Grant Crowell: ReelSEO Team Author

Grant Crowell is a regular contributor for ReelSEO and a professional consultant and developer in the online marketing space. Grant’s regular coverage for ReelSEO includes video in SEO (VSEO), social media optimization (SMO), how-to’s and tips, and legal issues for online video. Feel free to contact Grant here.

Recent Posts by Grant Crowell:

Online Video Marketing Tips For The Hospitality Industry With TripAdvisor

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I interviewed TripAdvisor’s Manager of Business & Trade Public Relations, Kevin Carter, who shared with me some of the newer activities their company has been doing to encourage online video marketing with lodging owners, and video participation with travelers. Kevin and I also share our tips on what types of videos travelers want to see, ...

How to Do Business Video Faster & Stay Safe In The NOW Revolution With Jay Baer

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I interviewed social media strategist and author of “The NOW Revolution,” Jay Baer, who was one of the featured presenters at the recent Blogworld New Media Expo in Los Angeles. In this video interview I asked Jay how he recommended companies handle the growing expectation for near-immediate responsiveness with business video and other media, while ...

Relationship Video Marketing With Blogworld CEO Rick Calvert

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I interviewed Blogworld’s CEO and Co-Founder Rick Calvert at their Los Angeles conference earlier this month. Rick and I discussed some of the big trends with online video in the publishing and marketing space, which I’ve labeled as the “Big C’s:” Context, Collaboration, Consistency, and Community.”

The Google Interview: Using Video With Google Plus Pages For Business

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I interviewed Google’s spokesperson Andrea Faville to learn more about the video features available on Google Plus Pages for business; along with a number of examples from businesses across the small-to-large range, and the great new “Hangouts with Extras” they’re previewing for everyone!

Herman Cain Versus Online Video From Newspapers – Just The Stats, Man!

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Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain made news recently for his campaign cancelling an interview with newspaper this Thursday, saying it didn’t want the interview to be video recorded and arguing that video is only typical for television. But do the latest stats show otherwise?

Eat, Drink, and Be Social! Video Marketing Tips For Restaurants And Cafés

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I interviewed Urbanspoon’s Conrad Saam, who shared his social video marketing tips for restaurants, cafes, and the rest of the food service industry.

Free Social Video Webinar: How To Build Better Customer Relationships With Video

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This Thursday the video solutions provider Liveclicker will be hosting a free webinar, “The New Social Video - How to Build Relationships with Shoppers through Video.” I interviewed Liveclicker’s Justin Foster for a sneak preview on this event. Social Video Commerce Webinar Info November 17 at 10:30 AM – 11:30 PST (1:30 – 2:30 PM ...

Chris Brogan's Google Plus Hangouts Tips - Live Video Chat For Business

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I interviewed social media strategist and video blogger Chris Brogan at the recent Blogworld New Media Expo conference in Los Angeles. Chris shared with me in this video interview why he’s a big fan of Google Plus Hangouts, along with the benefits of other online video conferencing programs for today’s business professionals.

Online Video Relationship Marketing with Social Media Expert, Mari Smith

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I had the pleasure of conducting a video interview with Mari Smith at the Blogworld conference in Los Angeles this past week, where we talked about her newly released book, along with some benefits and tips for online video business-minded people with her strategy of “New Relationship Marketing.”

“Loving Your Customers Back” With Social Video Marketing

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I interviewed Ramon DeLeon, manager of six Domino’s Pizza stores in Chicago, and a frequent vlogger and presenter on social media, on the importance of using social video as a natural and powerful tool for enhancing customer relationships.

Social Video Marketing Tips With Domino’s Pizza Chicago’s Ramon DeLeon

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I feature a video presentation of Ramon DeLeon, manager of six Domino's Pizza stores in Chicago, and a frequent vlogger and public speaker on social media marketing. Ramon is the recipient of the Chicago Social Media Club’s 2011 Chicago Social Media Person of the Year Award, and is a speaker at the upcoming Blogworld & ...

Ooyala Custom Video Analytics: Real-Time Facebook Behavioral Data

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I interviewed Ooyala co-Founder and President of Products’ Bismarck Lepe, on today’s release of their new Facebook video analytics solution, allowing publishers to track Facebook users engaging with their online video across audience segmentations in real time. Could we be getting a glimpse of the future of web video usability, marrying real-time web video analytics ...

The 2011 Definitive Guide to Web Video Usability Resources: Why We Still Need Website Video UX Standards

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While online video on websites and elsewhere online has exploded in both size and scope, the professional usability and user experience community has still remained generally silent? Fortunately I’ve uncovered several good resources that online video professionals should check out for learning about, and applying, best practices with web video usability for increased engagement and ...

What Influence Did Steve Jobs Have On Web Video? Industry Professionals Speak

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In my previous post I made a list of what I thought to be the top video innovations of both Steve Jobs and Apple. However right away one of our readers had reminded me of a few good ones I completely overlooked. So rather than rely on the limits of my own memory, I have ...

10 Great Video Innovations From Steve Jobs & Apple (and Some That Weren’t)

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In memory of Apple’s founder, the late Steve Jobs, who passed away this week, I’ve put together what I think will be a complete list of notable video-related technology creations from Jobs and Apple. See what made the Top 10 list, along with the no-so-great ones.

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