Why You Should Be Adding Video to Your Simplebooklet
Why You Should Be Adding Video to Your Simplebooklet
Nothing moves people like video. Not text. Not images. Not infographics. Video is the format that makes audiences stop, watch, and feel something — and Simplebooklet puts it directly on your pages, exactly where your audience is already paying attention.
Your Audience Wants to Watch, Not Just Read
We are living in a video-first world. People are used to content that plays, moves, and speaks to them directly. When they land on a page that has a video on it, they watch it. When they land on a page that doesn't, they read — or more likely, skim.
Adding video to your Simplebooklet meets your audience where they already are. It gives them the format they prefer, right inside the content you've worked hard to create, without asking them to go anywhere else to find it.
Three Ways to Add Video — One for Every Situation
Simplebooklet gives you three distinct ways to add video to your pages, so you're never limited by what you have or where your content lives.
Embed from YouTube, Vimeo, or Google Drive — already have video content online? Paste the URL and it's on your page. It takes ten seconds and works with any video you've already invested in producing. Available on all plans.
Upload your own video — this is where the real power lives. Upload directly from your device and unlock a level of control that embedding simply can't match. No YouTube logo. No Vimeo watermark. No "recommended videos" appearing after your content ends. Just your video, your brand, your experience. Available on Pro and Business plans.
Search Pexels — without leaving the editor — need a professional-quality video and don't have one? Pexels is built directly into Simplebooklet. Browse thousands of free, high-resolution, license-free videos by keyword, filter by landscape, portrait, or square, and add them to your page in a single click. No subscription. No attribution required. No leaving your editor to find them. Available on all plans.
Uploaded Video Gives You Total Control
When you upload your own video, you're not just adding content — you're designing an experience. Four settings let you fine-tune exactly how your video behaves for every viewer:
- Autoplay on Open — your video starts the moment the page loads. No click required. Your audience is watching before they've even decided to
- Muted Audio — plays silently by default, perfect for background visuals, ambient content, or audiences in shared spaces
- Hide Video Playbar — remove the controls entirely for a clean, cinematic look that keeps the focus on the content
- Loop Video — plays continuously, ideal for product showcases, ambient footage, or anything that benefits from seamless repetition
Together these settings give you the kind of video experience your audience associates with high-end brands and premium content — right inside your Simplebooklet.
Video Doesn't Just Sit on the Page — It Can Be Triggered
On-page video is powerful. But Simplebooklet lets you go further. Video can be triggered by a click — appearing exactly when your audience is ready for it, without taking up space on the page until that moment comes.
A Video Button is a visible, labelled call to action that plays a video in a lightbox when clicked. "Watch the Demo." "See It In Action." "Meet the Team." The label sets the expectation. The video delivers.
A Video Hotspot is invisible — a clickable area placed directly over your content that opens a video when clicked. Your design stays clean. The interactivity stays hidden. And when a viewer clicks the right spot, the video plays.
Both support embedded links and direct uploads, giving you full flexibility over where your video lives and how it gets triggered.
A Word on GIFs
GIFs are a lightweight way to add motion to your pages and they're great for short, looping animations — a product feature highlight, a quick process walkthrough, a subtle attention-grabber. They're uploaded through the Images tool and behave like standard images on the page.
That said, GIFs are large files relative to what they deliver. If your booklet feels slow to load or sluggish to browse, a GIF is often the culprit. In those cases, converting your GIF to an MP4 and uploading it as a video will give you the same looping animation at a fraction of the file size — and a much smoother experience for your audience.
You Don't Need a Video Production Budget
Between embedded video from platforms you're already using, Pexels stock footage built directly into the editor, and upload support for any video you record on your phone — the barrier to adding great video to your Simplebooklet is essentially zero.
A 60-second walkthrough recorded on your laptop. A product clip from your phone. A YouTube video you made six months ago. A stunning aerial shot from Pexels to set the scene on your opening page. All of it is one step away from being on your page and in front of your audience.
How Video Supports the Reader's Journey
Video doesn't just enhance your booklet — it accelerates the entire Reader's Journey. In the Awareness stage, a compelling opening video communicates who you are and why you matter faster than any written introduction. In the Attention stage, video keeps viewers on the page longer, creates emotional engagement, and makes complex ideas instantly accessible. In the Immersion stage, product demos, testimonials, and walkthroughs build the kind of deep understanding and trust that closes the gap between interest and decision. And in the Action stage, a well-placed video — triggered at the exact right moment by a button or hotspot — delivers the final persuasive push that turns a viewer into a lead, a customer, or a believer.
Video isn't a feature you add when you have time. It's the upgrade that changes what your booklet is capable of.
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Updated on: 06/03/2026
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