How To Get Twitter Followers

Yeah, I’m giving a self-proclaimed Twitter whore more attention, but I thought this was funny. And a creative way to get Twitter followers.

I’m sure putting that image at the half way point in the Youtube video gets a lot of guys to watch.
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Where Should You Post Your Videos?

For those people who publish videos to the web, the default choice is often Youtube. And for good reason. Youtube is the de facto standard today in online video. It seems like everybody is posting to Youtube, so if you want viewers, that is the place to be. But, is it necessarily the best place [...]


Youtube Launches New Ads, VideoEgg Takes Notice

It really was only a matter of time. Youtube is launching new ads that appear IN the videos. Is this rubbing some users the wrong way? You bet.
Better than Preroll?
As online video gets so popular (and Youtube is the current king in the arena), more emphasis is going to shift to video advertising. Youtube, particularly, [...]


Youtube Offers Custom Player and Other Goodies

I was over on Pirillo’s blog and I saw a quick mention of a new video player by Youtube. I logged into my account and, sure enough, they’re announcing a few interesting items. You Youtube’ers will like this.
Custom Player
You can now create a custom Youtube video player. You can give it a custom color scheme. [...]


YouTube Isn’t the Only Game in Town

I have been talking off and on about how to use online video for marketing. The benefits of doing video marketing are many. Among them are the fact that it is free (except for production potentially) and the fact that videos just have the eye appeal that makes people watch them (unlike the written word). [...]


Youtube Silently Sticks it to Director Accounts

As a little followup to my podcast earlier today as well as an excuse to vent, I have just found out today that Youtube has silently stuck it to Director accounts. It wasn’t long ago that you had to actually APPLY for a Director account. With the enhanced account, you would be able to do [...]