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Broadcasting Bits: News Broadcasts Are Changing

NEWS.BROADCAST NEWS. THREE SIMPLE WORDS. And yet, just what do they mean? What's "news" today? And what are the vehicles by which we consume our news? Newspapers? Broadcast television? The Internet? The manner in which people watch news is clearly undergoing transformation. Broadcast television news viewers certainly have alternatives -- and Internet-based news programming may also provide more immediate access to news instead of waiting for that news to be prioritized (if appear at all) over "normal" broadcasting airwaves. Several technologies are combining to change the news gathering and viewing experience. Internet and mobile transmission protocols are enabling people to consume news content on a variety of devices. 3+ megapixel still and full-motion-video-capture cell phones are enabling anyone to acquire and transmit images. Web portals that foster and promote users to generate stories have provided the opportunity and outlet for anyone to be a provider of newsworthy content. Various terms are now applied to individuals who are not professional broadcast journalists or videographers. Whether the term is "citizen journalist," iReporter, or the worldwide community represented by Current TV, more people are acquiring images, more are editing stories, and more are making content for the world to consume. Some are struggling at this and others are thriving. Click for details...

U.S. Local Online Video Advertising Market to Reach US$1.5 Billion by 2012, According to The Kelsey

SMBs expected to allocate 11.6% of their online budgets to video advertising by 2012, driven in part by compelling consumer adoption and conversion rates. Princeton, NJ (June 25, 2008) - According to The Kelsey Group's U.S. Local Video Forecast (2007-2012), local online video ad revenues will experience significant growth during the forecast period, increasing from US$10.9 million in 2007 to US$1.5 billion by the end of 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 167.8 percent. The firm expects video ad products to command 11.6 percent of the online advertising budgets of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by 2012 (CAGR: 124.5 percent). Click for details...

Top 10 US Online Video Properties - December 2007 Top 10 US Online Video Properties - December 2007 Note: Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive-download video. Click for details...

Video Search & Relevance: Important Bedfellows

As I wrote in last month’s column, video offers enormous opportunity for local SMBs (Small/Mid-sized Businesses) to market online more effectively. Admittedly, some folks differ with that point of view. For example, one commenter wrote that “although the technology exists for businesses to deploy video online, SMBs can’t compete with big brands on creative work.” This person argued that it will take more than lowering the barrier-to-entry cost of video for SMBs to compete with bigger brands. I beg to differ. Why? From what we have seen, successful online video advertising involves more than glitzy, expensively-produced commercials. Successful video ads offer relevant, informative, and authentic content about a brand, product, and service: In short, the type of content that search engines love. Also, SMBs have the mobility, which larger competitors may lack, to optimize and adjust their videos for greater relevance, ultimately making them even better for search engines. Click for details...

HBO Inks YouTube Deal

HBO HAS INKED A DEAL with YouTube to create a channel on the video-sharing site, reports E! The site will air highlights from some of the premium cable net's popular shows, such as "Entourage," "The Wire" and "Extras." It will also include full-length episodes of "In Treatment." No terms were disclosed, but HBO said it gives viewers a legal way to see clips online. Source: Media Daily News Click for details...

Online Ad Spend by Industry - January 2008 Online Ad Spend by Industry - January 2008 Note: Nielsen Online’s AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and takes into account only image-based technologies and advertising sold per CPM. Above data does not reflect house advertising activity, strategic partnerships between publishers and advertisers, or text units, paid search, sponsorships, email, units contained within applications (e.g., messengers and pre-rolls) or performance-based advertising. Click for details...

:: ALERT :: Your Business Needs To Use Online Video Traditional Brick-n-Mortar Business MUST Pay Attention To This Video... ...ONLY if they wish to dominate their competition and prosper in their marketplace! Here is actual proof and LIVE CASE-STUDIES that demonstrates how online video marketing is CHANGING the way businesses capitalize from their marketing efforts! Even if your customer base is local, tied to a retail location or service area, Video will MOST DEFINITELY impact your profits. Make those phones ring, and make that door swing open all day long! Watch to see how web video can give you almost all the benefit of local TV advertising with almost none of the negatives. You'll learn how you can give your business a boost with low cost, high impact videos that you can produce and publish YOURSELF! Enjoy! P.S. Feel free to login as a member & leave your comments below and give it a rating above! Click for details...

The Business Face of Social Networking

You’ve got a Web site, a blog, and maybe even an RSS feed. Think you’re done with Web 2.0? Think again. Social networking sites—community-driven Web sites that aim to connect friends and colleagues into an interwoven fabric of a network—should be next up on your business agenda. The sites can help you find referrals, vet ideas, get advice and more—usually for free. When it comes to social networking for business, we’re not referring to MySpace, FaceBook and other online popularity contests where teens and 20-somethings (plus 30-somethings who wish they were still 20-somethings) post embellished or embarrassing tidbits about themselves in the name of “connecting” with friends and strangers. (Though it doesn’t hurt to have a presence there, if that demographic is your target market). Click for details...

Video Marketing - Developing a Video Squeeze Page With High Conversions

Have you heard the statistics yet that 51% of Google searchers in 2007 were looking for video? That's a statistic we simply cannot ignore. And if you're an internet marketer, the time is TODAY to start to capitalize on video marketing into YOUR traffic arsenal. While there are other methods of video marketing which include youtube videos, demos, training videos, and walk-ons, a squeeze page video is what is used to turn a web site visitor into a potential customer. In other words a LEAD. Why use video rather than text? The answer is simple. Higher conversions which range from 7 to 10 X higher than text and images alone. Click for details...

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Making Sense Of Social Media Social media can be a bit daunting if you don't take a moment to make sense of it all. Each week there are more companies being funded and more mergers and acquisitions taking place as companies attempt to make sense of it all, but sometimes you want them to (quoting the Talking Heads) "Stop Making Sense" and just help us understand what's going on here. To understand the landscape you need to break social media down into its elemental pieces. As I can see it, social media as a blanket term is the one category that overlaps the most with other categories in emerging media, further making it difficult to sort through. Click for details...

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Written by Marc Gamble

Monday, 17 December 2007

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