Have you seen all the amazing new social media / social networking websites that are proliferating lately? I mean, we are already starting to see 'Son of YouTube' and the "outer limits' of MySpace.
Justin.tv is the 'You Tube' of LIVE video streaming. You can easily start your own account, sync up your web cam and bam - you have your own web channel quicker than you can say 'Ted Turner'. It's definitely worth checking out - especially if you have a camera and something to say- travelers - foodies - politicos - business owners - philosophers - I'm talking to YOU.
I happen to be very bullish on live web video ( gee I wonder why? ) and the channel concept that Demand Media is promoting via their Me.TV approach. In fact, unlike some of my friends in the domain industry, I think the .TV domains are greatly undervalued - though they have been getting more attention lately...though not enough to warrant a steep climb in their value.....
yet ( still a good time to invest in them ;-).
Finally - One of my hippest clients - Danny Keith of Skateboards.com - turned me on to Yuwie a website that could turn social networking on it's head. Think FaceBook meets MonaVie. The spin Yuwie brings is the ability for members to make a % of the advertising revenue on page views their content / posts generate. The video spokesperson on Yuwie asks...and I'm paraphrasing...why post on FaceBook or MySpace and make them rich on advertising when you can make yourself some extra money by creating content on Yuwie? Why indeed? There's a 'white hat' multi-level marketing facet to this as well apparently. I'll let you know if this new concept of literal networking is for real or not so.....'STAY TUNED' ( look for our latest Webcast One Video posted next week ).
Showing posts with label web video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label web video. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Friday, April 13, 2007
Web Video Adds Impact
"Why read the web when you can watch it?".
We've all grown up in an environment where most of our everyday information comes from watching video and television. Relatively light work. Until recently, the web required one's 'active' participation....we had to work a little by reading the content. This is because the web has traditionally taken design cues from 'newspaper / magazine' formatting. That changed about 3 years ago with the advent of flash video and shortly after that, the emergence of You Tube.
Now, the savvy website owner is beginning to take advantage of the fact they can easily add video to their websites. What are the costs? You can video tape yourself speaking from your desk ( a 'talking head' ) with a video camera or newer digital camera for very little ( We charge 99.00 per hour to turn your video into the web ready flash video format).
I wanted to show my clients how easy it is to take advantate of the power of web video, so we shot a Webcast 1 'CEO greeting' video in our conference room with a 400.00 camera in under 15 minutes.We then converted the .avi file to a flash video file so it would play instantly on our homepage. I know the video flickers a bit and the sound is tinny, but we were trying to prove a point. If production values are more important, you can produce a short company overview video for roughly 1,500.00.
Adding an instant video ads immediate impact to your website. Visitors stay on your website longer. They can 'humm' your video jingle. They can actually see your employees in action. Your video can even help drive more traffic to your website once you have an SEO get your videos indexed in You Tube and Google Video ( do a search for 'Florida ants' in Google Video and you'll see our client www.bugs.com . We all grew up watching TV, now future generations will grow up 'watching the web'.
We've all grown up in an environment where most of our everyday information comes from watching video and television. Relatively light work. Until recently, the web required one's 'active' participation....we had to work a little by reading the content. This is because the web has traditionally taken design cues from 'newspaper / magazine' formatting. That changed about 3 years ago with the advent of flash video and shortly after that, the emergence of You Tube.
Now, the savvy website owner is beginning to take advantage of the fact they can easily add video to their websites. What are the costs? You can video tape yourself speaking from your desk ( a 'talking head' ) with a video camera or newer digital camera for very little ( We charge 99.00 per hour to turn your video into the web ready flash video format).
I wanted to show my clients how easy it is to take advantate of the power of web video, so we shot a Webcast 1 'CEO greeting' video in our conference room with a 400.00 camera in under 15 minutes.We then converted the .avi file to a flash video file so it would play instantly on our homepage. I know the video flickers a bit and the sound is tinny, but we were trying to prove a point. If production values are more important, you can produce a short company overview video for roughly 1,500.00.
Adding an instant video ads immediate impact to your website. Visitors stay on your website longer. They can 'humm' your video jingle. They can actually see your employees in action. Your video can even help drive more traffic to your website once you have an SEO get your videos indexed in You Tube and Google Video ( do a search for 'Florida ants' in Google Video and you'll see our client www.bugs.com . We all grew up watching TV, now future generations will grow up 'watching the web'.
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