Turn a Video into a Blog Post

Choose the Video-to-blog article type and the YouTube and Media Research method, then paste a YouTube URL or upload a video file up to 25 MB. NarraSEO writes a structured article from it.

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If you publish video, podcasts, or webinars, each one can also be an article. NarraSEO reads the video and writes a structured post from it rather than dumping a transcript.

Credit figures are as of 2026-08-30.

Before you Start

You need either a public YouTube URL, or a video file no larger than 25 MB.

Most real video files are larger than 25 MB, so in practice the YouTube route is the one you will use. If your video is not on YouTube, uploading it there as unlisted is a workable way in.

Steps

  1. Go to Sidebar → Create → Write Article.
  2. Step 1, Topic & setup. Enter what the video is about. This helps with keyword research even though the content comes from the video.
  3. Step 2, Article type. Choose Video-to-blog. This recommends the right research method for the next step.
  4. Step 3, Research. Choose YouTube / Media Research. Paste your YouTube URL in the reference URLs field, or upload a video file.
  5. Continue through keywords, title, writing setup, and outline as normal. The outline will reflect the structure of the video.
  6. Step 10, Enhance your article. Turn on Related Videos so the source video is embedded in the article, which is usually what you want here.
  7. Generate.

What you Get

A structured article, not a transcript. Key points become headings, the argument is reorganised for reading rather than watching, and the video can be embedded alongside.

The article is written in your Brand Profile voice, so it will not read like speech.

Notes

Cost is the same as any other article: 300 credits, or 500 with AI images.

Upload limits for this research method are 3 files, 25 MB each, accepting .mp4, .mov, .webm, .m4v, .mkv, .mpeg, and .mpg. A YouTube URL has no size limit.

You can supply more than one video, up to 3, which is useful for a series or a multi-part webinar you want as one article.

Long videos work. A 45 minute webinar produces a longer, denser article than a 5 minute clip, and setting an In-depth or Pillar article length in step 8 gives it room.

If the Video Will Not Process

Check the video is public or unlisted, not private. A private YouTube video cannot be read.

Check the file size against the 25 MB limit if you uploaded. This is the most common cause of a rejected upload.

Check there is speech. A video with no spoken content and no captions has nothing to work from.

For videos with no usable audio, use Custom Sources instead and upload a transcript as a .txt or .pdf file.

Repurpose goes the other way, turning a finished article into social captions, carousels, and reel scripts.