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Teens Smaller Percentage of Online Video Viewers Than You Might Think

I was reading through Surviving the Upfronts in a Cross Media World from comScore and I found some interesting things in it. You'll recall I did some coverage of the NewFronts and Up fronts already so I thought that some of this information might help you ...

Teens Embrace All Facets of Online Video from Creation to Consumption

Teens are a key demographic for a lot of brands and companies, so understanding what they are doing is vital to getting into their heads. Turns out, according to new research from Pew Internet, what they're doing, is video based.

Google Plus Opens To Teens Age 13 & Up

Google Plus continues to get more open bit by bit, and just today made the service available to teens age 13 and up. Previously, Google Plus was restricted to people 18 and up. Along with the wave of new teenagers, Google Plus is also getting ...

10 GenY Video Marketing Tips: How to Engage Teens With Online Video

In my continued series about online video and millennials, I interviewed 4 successful teenage Internet entrepreneurs and asked them for video marketing tips. They share their own experiences and advice for how businesses can better utilize online video for engaging the teen market.

How Teens Use YouTube & Social Media: The Online Generation Gap

I interviewed popular teenage Internet entrepreneur, professional blogger, and Huffington Post writer Chloe Spencer about why and how her fellow teenagers perceive and interact with online video differently from their older counterparts. She also give some great advice for getting teens to stay out of ...

Teen Entrepreneurs In Social Video – How Video Engages Youth Market

Want to connect with the youth market, which uses the Internet very different from adults? Then who better to get inside of the heads of the lucrative teen market segment than entrepreneurial teenagers? I interviewed Daniel Brusilovsky, one such successful genY/millennial tech entrepreneur with accomplishments ...

How do Teenagers Perceive Online Video?

Every year I run a survey of my blog readers that really helps me get to know my audience and shapes the direction I go with content, distribution, communication methods, and more. As I was reading through the survey results, I kept seeing a reoccurring ...

Mobile Video Users Jump 40% Says Nielsen, But Growth Rate Declines

Nielsen just released their Q3 and Q4 2010 State of the Media for mobile video usage. In the report they state that mobile video users jumped some 40% just both Q3 and Q4 in year-over-year numbers. That's a pretty massive jump so I thought it ...

The Online Video Weekly News Reel - 13 March 2011

This was a busy week as I was in both Prague and Hamburg. Then when I returned the Wisconsin government had gone and done something illegal, Japan had been hit by a massive earthquake and then a tsunami and well, the world just seemed to ...

What SEO Experts Advise for Those Penalized By Google's Farmer Update

Mark's down at SMX San Jose this week, rubbing elbows with some of the SEO industry's top authorities, and the most-discussed topic or theme is easily the recent Google algorithm update. Most of the industry has taken to calling it the "Farmer Update," a nod ...

Netflix Breaking Up the Family Unit with Facebook Integration

Netflix has always been about the household and not about the individual. But that is all about to change now that they're working on a widespread Facebook integration plan that will give rise to the personal Netflix account. Really, it makes sense for them to ...

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 ...

Nielsen Reports Mobile Video Users Rise 44 Percent

Is this a duh moment or what? Nielsen recently reported that mobile video is on the rise. Maybe it was only obvious to a select few of us that this was occurring, you know, those of us with smartphones include the iOSes, Androids and Blackberries ...

Facebook Video Marketing Insights With Social Media Expert, Mari Smith

ReelSEO's Grant Crowell interviews Mari Smith, social media thought leader and co-author of "Facebook Marketing on an Hour a Day," where she talks about why she considers Facebook is crucial for business, how video is an integral part of social media, and tips how she does her own social video marketing.

How To Use Video To Engage Your Ministry and Your Business

Whether you work for a business or a non-profit organization, you have a message you need to communicate. Finding ways for people to hear to your message isn't really that difficult. With enough money, you can buy plenty of ads that will raise awareness about ...