Saved $30K in marketing costs by building my own tool. Made $2K already
I wanted to turn my Blog posts into videos. Editor wanted $30K. Built my own tool instead.
The problem:
SEO plateaued. Social wants video. My best Blog posts were just sitting there.
What I tried:
Editors — $300–$1,000 per video. For 50 posts? $15K–$50K.
AI video tools — Generic stock footage, robotic scripts that didn't sound like me. Expensive for long posts.
So I built something different:
Doesn't generate videos from scratch. Translates your Medium posts into video, faithfully.
- Pulls your actual post—structure, arguments, voice
- AI breaks it into scenes
- No stock footage—animated text, diagrams, clean layouts (built with Remotion)
- Real voiceover (ElevenLabs)
Looks professional, not "AI content."
Converted 50+ Blog posts this way. Saved tens of thousands.
First video free, no card.
Paste Blog URL → script → video in minutes.
Link: https://blog2video.app
Love this approach — building your own tool instead of paying $30K to an editor. Respect. The "no stock footage, animated text + real voiceover" is a smart differentiator. Most AI video tools feel generic; yours sounds like it actually respects the original writing.
One question: before you built this, did you validate if bloggers/Marketers would actually pay for it? Or did you build first and then find out?
I learned that lesson the hard way (6 months wasted), which is exactly why I built TrendyRevenue – AI validation for startup ideas. Free tier gives you a sanity check (market demand, competitors). Pro ($39/mo) adds source‑cited competitor gaps + revenue modeling — super useful when you're planning your next feature or pricing tier.
If you ever expand Blog2Video (e.g., LinkedIn post support, multi‑language voiceovers), run it through TrendyRevenue's free tier first. It’ll tell you which direction has real demand before you spend weeks coding. And if the signal is strong, Pro helps you nail the positioning.
Keep shipping. Already following your journey. 🔥
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