Keyword: Video

Viddy app brings Instagram-like features to mobile video

Viddy app brings Instagram-like features to mobile video

Instagram for video If you’re a fan of Instagram and how you can basically give your photos an entirely new feeling by using different filters, you’ll love the Viddy mobile app. Viddy is essentially the Instagram of video. Viddy allows you to take 15-second videos of your life and share them with friends and family on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or ...

Charlene Jimenez | 2012/02/08  | 9 Comments Smartphones

85.3% of U.S. web users watched web videos in December

85.3% of U.S. web users watched web videos in December

Web video views According to a report just released by comScore, web video rankings for December 2011 reveal fascinating new data – Google-owned YouTube remains the top video site which is not surprising, nor is it surprising that VEVO maintains the second place spot, but what is surprising is that Google video sites’ users average an astronomical 471.9 minutes per ...

Marti Trewe | 2012/01/17  | 16 Comments Tech News

Flawed analysis of statistics on web video conversion rates

Flawed analysis of statistics on web video conversion rates

Web video’s meteoric rise Web analytics firm, KissMetrics.com today blogged about the success of video in converting web traffic into buyers, based on data collected by the Austin-based video company, Invodo. KissAnalytics wrote, “The great thing about online video is that people vastly prefer watching over reading (just consider the last time you watched the news versus reading a newspaper!) ...

Lani Rosales | 2012/01/16  | 33 Comments Editorials

Four habits to adopt for getting more work done

Four habits to adopt for getting more work done

video platform video management video solutions video player Take control of your life Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project, outlines the top four habits he has adopted that have helped him to master productivity and get more work done, leaving more room for a personal life. Let’s face it, we are all being pushed or are pushing ...

AGBeat | 2012/01/04  | 11 Comments Video

Over 200 billion web videos viewed in October alone – report

Over 200 billion web videos viewed in October alone – report

Video on the rise According to a report today from comScore, over 200 billion web videos were viewed globally in the month of October with YouTube delivering 2 of every 5 videos worldwide. The report reveals that in October 201.4 billion video views occurred, comprised of 1.2 billion video viewers over the age of 15. Google, which owns YouTube was ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/14  | 12 Comments Video

Mont Blanc’s Beauty of a Second video contest celebrates the chronograph

Mont Blanc’s Beauty of a Second video contest celebrates the chronograph

The Beauty of a Second With the rise of video marketing and basic videography tools now built in to every smartphone, the world of video is rapidly changing, but even 190 years after the invention of the chronograph, the idea of beauty remains and is being celebrated by the Beauty of a Second contest. We’ve long written about the need ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/11  | 44 Comments Video

Get a better understanding of Google search and how it has evolved – video

Get a better understanding of Google search and how it has evolved – video

The evolution of search If you are a business or professional that has a website, then you probably know that your customer comes first and Google comes a close second, it’s the nature of the beast of being present online – we all have to serve the Google diety or we suffer. That said, it is important to have a ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/12/05  | 9 Comments Social Media

Step up your videos with Mobislyder, even if only using a smartphone

Step up your videos with Mobislyder, even if only using a smartphone

Step it up Besides bad lighting, one of the biggest sins of any video be it personal or professional is super shaky videography, no one likes to get nauseous from watching your videos be they a tour through a real estate listing, video of a conference session or a promotional video of your team. The Mobislyder as demonstrated in the ...

AGBeat | 2011/12/01  | 7 Comments Video

Five videos on how to be more creative in your professional life

Five videos on how to be more creative in your professional life

Becoming more creative isn’t about painting The above video demonstrates that creativity is so much more than doing yoga or getting your paintbrush out, no, creativity comes in many forms. If you’re interested in refining your creativity be it business creativity, artistic or marketing creativity or creativity in problem solving, take some time to find one or more of these ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/11/28  | 10 Comments Video

What is motion design and how does it differ from video animation?

What is motion design and how does it differ from video animation?

Techniques used in video design This fall we introduced you to the Vimeo Video School which is a free educational series being released by Vimeo to help everyone from beginner to professional learn how to make higher quality videos. Today, they are laying the groundwork for their next series on teaching people how to create motion design in their videos, ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/11/28  | 13 Comments Video

WellcomeMat partners with StudioNow, doubles size of video talent pool

WellcomeMat partners with StudioNow, doubles size of video talent pool

Real estate video’s marketing advantage For years, we’ve advocated for quality real estate video as a massive marketing advantage in any economic climate and even reported on polls that reveal real estate practitioners’ supporting opinions. Our opinion remains that real estate video does give Realtors a competitive advantage, but only when done well – as we said in August, “A ...

AGBeat | 2011/11/28  | 10 Comments Video

Is today’s green design as sustainable as ancient buildings? Maybe not

Is today’s green design as sustainable as ancient buildings? Maybe not

Modern sustainable design We use the word “green design” a lot in the real estate and design worlds, but architectural historian and designer, Rachel Preston Prinz who heads the Archinia architectural cooperative that combines the industry’s top archaeology, design and landscape minds under Prinz’s leadership. In a very recent TEDx talk, Prinz talks about her work which ranges from ancient ...

Tara Steele | 2011/11/27  | 13 Comments Green