ReelSEO Posts from August, 2011

Film Riot Video Production Tutorials: Film Lingo & Cloning Effects

Last week we went over episodes 113 and 116 of Film Riot, which had video production tutorials on camera angles, coverage, and inserts. Now, we'll take a look at some past episodes of Film Riot that cooperate (and sometimes overlap) nicely with those two recent ...

Video Ads Are The Most Effective, Move 41% of Affluents to Take Action

I will attempt to refrain from commenting on the socio-economic state of the world and just give the facts, and nothing but the facts, according to a report by the IAB and Ipsos Mendelsohn anyway. One of their latest research reports states that some 41% ...

YouTube Videos Exploiting Kids: A Concerned Parent's Outrage

I interviewed popular "Mom Blogger" Jessica Gotlieb, who shared her strong opinions about the YouTube controversy with musical performer Evan Emory and others who behave irresponsibly with online video, and appear to be rewarded for it. Jessica also talks about why parents and communities must ...

iPad & Tablet Business Use Grows For Video & More

iPads and tablets are popular for watching videos and playing Angry Birds, but they're also gaining traction in the enterprise and in business to business uses. Here's a look at how hospitals, corporations, manufacturers and an independent auto dealer are using these new devices. The ...

Better Video Ad Targeting With Object & Facial Recognition Technology

Some time back there was a report that had an obvious conclusion, pairing your video ads with similar premium content generally means better overall performance. Well, Affine has a system that pretty much allows you to do that and TubeMogul has jumped on with them. ...

New Offering from Auditude/Innovid Partnership Boosts Video Ad Engagement

Engagement is a key factor in online video advertising and Auditude and Innovid have teamed up to give you some extra punch in that regard. On the one hand, Auditude is all about video advertising and monetizing online premium video content. Meanwhile, Innovid is all ...

iTunes Replay for Movies Held Up by HBO? No Studio Deals in Place Yet

iTunes Replay has been the target of several reports claiming that it will be delayed. Few have said much outside of the fact that the whole cloud-based movie and TV streaming service seems to hinge on contracts with the six large Hollywood studios. Well, it ...

Common Craft Introduces Video Subscription Service For Business & Education

Common Craft has been making fantastic "explanation" videos for years. Using a simple, hand-drawn paper animation style, the husband and wife duo of Lee and Sachi LeFever have won multiple awards for their videos, and have worked with some major brands. This week, Common Craft ...

Can I Get Sued For My “Fake” Video Prank? Legal Video Q&A

Just because YouTube isn't legally liable for a "bad" video on its website doesn't mean that you're off the hook for posting it! In our "Is That Legal?" video series, attorney Evan Brown explains why featuring other adults or kids in your online video without ...

YouTube Android App Update: Playlist Creation, New Upload UI, Information Editing

There's a brand new YouTube app for Android users, with the updated version fixing a number of minor issues and bugs. In addition to letting users edit description and other video information, it also allows for the uploading of longer videos, even over the 3G ...

Crowdsourced Film "One Day On Earth" Hopes To Duplicate Success Of "Life In A Day"

Life in a Day, the so-called 'YouTube movie' that was shot by amateurs around the world and then edited together by director Kevin MacDonald and producer Ridley Scott, has gotten a lot of press. With good reason. It's an inspiring project that sought to bring ...

People Still Really Want To Get Into Google Plus - Here Are More Invites

Google Plus is still a juggernaut in terms of buzz (pardon the Google-product pun). Interest levels are still quite high for the fledgling social network. Earlier this morning, the company announced that every Google Plus user had received 150 invites in their account via a hyperlink. ...

YouTube Promoted Videos Now Showing Up In Google Video Search Results

Google took to their Adwords blog today (with another mention on the YouTube blog) to tell the world about some major new changes to the YouTube Promoted Videos program. Promoted Videos is a way for businesses and video creators to get paid placement on YouTube ...

Women, African Americans, & Older Americans Watch The Most Video

Nielsen has published the results of a study into the demographic breakdowns of video viewers. The study covers traditional television, time-shifted TV, DVR playback, online video, and mobile video. So basically... it covers all kinds of video. The aim? To break down the viewing habits ...

Google Plus Gives All Users 150 Invites - Here, You Can Have Mine

Google Plus has been playing a bit of a supply-and-demand game with the social networking public. Since the service's launch just a handful of weeks ago, there have been far more people interested in joining than there have been available invitations. Whether Google needed extra ...