The title of this post is actually a bit misleading.  What it really means is that there are 3 things you really need to think about before you ever upload a video to or use YouTube to host your videos. Of course with every ying there’s a yang and YouTube is no different.  So there are...

The most common question I get asked, bar none, is what video camera to use.  So here’s a list of the top video camera’s for 2011. Actually, best is a subjective thing, so I’ll call this the top video camera recommendations for 2011. Below are links to each camera...

Ever get tired or frustrated trying to shoot video using your camera’s tiny LCD screen? Or ever get annoyed by people huddling around your camera’s tiny LCD screen, trying to see what you’re shooting or watch what you’ve shot? Plugging a bigger screen into your camera,...

Canon DSLR’s have become very popular for shooting video.  But they also come with a few hassles.  For example, since these camera’s lack auto-focus while recording video, recording yourself (where you are both the star and camera operator) can be a chore. That is, it can be a...

There’s a big misconception with green screen video that I see all of the time.  A misconception that usually costs people time, money and a lot of stress. In fact, people are usually pretty surprised when they see professionals shoot green screen video…because it really brings...

Mobile video is the fastest growing segment of web video.  But finding quality statistics on how long people are watching and what devices they are using has been hit or miss. Until now.  Ooyala, a premium online video platform that receives over 100 million unique video views a month, has...

Last week Amazon released their much talked about new tablet, the Kindle Fire.  A lot of the press surrounding the Kindle Fire was focused on how it fares against the iPad.  But it’s not truly an iPad competitor, as technically, it’s like comparing apples and oranges (no pun...

There are lots of ways to create photo, audio or video galleries on your website.  Some are easy, some are not and some don’t seem to work half of the time. In this video, I share a very simple, yet elegant and powerful solution that works particularly well for video galleries.  I also...

This is something I get asked all the time. Someone will be shopping for a video camera but can’t decide between multiple competing cameras. While technical features are usually easy enough to sort out, ultimately people have a single question in mind; which camera will give them the...

When it comes to increasing your website’s profits, the first thing most people think of is traffic.  As in, “if I can double my traffic, I will double the amount of money I’m making”. And technically, there’s nothing wrong with that line of thinking.  Except...

Many videos can instantly be improved by adding background music.  And while there are plenty of sites that allow you to purchase music for this, the problems are you can’t customize the music or have it automatically trimmed to fit the length of your video. There are software packages...

iPad’s are used for a lot of things they were never intended for.  Especially with photography and video.  They can be used as teleprompters, clapperboards and even control cameras.  But most people don’t realize that iPad’s can be used as video or photo lights too. As a...