by Lou Bortone, Guest Blogger
Recently we shared that viewers are now watching a staggering One Billion videos per day! If you’d like to promote your business using video, but are still a bit intimidated by the technology, then I give you permission to cheat. Well, it’s not really cheating, but there are a few remarkably easy shortcuts. Here are five quickies to make posting videos a snap (or click!)
- Animoto Mojo – With Animoto.com, you don’t even need a video camera to get a video on YouTube! Just upload some photos or text, select some music that Animoto provides, and the website mixes a slick video, all ready for YouTube.
- Quick Flip – If you’ve got a Flip Video camera (get one at www.GetYourFlip.com), then uploading to YouTube is as simple as plugging the Flip into your computer. Flip gives you a direct upload button for one click posting to YouTube.
- YouTube “Quick Capture!” – Speaking of YouTube, just below the “upload” button on YouTube is the cleverly hidden “quick capture” function, which allows you to record your video “live” and on the fly with just your webcam. Give it a try!
- Phone it in – If you’re an iPhone 3G owner, you’re in luck. The new iPhone with video not only lets you record video, it gives you the option to send your mobile video directly to YouTube – again with one click convenience.
- Go Mobile – Even if you don’t have an iPhone, you can still send video to YouTube right from your mobile phone. Just look for the “Upload from Mobile” button, and YT will provide you with a custom address you can use to “call your video in!”
Online video has indeed become a “do-it-yourself” medium, and it’s easier than ever to get your video on YouTube. Still, if you prefer to have someone do it all for you, then be sure to check out my new, soooo easy solution at http://www.Good2GoVideo.com! Hope to see you online soon!
About the Author
Lou Bortone is a long-time marketing and branding consultant who helps entrepreneurs build breakthrough brands on the Internet, with services such as online video production, video branding, coaching and creative support. Lou is a former television executive who worked for E! Entertainment Television and later served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Advertising for Fox Family Worldwide, a division of Fox in Los Angeles. Lou is an author and ghostwriter of six business books, a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach and a Book Yourself Solid Certified Coach. Visit Lou’s website at http://www.OnlineVideoBranding.com and you can learn more about Lou’s Video Traffic Blast system at http://www.VideoTrafficBlast.com
