get 20% off for life and get the following bonus features.

• Create dozens of videos per month
• Text-to-video up to 20 mins long
• Automated video transcriptions
• Edit existing video recordings
• 10 Video Templates you can customize
• 15,000 Licensed music tracks
• 42 text-to-speech AI voices
• Automated voice-over synch
• Automated video highlights

Now You Can Use AI to Grow Your Blog on YouTube and Social Media!

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