Category Archives: YouTube

Tips for how to get the most out of YouTube, plus our favorite YouTube videos.

The Most Important Social Media Video You Will Watch This Year

50 percent of the world’s population is under 30 years old. One in five couples meet online. Kindergarteners are learning on iPads. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of countries such as Sweden,… more >

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How to Create a Professional-Looking White Background for Your Videos (Video Tutorial)

Are you interested in video blogging? Gideon Shalwick specializes in helping people overcome their fears about being on camera and provides a variety of helpful video tutorials about how to create low-cost video blogs. Here’s an interesting video from Gideon… more >

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words. A Video is Worth Two Thousand.

Did you know… We remember 10% of what we read, but nearly 50% of what we see and hear. We are three-to-four times more likely to respond to video than we are to the written word. It’s a good idea… more >

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Your Facebook Profile Picture: What NOT to do (Video)

You’re ready to upload your profile picture to your Facebook account. But what picture should you use? In this tongue-in-cheek video from Rhett & Link, you’ll learn what picture NOT to use: …no cute puppy or other animal …no other… more >

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How Would You Use Video to Promote Your Business?

A friend sent me a delightful YouTube video that subtly promotes the city of Riga, Latvia. I absolutely love the way the city’s tourism centre depicts Riga’s main attraction — it is the birthplace of the Christmas tree. The video’s… more >

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How Would Mary and Joseph Have Used Facebook to Record the Birth of Jesus? (Video)

This video is an artistic take on how the story of the nativity might have read had Facebook existed at the time of Jesus’s birth. Before I viewed the video, I assumed it would be a Christmas spoof. But it’s… more >

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A Little-Known YouTube Feature that Delivers Vital Information

Do you know what the second most popular search engine is, after Google? YouTube. And for “how to” information, YouTube is the #1 search engine. You can take advantage of a little-known YouTube feature to gather statistical information about videos… more >

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How Are Your YouTube Videos Performing?

YouTube has a little-known feature called “Insight,” that displays detailed analytics about each of the videos you have uploaded to your account. To access Insight, do the following: 1.  In the upper righthand corner of your screen, click your account… more >

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