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Videos are an effective way to get a message to our customers and yet they are still in use. With the explosion of Web 2.0 videos can be supported by most Web sites, and they can be hosted cheaply too. A vlog is short for video blog. It is a blog that uses video as the primary content that is technically it is linked to within a videoblog post. A Vlog is accompanied by supporting text, image and additional metadata to provide a context for the video. Vlog which blogs are updated regularly, generally contains personal reflections, comments and often take advantage of RSS for syndication to other sites and aggregator software (RSS reader). Why use videos? If the sound has more impact than text, image takes all. Graphics has an edge in terms of conversions involved. It leads to more personalization thus greater customer involvement. Some examples of corporate videos: o Showing a demo of a product o A presentation of the services o The President giving a speech o An explanation of the procedure o Shows the different uses of a product o fun videos o Create interaction O peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and acquisition was earlier videos used sparingly because of bandwidth considerations and the increase in load time. In addition, content was needed for optimization. But with the introduction of video Sitemap Protocol optimization of the video was made possible. Moreover, now available dedicated servers media to take care of vlogging and podcasting Requirements: o A microphone is compatible with your PC o A webcam that lets you record video and save it to your hard drive. OR o A video camera o video editing software How does it work? 1st Get a microphone: To record a video, you must have a microphone that is compatible with your computer. 2nd Get a webcam. You need a webcam that lets you record video and save it on your computer's hard drive. 3rd Take time to prepare your video log content: Take time to think about what to say or do during your vlog. 4th Record your Vlog: Turn on the microphone, turn on your webcam and start recording. Save the file when finished. 5th Upload your video log file to YouTube or Google Video: 6th Get embed code of your uploaded file vlog. Alternatively, if your server supports this type of media, upload it to your website. 7th Copy the embed code: When you upload your video log file to YouTube or Google Video, copy the embed code and have it ready. 8th Create a new blog post: Give it a relevant title and add content to include your video log. 9th Paste the embed code for your video log file to your new blog posts. Using the embedding code you previously copied to your uploaded video log file, paste the information into the code of your new blog posts. 10th Publish your new blog posts. Select the publish button in your blogging application to send your new blog post with your video log of the live online. Deciding on a video host: Check the following check out the other videos on the site. Are the high quality and good taste, or a bit vulgar and inappropriate? Select a site you feel comfortable about. Check the file size limits: Web video hosting sites have different limits in the size of the video files they allow you to upload. Generally, you must compress your video before uploading so that it meets the requirements file size of the video hosting site. If you must compress it too much, your video does not look so good by the time it is played on the Web. Storage Capacity Offered: Is there a limit to how many videos you can upload to your account, or how much storage you can use? Upload Format: What video formats accepts this page? Most web video hosting sites accept multiple video formats, including QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG, etc. You can even find websites that allow you to upload directly from your camcorder or mobile phone. If this is important to you, ensure that the web video hosting company you choose to offer these features. Display Format: What format do videos on the site play in? Flash is the standard for most web video hosting sites, as it is installed on most computers and play quickly and easily. But some websites offer other video formats, if you want to share your video on a website that uses Flash, such as iTunes. Compression Quality: Web video hosting sites will compress your video before publication. Some sites do this better than others. Video Downloads: Due to copyright issues, allows many web video hosting sites that are not users to download copies of the videos on the site. There are a few places, however, such as Google Video, which allows users to save copies of videos to their desktop or portable video player. Editing functions: Many web video hosting sites now offer editing features. JumpCut offers extensive on-line non-linear editing and other sites allow you to remix your video and add titles, narration or photographs. Audience: Different sites have different audiences. If your video is focused on a niche topic, choose a web video hosting service that serves this niche, or YouTube. Video Sharing: Most web video hosting services allow you to embed your video in blogs, personal homepages, and on sites like Facebook and MySpace. Video Player: Some sites will include advertising next to the video player, or will place a watermark of their logo on some of your video. It can be good, but it does not look professional if you send the video to customers and it has a large "YouTube" logo on it. Tip o Decide on the purpose of your video. If it is to attract traffic to your site, is worth it. Otherwise, you can go into the third part hosting. as http://www.youtube.com. o Use keyword rich titles for your videos. o Adding a video sitemap on your site. Sign into Google webmaster to create a Video Sitemap o get your video transcribed. Either use an automatic transcriber or use an affordable cheap seller transcription service. o Keep the length of the video about 5 minutes, that's for bandwidth considerations, and to keep it effective. o Adding a call to action. o Test your video log after publication to ensure that it functions smoothly. o Some popular Download-First video formats are AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG4. Here are some popular streaming video formats: WMV (Windows Media Video), QT (QuickTime), and RealVideo (RM). Video Editing Software O iMovie: iMovie comes free with new Macs. iMovie offers many options for editing video and audio, and add photos, music and narration to your movies. o Movie Maker: movie maker is Window's free video editing software, which comes installed on new PCs. Use it to create and share high quality o Avid Free DV Avid Free DV is a free video editing program, and it works with both Macs and PCs. There is a smaller version of Avid's professional programs, and provides users with limited video and audio editing functions. o Jump Cut: A line-item, Jump Cut free video editing software allows you to trim video and add sound, images, effects and titles right on the web. o Virtual Dub: Virtual Dub offers simple editing capabilities. You can not get too creative with the software, but you can use it to make simple, clean edits of your video. Virtual Dub will only work with Windows. Places to host your video log o Free Vlog o Internet Archive Some video sharing sites o YouTube: YouTube is the largest and most famous, and it offers many features if you want to share your video and get it seen by a large audience. O Revver: Revver is a revenue sharing and video sharing site. Ads embedded in the end of the video producers can earn real money. O Google Video: Google bought YouTube, but still has its own video sharing and search tools. O Blip.tv: Blip.tv use to start your own online TV programs. O Jump Cut: Yahoo's entry into the world of social video sharing, Jump Cut offers an elegant online video editing tool, like all the bells and whistles to upload and share your videos. O Yahoo! Video: Yahoo Video has all the features found on other major video-sharing sites. It also allows you to upload a transcript of your video, making it easier to find in web searches. O My Space: If you have a My Space page, you have a forum to easily share your videos on the web. O Eggs Video: Upload your video, share it and possibly make money on it.

Money is a little tighter for all this time and it is important to save every time you have the opportunity. Dollars and cents add up and before you're saving hundreds of dollars annually. Coupons, electronic devices put out every little step helps. Here are some simple ways you can put or keep a little more money in your pocket. Whether it's $ 0.35 coupon for an item or buy one get one free money, is money. Spend a quarter of an hour before your shopping trip can add up to large sums of money in the checkpoint. I suggest you buy an index card box with dividers and maintenance of vouchers is not necessary now for later use. Twice a week, is likely to receive a weekly sales ad for inclusion in your local stores, but also offers a small manufacturer's coupon book. You can also get usually around $ 200 - $ 400 in the Sunday paper. So for $ 2.50 you could save $ 350 on groceries. Once the coupons are cut to make a lot of coupons you know you need to use your shopping list, but take the box along if you collect everything that is not listed. Not many people know that you can use manufacturers coupons at most stores like Wal-Mart. I can save on average $ 15 - $ 20 a ticket for $ 170. I could probably save more if I tried. It's just a matter of taking the time to prepare for their shopping trip. Hotel shampoosIf you travel a lot is easier than ever to buy shampoo, conditioner, hand soap or back. Take toiletries sample size provided by the hotel and store for future use. Most of the products offered have a strong smell and can usually be used by both men and women. Save yourself from having to buy regular sized bottles are added as the months pass and you never have to worry about having more than three ounces of liquids in hand luggage. Of course, this only works for those of us who spend much time traveling and staying in hotels. The remaining bottles can use sample size to test new products before spending money on larger sizes. Turn off lights and electronic devicesMake sure you are turning the lights when you are not in the room or if you do not really need. Also walk around your house to disconnect the electronics does not use or do not use daily. I counted 18 things in my house with two bedrooms, two bathrooms that were connected and only four of them everyday. phone chargers are not charging phones, game consoles, toasters and microwaves are examples of things that can be disconnected between uses. You can save an average of $ 45 a month to change their energy habits. Setting the air conditionerIf live in a warm place it is tempting to use the air conditioning all the time and while it may make sense when you are at home, while everyone is at work and the school of your conditioner air cools an empty house. If you can invest in a digital thermostat can be programmed to turn the air up and down while you are away. Most utility companies offer free installation or a discount for the use of energy saving tools. If you can not afford to change your thermostat make it a habit to set the temperature a little above normal. This will make the house is not above a certain temperature. Deposit storesMemberships an advance deposit may cost a bit, but you can save money in the long term. Most stores offer membership benefits and you may end up paying for itself. For example, you can get a Costco executive membership for $ 100, but you get 2% rebate on all purchases. Three months before your subscription expires they send you a check for what you earned. You can then use the check to pay your membership for next year. Meanwhile you can use your membership to get discounts on meat, produce, beverages dry well, and almost anything else imaginable. From these steps can help add up to significant savings throughout the year. The money saved can mean unexpected holiday, a car payment or a house payment. Not to mention the environmental impact of energy savings! If you have any other simple savings tips feel free to comment below. Want to read more of Stephanie Michael? Go here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/342809/stephanie_michael.html