[videoblogging] Re: Off Topic... Self Publishing a Book...
Ron, I have been in the publishing industry for 7 years and am happy to help where I can. You can email me at sclo...@cosproductions.com. Lulu and BookSurge are both good, but there are some that are really bad to self publish with so be careful. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: I thought I might ask for a bit of off topic advice here, as you all are on the cutting edge of tech... Anyone have thoughts suggestions on self publishing a book? Checking out Lulu and Amazon's Booksurge, but totally cursory at this point in time... Any thoughts would be appreciated. Private responses are totally cool... Peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9athlete.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] A Message from Crackle
Sounds like they're going for more of a Hulu model. Here is what I got today- Hey Crackle Member, I would like to start off by thanking you for your support and commitment to Crackle. Your membership and contributions to the site have made Crackle a great community to be a part of, and we have you to thank for that. With that said, the Crackle you know is changing. We are now focused on providing you with iconic Movies and TV shows, and high quality Original Programming for you to enjoy for free on Crackle everyday. We believe we are in the perfect position to bring you the most immersive and unprecedented access to the worldâs best talent and hottest entertainment. We have worked tirelessly to stock our shelves with some great content. Our library is strong; here are just a few titles currently playing: Movies: Ghostbusters (http://crackle.com/c/Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters_featuring_Bill_Murray_Dan_Aykroyd/2322036#ml=fmx%3d5%26fc%3d155), Spiderman-2 (http://crackle.com/c/Spider-Man_2/Spider_Man_2/2460557#ml=fmx%3d5%26fc%3d355), and 10+ Godzilla classicsâ¦many in HD. TV: Rescue Me (http://crackle.com/c/Rescue_Me_Longform/Rescue_Me_Season_1_Episode_1/2453150#ml=fmx%3d5%26fc%3d277) and Spiderman (http://crackle.com/c/Spider-Man_The_New_Animated_Series/Spider_Man_Season_1_Episode_2/2417018#ml=fmx%3d5%26fc%3d233). Originals: Angel of Death (http://crackle.com/c/Angel_Of_Death/Angel_of_Death_Ep_1_Edge_starring_Zoe_Bell/2443665#ml=fmx%3d5%26fc%3d281) and Jace Hall (http://crackle.com/c/Jace_Hall/Felicia_and_Ubisoft_Prince_of_Persia_/2463127#ml=fmx%3d5%26fc%3d123). In light of this transition, beginning June 1, 2009, general video uploading will no longer be supported by Crackle. Videos that you have previously uploaded to Crackle may still be available for viewing by accessing your profile page while logged in to Crackle, or by those who have bookmarked them. Sharing of uploaded videos via the âsendâ function in the video player is no longer supported. Consider taking some time to bookmark videos that you would like to continue to view. This availability, however, may be temporary. You should plan accordingly. We apologize for any inconvenience this transition has caused you. We will also be blogging about our changes, openly and honestly, at www.cracklevideo.wordpress.com. You can also connect with us at supp...@crackle.com, or any of our social communication channels listed belowto ensure you are up-to-date with what is going on at Crackle. We have grown quite a bit, and we will continue to evolve; We would love it if you continued to move with us. Thanks so much, Your Friends At Crackle Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/crackledotcom Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/crackle
[videoblogging] Re: A Message from Crackle
LOL Excellent way to read between the lines, Rupert! I agree! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert rup...@... wrote: Sounds to me like they're going for more of a We're a Massive Studio and We're Going To Use Our Expensive Domain Name To Show The Same Old Stuff We've Shown On All Our Other Platforms model. On 6-May-09, at 11:16 PM, Sheila English wrote: Sounds like they're going for more of a Hulu model.
[videoblogging] Re: brightcove
My understanding is that the backdoor was there and now gone. I just tried it and couldn't get in. In my experience, the people at Brightcove are not interested in assisting anyone not paying for their service. Sorry. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, halley_hopkins halley.hopk...@... wrote: I guess I live under a rock, but I just realized that the consumer upload/ public video serving for brightcove is officially off the air. Does anyone know if they created a backdoor to pull anything down that was previously available? Thanks.
[videoblogging] Video Content Provider Rights
I'm looking for feedback on this. As video content providers our material is taken by third parties and used for financial gain by that third party. The site you upload to may be a free site and you can elect to be there or not, but each site sells itself as the place to be and gives itself such importance as to come across as necessary to video content providers. That is the nature of the business. Yet, the content providers are not only rarely, fairly compensated, but are sometimes shown a complete lack of respect by those sites. They want what you have so they can make money, but because everyone and their brother has a video camera and will send video, they feel they don't need to give you any extra or special treatment just because you make professional content. They can arbitrarily remove your content and not explain or not even investigate any claims. Here we are providing content, not getting paid, or being paid very little and are at the mercy of some sites that just don't care. I know, I know, don't use those sites. But, if those sites are where your target audience is, then what? Do video content providers have rights? Do we have rights if a third party uses our material to bring in income? If our material brings them income are they obligated to recognize us? What do you think? Sheila
[videoblogging] Crackle and LiveVideo
Does anyone here know how to contact people at Crackle or LiveVideo? Over the weekend someone thought it would be cool to report our profile as having copyright infringement and/or porn. Most sites took the time to check it out and we didn't have a problem, but Crackle and LiveVideo obviously don't investigate. LiveVideo removed a bunch of videos as porn, one of which was a children's video and as far from porn as you can get, Crackle removed our entire profile. Neither give you a way to contact them, or they simply don't bother to reply. We get hit like that at least once a year. Someone feels the need to try and sabotage us online, but usually we are able to handle the damage. We had over 350 videos on Crackle. Very sad to lose them. Any suggestions? Thanks! Sheila
[videoblogging] Viddler Providing Stats in future
I got a newsletter from Viddler today and this was in it- We usually try to keep things under the carpet until they are completely ready, but we've been getting asked more and more about providing much better statistics than we do now. And we're going to, very soon. We've recently begun keeping MUCH more detailed records of who is viewing your videos, where they are viewing them from, and where your videos are going. Stay tuned. I am so happy to have more sites providing stats! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Video Metrics
Hi Beth, Yes, I've done a couple of blogs on this topic and will be releasing an ebook in the summer about what our own research and development team has found and what our experiences are. We use or have used TubeMogul, HeySpread, Video Robot, Blip analytics, YouTube Insight, etc. I get deeper analytics from Blip and YouTube, but I get a snapshot over a variety of sites via TubeMogul, where I am a paying customer. TubeMogul also has a free account, but I'm not sure what kind of analytics comes with the free account. I have posted on this site an idea on how you can rate performance of a video as well. You're welcome to contact me off list if you like. sheila_clover(at)yahoo.com Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Beth Kanter b...@... wrote: thanks Rox will keep an eye out for that - and Sheila - thanks so much for your offer - have you blogged about this topic? On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Roxanne Darling oke...@... wrote: Beth - I have a lot of this in my brain so am planning to blog about it this weekend. Sheila English, also on this list, has done some very neat work on the topic and I will link to her too. Just coming back from a trip and no time for more, but you could search sheila on the list messages and get started. Aloha,
[videoblogging] Re: Video Metrics
Thanks for thinking of me Rox! Beth, I'm happy to share what our own RD dept. has by way of research, etc. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling oke...@... wrote: Beth - I have a lot of this in my brain so am planning to blog about it this weekend. Sheila English, also on this list, has done some very neat work on the topic and I will link to her too. Just coming back from a trip and no time for more, but you could search sheila on the list messages and get started. Aloha, Rox On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:12 AM, l.den...@... l.den...@... wrote: Hi, I saw TubeMogul launched a new tool for video metrics analytics these last days. http://www.tubemogul.com/about/inplay.php Nice day all Loiez Le 12 déc. 08 à 00:50, Beth Kanter a écrit : Hey folks, I'm doing some research for a workshop on social media ROI/metrics and wanted to include an overview of what's best practices and tools for video. Would appreciate answers to the following: * What metrics are typically tracked for social media video - either video blogging or user-generated video to help you improve your work or demonstrate impact? * What are the 3-5 best blog posts about the use of video metrics? * Is there a list of video metrics analytics tools or some comparison of what video metrics are available at the different hosting sites? Beth
[videoblogging] Re: video distribution
There is always HeySpread or one of the numerous software programs like Video Robot. Here is a link to a list of sites I've shared with the people on this group. It has a few hundred sites listed that you can distribute to if you're looking to upload manually. http://www.4shared.com/file/41626459/f9978ca7/SocialMediaList_Generic.html Hope this helps! Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, a_kaegi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am looking to expand my video distribution and wanted to know what is new out here other then tubemogul. adriana kaegi http;//dearaddy.com
[videoblogging] Re: MotionBox recommendation
MotionBox is not just another site. They are in line to be a major player since AOL, who will no longer be taking videos after the 18th (I think it's the 18th of this month) is recommending MotionBox. This site has been getting good reviews and has been seen in other business media. It's one to watch. I realize there are many sites one can upload to. We have a list of 450. But, speaking for myself, I don't just upload and go. I care about the sites I upload to. So I look at them and determine what they are best for and are they best for me? I welcome any tips or news on new sites because sometimes they are exactly what I need in order to be more thoughtful in my distribution. Just my 2 cents. Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, michaelaivaliotis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's freakin' awesome! I really really really wanted yet another site to post my videos to. I was kinda worried because the existing 50 sites are just not enough. Thanks for the tip! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lil Peck lilpeck@ wrote: I stumbled onto www.MotionBox.com today and immediately signed up for a premium account. It costs $19.95 per year and offers unlimited uploads. The quality of the video rendering is excellent. Lil Peck http://www.HorseTrainingSchool.com
[videoblogging] Interesting things going on over at YT
I was checking out some videos on YouTube and noticed on one of the videos that there was a blank spot to the right of the video screen, within the video player, and it was letting me know that an ad could go there. An ad on the right side, not the lower third, which is what I'm used to. Could this be the reason for the new wide screens I wonder? I don't know, I'm just wondering. Now YT has a way to promote your videos or channel through a sort of AdWords-type arrangement. Interesting. Will try that out for sure. I really like the addition to Insight (YouTube analytics). I was checking out the Hot Spots feature and wondered what others thought about it? If you've not seen it, it tells you how your video did in comparison to others of the same length. I like seeing where people started dropping interest. It's a helpful tool. Seems like YT is gearing up for 2009 with some new and interesting things.
[videoblogging] AOL Video
I scanned through the posts and didn't see anything on this so I thought I'd share the email I got today Dear AOL Video Uploads User, We're writing to inform you that the AOL Video Uploads site is no longer accepting new video uploads and will close on Dec. 18, 2008. We hope that this does not cause you an inconvenience. The good news is that we can help you move your existing videos to Motionbox in a few, simple clicks. Motionbox is a free service that makes it easy to upload, store and share personal videos, and supports all of the features you enjoy with AOL Video Uploads -- including fast and reliable uploads, secure sharing, high quality video playback and more. To transfer your videos to Motionbox, all you need to do is click on the transfer button next to each video on the My Uploads page and follow the instructions. If you want to download, delete or transfer your files to Motionbox or another site, you must go to the My Uploads page to take action before December 18, 2008. After that date, you will no longer be able to access your videos through the AOL Video Uploads site (also know as uncutvideo.com). For more details please see our FAQs. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Sincerely, AOL Video Uploads Team
[videoblogging] Re: Grow Your Audience On MySpace with MyAds
I'm currently using www.cubics.com for MySpace advertising, but I would really like to try this. The problem is all I'm seeing as templates are for bands. Am I missing something? I can create my own ad, but if there are templates other than for bands I'd like to see them. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, paulstephenarmstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wanted to let you know about a new (and incredibly targeted) way to grow your audience on MySpace and MySpaceTV - it's called MyAds and it launched today in public beta - it uses the HyperTargeting technology we developed and can be used by anyone (age, sex, location and over 1000 separate categories to further target your audience). Beta partners are seeing double digit growth in traffic and friends. Best of all you only pay when your ad is clicked on, you can get started from as little as $25 and there's a slew of analytics! Best of all? You can link out of MySpace too if that's your thing. Hope it helps you all! Let me know know if you have any questions. Best, Paul. MySpace MyAds empowers any advertiser to build a customized, targeted, and measurable campaign in a few easy steps: STEP 1: Visit https://advertise.myspace.com or click the Advertise link located at the bottom of any MySpace page STEP 2: Create a display ad using the MySpace MyAds Builder Tool STEP 3: Select a variable ad spend anywhere from $25 to $10,000 STEP 4: HyperTarget to customers STEP 5: Measure ad performance with MySpace MyAds analytics reporting
[videoblogging] Standardizing Players
Has anyone check this out? It has some high profile companies like Adobe and KickApps backing it or at least participating somehow. http://www.openvideoplayer.com/ I would love to have a player that could do it all. I'm having our tech team check into what it's all about. Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Two NYTimes articles on Web Video
Interesting. NY Times seems to really be paying attention. Last Wednesday I was interviewed by NY Times for an article coming out next month. This was specific to what we're doing in the publishing industry, but the questions were about online video and book trailers. It's always great to see online video get big media attention! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Couple of recent articles in the NYTimes about the progess of web shows made by commercial networks. Their point is that no one's made the big hit yet that will really excite people to regularly start watching episodic shows online. The networks are certainly trying hard though. It's funny because we had this discussion here several years ago: Personal videoblogging vs shows Both are certainly valid, but different art forms. all i know is that I hope the talent ive seen from people here get what they deserve. Wish it wasnt just about who you know. http://bit.ly/3y5nFK To get to the point where viewers are choosing between Two and a Half Men on CBShttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/cbs_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-organd a situation comedy on YouTube, the industry needs better distribution models, more professional backing and financing, and third-party measurement of traffic. The medium is missing something like a TV Guide for Web video that magazine's owners and others are scrambling to become the industry standard. As a result, advertisers sometimes have trouble navigating the market, Mr. Scannell said. Similarly, the industry needs a reliable third-party arbiter of traffic analytics, something akin to Nielsen's ratings service for television. Not surprisingly, Nielsen and a plethora of other companies are striving to be that source, but an industry standard has not yet emerged. Then there is the living room problem. We need the TVs in the living rooms to be integrated with the Internet, said Ron Richards, the director of marketing and product management for Revision3, which calls itself a television network for the Internet generation. http://bit.ly/O5acB Many original series on network Web sites are simply marketing tools for television shows. And a look at a few current, more truly original Web series with television connections demonstrates that if you're not packaging Big Brother outtakes, it helps to have an independent revenue stream. Nielsen isn't covering these things yet. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Two NYTimes articles on Web Video
I just hired an account exec who lives in Manhattan. I do think face-to-face networking makes a difference. And that makes the struggle even harder for those who aren't in LA or NY. We have our Head of Production in LA and she will go to events and meetings there, but we really needed to be in NYC. Once we started sending people out into the field to network we saw a dramatic increase in orders. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's sad to say, but the Who You Know will always be a part of this business of entertainment. There are some shows that I think are brilliant, but they just dont know anyone who can help them make their way through the economic landscape. There are a couple made between the coasts that are great AND get noticed. Like Midwest Teen Sex Show; great stuff and they have gotten a lot of press and job oppourtunites because of their good work. There's a reason people move to NY/LA for entertainment work; its where the networking happens and, for myself, thats how I get the better jobs I've had. Face-to-face meeting with people who have work/money to give. Has the internet and online video specifically changed that all that much? Or has ole-fashioned Get In Their Face still the preferred model for you folks on this list? Curious for your thoughts on that. The more things change, the more they stay the same. A handshake is still the best way to meet someone.
[videoblogging] Pixel Heads Network show Ask The Experts
I discovered this show when it hit my radar for video distribution articles and videos. They interviewed the CEO of TubeMogul and I wanted to find out what was new there. They have some great guests! People who work or have worked at Disney TV, CNN, Sony, etc. I was interviewed and I talked about how my company has done well with online video, etc. If anyone is interested the podcast is up on Ask the Experts, and there are a bunch of really great interviews by a lot of knowledgeable people. Nice site set up too. http://www.pixelheadsnetwork.com/ There are a lot of people here on this group that would make great guests for this show. Sheila
[videoblogging] Wanted to share my latest video
This is done entirely in green screen. Check out the old, evil wizard guy. He's not real. He is a virtual person. With piranha teeth. LOL If you like dragons please check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qt5JOgiHk Thanks! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Video Goes Underground
Hi Milt! Statistics show that releasing a novel one chapter at a time does not harm sales when you finally bundle it to sell in full. In some cases it actually helps the sales. I was just on a panel called Digital Bundling for BEA (Book Expo America) and we discussed these topics specifically. I think selling a DVD of your accumulated material is good idea. Try it out and see how it goes! You can always make it for a limited time only in case it proves to be more trouble than it is worth. What might be interesting to try, and perhaps this is something I could bring up to the ADM (Association of Downloadable Media), is a list of quality content providers that are grouped according to target audience, genre and/or synopsis, then advertise those shows to ad agencies, video sites, out-of-home markets, etc. as package deals. Sell seasons, advertise for sponsors, etc. all in one area so people can go there and shop for shows. Or, perhaps there's something like that out there already and I don't know about it? For me, I would totally be up for paying for sponsorship or for a season of a good, quality show that has anything to do with books, comics, reading or literacy. I just don't know where to go to find those shows. But it would be great to have a new line up for my Reader's Entertainment TV site. Just typing out loud. ;-) Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Milt Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife is a novelist, and is toying with the idea of publishing one of her novels - one chapter at time, with the option of somebody paying to download the whole thing all at once. I have thought of bundling 90 minutes of my Real REZ pieces into a DVD to sell, or people can watch them one at a time for free. Milt Lee
[videoblogging] Veoh's 2-pane player goes away
I got an email from the good folks at Veoh saying that I have 4 days to find a replacement for the Veoh 2-pane player. If you don't know what that is you can see one here- www.readersentertainment.tv I really need a 2-pane player and was getting ready to move all single pane players over to the 2-pane. Now I need to find another video site that will give me a 2-pane player. Any suggestions? I was going to switch to Brightcove, even though I have to pay for it, but Brightcove is even worse to deal with than Veoh. Customer service is not good at either places in my experience. Sheila
[videoblogging] Best online TV site?
I want to do an overhaul to my online tv site. I'd like something more engaging. Does anyone have a favorite online tv site that you think is really well put together? I'd love to see some examples of well done online tv sites. Thanks! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: White paper on Residual Marketing Effects of digital video
Thanks John! I'm glad it was useful for you. I submitted it to Google HQ and got an invite to come over and visit with them. I will be there in two weeks and am looking forward to hearing what they think of the paper. I was asked to add something in about SEM (Search Engine Marketing) so I will write up a little something about that and then release the White Paper into the wild. lol Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, johnleeke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sheila: Thanks so much for this research and paper. I find that about a quarter of your results fit exactly with my experience. I use interactive internet video video with live conferencing:
[videoblogging] Re: White paper on Residual Marketing Effects of digital video
Thanks Rox!! I'm always inspired by people on this list. I've asked my entire RD team to sign up to this group because there is so much great information here. Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am really looking forward to reading this. Your skills and energy are amazing Sheila. Aloha, Rox On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:46 AM, johnleeke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[videoblogging] Vlogging in NYC at ThrillerFest
I was in NY all this week and will be posting some videos I did there. I got a great video from author Brad Thor that I'm dying to put up. I was there with a vlogger from Publisher's Weekly. She's this sweet, older lady from Wisconsin who had never been to NYC before. We both had been given press passes to the event. She signed up when I did, then went down later and followed these yellow signs that said Press. She gets to a table where some men in suits ask for her credentials. She shows them her name badge for ThrillerFest and her business card for Publisher's Weekly (no actual ID though) and they send her into one of the events. She realized right away that she was not at a book event, since it was Carolyn Kennedy speaking. She had somehow wandered into the Obama rally! It was hilarious. She got some footage (hey! why not?!LOL) and stayed for a while in the press section. I sure hope they have better security if Obama gets to be president! Sheila
[videoblogging] Exciting News
I just wanted to share some good news. And to let anyone who might be interested in something like this know about it. We are sponsoring a contest with a publisher and an author for making a book trailer. I'm thrilled to be part of the contest and event. When it is all over they will play some of the videos and this winning one in NYC. The winning video will also get a lot of distrbution and media attention, etc. If you're interested you can find out more at the author's site. It isn't for one of his books, but he is helping with the contest and will be the final judge. Here is his URL- www.stephenking.com
[videoblogging] Hey!Spread - TubeMogul - Blip - Social Poster - RSS
Am I missing anything? lol This is what I use for primary delivery of our videos. Lately I've seen a lot of media attention regarding many of the sites. I saw an article recently that talks about TubeMogul vs. Blip- http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/online_video_competitors_still.php I use TubeMogul and send my videos to Blip, so I'm sure I'm just missing the issue here. Am I not getting both? I do love Blip's distribution and I use it to the fullest extent. Now Hey!Spread has come up with some pretty cool stuff! I am going to try out their cloning tool. That tool takes your YouTube videos and sends them all to another site with a click of a button. Here's something on that- http://particle-s.com/2008/07/01/heyspread-v3-released-mass-distribute-trackn-stat-youclone-design-pricing-and-updated-api/ I don't know if those long URLs work here or not, but you can go to www.heyspread.com and check out their blog to get this info as well. I love Social Poster and use it all the time. I have seen a marked increase in views after using this software, so I highly recommend it. www.socialposter.com And of course I use RSS anywhere and everywhere I can! My TubeMogul uploads go out to 12 places, but then from there I use RSS and get another 15-20 sites with that one upload. Anyone else doing the same? Or, am I missing anything? Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Hey!Spread - TubeMogul - Blip - Social Poster - RSS
With both Blip and YouTube offering analytics I'm not sure you need TubeMogul. Espeically if you only upload to those places. I like Blip a lot. I'm flirting with the idea of changing platforms on our site www.readersentertainment.tv from Veoh to Blip. Is anyone else doing something similar with Blip? Using it as your main platform for multiple channels or as an online tv platform? Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my uninformed opinion, they're two very different things. At least for me, they are. I host my videos on Blip (plus do a little distribution). I upload to Tubemogul - which lets me send the videos to blip and youtube at the same time. I haven't yet decided if that's really saving me any time - I still have to get into blip to change the video's copyright to a cc license and then send the videos to delicious, twitter, and my blog. So maybe I should just do a second upload to youtube and skip tubemogul? Not sure... but that's what I've been playing with for awhile, anyway :-) David King davidleeking.com - blog davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog
[videoblogging] Re: I Want My Vlog to Look Like a Porno Site
ROFL Welcome to the Porno-Zone (cue music here). --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Brook Hinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You mean you want users to be directed to your videoblog without intending to go there after innocently following an unrelated google search link, scream as fifty other windows pop up with all sorts of things they had hoped never to see, try in vain to turn down the sound when suddenly a pitch for car insurance AND a recording of someone screaming during an intimate moment begin simultaneously, watch in wonder/horror as parts of their screen get replaced by little colored boxes, hit cancel over and over as would you like to scan your computer for porn and viruses NOW message boxes pop up in an endless loop, and then panic as nothing works to shut down the computer? :-)
[videoblogging] Re: Rules of engagement
Very cool! Thanks for sharing! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest work of Robert Croma it's just a MasterPiece http://robertcroma.com/2008/06/21/rules-of-engagement/ Just for that this list is so important Best regards Loiez
[videoblogging] RME and ROI
My videos promo books. They're called Book Trailers and they are created to give you a visual flavor of the story. They aren't traditional commercials. They're meant to be fun. We push the video the month before it is released and then a push during the first week of sales. The first week of sales is what will determine where you place on a bestseller list. After that, we leave the video up for as long as the book is in print. Our videos continue to get hits years after their initial release. I know that TubeMogul just did a study on the shelf live of online video- http://www.tubemogul.com/research/index.php?r=7 But we've been doing some RD and the data has been interesting. Now I need to apply that somehow in significance to ROI. Residual Marketing Effect is what I'm calling promo longevity that results in purchases long after the initial campaign.(that might have been redundant...but hey...it's 3AM and I can't sleep...so this is what I do) For example, we have a video that is 2 years old that started getting a bunch of hits all of a sudden. We found that someone saw it, liked it, bought the book and then blogged about how great the book is. So we see this increase in views that are resulting in purchases. I want to write a paper on this to tie it into a sort of ROI long tail, if you will. My reasoning is that many of our larger clients are paying $15,000 for a single USA Today national ad and I want to use this information as part of my overall pitch to have them invest in online video instead. I can also use it, hopefully, to encourage product placement or sponsorship. Has anyone else worked on this kind of data? Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: List of social media sites
Hi Leesa and thank you. I did send an email to the paypal account associated with the material. Someone here asked if they had updated the material or added Alexa rankings and I went back and see that they did not update the sites that I can tell, but they did add the Alexa ratings. I'm sure that took time to do. I got some of the sites from Joe Whyte at Hybrid SEM, and I credited him and sent him the new list so that he could benefit as well. I'm all for sharing. I just don't think I should have been charged $10 for the list. lol Joe said he would categorize the list. I sent him an email asking where he is with that. Hopefully he'll have it done relatively soon. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, leesarbarnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Sheila, I'm not shocked that this has happened. I had someone 3 years ago grab content from my blog and post it to her own as if she was the original author, however, I'm shocked that you wouldn't demand that the person selling it at least give you credit. Or, maybe you have and you just didn't share that here. But to not care that someone is making money off your hard work is surprising to me. I'm even angry for you. Oh, and thanks for sharing your resource. I would suggest that you also group the social media resource under broad categories as well. For example, youtube, revver, blip, etc. should be under a category called Video Sharing or something like that. Then, monetize your list ;) Thanks, Leesa Barnes Author, Podcasting for Profit http://www.leesabarnes.com
[videoblogging] Re: Is Veoh going belly up or just going through a growth spurt?
I've left messages at the Veoh Networks corporate site, I've sent various email. I've still heard nothing. I just called them today though, so hopefully I will hear back this week. I'm a little concerned that copyright infringement lawsuits are going to harm Veoh. It's not like they're the only ones getting sued, but it seems like a significant suit. I'm not someone who is great with legal-eze but maybe someone here can take a look at this and know what's going on- http://news.justia.com/cases/featured/california/casdce/3:2007cv01568/253104/ It says that the docket report was last checked in Feb. 2008. Personally, if it were my business, the minute things started to appear bad, such as law suits and losing a lot of employees, I would beef up my customer service and make sure my core content providers, advertisers and partners were well taken care of. But, that's just me. Sheila They just raised another $30m - now valued at $125m - see http://news.google.com/news?q=veoh On the other hand investor Michael Eisner thinks the model sucks.. http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/6/eisner_to_veoh_but_when_do_i_get_paid_ He told Shapiro that the video aggregators, so adept at raising and spending money, are not handing enough back to the people who actually make the videos themselves. They're shooting themselves in the foot, he said. They are trying to elicit a fee to integrate on sites like Veoh but with a revenue split that makes it impossible for a content producer to get enough money to cover production. If I were running one of the distribution companies I would not look to make $2.50 but encourage the content creators to make it, he said. I'm not sure the distributors are thinking through where the content players have to come out -- instead of how to make a little money. --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
[videoblogging] Sharing some good news
It's been a great week for my company and I wanted to share the good news! We were in The Wall Street Journal on Saturday and that has resulted in some great contacts! We also just found out that one of our original shows is under consideration for Transit TV (11 million views a week)while a different one is being considered by Lifetime TV online. Of course being under consideration doesn't always pan out, but it was really nice to hear people be enthusiastic about our shows! I'm finding more and more people interested in original shows, but I wonder if the actor's strike will create changes that harm online episodic content distribution? I don't expect to have to hire SAG actors to be in my shows, but adding new rules often results in mass confusion during the learning curve and that always gives me a headache. Thanks for letting me share! Have a great week! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Is Veoh going belly up or just going through a growth spurt?
Great point about the investing. I'm sure people wouldn't invest that kind of money without a very thorough look at Veoh and everything going on with the company. It does feel to me that Veoh is struggling, but from growth or trouble I couldn't say. I hope some of that $30 million goes toward customer service! ...it is interesting to see whether customer support holds up now that the honeymoon hype period for online video has passed. Brilliantly said! The race to win the best content and biggest advertisers seems to be leveling off a bit and people are looking more at pointed issues such as monetization and target marketing. That's my own take though. Priorities seem to be shifting with video content sites. I hope there's thoughtfulness invested in those priorities outside of where to get the biggest bang for the buck. I know that's important, but there are other things equally as important. Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well that court case looks old, and it was dismissed last November. Although it may have been on a technicality and there is a new case elsewhere. But as they just announced $30 million in funding we can be pretty sure they arent going belly-up anytime soon, and that people have been prepared to risk that much money on Veoh despite whatever legal risks there are going forwards. So who knows, it could be an unpleasant mess behind the scenes, your experience may be typical or it may not, either way they have let you down and that sucks :( Medium-term I still would not be surprised if most of these comapnies are stuffed, and it is interesting to see whether customer support holds up now that the honeymoon hype period for online video has passed. Cheers Steve Elbows
[videoblogging] Re: Is Veoh going belly up or just going through a growth spurt?
I had not seen that article! Thank you for sharing it. That just confirms my own suspicions that Veoh is having some real problems. They appear to be having a true disconnect from their content providers and users. I can't help but wonder if they're self-sabotaging in their, seemingly, desperate bid to find a solid revenue stream? You can't court investors while pissing off content providers and site users...or can you? I guess only time will tell. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose customer service may also take a nosedive even if the company isnt dying, but just decides to refocus, and clients that they previously coveted are no longer of interest. Again I am not suggesting this is the case with Veoh. But I was disgusted to hear they are blocking access to their videos in many countries now: http://newteevee.com/2008/06/01/veoh-blocks-some-international-access/ So they are willing to throw away up to 10% of their audience. Shame shame, booo! Cheers Steve Elbows
[videoblogging] Re: Sharing some good news
Thank you Rox! I went out and bought the newspaper right away! LOL As soon as I hear anything solid on the other opportunities I will certainly send links! As a side note there's a lot shaking up over at Lonely Planet. I think your videos would be great there! I have a contact if you're interested. They are serving their digital travel books up in single chapters so you don't have to buy the entire book. Several of those books have your neck of the woods in them. Might be a nice synergy for them to play your videos around those books. Let me know if you're interested! Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations Sheila! You are as deserving of this as anyone I can think of. When you get a minute. send us your links. Aloha, Rox On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Sheila English [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a great week for my company and I wanted to share the good news! We were in The Wall Street Journal on Saturday and that has resulted in some great contacts! We also just found out that one of our original shows is under consideration for Transit TV (11 million views a week)while a different one is being considered by Lifetime TV online. Of course being under consideration doesn't always pan out, but it was really nice to hear people be enthusiastic about our shows! I'm finding more and more people interested in original shows, but I wonder if the actor's strike will create changes that harm online episodic content distribution? I don't expect to have to hire SAG actors to be in my shows, but adding new rules often results in mass confusion during the learning curve and that always gives me a headache. Thanks for letting me share! Have a great week! Sheila -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Is Veoh going belly up or just going through a growth spurt?
Thank you Kathryn! For the congrats and for sharing the email. I have always gotten email from Veoh, but I didn't see this come through. This is very helpful! You rock!!! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sheila, I assume you received this email... but just in case you didnt... best.. and CONGRATS! Kathryn http://www.synchronis.tv Hi all: As you know, Emilia Mello is no longer with Veoh. We are excited to have you as publishers and are happy that you have chosen to publish you content on Veoh. I wanted to reach out to you all to say hi and also to set up some measures to make sure that you each of a means to communicate with Veoh in her absence. This is especially important since I will be out of the office all next week (so no emails please, I�ll be busy vacationing J). For the immediate future we have set up to email addresses that are reserved specifically for our publishing partners to contact someone at Veoh. � For technical support related issues please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include as much detail as possible about your issue. If you are having a problem with a specific video that you have published you must send us the url for the video so the tech support team can find it. � For requests concerning promotion please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . In your email please include the url for the individual video you want promoted, a 1 sentence description of the video and any specific date information that is relevant regarding promotion (e.g. if you want to have it promoted on a specific date). A few notes. As I said, this email was set up only for trusted partners. Please do not share it with anyone. There are lots of you and we want to share the love fairly, so please be reasonable in the number of times you request promotion from us. Finally, we will read all of your promotional requests, but will likely not be able to respond to each person directly. Lastly, please be patient with us as we work through this transition period. Thanks,
[videoblogging] Re: Copyright and Brightcove
We do the music cue sheet thing for tv as well. We've never been asked to provide it for online use, though I'm sure we can do that easily enough. What Brightcove is doing just isn't user friendly and they're obviously okay with that. I think they're wanting to be looked at like a TV network, but they're not going about it in the best manner. That's just my own opinion. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every time I have produced a TV Show or TV promo we fill out music cue sheets that list the composer, the publisher and the music company. We then file them with the TV Network and the TV Network then files those papers with the music licensing company that we got the music from in the first place. I expect that all of us online video producers will have to do something similar in the next few years. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Add French Maid TV to Your iTunes @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes http://1timstreet.com http://twitter.com/1timstreet On May 29, 2008, at 7:11 AM, Ron Watson wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if Brightcove was using this as an excuse to get rid of a small content provider.
[videoblogging] Re: Which is the best video site for:...
As far as utilizing a private site for employees, my company has set up a private site on www.ning.com. No one else can get in unless they've been sent an invitation. We put up video tutorials, resources lists and employees share their expertise on blogs. It's like MySpace where each employee can have their own profile, but you manage the main profile page and can easily share video, music, files, etc. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jennifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. making money 2. being able to hand our videos that are private (for my employees and not the world) 3. be able to put them in folders or some other organizational tool 4. be able to size/crunch on the upload --- Youtube is out. No money potential. Revver is out. No privacy potential. Waiting on qik.com to have a Sprint phone for life videos. I'm trying to figure out the best options for uploading Tutorials for my team that are made by recroding my screen actions. Thanks, Jennifer Goodwin - CEO http://www.internetGIRLfriday.com Specializing in Cutting Edge Social Marketing Services for Virtual Practices Internet Entrepreneurs
[videoblogging] Is Veoh going belly up or just going through a growth spurt?
In three months I have 2 Veoh reps move on from Veoh to something else. I can't get customer service to answer emails anymore when that was not a problem 6 months ago. We utilize the Veoh platform for Reader's Entertainment TV and have always enjoyed working with the folks there, but lately there seems to be a lot of internal changes that have affected the quality of the customer service for us. Anyone hear anything about the health of Veoh? Sheila
[videoblogging] List of social media sites
I listed this a while back, but I found someone selling this same list online for $10. It's my exact same list, which is funny since I paid $10 just to find out it was my list being sold. I don't really care that someone is selling the list, but I thought I would mention that you can get it for free here- http://dc15.4shared.com/download/41626459/f9978ca7/SocialMediaList_Generic.doc It's a list of over 400 sites that I put together. I checked each site at the time I uploaded this list and they all worked. Hard to say if they all still work since so many sites fail anymore. I am updating the list at the end of the year and should have about 500 sites listed by then. I will always make the list available to this group. I get a lot of great feedback and help from people here and I want to be able to offer something in return. And if you want to sell it for $10 I don't care, but do be kind enough to credit me for it since I put a lot of hours into the creation of the list. Cheers! Sheila
[videoblogging] Copyright and Brightcove
I wanted to know if anyone else has had a similar experience with Brightcove or any other hosting site. A Brightcove rep contacted me to say they would be pulling down one of my videos due to copyright infringement. Since I legally license or create everything I use, I knew there was a mistake. He said that Brightcove now hires a third party auditor to review user content for copyright violations and terms of service violations. Their third party auditor identified the music in my video as copyrighted material. I had 5 days to respond. I responded by sending my official license for the copyright of the song, which I paid for and the receipt for. They said they couldn't take my receipt or the copy of the license given to me when I purchased the license for the use of the song. So I had to involve the company I purchased the music from. That company went through the trouble of verifying the license to Brightcove. Then Brightcove said that's not good enough. Now I have to have the copyright holder, the person who created the music, contact them. And, that person had to use the official Brightcove paperwork, fill it out, send it in, or my video would be taken down. I don't know about any of you, but hunting down the musician, getting him/her/them to fill out an official form for you and submit it seems a bit overkill to me. I understand the copyright issue. I do. But, what other difficulties will this kind of strict auditing and process cause content creators? Next will it be my stock footage and I'll have to find the camera operator? Do you see this as the future of creating original content? Because this makes it terribly hard on the individuals or small companies. Or maybe I'm just a big whiny, baby and everyone else deals with this as a standard part of doing business? Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Fwd: Veoh is hiring!
I hope to see Veoh get stronger tech support. They continue to have problems that haven't been resolved for over a year. I'm a little concerned that Veoh may be having bigger problems that tech support though. Does anyone here use Veoh regularly? I have a whole online tv site that uses the Veoh platform (http://www.readersentertainment.tv). I love how easy it is to use the Veoh platform, but they've been slow to respond to emails and issues. That's my personal experience, I have no idea if anyone else is having this experience. My rep there isn't there anymore so perhaps that's why I'm having problems getting emails returned. I would hate to see Veoh go down. It isn't the best video site out there IMHO, but it has some great features. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, WWWhatsup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Veoh is hiring. If you know any tech savvy people passionate about internet video, let me know!
[videoblogging] Re: Is anyone here attending Streaming Media East?
I'm in Kentucky. I'd even thought about driving, but I think the gas would cost as much as the registration fee! LOL I am interested in a lot of the exhibitors, but in the workshops too. Specifically these workshops- Monday- Comparing and Using Online Video Codecs Planning, Building, and Launching a Successful Podcast Tuesday- QA with George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer, NBC Universal (would love to know their multi platform online digital strategy) Effective Advertising Models for Short-Form Video Marketing Monetizing and Aggregating Niche Video Content Focus Group: Young People's Attitudes Toward Online Video Creating and Promoting Amateur and Viral Videos Entertainment Devices: How TiVo, Xbox, and iPods Are Changing the Content Landscape Codec Comparison: VP6, H.264, and Windows Media Wednesday- Online Video: Should Content Creators Get a Cut? New Advertising Platforms and Networks Independent Content: Creating New Revenue Streams Planning Executing Successful Webcasts Of course I would have to clone myself for some of these since some of these happen at the same time. Why do that do that??!! lol I won't even get started on what exhibits I'd go to! :-) Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Renat Zarbailov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, seems that this event is very dear to you... :)) What exactly are you interested in for this event? How far are you from NY anyway?
[videoblogging] Is anyone here attending Streaming Media East?
I don't know how I missed this event. It seems huge! http://www.streamingmedia.com/east/program/ I wondered if anyone would be vlogging/blogging or chatting about this? I'm trying to figure out how in the world I can make it on such short notice and at such a high ticket price, but if I manage it I'll certainly share. And if I don't, I'm hoping one of you are! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Is anyone here attending Streaming Media East?
Joe, Will you be vlogging or blogging about the event or the workshops? Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be there the 20th and 21st Joe Morin www.storybids.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Sheila English sheila_clover@ wrote: I don't know how I missed this event. It seems huge! http://www.streamingmedia.com/east/program/ I wondered if anyone would be vlogging/blogging or chatting about this? I'm trying to figure out how in the world I can make it on such short notice and at such a high ticket price, but if I manage it I'll certainly share. And if I don't, I'm hoping one of you are! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Is anyone here attending Streaming Media East?
*sigh* I'll do my best not to be jealous. lol Any insight you're willing and able to share would be much appreciated. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Renat Zarbailov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be there too... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Sheila English sheila_clover@ wrote: I don't know how I missed this event. It seems huge! http://www.streamingmedia.com/east/program/ I wondered if anyone would be vlogging/blogging or chatting about this? I'm trying to figure out how in the world I can make it on such short notice and at such a high ticket price, but if I manage it I'll certainly share. And if I don't, I'm hoping one of you are! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: someone is upset about being filmed.. they are blaming me
Hello Duncan! Not seeing the video I can really only say that there are fair use laws and that getting a model release form is really not necessary in every case, according to how the footage is used, etc. If you recorded the actual conversation then I would take it down. If you just see the person then I would not. But, that's just me. If this convention you attended required people to register you might check what your registration said. More and more conventions are putting in clauses within the registration form telling people there will be filming and when people register they are giving their permission to be filmed. Let her report you to the Blip.tv police. The worst that can happen is your video is taken down. Email the Blip guys and tell them you're being harassed so they will know about this person before she strikes! The people over at Blip are great! Very approachable. In the end there's not a lot this person can do. Except maybe use a grammar checker. That would be nice. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, i haven't been very present on this list for a while, but I just got an extremely rude email from someone (who didn't sign off but their email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe someone knows them. Anyway, they are complaining about a video that was posted from vlogeurope 2006, if someone know anything about this or was responsible please feel free to step up. email copied below. be well duncan
[videoblogging] Re: What to charge a sponsor?
Definitely take Tim Street up on his offer. Tim is brilliant! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone just asked what my show charges for ads or episode sponsorship and I didn't know what to tell him. The show's had ten episodes so far, has been online for a little over a month and has had over 286,000 YouTube views. Factoring all that in, what might be a fair asking price? I'm clueless on this, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanks, Chris http://www.myspace.com/necropol http://penelopespantyhose.com
[videoblogging] Re: Technorati tardiness?
Technorati drives me crazy. If you look at their forums you will find that this is a huge and constant complaint, yet Technorati does little to fix the problem. Technorati should be a great and useful site, but their bugs keep them from realizing their full professional potential and keep their brand from giving them a good community review. IMHO Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never had much to do with Technorati till videoblogging2008 but I've learned much the last day.
[videoblogging] Re: New video podcast member
What a wonderful show! I love it! I'm a tea person myself. And, I work with hundreds of romance authors, most of which LOVE tea! I'll forward your link on to some of my friends! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jjonasz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I just joined the group, what a great resource! My video podcast is called Tea Tips with Dr. Tea, check it out at: www.teatips.tv -JJ
[videoblogging] Re: Mike Hudack
Fantastic interview! I really enjoyed it! I went ahead and signed up so I can check out new videos as they come in. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Devon White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone, I recently posted a video interview with Blip.tv's CEO, Mike Hudack.
[videoblogging] Re: What Video Format is Suitable for Large Screen Viewing (at a conference)
Hi! We show at conventions all the time and we use VEOH. We've shown on screens that were 14 feet and got extremely good quality at that size off the Veoh player. You need to download the player to your laptop and have your videos in that, but we've been very pleased with video performance from the Veoh player. Good luck! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jocelynford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am producing a short video for a conference on the Olympics and media freedom that takes place in Paris next week. The video will be viewed on a large screen. It doesn't need to be great quality (I'm a newbie, so it won't be!) But it should be watchable. I have recorded the interviews in mp4 on a Sanyo C40 xacti, using a Sandisk card. I can use either moviemaker or powerdirector6 software to edit. I'd like to know what format to use for the best possible quality images on a big screen. If I use videoconverter I can convert to wmv, flv, mpg, mp4, avi. With powerdirector I can save it as .mpeg1, .mpeg2, .avi., divX, avc .mpeg4. I also have powerdirector options like write back to dv tape/hdv tape (I would need to confirm whether the organizers have tape, and the appropriate screening deviceI don't) and media max (whatever that is!) Other options: I can upload it to youtube. I recall reading about a trick that made youtube less fuzzy on bigscreens, but don't know what it is. I'd appreciate any advice! jocelyn U.S. public radio/Foreign Correspondents Club media freedoms committee beijing
[videoblogging] Re: Video Performance Rating System
I agree that there is a need for a human element, but it won't be long before someone figures out how to automate the majority of this. I know that I can track comments through my TubeMogul account. I don't know if those are downloadable or not. I'll have to go over and check it out. But, if it were, per video, you could easily do a word count. I can word counts on simple doc forms. So, there must be a way to out-smart the system. lol I wonder if some company like TubeMogul could add a list of referrers to what they are already giving us? I will be asking them tomorrow! I think those guys must cringe every time they see my phone number pop up! LOL Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think there are few missing elements - word count in the comments for one, and being able to track all the referrers. We still humans for a few things! r
[videoblogging] Re: Blip Pro Account
Hi Tim! I know we're going to chat on Tuesday, but wanted to throw this out into our forum to check out. http://www.overlay.tv/ Our tech guys are working with this over the next few days to identify utility, quality, etc. But, this might be something that could work for you. You're able to insert URL's and product information during key points of the video. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The whole idea here is for me to take control of my advertising inventory. I'm still not sure if Blip Pro will work with the ad networks that have approached me or not but I'm going to give it a try. Revver is a great service and they have been wonderful to me but when another advertising network comes to me with pre-rolls, mid-rolls, post-rolls or even jelly rolls I can't deliver those on my Revver videos if the other Ad Network doesn't them on Revver. To be fair to Revver, I'm sure they would be happy to take any ads I sell and do a rev split with me and I just might try that as well but the main idea here is for me to have the control. Right now if I want to do a pre-roll for T-shirts that French Maid TV is selling I have to edit those in. I want to be able to serve dynamic ads that I can change in the future. Then I want to figure out how to do dynamic integrated advertising - but that's a step 2 thing. I'll contact you off list to chat about opportunities with your company. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Apr 4, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Sheila English wrote: Tim, This is very interesting! One question- Would you then open your shows up to other interested advertisers? As well as producing content, my company has an in-house ad agency and we book media. I'm about to give VideoEgg a try, but I'm always open to the new and untried. Because my company specializes in book video, we not only have tapped into a billion dollar industry, but we have a vast array of different genres that could benefit by advertising over a variety of platforms. I am, personally, finding that, little by little, our clients are starting to open up to the idea of experimental advertising. I could be very target specific if I could choose the exact content I'd like my ads to play over, before, after, against... Let me know how this works out for you! I wish you much success! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street tim@ wrote: Thanks Sheila. I'm speaking with several Ad Networks that want to deliver pre- rolls, post-rolls and overlays to my content and I need a FLASH player to deliver the ads as well as a solution for the RSS videos. I also need low cost hosting for these videos. I think Castfire has a great solution but until I know how much money I'm going to make with these ad networks I'm not sure I want to pay 38 cents per gig of transfer. The Castfire guys are doing some testing with some ad networks and may soon have a solution but until then I'm looking at all the options out there and Blip Pro looks like it may work. I see that Moblogic is using Blip Pro as there FLASH player and they have their own advertisers displaying pre and post rolls and the same ads are playing in their video podcast. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Apr 2, 2008, at 8:08 PM, Sheila English wrote: Sorry if I'm reading this wrong. Ad network, or social network? From a social network TO Blip? I use Tube Mogul to send to Blip. From Blip I send to all of their online syndication. I use the pro account so they will format for me and send to iTunes. I have some additional research material about Blip.TV that you're welcome to. All of this material has been reviewed and approved by someone at Blip.tv. Blip Review http://www.4shared.com/file/42846394/aa7e27de/BLIPTVreview.html Blip Blog Notes http://www.4shared.com/file/42846341/6fbaad1c/ Blip_Review_Blog.html Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street tim@ wrote: Is anyone using Blip Pro to deliver video ads from another ad network? Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Feb 13, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Sheldon Pineo wrote: On Feb 13, 2008 9:58 AM, Charles HOPE charles@ wrote: At http://blip.tv/prefs there should be a retry button next
[videoblogging] Re: Blip Pro Account
As always, you're on the cutting edge! I really like the look of it. I can't wait to see what our guys do with it! Yours looks fantastic! I looked into having someone do this for me a couple of months ago and they wanted to charge me $750 per video to create overlays like you see on Overlay.tv. You can imagine who happy I was to find Overlay.tv! Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Sheila, The guys are Overlay are great. They already did this demo for me and we are trying to figure out how best for me to use their technology. http://www.overlay.tv/overlay/1649 Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Apr 6, 2008, at 7:50 PM, Sheila English wrote: Hi Tim! I know we're going to chat on Tuesday, but wanted to throw this out into our forum to check out. http://www.overlay.tv/ Our tech guys are working with this over the next few days to identify utility, quality, etc. But, this might be something that could work for you. You're able to insert URL's and product information during key points of the video. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street tim@ wrote: The whole idea here is for me to take control of my advertising inventory. I'm still not sure if Blip Pro will work with the ad networks that have approached me or not but I'm going to give it a try. Revver is a great service and they have been wonderful to me but when another advertising network comes to me with pre-rolls, mid-rolls, post-rolls or even jelly rolls I can't deliver those on my Revver videos if the other Ad Network doesn't them on Revver. To be fair to Revver, I'm sure they would be happy to take any ads I sell and do a rev split with me and I just might try that as well but the main idea here is for me to have the control. Right now if I want to do a pre-roll for T-shirts that French Maid TV is selling I have to edit those in. I want to be able to serve dynamic ads that I can change in the future. Then I want to figure out how to do dynamic integrated advertising - but that's a step 2 thing. I'll contact you off list to chat about opportunities with your company. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Apr 4, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Sheila English wrote: Tim, This is very interesting! One question- Would you then open your shows up to other interested advertisers? As well as producing content, my company has an in-house ad agency and we book media. I'm about to give VideoEgg a try, but I'm always open to the new and untried. Because my company specializes in book video, we not only have tapped into a billion dollar industry, but we have a vast array of different genres that could benefit by advertising over a variety of platforms. I am, personally, finding that, little by little, our clients are starting to open up to the idea of experimental advertising. I could be very target specific if I could choose the exact content I'd like my ads to play over, before, after, against... Let me know how this works out for you! I wish you much success! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street tim@ wrote: Thanks Sheila. I'm speaking with several Ad Networks that want to deliver pre- rolls, post-rolls and overlays to my content and I need a FLASH player to deliver the ads as well as a solution for the RSS videos. I also need low cost hosting for these videos. I think Castfire has a great solution but until I know how much money I'm going to make with these ad networks I'm not sure I want to pay 38 cents per gig of transfer. The Castfire guys are doing some testing with some ad networks and may soon have a solution but until then I'm looking at all the options out there and Blip Pro looks like it may work. I see that Moblogic is using Blip Pro as there FLASH player and they have their own advertisers displaying pre and post rolls and the same ads are playing in their video podcast. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Apr 2, 2008, at 8:08 PM, Sheila English wrote: Sorry if I'm reading this wrong. Ad network, or social network? From a social network TO Blip? I use Tube Mogul
[videoblogging] Need help - Video Player Skin
I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out with this. I need a player that looks and acts somewhat like this- http://www.authorbytes.com/picoult/podcasts/ But I don't know where to start to find something like that. I need it for video, audio and maybe a way to link to comments or forum so people can comment/discuss after play. Does anyone know where I might shop around for something like this? I've seen a lot of skins, but nothing quite like this and I need something slick looking. Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Blip Pro Account
Tim, This is very interesting! One question- Would you then open your shows up to other interested advertisers? As well as producing content, my company has an in-house ad agency and we book media. I'm about to give VideoEgg a try, but I'm always open to the new and untried. Because my company specializes in book video, we not only have tapped into a billion dollar industry, but we have a vast array of different genres that could benefit by advertising over a variety of platforms. I am, personally, finding that, little by little, our clients are starting to open up to the idea of experimental advertising. I could be very target specific if I could choose the exact content I'd like my ads to play over, before, after, against... Let me know how this works out for you! I wish you much success! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Sheila. I'm speaking with several Ad Networks that want to deliver pre-rolls, post-rolls and overlays to my content and I need a FLASH player to deliver the ads as well as a solution for the RSS videos. I also need low cost hosting for these videos. I think Castfire has a great solution but until I know how much money I'm going to make with these ad networks I'm not sure I want to pay 38 cents per gig of transfer. The Castfire guys are doing some testing with some ad networks and may soon have a solution but until then I'm looking at all the options out there and Blip Pro looks like it may work. I see that Moblogic is using Blip Pro as there FLASH player and they have their own advertisers displaying pre and post rolls and the same ads are playing in their video podcast. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Apr 2, 2008, at 8:08 PM, Sheila English wrote: Sorry if I'm reading this wrong. Ad network, or social network? From a social network TO Blip? I use Tube Mogul to send to Blip. From Blip I send to all of their online syndication. I use the pro account so they will format for me and send to iTunes. I have some additional research material about Blip.TV that you're welcome to. All of this material has been reviewed and approved by someone at Blip.tv. Blip Review http://www.4shared.com/file/42846394/aa7e27de/BLIPTVreview.html Blip Blog Notes http://www.4shared.com/file/42846341/6fbaad1c/Blip_Review_Blog.html Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street tim@ wrote: Is anyone using Blip Pro to deliver video ads from another ad network? Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Feb 13, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Sheldon Pineo wrote: On Feb 13, 2008 9:58 AM, Charles HOPE charles@ wrote: At http://blip.tv/prefs there should be a retry button next to the video in question. Thanks Charles. However,there isn't a button next to the item. I'll contact the support address. Shel. -- www.icenrye.com www.icenrye.blogspot.com www.icenryelikes.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Video Performance Rating System
Hi Rox! I am now a member of ADM! Maybe you can email me off list? [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would love to share my research, etc. with anyone who has interest in it. Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sampling! Of course. And for established shows, that would be very doable and reliable, as you could even take some averages over the course of a month (For example # of comments per episode.) I do think this is something to propose to the Advertising Stds committee at ADM. I think it would be awesome to have something new and out of the box to consider and possibly help develop/deliver. Another plus is that it values people who have not pod-faded, and gives more than lip service to the point often raised about how important consistency is for connecting with your audience and putting your sponsors at ease. Being a math and measurement junkie, I can hardly wait to go rate our show...after the billables are done though. Aloha Friday! Rox On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Sheila English [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rox, I will be signing up for ADM. At this time my thought was to do sampling. Determine what kind of videos you want to sample using the rating system. For example - a new themed show, a new show, a show at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year. Since I have 12 production companies that work for me, I would sample each person's work one time a month or on some pre-determined schedule just to make sure everyone is making the grade. Of course you need to determine what your baseline rate will be in order to call it a success. If your pre determined acceptable rate for a video is, let's say, 50 points with 15 or less being failure and 60 or more being considered a great success your rates can fluxuate within a few standard deviations over the course of time, but ultimately you can cancel something that is consistantly under performing, or you know to spend money on something that is getting 50-60 + ratings over a set period of time. This just allows you to have a more scientific approach if you like that sort of thing. I realize not everyone does. But, using a scientific approach with baselines and performance history could tip the scales in your favor with an investor or sponsor. Now that everyone's eyes have probably glazed over from bordom...LOL Standardizing a rating system that we can all, if not entirely agree on, but agree to, would allow us a metrix system to help pitch for finanical backing. Sheila *who steps off the soap box and hands it back to Rox* --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling okekai@ wrote: Wow Sheila - you have done some serious thinking on this. One of the things I like about it is the neutrality - yes, even detractors get credit for being *engaged.* And since we tend to have very long and thoughtful comments on our episodes, I like the one point per word rating too! :-) The main challenge I see is tracking all of this. We do a daily show and I cannot keep up with the basic stats tracking. Have you thought of how this might be implemented? It would be nice if something could be automated Are you a member ofADM? I would suggest you join and bring your ideas over there. http://www.downloadablemedia.org Aloha, Rox On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Sheila English sheila_clover@ wrote: I'm sure I'm not nearly as technically savvy as the majority of people here. And I only have 2-3 years of doing online marketing research or video distribution research. So, I would welcome any feedback or suggestions on this idea of having a performance rating system. I really need a useable rating system that would honestly reflect video performance. Here's what I got so far though. Proposed Rating System--- Video View = 1 point per view Video Comment = You get 2 points because there is a comment. Then you get 1 point for every word written. Video Rating= 1 point. It does NOT matter if they rated it good or bad, you still get the point. Video Download = 5 points per download. This applies to downloading to desktop, iPod or similar device, mobile phone, PDA, etc. Video Link= 2 points per link. This is the URL only. Video Embed = 5 points per video embed. If someone puts your entire video on display on their site you get 5 points. Don't forget to read any comments from blogs about your video because those count as video comments! Video Mash-up = 5 points. It doesn't matter if the mash up is flattering or not. Someone went to a lot of trouble to create something from your video. Video News Sites = 3 points if they simply send your video to a site
[videoblogging] Re: Video Performance Rating System
Brilliant idea Ron! That would be very doable, I'm sure! *she says before she asks her tech person...who probably has a voodoo doll with my face on it at this point* ;-) I always think our tech guys can do anything. lol Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone write up a spreadsheet that can take stats exported from blip and compute this? Export, Download, import and Presto! How cool would that be? That would be sweet! Cheers, Ron On Friday, April 04, 2008, at 02:01PM, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sampling! Of course. And for established shows, that would be very doable and reliable, as you could even take some averages over the course of a month (For example # of comments per episode.) I do think this is something to propose to the Advertising Stds committee at ADM. I think it would be awesome to have something new and out of the box to consider and possibly help develop/deliver. Another plus is that it values people who have not pod-faded, and gives more than lip service to the point often raised about how important consistency is for connecting with your audience and putting your sponsors at ease. Being a math and measurement junkie, I can hardly wait to go rate our show...after the billables are done though. Aloha Friday! Rox On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Sheila English [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rox, I will be signing up for ADM. At this time my thought was to do sampling. Determine what kind of videos you want to sample using the rating system. For example - a new themed show, a new show, a show at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year. Since I have 12 production companies that work for me, I would sample each person's work one time a month or on some pre-determined schedule just to make sure everyone is making the grade. Of course you need to determine what your baseline rate will be in order to call it a success. If your pre determined acceptable rate for a video is, let's say, 50 points with 15 or less being failure and 60 or more being considered a great success your rates can fluxuate within a few standard deviations over the course of time, but ultimately you can cancel something that is consistantly under performing, or you know to spend money on something that is getting 50-60 + ratings over a set period of time. This just allows you to have a more scientific approach if you like that sort of thing. I realize not everyone does. But, using a scientific approach with baselines and performance history could tip the scales in your favor with an investor or sponsor. Now that everyone's eyes have probably glazed over from bordom...LOL Standardizing a rating system that we can all, if not entirely agree on, but agree to, would allow us a metrix system to help pitch for finanical backing. Sheila *who steps off the soap box and hands it back to Rox* --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling okekai@ wrote: Wow Sheila - you have done some serious thinking on this. One of the things I like about it is the neutrality - yes, even detractors get credit for being *engaged.* And since we tend to have very long and thoughtful comments on our episodes, I like the one point per word rating too! :-) The main challenge I see is tracking all of this. We do a daily show and I cannot keep up with the basic stats tracking. Have you thought of how this might be implemented? It would be nice if something could be automated Are you a member ofADM? I would suggest you join and bring your ideas over there. http://www.downloadablemedia.org Aloha, Rox On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Sheila English sheila_clover@ wrote: I'm sure I'm not nearly as technically savvy as the majority of people here. And I only have 2-3 years of doing online marketing research or video distribution research. So, I would welcome any feedback or suggestions on this idea of having a performance rating system. I really need a useable rating system that would honestly reflect video performance. Here's what I got so far though. Proposed Rating System--- Video View = 1 point per view Video Comment = You get 2 points because there is a comment. Then you get 1 point for every word written. Video Rating= 1 point. It does NOT matter if they rated it good or bad, you still get the point. Video Download = 5 points per download. This applies to downloading to desktop, iPod or similar device, mobile phone, PDA, etc. Video Link= 2 points per link. This is the URL only. Video Embed = 5 points per video embed. If someone puts your entire video on display on their site you get 5 points. Don't forget to read any comments from
[videoblogging] Re: talkin' bout money
This is an excellent idea that I wish I had thought of! lol There are so many great points to doing this I just don't see how it couldn't work if you can just get your foot in the door somewhere. I'm not sure what kind of content you have, but may I suggest out-of-home content providing? You could offer your content to syndicate off line using this venue. You could send it to doctor's offices, health clubs, etc. Once established, you could then write a proposal showing that your content is fit for public consumption in professional venues already. This would put you in a better position for acceptance by large corporations. Out-of-home venues for content syndication is a moderately untapped market. So, right now, it's not so hard to get into. My content plays in 5 major cities, 10 million impressions per video per week. The company syndicating my content does not charge me to play the content on their platform and I don't charge them to show my professionally made content that happens to be pretty target-specific to their audience. And though I'm not getting paid for it at this point, it sets me up to propose to other companies that they pay for the content because I can prove it is desirable. Plus, the orders we get to make video have skyrocketed because of this new off line arrangement. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been noodling on an idea for over a year of licensing our content to companies for use on the intranet. Most people tell us they watch to reduce stress and get my head back on square while at the office. Lots of companies block YT and other internet sites, and actually want to drive people to the intranet for important company-related messages. HR materials to help people be healthier are so dated. Having modern, clean content that is is health-oriented, or comedy (laughter is healing - science has proven that), informational - well it just seems to me a natural fit. Yes the co could get it for free online, but that means opening up a port and by licensing it for internal use, they can get a custom feed, better quality, timed episode releases, and then there are all sorts of possibilities for integrating specific content ideas and internal messaging too. I've not yet been able to sell this to a company - approached Intel last year but they responded We've never done anything like this before. Which of course, I knew. So it will take a very forward-thinking company. As a former health coach. I would even bet that watching Beach Walks daily for a few months could lower people's blood pressure - and now we are talking serious savings in the health care costs department. I'd love any ideas you folks may have on this. Or leads to HR managers. Though I really am heading back to billables and will check in later today. Rox On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Adam Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and the type of information that's being provided there is definitely one that morphs on a continual basis. Adam W. Warner http://videobloggingreview.com http://wordpressmodder.org - Original Message From: schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] schlomo%40gmail.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 11:42:43 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] talkin' bout money But its not about just sending out the video on a DVD; its also about changing some of the content to keep it current. I think thats some of the interesting part. The chance to constantly refine the piece thats sold. It's kinda a double-edged sword... you want to be done with the video at some point, but you also want the information relevant. On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Sull [EMAIL PROTECTED] com wrote: sell dvds instead? On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:36 PM, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]schlomo%40gmail. com wrote: Hey all One thing that is much more interesting than TALKING about how to make money from your videos is DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Don't you think? Take a look at what the folks at Common Craft are doing with their videos now: http://www.commoncr aft.com/our- new-adventure- common-craft- store Lee is a super-smart guy (and a nice guy to boot!), and I think his vision on the value of his works are usually spot-on. What do you think? -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog. blogspot. com http://hatfactory. net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog. blogspot. com http://hatfactory. net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian
[videoblogging] Re: Collecting stats for advertisers
Aloha Rox! I think we share the same soap box! lol Thanks for the tip on the downloadable media site. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with a lot of your sentiments Sheila. Another inconsistency - they advertise easily on reality TV but then claim that online video is not up to our brand standards. It appears some companies are afraid of being tainted by associating with the best and brightest of pioneering creatives (ha!) and maybe a few lowlifes in there too, but still, I'm just sayin'. For those of you who don't know, there is a newish group - the Association for Downloadable Media. It is a podcaster organization (more heavily weighted with audio peeps than video peeps) and one of the main goals is to establish credibility and standards for measuring podcast effectiveness. It is trending a little toward the traditional metrics models that advertisers already know, and I would encourage any of you to join. There is a missing piece about audience loyalty and building niche communities whose value has not been seen before in traditional mass media buys, IMO. Those of you in the San Francisco area can register for a few parts of the upcoming ad:tech conference (april 15-17) for free and come get involved in the discussion with large agencies and their clients. http://www.downloadablemedia.org http://www.ad-tech.com OK, rant over, back to work. Aloha, Rox On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Sheila English [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Smart advertisers, or the ones I deal with? Sorry, couldn't resist. I still get asked about impressions, which I personally find useless for online video distribution. I love pay per click or per engagement (for you VideoEgg users). They all want some kind of metrix, but they don't always know what they want, or what to do with what they get. I introduced a rating system a couple of months ago in an ebook I wrote. It was passed on to someone who works for Neilson and I'd really love to get feedback on it. I'll post it in a seperate post in a moment. Advertisers, in my experience, are still looking to relate what they understand about tv impressions to online video. They want to know how many people will see the ad, how many people clicked on the ad, how many people purchased after watching the video. Come to think of it, they want more proof that online video works than what they would ever get from TV. IMHO Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com, jimmyjay24 onaroll44@ wrote: What stats do advertisers want to see? Jim ihatetodance.com -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Video Performance Rating System
Hi Rox, I will be signing up for ADM. At this time my thought was to do sampling. Determine what kind of videos you want to sample using the rating system. For example - a new themed show, a new show, a show at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year. Since I have 12 production companies that work for me, I would sample each person's work one time a month or on some pre-determined schedule just to make sure everyone is making the grade. Of course you need to determine what your baseline rate will be in order to call it a success. If your pre determined acceptable rate for a video is, let's say, 50 points with 15 or less being failure and 60 or more being considered a great success your rates can fluxuate within a few standard deviations over the course of time, but ultimately you can cancel something that is consistantly under performing, or you know to spend money on something that is getting 50-60 + ratings over a set period of time. This just allows you to have a more scientific approach if you like that sort of thing. I realize not everyone does. But, using a scientific approach with baselines and performance history could tip the scales in your favor with an investor or sponsor. Now that everyone's eyes have probably glazed over from bordom...LOL Standardizing a rating system that we can all, if not entirely agree on, but agree to, would allow us a metrix system to help pitch for finanical backing. Sheila *who steps off the soap box and hands it back to Rox* --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Roxanne Darling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow Sheila - you have done some serious thinking on this. One of the things I like about it is the neutrality - yes, even detractors get credit for being *engaged.* And since we tend to have very long and thoughtful comments on our episodes, I like the one point per word rating too! :-) The main challenge I see is tracking all of this. We do a daily show and I cannot keep up with the basic stats tracking. Have you thought of how this might be implemented? It would be nice if something could be automated Are you a member ofADM? I would suggest you join and bring your ideas over there. http://www.downloadablemedia.org Aloha, Rox On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Sheila English [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure I'm not nearly as technically savvy as the majority of people here. And I only have 2-3 years of doing online marketing research or video distribution research. So, I would welcome any feedback or suggestions on this idea of having a performance rating system. I really need a useable rating system that would honestly reflect video performance. Here's what I got so far though. Proposed Rating System--- Video View = 1 point per view Video Comment = You get 2 points because there is a comment. Then you get 1 point for every word written. Video Rating= 1 point. It does NOT matter if they rated it good or bad, you still get the point. Video Download = 5 points per download. This applies to downloading to desktop, iPod or similar device, mobile phone, PDA, etc. Video Link= 2 points per link. This is the URL only. Video Embed = 5 points per video embed. If someone puts your entire video on display on their site you get 5 points. Don't forget to read any comments from blogs about your video because those count as video comments! Video Mash-up = 5 points. It doesn't matter if the mash up is flattering or not. Someone went to a lot of trouble to create something from your video. Video News Sites = 3 points if they simply send your video to a site such as Digg or Technorati, 5 points if they comment or write an article along with the posted video. Video Media Pick Up = 5 points if the media pick up your video and write about it. This includes industry news, local, regional or national news. Video Specialty Site Pick Up = If you have an industry site or specialty site request your video to display that gets 10 points. For example, Borders or BNN are industry sites. They must REQUEST it or pick it up themselves to display, you cannot offer it to them. These are NON-news sites. If you offer them the video and they take it you get half points, 5 points if you offer it as opposed to 10 points if they request it or take it themselves. -- Roxanne Darling o ke kai means of the sea in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video -- http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter-- http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: talkin' bout money
That really is a very interesting model. I would be so interested in how it goes for him. We get so many requests from other sites, both online and off, to utilize our videos, that this may, at some point, be an option for us. Sites like Hulu give you the same stuff you can see on tv and though popular right now, at some point people are going to look around and ask where the new stuff is. At some point I hope to see online viewers demand to have something different than what they can get on TV. Right now the technology is so cool people flock to it. Ooooh...I can see the same thing on my computer that I can on my TV. That's s cool! If content providers are smart they'll offer deleted scenes or something online so people get something new if they watch online. Or, they will turn to video providers such as ourselves who cater specifically to online audiences. I love the idea of sending computer content to tv screens. Of course, I would. But, it could potentially offer unlimited channels if your TV can access online content. That's my Utopian Video Society dream. lol Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, schlomo rabinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all One thing that is much more interesting than TALKING about how to make money from your videos is DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Don't you think? Take a look at what the folks at Common Craft are doing with their videos now: http://www.commoncraft.com/our-new-adventure-common-craft-store Lee is a super-smart guy (and a nice guy to boot!), and I think his vision on the value of his works are usually spot-on. What do you think? -- Schlomo Rabinowitz http://schlomolog.blogspot.com http://hatfactory.net AIM:schlomochat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Blip Pro Account
Sorry if I'm reading this wrong. Ad network, or social network? From a social network TO Blip? I use Tube Mogul to send to Blip. From Blip I send to all of their online syndication. I use the pro account so they will format for me and send to iTunes. I have some additional research material about Blip.TV that you're welcome to. All of this material has been reviewed and approved by someone at Blip.tv. Blip Review http://www.4shared.com/file/42846394/aa7e27de/BLIPTVreview.html Blip Blog Notes http://www.4shared.com/file/42846341/6fbaad1c/Blip_Review_Blog.html Cheers! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone using Blip Pro to deliver video ads from another ad network? Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Feb 13, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Sheldon Pineo wrote: On Feb 13, 2008 9:58 AM, Charles HOPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At http://blip.tv/prefs there should be a retry button next to the video in question. Thanks Charles. However,there isn't a button next to the item. I'll contact the support address. Shel. -- www.icenrye.com www.icenrye.blogspot.com www.icenryelikes.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Video Performance Rating System
I'm sure I'm not nearly as technically savvy as the majority of people here. And I only have 2-3 years of doing online marketing research or video distribution research. So, I would welcome any feedback or suggestions on this idea of having a performance rating system. I really need a useable rating system that would honestly reflect video performance. Here's what I got so far though. Proposed Rating System--- Video View =1 point per view Video Comment = You get 2 points because there is a comment. Then you get 1 point for every word written. Video Rating= 1 point. It does NOT matter if they rated it good or bad, you still get the point. Video Download = 5 points per download. This applies to downloading to desktop, iPod or similar device, mobile phone, PDA, etc. Video Link= 2 points per link. This is the URL only. Video Embed = 5 points per video embed. If someone puts your entire video on display on their site you get 5 points. Don't forget to read any comments from blogs about your video because those count as video comments! Video Mash-up = 5 points. It doesn't matter if the mash up is flattering or not. Someone went to a lot of trouble to create something from your video. Video News Sites = 3 points if they simply send your video to a site such as Digg or Technorati, 5 points if they comment or write an article along with the posted video. Video Media Pick Up = 5 points if the media pick up your video and write about it. This includes industry news, local, regional or national news. Video Specialty Site Pick Up = If you have an industry site or specialty site request your video to display that gets 10 points. For example, Borders or BNN are industry sites. They must REQUEST it or pick it up themselves to display, you cannot offer it to them. These are NON-news sites. If you offer them the video and they take it you get half points, 5 points if you offer it as opposed to 10 points if they request it or take it themselves.
[videoblogging] Re: new site
I started using Ning last year so that I could interact with the people who watch my videos in a variety of ways. Then, I set up a private account on ning just for my employees and partners. I have 12 production partners and 11 staff members scattered from NYC to LA and we utilize our private ning network to share work, processes, etc. It is the best communication tool I've found. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wow! thank you so much. I need to give a shout out to Ian Isanberg from the NYC videoblogging community for really promoting Ning to me as a platform. I come out of IT (and not even the glamourous part - I'm a Enterprise DBA by career). It is easy for me to take a roll your own mindset and be hesitant of WYSIWYG kinda stuff. I had heard of Ning as far back as last summer, I think, but it never struck me as anything worth paying attention to. MAN was I wrong! Ian strongly commended it to me and I started playing around with it. I LOVE Ning. I can recommend it to people here enough. I have spent h-o-u-r-s working out the perfect word press set up, and Ning looks better than anything I ever did in word press and I am able to do so in a fraction of the time. In a six degree of seperation thing, I even think I went to High School with Ning's CEO. Strange. Anyway - thank you VERY much. You really made my day. Please sign up and become a member. Chuck --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Sheila English sheila_clover@ wrote: Hey Chuck! I love the site! I went to glance at it and got stuck there for almost an hour. lol Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck chuckboycejr@ wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm starting a new site around my video feed. It will sometimes be live and usually about digital media - but with me, you never know, we might end up talking about Ben Franklin. Anyway, it's brand new and very humble, but you're most welcome to join and I'd love to have your company: http://chucktv.ning.com Take care, Chuck Boyce
[videoblogging] Brightcove
Is anyone here using Brightcove as a platform? I see that TubeMogul isn't distributing to them any more. I tried to find out the pricing to use thier platform and it was so confusing that even the rep was confused. My understanding, and please correct me if I'm wrong, is that you don't know what you're going to pay each month because it is all measured by bandwidth use. My bill could be quite low if I'm not getting a lot of hits, but if something becomes popular I could have a huge bill that I, perhaps, was unprepared for. I can still access the dashboard from Brightcove. I used to have a free account, but of course they stopped offering free accounts. Veoh and Blip are not complicated like this. Someone please, un-confuse me! If you're a Brightcove guru I would love to be able to understand what's going on over there right now. Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: Other Tube Mogul-like Options
Hi Tim, I'm someone who pays for the TubeMogul service because I like the bells and whistles they offer. I started out with a free account because, like you, I thought it was too good to be true. After a time working with the system I then signed up for one of the paid accounts and feel that I definitely get my money's worth for the service. Though any business can meet with an unexpected end, I always do a thorough check before I invest in time or money. This particular business is growing at a rate of speed that I am comfortable with. Too fast and services suffer, too slow and I'm not growing my own business by using the service. That's just my 2 cents. I think I know what you're saying with the RSS feed issue. The only RSS feeds that are affected with my TubeMogul service are the ones I put into place. I'm sure that if there was a problem with an unwanted destination via RSS feed, that you could simply stop using TubeMogul. Try Hey!Spread or one of the software programs. You have to pay a nominal fee, but it's not a lot. I love combining my RSS feeds and TubeMogul. My videos are automatically uploaded to about 20-25 sites via my TubeMogul upload because of my RSS feeds via Revver and Blip. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Andrew, I'm curious about this. I think Tube Mogul is a great tool and a great service run by great people but... 1. What happens if services like these start charging money? Is this a drug dealer business model? 2. What happens if RSS feeds are created that you don't control and/or your content becomes more popular on an RSS feed that you don't control? I'm not saying don't use these services, I asking what are all the possible ramifications because these free services are incredible and my Grandpa told me to watch out for anything that was too good to be true. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes My Demo Reels Blog http://1timstreet.com On Mar 29, 2008, at 7:21 AM, Andrew Baron wrote: Im looking around for another free platform kinda like TubeMogul. Where you upload your file and metadata once and then it farms out the uploads to many other sites. Anyone have any experience with any platforms they like? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: new site
Hey Chuck! I love the site! I went to glance at it and got stuck there for almost an hour. lol Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm starting a new site around my video feed. It will sometimes be live and usually about digital media - but with me, you never know, we might end up talking about Ben Franklin. Anyway, it's brand new and very humble, but you're most welcome to join and I'd love to have your company: http://chucktv.ning.com Take care, Chuck Boyce
[videoblogging] List of Social Media sites, news sites, etc.
I have an ongoing list of social sites, news sites, video hosting sites, etc. that I thought you might be interested in. Here is a link to where you can get the list- http://www.4shared.com/file/41626459/f9978ca7/SocialMediaList_Generic.html I took Joseph Whyte's list (President HybridSEM.com) and added our company's list of sites to it. I sent the list over to Joseph where I'm hoping he will put these into categories, so you may want to check out his site next month if you want get these in categories. Cheers! Sheila
[videoblogging] Re: blip rss feed, re:idealogy
Hi! It is on your player, toward the bottom. http://myurbanreport.blip.tv/rss Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, amani_c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just joined podcast pickle and would like to use the rss feed from blip.tv. Anyone know where I get the feed info on blip? And idealogy... the conversation is taking over the message board! PEACE!! www.myurbanreport.com http://myurbanreport.blip.tv www.youtube.com/myurbanreport
[videoblogging] Re: wow, totally missed this / Mefeedia Video Search
That is really cool! I went and gave it a try! I'm going to include something about this in my Industry News Vlog next week! Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Frank Sinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks!!! Launched Video Search too, check our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog/ Been really busy - will try to keep everyone here updated. Kind Regards, Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[videoblogging] Re: Crossposting Services: blip.tv HeySpread
I use the analytics that TubeMogul provides to see how well my video is doing on a particular site. Some sites are better for certain topics than others. We have a distriubtion staff and 2 people who are our personality on each site we distribute to. We are very active, because you have to be in order for it to be social media as opposed to just a delivery platform. One thing you might consider is Social Poster. We have been using it for about a month now with great success. We have seen a definate increase in video views since using Social Poster. You can check it out here- www.socialposter.com We were only able to get it to work by using Firefox though. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jill Golick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all the advice on cross posting. I used TubeMogul this morning and it was pretty straight forward. What do you do about marketing on all those sites that you've cross posted to? How do you ensure that people take a look. Thanks in advance from your local neophyte. Jill Story2Oh! http://story2oh.com/ boytellsall http://boytellsall.com/ Running With My Eyes Closed http://jillgolick.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] My TubeMogul Experience
I don't work for TubeMogul and I do use HeySpread, Video Uploaded, Video Post Robot, Social Poster and any other syndication platforms I can find (love Blip.tv!). TubeMogul works well for me because of all the features. We use the Business Pro level in order to take advantage of extra features and analytics. But, the free account is fine for anyone not interested in those features. Some of the things to be aware of is that not all of sites they distribute to are also able to give you analytics. For example, I can get demographic and geogrpahic information but only from YouTube and Veoh. In order to get Veoh analytics I have to go through TubeMogul to set up my players and videos. We own an online tv platform that utilizes Veoh so that's going to be a lot of work for us to change things over just to get those analytics. There are still some growing pains there. I have a scientific background and can usually tell at a glance when their stats are off. But, for the most part, I find their data to be reliable. I also track my competition through TubeMogul which is a great benefit to me. And I can track multiple campaigns. TubeMogul's backend engineering into each of the sites they distribute to is not created equal. Some sites allow TubeMogul full access to viewer information, some don't allow that. In all fairness, it is a new company and it is definitely more advanced than any other of its kind that I have found.
[videoblogging] Re: Crossposting Services: blip.tv HeySpread
I have a preference to TubeMogul as well. I see they just added Viddler. And though I've not seen anything official, I have a hunch they will add imeem. I've seen that site mentioned on the TM site lately. They added Sclipo, but Sclipo is so niche. If you haven't seen TubeMogul's blog you might want to check that out. Very good information there. Sheila --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the tubemogul! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Delongchamp pdelongchamp@ wrote: I was looking for other crossposting services and found HeySpread. http://heyspread.com/ It supports the video sharing sites listed below but, unfortunately, it's not free. Is anyone aware of other services that allow you to upload content for multiple video sites? Sites supported by HeySpread: * Sclipo (tutorials) NEW * Sumo.tv NEW * sevenload * youtube * google * dailymotion * blip * metacafe * yahoo * facebook * myspace * vimeo * revver * veoh * vsocial * photobucket * putfile
[videoblogging] Re: Crossposting Services: blip.tv HeySpread
I have purchased the Video Post Robot and Upload Video Pro. I've tried out the Upload Video Pro and though it is glitchy and takes some getting used to, it was worth the price I paid, which was $37. I would not pay more than $100 for this program though. I am currently working with the Video Post Robot and should be able to give you some feedback on that this week. I do reviews for online distribution and am always happy to share my findings. I just did one on Blip.tv. I like Hey!Spread for the cost effectiveness and I really like getting the URLs emailed to me. I highly recommend TubeMogul. You can get the free Personal account and it still gives you some tracking. I use a more advanced account and feel it is worth what I pay for that. If you are using TubeMogul or a similar distribution company I recommend taking a close look at the sites they offer. Go to each site and see what syndication they have available and either sign up or apply for further syndication. Definately take advantage of any of the sites that have great RSS feeds. Not all RSS feeds work the same, whether they're suppose to or not. I have a preference for Blip and Revver. Keep in mind though that Revver is in finacial straights so you may not want to depend on RSS feeds from them unless they get bought out. As a side note: VMIX is going to stop taking video so those of you auto-distributing to that site should start seeing rejections coming in. My company uses auto-distribution services and we can distribute to well over 100 sites by going to a total of 3 auto-distribution sites to upload our video. That does include book marking sites though. Total time for 1 staff member to distribute to 100 sites- 1 to 2 hours. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Delongchamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't imagine they get many sales with the Order Now button on page 12. On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL! As a geek trying to turn entrepreneur I have great compassion on people building something great and then pondering the how do I let people know about this??? challenge. That site looks like some affiliate marketing service said to the client: we can sell anything! I guess entrepreneurs need to learn to sell and fast before sinking and/or creating more unitended parody sites like this... I feel their pain. Chuck --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jill Golick jillgolick@ wrote: I took a look at the VideoPostRobot site. Talk about hard sell. I thought they were trying to sell me Ginsu knives for a second there. It's $19.95 but there's something really sketchy about the site. If anyone's tried it, I'd like to hear about the experience.
