ReelSEO Posts from September, 2009
Create Animated Video Gifs for YouTube Videos
you have ever wanted to include a YouTube video in an email (not Gmail – as it supports YouTube videos), you know that at this point in time, videos are next to impossible to email. That being said, there is a neat tool available to create animated gifs from YouTube videos which might suffice in some circumstances.
10 Things to do Before you Upload your Online Video
Tim Street is a viral video producer and is the Creator and Executive Producer of the Popular Viral Video Series French Maid TV, with over 30 Million Downloads of his online videos. That means he probably knows a thing or two about how to make a video go viral, so when he writes a ebook about doing just that, you should be reading it.
YouTube’s 100 Greatest Hit Videos in 4 Minutes
Our friends over at theNextWeb discovered this little gem – A 4-minute video montage of “100 Greatest Hits of YouTube.” I wonder how many Billions of views these 100 videos have received and how much in bandwidth these videos have cost YouTube. This montage video itself already has over a million views after only 2 weeks.
Creating Videos for Business on a Shoestring Budget
Think it’s too expensive to start marketing your business using online video? Think it’s too complicated to start marketing your business using online video? Nope and nope. Use the powerful one-two punch of the Flip camcorder and Animoto to make stunning video on a shoestring budget.
New Media Myth Busters: Urban Legends of User Experience
Prabakar Sundarrajan, CTO and co-founder of Ankeena Networks talks about the online video delivery experience, myths, and expectations.
The new media user experience, specifically video, leaves a lot to be desired. With the huge growth of online media, end-users are able to view their media content on several different formats, through several different outlets and whatever time they want to. The population has become so regularly wired that often, online video viewers are bombarded with staggering delays and annoying pauses on their videos.
Video Delivery Network – Sorenson 360 (Part 2)
A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of speaking with Eric Quanstrom, VP of Marketing for Sorenson Media about their online video delivery network, Sorenson 360. In part 1 of my interview, I asked Eric about what their company believes are the essentials for any business to have in mind when selecting a video publishing and delivery solutions provider. In this 2nd part of my interview, I follow up with questions about the actual features and pricing plans of their new video delivery network.
Video Marketing Strategy: Hosted Versus Posted Video
When implementing video online, at any point in time, marketers face a decision: to host or post video? Short for: should we host video on our own servers (or use a propietary video platform) or post the content to video sharing sites? Although such a decision primarily depends on the chosen content strategy (generating views versus traffic), there are several factors to take into consideration.
Warner Music Close To Deal With YouTube For Music Videos
Warner Music Group and YouTube are said to be close to a deal to bring music videos from Warner’s artists back to the video sharing site. You may remember that Warner pulled their artists’ videos in December of 2008 over a licensing rights dispute.
August Video Watching Online Tops Everything Previous
Another month has come and gone and comScore tells it was the best ever. Better than the previous best month which was the month before the best month ever even though it too was, at the time, the best month ever. Confused? Don’t be, just keep reading.
Politicians Still Getting Schooled On How Viral Videos Work
In a move reminiscent of the Lebron James/Nike slam dunk scandal, United States Representative Baron Hill (Democrat, Indiana) attempted to stop an individual from recording his health care town hall meeting on September. Part of his reasoning had to do with YouTube:
“Now the reason I don’t allow filming is because usually the films end up on YouTube in a compromising position.”
Panache to Up your Video Ad IQ
So what’s your online video ad IQ? You don’t know? It’s OK, no matter what it is,it probably isn’t enough. With the rapid rate at which it’s all growing and changing who can possibly know what they really need to? Well, Panache can help, so we’re told.
2 Social Media Object Lessons For Small Businesses
This week I found a wonderful one-two punch of encouragement for small businesses venturing online—and make no mistake, small businesses are flocking to social media and online video. The articles offer me two instances that prove that small business has no reason to be afraid.
