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The Basic Types of Interchangeable Lenses for Shooting Video [Reel Rebel #3]

On this week's "Reel Rebel", Stephen Schweickart of VScreen, gives us a quick rundown about the importance of, and basic differences between the various types of lenses you can use if you're knowledgeable enough to shoot video with a DSLR camera, or other video camera that ...

Improve Your Video Interviews - Body Language Tips for Marketing Pros

Video is the best communications medium we have today. It is also the trickiest to master because it has a language all of its own. That point is often lost on many untrained marketers who shoot their own video interviews. Even with a great guest ...

Tips and Best Practices For Shooting Your Business Video - The YouTube Advertiser Playbook: Part 2

Last week, we covered the extensive first section of the new YouTube Advertiser Playbook.  In that section, the Playbook details the importance of planning for your video before a shoot.  Now that you have a plan, it's time to shoot.  The way this section of ...

Free Video Commerce SEO Best Practices Webinar this Week

This Wednesday, video commerce solutions provider, Liveclicker, will be hosting a free webinar along with me titled “Best Practices & Tips for Boosting Video Commerce SEO.”  Join us to learn what leading retailers are doing to optimize their videos for SEO both on and off ...

Viddy Review: Produce Micro-Videos with this Instagram-Like Mobile Video App [Reel Rebel #2]

In yesterday's Reel Web, we highlighted some recent research about how mobile video apps are helping to fuel the increase of mobile video publishing and mobile video consumption. In today's Reel Rebel episode, Stephen walks through a quick look at Viddy, one of the leading mobile video apps ...

Howcast Guides Viewer Interest & Discovery with New Site: CEO Jason Liebman Provides Insight [Interview]

Probably the most unheralded videos on the web are how-to videos, and yet, they are some of the most popular.  And it's easy to see why: no longer are people having to rely on written instructions, which can be confusing or be missing vital information, ...

YouTube Advertiser Playbook Review & Video "Cliff Notes" [Creator's Tip #38]

As most of you know, YouTube recently launched several new video advertising products as well as some new tools and resources that are aimed at helping businesses jump into the world of online video marketing.  As part of this, they released an e-book called the "YouTube Advertiser ...

Video Lighting Basics for Beginners: Introducing Reel Rebel Episode #1

The following is the first episode of a new weekly video series that we're launching in conjunction with our friend and host, Stephen Schweikart of Vscreen.com.  Our goal with this new series is to expand the instructional content that we offer to not only focus ...

Ray William Johnson is Laughing All the Way to the Bank & We've Discovered His Formula for Success

We’ve cracked the code.  We’ve been studying Ray William Johnson, "an alcoholic garden gnome with a taste for comic books and hip-hop music," and have discovered his secret formula for success. Who is "we"? I’m not using the royal "we".  Queen Victoria may have said, ...

Does it Make Sense to Create Multiple YouTube Channels? [Creator's Tip #37]

On today’s Creator’s Tip video, we address the question of whether it makes sense to create multiple YouTube channels or house all videos under a single YouTube channel. We recently received an email from a ReelSEO subscriber with the following question around if : “...I have ...

How to Change Your YouTube Channel's Main Featured Video [Creator's Tip #36]

Last week, we offered up two Creator’s Tips videos that answer some common questions we’ve gotten from you and both tips have to do with the new YouTube channel design. 1) How do I change the featured video on my YouTube channel? Go to the edit button. ...

How to Connect with Key Video Influencers in a Social World [Creator's Tip #35]

This week we talk about how to seed your videos to influencers in your niche. How do you get people who have an audience notice your content and help you spread the word about it? We talk about how to initiate contact, build relationships with ...

How to Make a Video Lighting Rig for Under $100: Tutorial

Without light, there is no video. Or rather, with not enough light there is crappy, unprofessional video. So wherever you are, you need adequate light, sometimes, even outside, if the weather isn't fully cooperating. We found this great tutorial from IndyMogul that shows how you ...

How to Seed Videos via Key Influencers & Grow Your Audience [Creator's Tip #34]

For this week's Creator's Tip episode Tim Schmoyer and Kevin Nalty talk about how to reach out to key influencers and how to start seeding your videos so they're seen and shared by others, especially if you don't have many viewers to begin with. One ...

How to Tag & Title Your Videos for Search: The New Media Minute Farewell Episode

This is the last and final farewell episode of the New Media Minute. Today's episode is focused on the age-old question for those involved with online video - what best practices can one follow to make sure videos are easily discoverable in search? I interviewed ...