Twitter + Video = Awesomeness
What happens when you take the power of social media and add the visibility of video? You make a big impact and exponentially increase your online presence!
Before you object that you’ve barely figured out Twitter, let alone video, let me put you at ease: With a host of new “Twitter-Friendly” video sites, it’s easier than ever to integrate video into your Twitter activities. Let’s take a look at a few of my faves:
Twiddeo – As the name implies, Twiddeo.com combines Twitter with video. Just upload your video to Twiddeo, and Twiddeo adds the video’s link to your Tweet and blasts it out to Twitter.
Tweetube – Tweetube serves basically the same function, but with more bells and whistles. Not only can you share videos that you posted on YouTube, but you can also share photos, webcam videos an more. Anything you share via Tweetube gets posted to Twitter.
Twitvid – Yet another free website that allows you to share your video to Twitter. With Twitvid, you can even share your video to Twitter via your iPhone 3GS or your Blackberry. Twitvid can also autoshare to Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, for one-stop uploading convenience!
TwitCam – TwitCam offers a different take on video sharing. This web resources allows you to do live webcasting (similar to Ustream.tv), but with handy Twitter integration. Twitcam posts your video description and link to Twitter for all your followers to see. Then, while broadcasting, you can chat with your viewers via Twitter right from your broadcast page. Pretty cool.
TweetReel – If you’re an iPhone 3GS owner, TweetReel is for you! TweetReel lets you shoot photos or video from your iPhone, upload them to TweetReel, then share them on Twitter.
Try out a few of these free web resources, and you could become a Twitter video superstar before you know it!
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
