A New Perspective On Social Media

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A few months ago, I was adamant that social media was hyped up and in fact, I even wrote in a blog post where I said that it seemed to me that the only people making money from social media were those selling the programs about social media. That was until I was privileged enough [...]

The YouTube Video Thumbnail Option Is Back!

Back in December 2008, YouTube decided to implement what they called their “Improved Thumbnails” feature. See YouTube Secret Weapon’s post on this for more detail. Basically though, YouTube wanted to eliminate people manipulating their video views by adding images of scantily cladded women – gosh, this tactic has lasted an age hasn’t it? I mean [...]

How To Make Viral Videos

In 2009, the big thing online was about getting your videos on YouTube or Google Video but in my view, 2010 and beyond will demand much more than creating a video or even putting it up on video sharing sites. In 2010 and beyond, if you want to be noticed, you’re going to have to make [...]

When Outsourcing Goes Wrong …

I’m going to have a little rant today about outsourcing and believe me, it’s justified. I’ve just been watching Julie Perry and Paul Collingan’s YouTube Secret Weapon and decided to do some searching on YouTube as well as make some tweaks and changes to my profile in preparation for uploading my next lot of videos.  One of [...]