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Fun Videos Friday: The Hobbit, the NFL, and Ray William Johnson vs. SMOSH

Hello, everyone.  Welcome to Friday.  Feels good, doesn't it?  Being all Friday and stuff.  So, conjuring up the fun that the day elicits, I've rounded up 10 videos for Friday viewing.  Some you might already have seen a couple of these, I know I couldn't ...

TED Puts Web Video Power Into Educators' Hands With TED-Ed

Recently, TED put out a new beta that allows educators to customize lessons from the TED-Ed video library.  Taking a combination of an educator's written lesson and getting a professional animator to bring it to life, TED has started building a great library of educational ...

Video Email Facts & Marketing Best Practices: The Case for Video in Email

If you've made it to this third installment of our video in email series, you already know that video in email has finally arrived (Part 1). Plus, you've assuaged yourself of many of the old beliefs (Part 2) about video in email.  As a result, you now understand the case ...

Simpsons Lead Artist Looks To Launch Animated Web Series Through Kickstarter

Erick Tran has been the lead artist on the blockbuster TV series The Simpsons for 15 years.  Now, he looks to get funding for his new animated web series, "Urban Reggie," through Kickstarter, a site where people can learn about a creative project and decide ...

GoAnimate Lets Video Marketers Create Political Humor, Satire, and Entertainment

In response to the current election environment and just in time for the big GOP Debate on CNN (October 18), GoAnimate today released 20 unique (and amazingly accurate) animated character depictions of all the major political players in the Presidential race.  This includes eight of ...

5 Tips to Help Maximize the Impact of Animated Web Videos

With Common Craft, RSA and other explainer videos going viral across the web, animated videos have gained popularity as a fun and effective way for businesses to quickly explain their product or service. Video alone already has a big advantage over plain text - we ...

The Sunday News Reel – Week of 25-31 October, 2010

Yep, another weekend has arrived and I've pulled my head out of Star Trek Online, video game news and some other things to give you something to read while you have your Sunday morning coffee. I have to tell you, working everyday, gets tiring and ...

How To Reach Your Online Video and Social Media ROI Goals

This is one of those "top view" big picture type articles designed  to help you think a little differently about the question of predicting, planning for and delivering ROI for online video and social media campaigns. Return on investment is something that hits every marketing ...

What The Hamas "Online Video Threat" Can Teach Us About Freedom of Speech

ReelSEO's Grant Crowell talks with attorney Mark Rosenberg about the recent international media attention and public outcry over an animated cartoon posted online by the military wing of the political group Hamas, and why even “psychological warfare” with online video is and should be protected free speech in this country under the First Amendment.

Create Animated Video Gifs for YouTube Videos

If 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 ...

TV Guide Announces Online Video Awards Winners

TV Guide, which canceled its online video awards ceremony and television special out of respect for the Writers Guild of America strike (a story broke on NewTeeVee), has named its award winners in a fanfare-free press release. Voters cast some 1.75 million ballots and the ...

How To Shoot Video for The Web - Online Video Shooting

Here is a great little five minute fun animated video that I found which talks a little bit about the things to think about for shooting videos online. Lighting, sound, etc... Kinda neat.