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Evolve or Die! How Businesses Can Transform Using Social Video

I interviewed social media expert Brian Solis, the author of Engage and the End of Business as Usual: Rewire The Way You Work To Succeed In The Customer Revolution. We talk about the crucial role online video must play in the transformation of businesses into ...

“Digital Natives” Transforming Online Video, Part 2: Training Digital Citizens

In my continued discussion with Dancing with Digital Natives co-editor Michelle Manafy, we talk about the divide between digital natives and older generations with social media and online video, why digital natives sometimes behave very badly with online video, and some ways parents can get ...

What Motivates Us to Share Videos? The Psychology Behind Social Video

What is the psychological power behind what we call "social video?" How has it changed human behavior? What types of video motivates people most to share with our own social circles? Chris Schreiber, Director of Marketing for the social video advertising company, Sharethrough, shares with ...

YouTube Promoted Video Advertising Program Move to Cost Per View (CPV)

It's not so often we get to talk about AdWords here at ReelSEO, but I keep a keen eye on their blog because tidbits of fascinatingly shiny news pop up now and again....oooh shiny! Anyway, I just saw a post from yesterday that said they ...

Time for Your Business to Apologize on Video? Social Video Marketing Remedies

Social video marketing isn't only about creating entirely positive new experiences for customers. Sometimes it involves demonstrating responsibility when you make mistakes, and how you make amends. I feature some video apology examples of Domino's Pizza from both their national headquarters and a local franchisee ...

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 ...

How Businesses Can Overcome Fear of Video Syndrome - Video Psychology 101

Do you know of a business that is experiencing “fear of video” syndrome? Do they need help overcoming it? Grant Crowell interviews the Director of Stanford's Persuasive Technology Lab, Dr. BJ Fogg, about why many businesses and marketing professional today are still fearful about getting involved with online video, and the ways he's teaching companies to overcome those fears with exercises and workshops in “persuasive technology.” Learn how academic psychology may be one of the answers for companies to overcome their fears with doing video.