“How To” Videos

Fifteen of the best sites for how-to videos. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. VideoJug - Hundreds of how-to videos from across the spectrum, from how to make pecan pie to how to choose a wedding ring to how to improve your golf chipping technique. (www.videojug.com)

2. About.com Video Library - How-to videos in many categories, including food and cooking, health, home and garden, computers, parenting, cars, electronics, travel, more. (video.about.com)

3. Expert Village - Almost 10,000 how-to videos on a wide variety of topics. If you want to know how to do something, this is a good place to check first. (www.expertvillage.com)

4. How-To Home Improvement Videos at BobVila.com - Library of 19 step-by-sep videos showing you how to do household fixes or new projects, including how to hang a wood door, how to replace a toilet, how to install a water filtration system and more. (www.bobvila.com)

5. “How To” Cooking Videos - Videos that show you how to do plenty of stuff in the kitchen, from how to make barbeque ribs to how to make vegetarian lasagna to how to make s’mores. (allrecipes.com)

6. How-To Videos from Family Fun - How-to videos here include many craft projects as well as fairly easy cooking videos that kids and adults can do together. (familyfun.go.com)

7. Central Home - Hundreds of “how to” videos on dance, exercise, fitness and sports. (www.centralhome.com)

8. Woodcraft Video Library - Woodworking “how to” videos on a variety of woodworking techniques and projects. Free to watch online. (www.woodcraft.com)

9. Small Business How-To Seminars and Podcasts - A nice series of free how-to videos covering a variety of small business topics, from the New York Public Library. (www.nypl.org)

10. Leerburg’s Dog Training and Video List - Dog training videos including specialties such as obedience, puppies, breeding, nutrition, police service, and personal protection. (leerburg.com)

11. Merv’s How-To Instructional Videos / Books - Merv sells how-to videos that will help you learn how to do a variety of things—window treatments, furniture upholstering, slipcovers, and more. (www.how-to-videos.info)

12. Portable How-To Videos Will Be Big Business - Opinion that the video iPod will make how-to videos more popular because people will have an easier time watching the videos while actually doing what’s described on the video. As the writer observes: “It’s a real hassle trying to fix the lawnmower when the “How to fix the lawnmower” video is in the family room.” (www.37signals.com)

13. Active Videos - Sells videos related to activity — how-to-dance videos, instructional workout videos and how-to videos related to a variety of participatory sports. (www.activevideos.com)

14. Free Woodworking Videos - How-to videos for the professional trim carpenter from this maker of woodworking miter clamps. (www.miterclamp.com)

15. Teracom Training Institute - Video training courses on telecom, datacom, networking, VOIP and wireless. (www.teracomtraining.com)