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.
Intellectual Property Law Attorney Marcelo Halpern gives us a “legal video education” on why most online video professionals and enthusiasts today have big misconceptions about what they are and aren’t allowed to use with what they find or put out on the Internet, and the real damage it’s causing businesses.
I interviewed video production expert Izzy Hyman for his recommendation on a basic shotgun mic to your webcam video recordings, making them sound much better without getting in the way of your video shoot.
Social video marketers, we have a news update! We recently discovered a feature that Facebook was testing and it appears that they have just made public as of today. Now, when you include a link in a comment on anyone’s Facebook post or status update, you'll get an "expanded view" which contains a thumbnail preview ...
What is the psychological power behind what we call “social video?” How has it changed human behavior? What types of video motivates people most to share with our own social circles? Chris Schreiber, Director of Marketing for the social video advertising company, Sharethrough, shares with us his special insight on these and other important questions, ...
I interviewed Rebecca Jeschke, Media Relations Director for the digital civil liberties group, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Rebecca shared with me how they fight for people’s rights with both creating videos and expression of freedom speech, and important information for all online video creators on what they need to know about how to deal ...
My congressman, Representative Joe Walsh of Illinois, embarrasses me. His “Walsh to Obama: Quit Lying” YouTube video is painful to watch. Hey Joe, its one thing to be angry about raising the debt ceiling, but at least raise your audio quality – it totally sucks!
In this Slideshare presentation, I showcase real examples of using Facebook Credits with interactive product video, and some exciting high-level possibilities of how video can be utilized for doing not just virtual commerce, but real tangible commerce with Facebook Credits.
I interviewed Mark Robertson, ReelSEO publisher and featured speaker at the 2011 Video Commerce Summit August 1st-2nd in San Francisco, who will be presenting on “Why Video Marketing has Evolved Beyond SEO.” Mark shared with me his belief that social video marketing has become the huge driving force not just for video SEO, but for ...
In my continued series about online video and millennials, I interviewed 4 successful teenage Internet entrepreneurs and asked them for video marketing tips. They share their own experiences and advice for how businesses can better utilize online video for engaging the teen market.
I interviewed popular teenage Internet entrepreneur, professional blogger, and Huffington Post writer Chloe Spencer about why and how her fellow teenagers perceive and interact with online video differently from their older counterparts. She also give some great advice for getting teens to stay out of serious trouble by posting questionable videos on YouTube.
Many online video producers and marketers today have lots misconceptions about what whether or not they have legal permission to record video of someone and put it up online. If that describes you, then you might be interested in my interview today with Intellectual Property and Internet Media Attorney Mark J. Rosenberg, about getting proper ...
We here at ReelSEO know that video is the best medium for teaching people how to do something, and the best means of retain that knowledge. Watch this 3-minute video I created with my own narration on how simple it is to create closed captions for YouTube videos using a raw text transcript file.
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) President Greg Lukianoff has protested Muskegon County’s felony criminal charge of child pornography brought against 21-year old YouTube performer Evan Emory as “an overreaction and “at odds with Supreme Court precedent.” Greg helped explain why local parents and prosecutors reacted as strongly did to the YouTube video, so ...
Legal assistance for online video marketing and other professionals is becoming increasingly important in our litigious society. So why are most attorneys and law firms still resistant to publicly sharing legal information with online video? Entertainment law and new media attorney Gordon P. Firemark addresses these concerns, and explains why there are more forward-thinking lawyers ...
You saw it coming to this over the past few weeks, didn’t you? I have been writing a lot lately about “viral video” and “social video," and now it's time to give them the ultimate face-off. What's the difference between viral video and social video? Which has the edge today, and which is the future ...
