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What happens 200 Million times a day?  This Is No Joke!

Videos get viewed on mobile devices according to Michael Krisa, founder of ThatInterviewGuy.com.  Michael will be joining me this next week to show you how to dominate your market using video. 

Tom Ferry recommended that I hook up with Michael during his last visit with us, and seriously, I had no idea how much great information Michael has to offer and also what an awesome guy he is, I hope you can come see for yourself.

"One of the things I share with real estate professionals is the Absolute need to be using video … not because it’s cool or trendy but because it is impactful!" Michael Krisa

Michael will be sharing some great tips and techniques about video that have helped hundreds of people get on the video band-wagon of success.  There is no cost to join us, nothing to buy or be sold, and I promise you'll learn and benefit no matter what level you're at with your real estate business video.

PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND EXPERTISE!

Here's 7 great reasons and samples (videos) why you won't want to miss Michael next week:

1) Generic Webinar Intro For How Doing Video

2) The Best Video Camera To Buy

3) Something About Using a CRM

4) How To Create A Powerful Brand With Simple To Do Video

5) MAC vs. PC Which Should I use

6) Why Video Is a Must With Social Media Marketing

7) Generating More Leads With Donuts

Michael and I both look forward to having you join us. We are limited to 1000 seats and we're pretty sure this session will be full in the next couple days. So REGISTER HERE NOW if you want to guaranty your seat.  It will be amazing!

DON'T MISS THESE GREAT VIP SPEAKERS:
Tom Ferry - Tuesday 8/9/11 - Creating a Unique Hook for Buyers
Chris Smith - Thursday 8/11/11 - Four Best Ways To Leverage Video in Real Estate
Jared James - Tuesday 8/23/11 - Tomorrows Top Producer Today
Grant Gould - Thursday 8/25/11 - Lifestyle MLS Search
Ben Kinney - Tuesday 8/30/11 - 5000 Buyer Leads Free

If you're into video like me and you've posted or hosted videos on Yahoo! Video, you might want to read the following message.  This was sent to me earlier since I have content on their site, I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up.  If you know anyone esle who might have videos up on Yahoo, it's not too late to get them this message.  They have until 3/14/2011.  If folks don't know about this, they'll lose their videos.

"Dear Yahoo! Video user,

After careful consideration, we will be removing all general user-generated content upload capability and user-uploaded video from Yahoo! Video. As a result, your videos, user profiles, ratings, favorites, and playlists will no longer be available after March 14, 2011. User video content from Yahoo! Video that remains embedded on third party sites will no longer be playable after March 14, 2011.

Available on your profile page is a software utility that will allow you to download the videos you have uploaded to Yahoo! Video to your computer through March 14, 2011. You can find your profile by clicking on the 'My Video' tab or going to http://video.yahoo.com/mypage

Once you download your videos, you may choose to upload them to another site such as Flickr, which now allows video uploads. You can find out more here: http://www.flickr.com/explore/video.

Thanks for your understanding and thanks for being a part of Yahoo! Video.
If you have any questions about this change, please visit our FAQ section, or contact Customer Care."

The Yahoo! Video Team

Getting the word out and helping others is what the Internet, Blogging, and Social Media is all about.  I'd feel guilty if I didn't post this on my AR Blog and especially if some of you lost your videos.  So you can either go on over to yahoo video right now, save your stuff, or you can go on about your day. 

Thanks for stopping by and reading.  Happy Holidays~

Many of us use Youtube to host a variety of Real Estate and personal videos.  I noticed that when videos are done playing, in most cases, other videos will pop up on the screen that have a similar topic or title.  Does this hurt or help you?  I guess this depends on how you "see" it, no pun intended.  Having a video on your site or post can certainly help to create a more captive audience, but those next videos that pop up may be having a subtle and adverse affect.

Yesterday, I was watching a Real Estate Video that was really interesting.  I watched all 3 minutes of it.  Then, when their video was finished, up came another agents video that had nearly the same title?!?   The second video was a bit more produced, had better sound quality, was clearly a higher quality camera, and seemed to have a better videographer.  Plus, the video was only 1:20 minutes long.  At the end of the "competitors" video was a phone number and annotation that included a call to action.  Hmm...

So how do you prevent your competition and others from coming up on "Your" Youtube videos?  Hopefully this tip will help prevent this from ever happening to you...ever again.  When using Youtube Videos on your Blog posts or sites, you might want to take these next steps and precautions before pasting that object embed code.  I'll use these screen shots below as examples in hopes this makes more sense.

                               You want this:                                                          Not This:

When you get or use ANY video from Youtube, there are some options available you may not be aware of.  This will come in very handy if you're uploading your own or using any videos from youtube.   When you create or find the video you wish to link or embed into your site, you'll see these options available located on the right side of the video.

Top Line is the URL used to provide a link to the video

Bottom Line is the embed code used to embed on your site

There is a tiny graphic just to the right of the embed code (a settings gear) that little blue thingy   that probably 90 percent of people never see.  Click On it!  This allows you to customize and make changes to the video and player.

This is the culprit right here. 

If you leave that box checked, you'll have no control over what shows up after your video plays.  If you leave it checked, you're taking a chance on having some videos pop up that might not "Best represent" you, your Blog or the site it's being seen on. 

This is happening with and to millions of videos, and they call it viral.  Can you see why now?

Once you get this out of the way, you can also customize your Video by changing the size and adding a custom border.  Just click on that "settings" graphic and it's all there.  I suggest the 445x365 or 500x405 for ActiveRain Blogs.  Only copy the embed code for your video "AFTER" you have completed these steps, that is unless of course you don't mind what videos come up after yours.

The video below is my 13 second claim to fame.  It's short, raw, and took me the least amount of time and effort to create other than getting to the place where I shot it.  Because it is titled "The Glory Hole" or "The Black Hole" you can imagine some of the other videos that would pop up in the viewer after mine. :-O  I sure didn't want Mom to see some of those other videos that were supposedly related.  Yikes!  We won't go there today.  This little video has had over half a million views with nearly 1000 comments.  Question is, where did they go and what did they see after mine...or YOURS?