7 Best Video Software Tools To Create Your Next Holiday Video

It’s that time of year again, it’s time to share the joy and cheer of the holidays with our customers, partners, employees and their families. For marketers this likely means putting together a holiday email campaign targeting a contact database. While it’s a good idea to send out a holiday card, you may want to think about being a little more creative this year to stand out from all the other cards people are receiving. The best way to stand out? You guessed it, create a holiday video.

With no production work needed you can easily create a holiday automatically video using one of the 5 video software tools we outline below. You read that right, no production work needed. If you have photos, video clips and a creative mind you can create the ultimate holiday video in a matter of a few minutes for nearly little to no cost. In fact, there is a category of software solutions dedicated to automatically creating videos by allowing users to upload photos and videos, choose a pre-defined holiday template with music and quickly render a video that can be downloaded or shared across the web or in emails.

Here’s what you need to create your holiday video:

Existing Photos and Video Clips

If you’re creating a holiday video to be shared with your master marketing list you may want to look through all pictures taken throughout the year. In most cases the best way to find these pics is via your organization’s social media accounts, where there is likely a good selection. For video clips you can follow the same process, except you may want to send an email out to your team soliciting video footage that employees may have on their phones from various company events, etc.

Pick a Template

Once you have gathered all your photos and videos, next choose a video creation software tool from our list below, or by searching our directory. Once you have picked your vendor, sign up, upload your photos and videos and choose a holiday template. Most video creation software toolsets will have a selection of pre-baked holiday templates to choose from.

Publish

After picking your holiday template, watch as the software automatically takes your photos and videos and pulls them into an amazingly awesome and professional holiday video you can use in your marketing campaigns. Once you are happy with the video, download the file or publish directly to your social accounts.

It’s really that simple. Now to get started, we’ve narrowed down a shortlist of holiday video creation software vendors to choose from, so take your pick!

Video Creation Software
	Shakr Shakr makes it really simple to create videos for your business. A simple drag-and-drop interface service a platform for small businesses and individuals to create professional-quality videos using photos and video clips.
	Rocketium Rocketium is a online video creation platform that makes video creation quick, simple and accessible on desktop and mobile. Rocketium can turn any image or collection of images and videos into video content for a Buzzfeed-like video.
	Wochit Wochit is a a cloud based video creation platform enables brands and storytellers to instantly create short, branded and studio-quality video clips economically at scale. Easily create video for social, web and mobile.
	Reevio Reevio makes video creation easy with a web-based video editor that utilizes professional templates that can be easily customized and configured to match any brand. Upload images, video clips or select from a preexisting library to create the perfect video.
	Biteable Biteable is a video creation platform that makes it easy to create business videos using pre-established templates and stock footage.
	Lumen5 Lumen5 provides a video platform that automates video content creation by converting social content, images and text into personalized, engaging videos.
	Powtoon Powtoon is an awesome video creation platform that enables anyone to create professional-looking and engaging videos and presentations in minutes, without any design or technical skills. More than 20 million people, including 96% of the Fortune 500 companies, use Powtoon to engage their audience, boost sales, add life to their internal communications, and promote their product or service