Topic - Online Video & political
Measuring Social Media Buzz with Video (how Obama beat McCain)
What are people saying about you, where are they saying it, how are they saying it (with text, video, images), is it positive or negative, and how should you act on it? A new “Prime Buzz” metric tool, created by the search marketing firm Prime Visibility, may have set a new standard for measuring a company’s performance across the widest range of major social media websites. Listen to ReelSEO Grant Crowell’s interview with Andrew Hazen, Prime Visibility’s Founder and CEO.
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Video SEO and Local Politics – How the little guy stands out
How does a no-name politician without any campaign budget (or even their own website) get better notice online than a rich incumbent? Putout some original video in the social media space. Feeling inspired to test out a grass-roots video seo plan with the biggest of challenges (and frustrations), I produced a video interview series with some members of a local political party, the McHenry County Democrats; and created a YouTube playlist for all my interviews. Now they show up on the top of the listings in YouTube for not just keywords with hot political topics, but even under the names of the much better funded political opponents.
