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Why this Video Producer Doesn’t Really Like YouTube [OP-ED]

If Youtube wanted to solicit any valuable information they would break down where the views are directed towards. As youtube continues to blossom, I feel less interested in what the company can provide to me as a hosting service for my explanatory videos.

Three Reasons to Embrace Video Storytelling

See how developing your storytelling skills as a video producer can help you create more compelling videos and make you a greater value to your clients. Some types of storytelling techniques can also help you become more efficient and help you land more sales.

Blip Studios & The Movement Towards Original Video Content Programming: Interview with Steve Woolf

Back in June, Blip.tv launched Blip Studios, getting into the original video content game and positioning themselves to work with brands, talent, and independent producers, where before, they only served as a video hosting and destination site.  With the new launch, they promoted VP of ...

When is High Production Value Important for Branded Video? ReelPop Q&A

ReelPop Q&A is a new weekly question and answer series made possible by Poptent.  Each week we will choose to answer one question from a reader relating to best practices and strategies for online video marketing.  If you would like us to answer your question ...

Poptent Launches Premium Global Video Production House for Major Brands

Poptent is known as a crowdsourced video production and social community platform for video creators, a nifty way for aspiring filmmakers and video producers to get experience shooting videos for a number of major brands, while keeping video production costs low for the client. Today, ...

How To Use Video To Humanize Your Brand - Reel Web Creator Tip #30

It's important to know how to use online video to humanize your brand, company, service, product, or even yourself. Making a promotional video or a commercial is one thing, but online video gives you the unique advantage to build a human connection and emotional engagement ...

Creating Viral Videos Vs. Evergreen Videos - The Reel Web Creator Tip #29

Creating viral videos is something a lot of people try to do, but creating evergreen videos that have on-going views instead of a flash-in-the-pan spike is perhaps more beneficial in the long-term. For this week's Creators Tip, Tim Schmoyer of ReelSEO talks with Kevin Nalty, ...

5 Online Video Marketing Lessons - The Reel Web Creator Tip #28

This week for our Creator's Tip video we take a look at an example of someone else's video marketing efforts and critique it a bit. We look at some lessons we can learn from it, things to replicate in our own video marketing initiatives, and ...

How To Create Custom YouTube Thumbnail Images For Non-Partners - Creator Tip #27

The ability to upload a custom thumbnail image for your videos is a feature limited only to YouTube Partners. However, this little YouTube hack will show you how you can get your own custom thumbnail for your video even if you are not a partner. ...

What's The Best Time To Publish Videos On YouTube? The Reel Web Creator Tip

Although different content may have a different audience on YouTube and thus the best day and time to publish your video may vary, here's what I've found to be the best time to publish videos to YouTube for channels I've been a part of in ...

Scheduled Publishing To YouTube For Non-Partners -The Reel Web Creator Tip #25

Today we answer several of the questions you asked us during last week's Creator's Tip video, including suggestions for good background music for your videos, how to schedule your videos to automatically publish to YouTube at a certain date and time even if you're not ...

How To Maintain A Consistent Video Posting Schedule - The Reel Web Creator Tip #24

We all know it's important that we upload video content on a regular basis because it helps us build momentum, increases our videos' ranking in search, and keeps our audience engaged. But sometimes keeping up with a regular schedule is just too difficult because our ...

4 YouTube Tips For ReelSEO Subscribers - The Reel Web Creator TIp #23

This week I dug through the channels of over 3,000 YouTube subscribers to ReelSEO and identified a few common mistakes that being made that could help you all improve your videos and presence on YouTube. I also picked out a few of my favorite channels ...

Blip.TV Founder Says SOPA And PIPA Threaten All Online Video Platforms

I interviewed the founder of the Blip.TV, Charles Hope, who shares his thoughts about why The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is extremely bad for online video platforms and their users, and explains what's really needed is not new laws, but better business innovation.

5 Tips For Optimizing Videos For Mobile Viewers - Reel Video Producer Tips #20

With more and more people viewing videos on their mobile devices, it's becoming more and more important for video producers to ensure that their content is optimized for mobile viewing. Not just in how the videos are formatted, the bitrate it uses, or the video ...