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Product distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user, using direct means, or using indirect means with intermediaries.
The other three parts of the marketing mix are product, pricing, and promotion.
Distribution of products takes place by means of channels. Channels are sets of interdependent organisations (called intermediaries) i...

Video Distribution: Where Should You Upload Your Videos? Online Video Marketing Basics Part 5

This is Part Five of our ongoing series of Online Video Marketing Basics, and it's long overdue.  This series is intended for the novices among us, businesses and individuals who have only recently decided to take the plunge into online video.  And for that decision, ...

Microsoft Moves To HTML5 Video for ESPN Xbox 360 Application

Microsoft has switched up its game or at least the technology you'll be using to watch the big game thanks to their ESPN3 video application on the Xbox 360. It's an interesting decision I think. It seems that they've nixed anything related to their own ...

Facebook Fastest Growing Video Referrer, But Still Behind Search

Facebook and Twitter are the fastest-growing referrers of video on the web, according to a new report from TubeMogul.  Called "Online Video and the Media Industry," and produced in conjunction with Brightcove, it's a quarterly report, and the findings cover Q2 of 2010.

Behind-the-Scenes: Qoof – The Evolution of Interactive Video Advertising?

Qoof, while having an odd sounding name (qoofy, even?), has an interesting product. While interactive videos and ads are nothing new the implementation is. Their in-player application allows you to quickly offer all manner of information and call-to-action. Jonathan Stefansky, Qoof CEO, took me on ...

Good Reminders for Successful Online Video Self-Production

I'm nearly finished with Part 5 of our ongoing Online Video Marketing Basics series, and it's all about the distribution decisions facing video creators—you can read Part 4, Choosing the Right Video Equipment, to tide you over until the new installment is ready.  But I ...

Sony Returns To Digital Distribution for Music, Video Next?

Sony, who have proven themselves incapable of properly delivering content to the masses on several occasions but finally hit it head on with the PlayStation Network (PSN), is going to give it another go. Anyone remember their Connect service? My point exactly.

Content Marketing Strategies With Web Video and Social Media

Content marketing is a very effective way to market your brand, business or organization's products and services in a way that is engaging, relevant and welcome. The idea is to offer people bits of content that are informative, entertaining, useful and have pass-along value. You ...

Online Video Marketing Basics: Part 4 - Choosing The Right Video Production Equipment

Welcome to Part 4 of our ongoing Online Video Marketing Basics series.  It's intended to be a help—a sort of guide, if you will—for individuals and businesses just getting started with online video.  We've already covered Why You Should Get Involved with online video, Choosing ...

Should Closed-Captioning of Web Video Be Mandated By Government?

Grant Crowell interviews Josh Miller of 3PlayMedia, to talk about Congress' recent passing of two bills that will mandate closed-captioning of television programming over to the Internet. We discuss the questions: Will other “professional” online video programs be next? And, is legislation necessary, or will organizations determine that transcription and captioning of video content has a worthwhile ROI regardless of any mandate?

IBM Embraces Web Video As A Vital Internal Communication Tool

Here at ReelSEO, we're interested in pretty much anything to do with video:  video production, video equipment, video marketing, or even video conversion rates for e-commerce.  We're kind of obsessed with video.  And it seems like maybe IBM is starting to get obsessed with video ...

How To Create An In-House Video Commerce Program, With No Budget!?

Grant Crowell inteviews Jason Arend, PFI Western's VP of Media and Global Marketing, E-Commerce, and Creative Services. Jason shares his experiences with managing multiple companies' multi-channel video properties, what he recommends for anyone who is looking to be successful with video in e-commerce today, and his secret for how PFI is doing it for no money. (That's right, NO MONEY.)

The Growth and Future of Video In E-Commerce: Creativity Versus Psychology

I interview Justin Foster, host of the 2010 Video Commerce Summit held in Seattle this past week. Justin talks with me about the reasons for the growth of video in e-commerce, the challenges to overcome, some key issues of discussion and debate, and projections for ...

In-Depth Review of InPlay Video Analytics

It's not quite Google Analytics, yet. But it is certainly a step in the right direction. While we originally had some implementation problems over at Gamers Daily News, TubeMogul was more than helpful in getting everything working properly with us.

Online Video Pushes Microsoft Xbox LIVE Sales Over $1Billion

What do you get when you take the most popular online gaming console network and marry it to online video? Massive piles of cash apparently! Microsoft has announced that Xbox LIVE, the online network for the Xbox 360 console, has topped sales of One Billion ...

YouTube's 6 Reasons Why HTML5 Won't Replace Flash, Yet

YouTube agreed with us on several points lately. We're not sure if they knew they were doing it or not but they have. The main point is that while HTML 5 is cool and has a lot of potential, it's not going to replace Flash ...