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If you’d rather go it alone, check out my article about “Putting the You in YouTube!” (scroll down to article)
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Novelties
What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You
By ANNE EISENBERG
Published: January 6, 2008
The creator of a new video recorder has invited skilled users to customize or “hack” its device and share the improvements with others.
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Recently, TheOnlineVideoGuy.com conducted a brief, informal survey among approx. 200 solopreneurs. The objective of the survey was to determine online marketing trends and how solo entrepreneurs and service professionals are using their websites in their overall marketing efforts. An executive summary of the results follows:
What is your greatest (current) website need?
32.1% Ability to add audio or video to site
32.1% Other (traffic & conversion, marketing support, add cart)
21.4% Site upgrade or redesign
17.9% E-commerce capabilities
17.9% Web copywriting
What types of online marketing tools do you typically use to promote your business? (Could choose more than one)
80% E-Mail marketing
68% E-Newsletters
36% Teleseminars/Webinars
32% E-Courses
16% Podcasts/Audio Downloads
Do you currently use any of the following web-based marketing tools?
56% Traditional Blog
23% Audio Podcast
19% Video Blog
19% Add/Embed video on your website
9% Streaming Video
ONLINE MARKETING SURVEY RESULTS
Recently, TheOnlineVideoGuy.com conducted a brief, informal survey among approx. 200 solopreneurs. The objective of the survey was to determine online marketing trends and how solo entrepreneurs and service professionals are using their websites in their overall marketing efforts. An executive summary of the results follows:
How important is your website in your overall marketing efforts?
78.6% Very important
21.4% Somewhat important
What are the key goals of your website?
45.2% Build a database or opt-in list
22.6% Sell products/e-commerce
12.9% Promote your company
Here’s our final post-production tip in this series:
Once you’ve edited your video, it still needs to be encoded and compressed to make it “Internet-friendly.” Video files can be enormous, but compression software shrinks the video file size so it plays more smoothly on the Web. Remember to save or export your file to an online-compatible size, which is 320 X 240 resolution; and compress it so it’s under 20MB, if possible.
Be sure to save your video file in a format that most video sites accept, such as a Quicktime movie (.mov), a Windows movie (.wmv) or Flash (.flv) file. QuickTime Pro (for Windows or Mac) is ideal for compressing your video and transferring it to whatever file format you prefer (Windows, Flash, MPEG). If you think you’re going to be creating a lot of videos and uploading them to the Web, then the QuickTime software is the best $30 bucks you’ll ever spend!
