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,
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
--- 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
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
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,
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
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
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
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.
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
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,
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
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
*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
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
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
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
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,
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
--- 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
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
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
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
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)
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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