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Have you ever watched a presenter futz around with clicking on a hyperlink, waiting for a video to load, or apologizing because the internet connection in the space is too slow? Or worse, realized that there is no internet so their awesome video remains a figment of your imagination? That doesn't have to happen to you.[read more]

     Interested in learning more about video and content marketing? Join us in Atlanta at The Social Shake-Up! We'll be discussing this topic and more in the panel "All Content is Social: Multiple Screens and The Consistent End-to-End Consumer Experience" on Tuesday September 17th. Use the code SMTLIVE and enjoy...[read more]

Want to become a more productive writer, find even more ways to reach your audience or apply content curation for lead nurturing? Go ahead and read those helpful tips right now.[read more]

Intrigued by the viral video phenomenon? YouTube has released a new Trends Map that highlights the most popular videos at a moment in time across the United States.[read more]

The infographic shows you keyboard shortcuts for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube. This will help you save time and less clicks of the mouse![read more]

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We guess Scott Adams put it best when he said “It’s a wondrous human characteristic to be able to slip into and out of idiocy many times a day without noticing the change or accidentally killing innocent bystanders in the process.”[read more]

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Google’s YouTube has a great deal of capability in terms of marketing, education, entertainment, and much more. In recent years, Google hasn’t made very many drastic changes to YouTube. But new reports show that YouTube is going to explore paid subscriptions.[read more]

What is your business’s goal behind posting videos on YouTube? Is it to “get the word out?” To go viral? Unless you have the magic of Martin Scorsese behind your camera, aim for something more reasonable and quite possibly more profitable: driving viewers to your website to conduct business with you. Here’s a list of six ways to combine your video content with a call to visit your website or landing page.[read more]

Name your channel after your brand, if you can, or as close to your brand name as possible. Use industry keywords in your about section and upload an interesting and original background. Make sure the theme of your channel connects with your business. Manage your tabs.[read more]

There are three significant pieces to your channel that have been changed, and while you may not have been forced over to the new format yet, it's coming. Google's analytics tool has also been made easier for admins to access with the new design, which is a good thing if you are tracking your success on the site.[read more]

YouTube hits a billion users

YouTube has just crossed a major milestone. On Wednesday, the Google-owned giant announced that it now has over one billion unique viewers on its site every month. If you are using YouTube as part of your social media marketing strategy, here's how to get more viewers.[read more]

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If you still have not heard of the Harlem Shake you must be living in a cave. Who were the initial communities behind this mega-trend? SocialFlow took a look at 1.9 million tweets during a two-week period that included the words ’harlem shake,’ or some versions of it.[read more]

Google+ ...?

Google+ isn't supposed to be Facebook or Twitter. Instead it's a "social spine", a virtual identity, that connects you to everything else online.[read more]

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On the night of December 12th, 2005, the Saturday Night Live comedians Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg recorded a rap song about mundane activities like eating cupcakes and seeing a Saturday matinee of Chronicles of Narnia. It became the first viral video on record.[read more]

The Harlem Shake has taken over social media and the world, and it shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. But just what does it take to create a viral video that will be seen by millions? Here are five key elements that helped the Harlem Shake craze catch on.[read more]

TNT, as a way to announce the fact that their channel would be available in Belgium, decided to engage with their fans. After "taking it to the streets" in a creative way, they posted the results on YouTube, where their ad has been viewed over 43 million times.[read more]

If I told you that the second most amount of searches online are done on YouTube over any other search engine or website would you believe me? YouTube has over 4 billion video views each day and more than 60 hours of video uploaded every minute.[read more]

YouTube is rolling out a new Channel design. Though it is currently in limited beta, the new design will soon be available to all users, and it includes two significant features that were previously unavailable. Here's the lowdown.[read more]

Your company has a Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube account, but is there a common message that runs through all of your social media pages? How do you go about telling this story with video in social media?[read more]

Think SoLoMo is just for brick and mortar companies? You'd be wrong! Any SMB can implement a SoLoMo marketing campaign that produces results. Watch the (fictitious) team at MarTech Brewing as they brainstorm a SoLoMo strategy to launch their seasonal winter ale.[read more]