We’re going to keep this really short today. No doubt, you’ll have all seen Andy Jenkin’s latest offering “The Video Boss”. And yes, Andy is spot on when he says that video is a great way to market your stuff online.

But his course is aimed at people who have an abundance of money, and also an abundance of time and dedication in order to learn the intricacies of creating aweseome videos. If, like most people, you don’t have the money, the time, or the inclination to learn video in that much depth, then here’s a real treat for you.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

Don’t rush off and buy this. It’s included in the free, Beta version of Microsoft Office 2010. Yours truly has downloaded it and believe me, you won’t be disappointed. Initially, it takes a while to download, but once it’s done, just restart your computer and you should be good to go.

Then just fire up powerpoint and get ready to make amazing videos, cool designs, graphics, templates, animations, slide transitions…. everything is just right there at the top of your screen. Just waiting for you to add it into your presentation. You can even add a video. So if you’ve made a video with your little flip camera you simply insert it into your presentation and then record the whole thing using screen capture software. Think of the possibilities just of this one feature alone.

Check out the video below, then head over to www.office.microsoft.com and download the beta version for yourself. You get this till October 2010 so you have no reason not to be making great looking, totally rocking videos to wow your vieweres between now and then. Once the free period is up, you can either buy it, or not. It’ll deactivate though and then you’ll either have to go back to your old version or hope there’s a new beta version available.

Video is definitely a great way to make your niche sites stand out from your competitors. And with this free beta version from Microsoft you can make sure your videos are up to the mark.