Write-up by Lou Bertone
HOW TO GET VIDEO ON THE Internet
four Straightforward Actions to Producing On the internet Video
With the advent of broadband Internet access and the proliferation of free video hosting sites like YouTube, Blip.television, Revver and Veoh.com, nowadays everyone with a camcorder and an Internet connection can create a video and share it with the globe. Producing video for the Net can be a effective marketing and advertising tool for your company. Some advantages include:
* Cost-free or low-expense publicity and exposure for your organization
* Instant access to a worldwide audience on the Web, 24/7
* The ability to use your video hosting site’s HTML code to add the video to your own Net site
Here are 4 basic actions for finding your video on the internet:
1. Produce a short video
“Short” is the key word here, for numerous factors: 1st, online viewers have a considerably shorter attention span when watching video on the Net. Second, longer videos mean larger file sizes. Most totally free video hosting web sites have a 100MB limit some even less. For great, do-it-your self, online video tools, visit Significant Magic and look at their affordable “Vlog It” software. Techsmith’s Camtasia Studio software program may possibly also meet your requirements for basic video production.
2. Output your video for on-line viewing
When you’ve got your video, it still needs to be encoded and compressed to make it “Net-friendly.” Video files can be enormous, but compression software shrinks the video file size so it plays more smoothly on the Net. Remember to save or export your file to an on the internet-compatible size, which is 320 X 240 resolution and compress it so it is below 20MB, if achievable. Be sure to save your video file in a format that most video internet 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).
three. Upload to many cost-free video hosting web sites
Now comes the enjoyable component – You get to upload your video and share it with the world! Most of the well-known video websites have fairly simple upload directions: Very first, you’ll have to produce an account for every web site. The video hosting web sites typically have a two or three step procedure that enables you to browse for your video file on your pc add a title and description and then click “upload” to post your video file. Most internet sites will also give you choices for adding a thumbnail photo, selecting your genre or category or, in some circumstances, signing up for revenue sharing. I recommend that you go beyond the obvious internet sites like YouTube and Yahoo, and upload your video to some of the newer, far more function-rich websites such as Veoh, Revver, iFilm and Stickam. Pay a visit to the individual web sites for easy upload directions.
4. Promote and share your new “on the web Tv channel”
After you’ve uploaded your video, the video hosting web sites offer the alternative of “sharing” your video by giving you a link/URL that you can e-mail to your contacts. Most websites also incorporate a fantastic feature that allows you to copy the HTML code and “embed” the video into your own site or weblog. Simply cut and paste the code supplied into your own website. Finally, use RSS (Genuinely Simple Syndication) to provide “subscriptions” to your on-line videos.
Follow these four steps and you can have your own video on numerous video web sites and on your own home page, as nicely!
Sidebar: Beyond YouTube…:Everyone has their own favorite video website, from Bolt.com to Lulu.tv, there are dozens of video hosting websites out there. I uncover the most “user-friendly” web sites to be Blip.television, VideoEgg and Veoh. For a video hosting website geared more toward business, check out Brightcove.com.
