Do Video Production Professionals Now Need To Know Social Video Marketing?
I interviewed several video production pros and friends of ReelSEO: How important is social media for your business? Do you need to know and do it for your own marketing purposes, or your clients’? Learn what social media marketing activities they’re doing with their own business and for the types of clients and customers they ...
Best Viral Video Ad Campaign: High-Speed Cute Animal Videos
I think TPS Film Studio has been reading my weekly viral video round up articles--you know... the ones where I show you the week's best viral hits and then attempt to break down why each video was successful? In a new campaign, the company is showcasing their PhantomHD cameras with a series of videos that ...
Do Video Production Pros Need to Know Web Video Marketing?
The business growth of online media today will require video production people to expand their role beyond the traditional confines of simply technicians or creative professionals. They now need to consider themselves a valuable part of the actual marketing process for the video content they produce for their companies and clients. Learn about how the ...
Your Webinar Promotional Video SUCKS - Here Are Some Tips for Next Time
In our continuing Web Videos That SUCK series, I review a YouTube trailer for an upcoming “Science of Email Marketing webinar,” being hosted by the self-proclaimed “Social Media Marketing Scientist” and author of “The Social Media Marketing Book,” Dan Zarrella. This guy may know email, but he sure needs help with video!
Weekly Web Video Industry News Reel - Super Bowl Edition!
I just want to start this off with a simple: GO PACK! The Super Bowl is nearly upon us. Teams are ready, stages are set and the ads are produced, bought and paid for... No matter how they produce, the results on the field are that one shall stand (Packers) and one shall fall (Steelers). ...
AOL Video to Offer Comedic CliffNotes Videos, Kill Educational Reading Altogether
I have been doing some fair amount of coverage on the latest AOL Video initiative. Yesterday I reported that they had purchased GoViral over in the UK which creates and distributes branded video. Now today, AOL Video announced new original online content thanks to Mark Burnett and CliffNotes.
Weekly Web Video Industry News Reel - The Egyptian Edition
Hello Reel Believers, welcome to the end of another week and the beginning of a new one. Time is flying and we're already at the end of January. Next week my Green Bay Packers take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl! In the meantime, here's the news round up for the week.
The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons
Considering that I just shared some of my best viral video discovery websites with you yesterday, it's entirely possible you've seen some of this week's featured videos already. Tons of quality viral hits this week covering a variety of genres and topics. We have some truly impressive fan-made films, more cats and dogs doing silly ...
Political Web Videos That Suck! How Elected Officials Can Do Better Video Production
Continuing my Web Videos That Suck! Series, I review some videos put out by elected officials in positions of U.S. Congress or State Legislature, submitted by our readers-slash-viewers. Learn why a poorly produced web video can overshadow the content of any political message, and some tips for how politicians can produce better political videos that ...
Your Business Video Sucks, An eBook Video Marketing Disaster
Welcome to my revised-titled series, Your Business Video Sucks! This week, I review a web video from a well-known professional copywriter, used as a promotion for his eBook on web video tips for business. Watch it and read my review on why I think the video sucks, plus my own interview with the person who ...
5 Tips To Help Interview Subjects Feel More Comfortable On Camera - Overcome The Fear of Video – Part 2
One of the biggest obstacles with web video interviews is that many people are afraid of being interviewed on camera. I interviewed video production expert Izzy Hyman and asked him to share some professional tips on how to help subjects on the other side of your camcorder feel more at ease and how to produce ...
How To Overcome The Fear of Being Interviewed On Camera - Part 1
One of the biggest obstacles in getting businesses to do web video is that a lot of people are afraid of being recorded and interviewed on camera. In my interview with video production expert Steve Garfield, he shares some professional tips on how to best work with a human being or group of people on ...
Study: Online Users Willing To Pay for Digital Video Content
There's a new study out from Pew Internet & American Life Project, and the overall theme seems to be that digital content purchases are on the rise. In fact, they've pulled even with traditional e-commerce purchases. 66% of Internet users purchase traditional goods and services through e-commerce, and a whopping 65% purchase digital goods. These ...
Free Video Cartoon Animation Tool, Xtranormal, No Longer Free
Xtranormal has been getting a lot of good press lately, and was even featured in a recent YouTube blog post about free and easy ways to create your own holiday video greetings. But if that blog post were written today, it would come with a bit, fat warning for readers that Xtranormal is no longer ...
5 Critical Video Production Tips - How To Shoot Better Quality Web Video for Business
I interviewed Israel (Izzy) Hyman – a professional online video producer, web video production trainer, video podcast show host, and ReelSEO guest contributor. Izzy shared with me his passion for "the motion image" and how he got started doing web video production. He also offered up the following 5 very important tips to consider for getting ...
