branding Articles

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When branding, one or more than one pieces of metal with a long handle and a metal design at the end of the handle are heated and then placed upon the skin briefly to burn the brand into the submissive’s skin, leaving a design of some sort. A lesser alternative is the use of...

The Social Video Blueprint, Part 2: It's About Content, Not Ads

This is the second installment of a nine-part series on social video and the impact it's having on branded video marketing as a whole. In part one we discussed the definition and basic characteristics of social video--if you missed it, you may want to check ...

The Social Video Blueprint: Branded Social Video Marketing Explained

This is the first in a nine-part series on how brands are turning to social video to better reach and engage consumers. Throughout the next nine weeks, we'll cover social video marketing from all angles, including case studies, best practices, strategies, and more. But for ...

Ad-Choice Boom: More Viewers Choosing To Watch Online Video Ads

Visible Measures has released their Q2 2011 report on choice-based video performance, and the results are pretty interesting, even while they're not all that surprising. Audiences are choosing to watch online video advertisements more than ever before--as much as 600 million times in Q2, which ...

The Many Business Benefits Of Using A Branded Video Player

Online video provides a method for small businesses to attract the attention of potential buyers, provide more information about their products and demonstrate how they work. Most small businesses that begin using video start with a YouTube channel because of the huge number of potential ...

Best Branded Online Video Ad Campaign: DirecTV's Football Cops

There's a movement afoot. You might not have noticed it, because it's been gradual. But more and more brands are turning their backs on traditional video commercials, opting instead for social video marketing. Often, this includes the creation of original branded web series content designed ...

Want to Remove YouTube's Logo on Embedded Videos? Here's How

YouTube dropped a little bombshell of a news announcement yesterday on their blog when they released two new changes for embedded videos. The first is the addition of HD Preview Images for videos higher than 480p. But the potentially-huge news is that YouTube has enabled ...

Best Branded Online Video Ad Campaigns: A Trailer & A Hoax

Brands continue to lead the charge in creativity with online video. They have more money and resources than you and I do, which makes it easier for them to experiment. This week saw several entertaining branded videos, but I wanted to pull out a couple ...

Video Advertising Recall 2X Higher Than TV, According to Study

Yume and IPG Media Lab just released a really interesting study regarding how viewers engage with online video ads differently than they do with television ads. To draw their conclusions, they took measurements of facial expressions, eye movement and placement and biometrics to determine the ...

Brightcove Moves Beyond Video With Mobile Development Platform, App Cloud

Brightcove has been a trusted provider of video hosting, distribution, and monetization for publishers and brands for several years. This morning, at their Brightcove Play 2011 conference, CEO and founder, Jeremy Allaire, unveiled a new product aimed at giving publishers the same kind of customizable ...

Best Branded Viral Video Marketing Ads - Skittles Creeps You Out & QuadroCopters Play Tennis

Every week there are countless brands taking advantage of the word-of-mouth power of YouTube to spread ideas and thoughts about their company. Some execute their videos better than others. Of all the many branded videos that hit the web on a daily basis, two clips ...

Google Might Value Brand Over Keyword-Rich Domain Names

Google is always changing the various signals they look at to determine a site's relevance. This is typically done in reaction to the world of SEO (particularly the black-hat variety) attempting to game one or more signals. For instance, the meta-description and meta-keyword tags don't ...

Web Video + Social Media Together Drive The Most Brand Engagement

We've been talking about the expansive eMarketer report, "7 Trends For Online Video Advertising Engagement," for most of this week, breaking down the first four trends they've outlined over two articles (part 1 & part 2). This is our third and final look, focusing on ...

The Viral Future: What We Can Expect From Branded Video Advertising In 2011

Every website remotely related to online marketing has published a year-end list of the best videos of 2010--I even wrote one.  Most folks who wrote list articles like that just lumped all viral videos into the same pool, whether they were created by a brand ...

2011 Online Video Advertising Trends & Predictions - Part I - Branded, Interactive, and Mobile

I reached out to the biggest names in the online video advertising industry to get their replies to just a couple questions about what they believe 2011 will hold for online video advertising. The responses were so good and expansive that I decided to run ...

YuMe Expands Video Ad Offering, Interactivity

YuMe offers all manner of video advertising options from something as simple as a branded players and overlay banner ads on top of video to more interesting and interactive offerings. Today they announced three new in-stream video ad units: Lights Out, SideKick, and Expanded View.