In this article you will get a step-by-step walkthrough about how to use the Promo AI tool. For a broader explanation about PromoAI, check out this article first.
With PromoAI, get up to 30-days worth of video posts personalized for your business. You can try out generating video posts even without a plan. To download & publish your PromoAI videos, you will need a Standard or Pro plan.
With a Basic plan you can generate 60 AI videos per month without the ability to edit them. Standard plan users get 90 AI video generations and 30 AI video downloads per month. And Pro plan users get 1000 AI video generations and 300 AI video downloads per month.
NOTE. AI video downloads do not roll over to the next month/year. At the beginning of a new billing month/year, previous unused amount of AI video downloads will disappear, and instead you will receive a new amount of AI video downloads.
You can also check our tutorial videos for PromoAI :)
Step 1 | Go to the PromoAI video creator
There are a couple of ways to access the PromoAI tool: either through your Planner or by using the 'Create New' button.
Please check this article about how you can access PromoAI tool via 'Create New' button.
To access to your Planner simply hover over 'My workspace' and select 'PromoAI Planner':
To generate one or several AI videos, once Planner is opened, click the 'Generate AI videos' button at the top of the page:
If you wish to generate single AI video, hover over any day you like in the calendar, then hover over Blue Plus sign and select 'New AI video' option. Please check this article about how to use single AI video generation.
Note. This option will only generate AI videos with Voice-Overs.
Step 2 | Create videos for your business, topic videos or videos for your Amazon product
If this is your first time generating AI videos, clicking the '+Generate AI videos' button will take you to the PromoAI tool starting page:
If you have already generated at least one batch of AI videos for your business, you will be redirected to a PromoAI first editing page that will autopopulate your most recently used Brand:
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To return to the PromoAI starting page, just click the 'Back' button:
Step 2a | Create videos for your business
You can start generating videos for your business either from PromoAI starting page or PromoAI first editing page.
On the starting page enter your website URL and click 'Next'. If you do not have a website, click 'I have a business without a website' link, and you will be redirected to PromoAI first editing page:
On the PromoAI first editing page you can add your business information and branding if you clicked 'I have a business without a website' link and click 'Next':
or select another brand that was already created in your Promo account, edit autopopulated details, branding, and click 'Next'.
Note. To help PromoAI create videos that are perfectly suited for you, please add a short yet accurate business description.
To create another brand for video generation, just click the '+Add new brand' link in the bottom left corner. You'll then be redirected back to the PromoAI starting page.
Note. The number of Brands you can manage varies depending on the plan you have, e.g., 1 Brand with Basic plan; 3 Brands with Standard plan, and 10 Brands with Pro plan.
Step 2b | Create topical videos
You can generate topic videos from the PromoAI starting page simply by entering your topic of interest. Then click 'Next'.
Specify what kind of video(s) you would like about this topic. You can include information like target audience, tone, or any other emphases you would like to highlight.
You can choose to include a 'Creator name' to be used as a reference for who created the video, but this field is optional.
Add a logo, a watermark, and colors that will be used in your videos, if you want. Or select a brand that exists.
Once done, click โNextโ:
Step 2c | Create videos for your Amazon product
Note. Currently, it is available for the US, Canadian, Australian, UK and Singaporean versions of Amazon only. Please stay tuned for updates.
Videos for your Amazon product can also be generated from the PromoAI starting page. Just enter link to your Amazon product page and click 'Next'.
You will be redirected to a PromoAI second editing page.
Step 3 | Select the amount and dates of your videos
Once you've entered all the information for your AI videos, you can proceed to PromoAI second editing page.
On this page you can:
specify the number of videos you want to generate: default amount is set to 7, but it can be increased to 30
specify desired dates: to change the dates you can either click on 'Calendar' icon or arrows
If you clicked on 'Calendar' icon, the new pop-up screen will appear, where you can select:
amount of videos (add or deduct them)
the period of time AI videos can be generated for
Daily option to create videos each day for selected period of time
Custom option to choose specific dates to generate AI videos on (1 selected day equals 1 video)
and click Apply to apply changes:
select aspect ratio for the entire batch: ratio can be changed manually in your Planner after AI videos were generated
select language: English is set as default
After making your selections, simply click 'Next' to have PromoAI start generating your videos.
NOTE. Previously generated AI videos will not be replaced by new AI videos.
New AI videos will appear in Planner above previous video generations:
Step 4 | Take a break, drink a coffee
You will be taken to a countdown with useful PromoAI tips while AI video posts are being generated. They will be created faster than the time it takes most people to drink a cup of coffee :)
If some AI video posts are ready early, you will be taken to your planner page.
Step 5 | View your AI video posts, select one to preview
In the planner page, AI video posts will appear for each day you selected at the beginning.
Click on one to preview it.
If you need more information about the video before previewing it, simply click on the little โ button
Step 6 | Watch your video and take an action
With an AI video post preview open, you can experience a personalized video made just for your business. The video & post is even ready for the particular day of the calendar year. There's a suitable music track for each video, too!
Your personalized video should start playing automatically.
On this same page, you can change the ratio without any hassle :) To do this, simply click on ratio you need, and in a less than a minute, the video will appear in selected ratio:
Step 7 | Decide what to do with it
Now that you have experienced a post, you can decide what to do with it. If you don't like it, there are loads more to choose from. Just click 'X' in the upprt right corner to leave the Preview and find a different video. You can also regenerate this particular video post, by clicking a 'Regenerate' button below the preview screen or on 3 dots in the bottom right corner and then selecting 'Regenerate' option.
Alternatively, you can use our chat-based AI editing tools, that will help you edit your video according to your request via chat. If you would like to try it, simply click on "Chat to edit" button, and you will be redirected to our magic chat-based editor tool ๐คฉ.
With this tool, you can change captions, fonts, music tracks, logos and even footage. To make changes, simply type in what exactly would you like to change in your video and click on the Send button.
Once the video has been modified according to your request, you can preview it. If you like it, click "Save" in the upper right corner and all changes will be saved. If you don't like it, click 'Discard' and none of the changes will be saved.
You can also use Chat Editing tool to replace footage in the video with your own uploaded videos/images:)
Once the page with Uploaded content appears, you can either select from existing uploaded content or Upload a new one :)
If you want to take an action with your video post, you have a few options. Click on the 3 dots above 'Download' button to:
'Download video' - download it directly to your computer
'Edit video' - tweak the video
'Export Image/GIF' - download it as an image or as a GIF
'Edit post' - make changes to the text of the post
'Share link' - share preview link to your AI video post
'Delete post' - delete the video and post
'Publish to social media' - publish it to social media on the target date
Note: If you wish to edit your video with Basic plan, no Premium clips will be deducted, as it will be saved to your Drafts Tab. Though, if you wish to publish your AI suggested videos from Drafts Tab to Published Tab, you need to upgrade to Standard or Pro plan.
If you wish to schedule/publish/edit your post or upload/embed/download your video, you need to have either Standard or Pro plan, as by completing these actions, your video will be saved to your Published tab.
Step 7a | Publish or schedule your AI video post
Publish to social media - you'll be taken to the publisher page where you'll be asked to connect & select a social media account to publish to.
Once you connect an account, you will see the social video post along with a preview.
There you can select Publish immediately, or to Schedule on a particular time and day. If you are unsure, you can save your post as a draft, and decide later.
Click 'Publish' to continue on the Post Review screen.
Please check this article with detailed information on how to schedule your posts to social media pages :)
Step 7b | Download your AI video
Download video - if you click on "Download" button Full HD video video will be downloaded to your computer without redirecting you to the Publish Page :) To download an AI-suggested video, you need a Standard or Pro Plan.
Step 7c | Export video as an Image or GIF
Export Image/GIF - you'll be taken to a Publish page where you can either download your video as an MP4 file or export it as an Image or a GIF:
Step 7d | Edit your AI video post
Edit post - you'll be taken to the publisher where you can change the text of the post, add or remove hashtags or emojis. To do so, you'll have to connect & select a social media account.
Once you connect an account, you will see the social video post along with a preview. There you can select Publish immediately, or to Schedule on a particular time and day. If you are unsure, you can save your post as a draft, and decide later.
Click 'Publish' to continue on the Post Review screen.
Step 7e | Edit your AI video
Note. This option is unavailbale for AI videos with Voice-Overs.
Edit video - you'll be taken to Promo.com's online video editor.
In the Editor, you can change the captions, footage, text, music, fonts, colors or logo as you wish.
After that, click on 'Save & Preview' to be returned to the planner page with your edited AI video.
Note: if you edit the video and save it, it will appear in your Drafts Tab. If you decide to generate more AI videos later, the video you edited and saved will continue to be available in the Drafts Tab, as well as in your Planner.
Step 7f | Share preview link to your AI video
Share link - a pop-up window will appear where you can copy the link to your AI video post
You can send this link to anyone, even if they don't have a Promo account. This is how your AI video post will look like via preview link:
Note: if you have Pro plan and would like to share whitelabeled link, you need to do that via Published Tab only.
Step 7g | Delete your AI video post
Delete post - clicking on "Delete post" button will delete the video and post.
Note: once the AI video post is deleted from Planner, it cannot be recovered. Though, if the video was previously saved to Drafts/Published Tab, the video will still be available in Drafts/Published Tab, but post description will be deleted.
Step 8| Review your AI video post before publishing or scheduling it
Once you have continued to the Post Preview screen, you can review the posts you want to send, as well as the social media accounts they will be published on.
Click 'Continue' in the top right in order to have your AI video post automatically shared on your social media on the target date and time selected.
Now you have the power of end-to-end social video marketing in your hands :)
Click here to start generating videos with PromoAI.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via email [email protected] or in-app chat :)