1. Videos are fun to create. Expressing your creativity gives you a sense of accomplishment. When you create something, your mind is focused away from your daily stressors. Call it an escape from reality if you will. It is good for you.

2. Videos are easy to create. You don't need any fancy equipment. They can be as simple as a slideshow of photos with narration or clips from your cell phone or digital camera that you already own. Import your clips or photos into Microsoft's free Windows Movie Maker and compile them into a video.

3. Create Memories. Photos are great, but videos are more personalized with narration and containing a series of photos opposed to single pictures in one file. You can upload them to video sharing web sites or email them to your friends and family. Sharing videos is a great way to stay in touch and share your life with your loved ones from afar.

4. Get paid for your videos. Submit them to Associated Content for upfront payment, and collect residual payment every time someone views your videos.

5. Online article writers can get paid even more. Based on my own experience, videos often generate higher offers for your content at AC and you can link your articles to your videos for increased page views. Creating videos also gives you a break from writing to have some fun and refresh your creativity.

6. Create a vlog, a blog with videos instead of articles. Set up a blogger account and add a video to each page. You can then place Ad Sense ads around your videos. Your visitors will watch your videos then hopefully click on your Ad Sense ads when they are finished watching, creating an income stream for you.

7. Generate traffic. If you have a web site, blog or Squidoo lens that could use some traffic, videos are the way to go. You can SEO your video title just like you would for your articles and submit them to social bookmarking sites. Increased traffic coming from two different directions gives your site greater exposure.

8. Use your videos as a teaching tool. People love to learn new things. One of the greatest ways to get people to watch your videos is to share something new with them. Teach them how to do something. Give them the pleasure of learning a new way to do something and they will come back for more.

9. Market your business. Do you have your own or an affiliate product to market? Do it in video. Consumers more readily purchase something they can see opposed to just reading about it. Give them a demo of what it does and how it will benefit them. Show your potential buyers examples of how your product can improve their lives and you've got a sale.

10. Don't get left behind. Videos are infiltrating the web at an alarming rate. Our culture demands high-speed information. We are accustomed to visual media. Our younger generations especially, prefer to watch rather than read or skim an article. Bandwidth is becoming less of an issue with increased usage of high-speed internet access. Video is predicted to become the status quo of internet content in the days ahead as the internet continues to evolve. Do yourself a favor and learn how to create videos today.