Video Sharing sites and your business

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So you know about You Tube and Google Video and maybe three or four other sites that will let you post your videos for free?. Now let’s ad to the mix with the Social Networking sites like MySpace and Facebook to name a few and soon the numbers start to swell to over a hundred. These sites are often categorized into different arenas based on usage of the content and the services they provide such as user generated, video sharing web sites, video sharing platform / white label providers and web based video editing.

The landscape on these sites continues to ebb and flow like the tides and as the New Media Generation continues to evolve, new names will pop up and some businesses will be swallowed by the larger video fishes of the media ocean. Some will survive, as You Tube was purchased by Google last year and thrives. Some will die and some will morph into other businesses or be bought and merged into existing service providers.

Last year’s big buzz of course was You Tube…..right now all the talk is centered on another shake-up in the developing video sharing sites. One of the originators of the user generated content form Revver Video may be going through some changes.

It appears the Revver had an executive shake-up in December 2006 that resulted in two of its three co-founders, Ian Clarke and Oliver Luckett, along with some of the support staff, leaving. There is speculation now regarding the site’s well being and it is being fueled by the rumored departure of their CEO Steven Starr. This could very well signal trouble for the video-sharing site. Some have even speculated that Revver would be taken over by Live Universe. “Los Angeles-based LiveUniverse is run by MySpace founder Brad Greenspan. Though its flagship site is the somewhat obscure LiveVideo, the company would add Revver to its network of video sites.”

Revver has had problems with attracting the kind of traffic that You Tube enjoys. It is one of the first sites that took on the revenue-sharing model. Will it be able to continue in its current model if it continues to lack in traffic or if its CEO departs?

With the recent inclusion of ad-sharing revenue models, this year will prove even more difficult for video-sharing sites to compete with the like of You Tube. Guba is another video-sharing site that has seen some execs leave, in this case to start their own video-sharing site and .

Whatever the outcome, you can be sure the Virtual Interactive and the good folks over at Get Found Now will be right in the thick of things. When it comes to promoting your business or products, Video Sharing Sites can add real buzz to your business with very little impact on your bottom line. The key here is keeping track of who does what and when in the over all landscape of the Web 2.0 , Social Networks and New Media world. You can rest assured that when it comes to any thing Video related we are on top of it. This is the marketing edge that separates us from our competitors and that our customers have come to expect and where we will consistently deliver on.

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Video for a New Media Generation

With all the opportunity in online video, it is interesting that many traditional Videographers or Production Studios do not really get it. Oh they know how to create video but in todays on-line world you have to improve upon your craft and become very Web 2.0 savvy. You also have to ensure that the content you create is accessible across a wide array of platforms.

Understanding the medium is but one aspect.

The winners will actually be those video content creators and distributors who build platforms that are compatible with both Adobe’s Flash and Microsoft’s Silverlight video codecs and of course, their respective ad formats. And if you can monetize the content by turning it into add revenue, you just may have touched the holy grail of online video.

Of course advertisers love the idea of social networks: delivering specific ads to people based on personal information posted on the site or passed along to friends.

There’s also talk of video pervading the Business to Business markets, the corporate communications market and new realms of the business-to-consumer market with even new in-roads in the consumer-to-consumer market. ABI Research even released a new estimate that, by 2011, the market for online video will be $1.87 billion.

Virtual Interactive Systems is dedicated to spreading information about audio and video podcasting, blogging, and other new media technologies to the masses. We specialize in creation of Video for the New Media Generation, we get it !

Real Estate Technology - basics for increasing sales

Virtual Interactive Systems offers customized services for Real Estate Professionals. The Art of Real Estate Technology and New Media Marketing for Residential and Commercial Properties is coming of age.

How can you tell that the service provider you are working with knows the Real Estate industry and better yet, knows enough about the technology that they will guarantee that your listings will be viewed or that you will increase the reader base to your site?

We cut to the chase and work with only those services that we have reviewed and tested as reliable. We keep abreast of the latest updates in MLS services and other listing technologies that will help increase your brand awareness and gain you new buyers or potential sellers. “It’s all about the content”.

Content management and distribution networks are all over the Internet and increasing rapidly where the best Virtual Tours and Listings data can be pushed to a massive, relevant audience, and the content becomes a marketing juggernaut to increase your business . Though this content is trickling in from different entry points (iTunes, Revver, YouTube, Goggle Video, Metacafe, etc), the programs and clips are coming to the web because the business of online video is being realized.

The key to increasing and solidifying your business leads, of course, is the massive, relevant audience; and the key to that audience? Context.

The valuation of video for virtual tours will be based on how many people view the video and its contextual relevance to the groups viewing it. In the online world, making sure that content is as available and easily found as possible, and investigating the context-to-content relationship of the user-circles choosing to view the video are a key to lasting reward for Real Estate professionals.

We specialize in Virtual Tour Creation, Viral Videos and Web Based Marketing Strategies for Blogs,Vlogs and Podcast Syndication across the Blogosphere, the Internet Nationally and Globally for Real Estate Professionals.

Virtual Interactive creates media content for your listings that get viewed. We provide metrics that show you were your site is placing in the search engines and how often your content is being viewed. We use Analytics and Landing Page Optimization to continually update your site and ensure that your traffic is ever increasing.

Get your Real Estate Business the Web 2.0 advantage and let VISIN develop the winning campaign that your sellers will love and gets buyers to call you.

 

Adding Web 2.0 Services will increase business

Virtual Interactive Systems NOW offers Web 2.0 Services. “Take your site to the next level. If your Internet Presence does not include Web 2.0 Technologies then you are most likely giving money away to your competitors”.

What are Web 2.0 Technologies ? They are Blogs filled with relevant content about your products and or services. Today Blogs including Audio and Video content should be a major part of your site that will also incorporate Social Network Marketing to further increase brand awareness.

Blogging Systems provide a media rich forum for you to engage your current customers and at the same time solicit new customers and educate them about your company and product offerings.

“Many business web-sites today are the cyber equivalent of having a storefront without signage and a door that won’t open”. If you have a static web site but want to add a Blogging component to increase your business then VISIN can lead the way.

We work with clients to develop a compelling message. With the addition of a customized Word Press Blog, including media rich content developed specifically to your unique business offerings and customer base.

When combined with the Blogging Systems and Internet Presence Management developed by Virtual Interactive Systems, your business will increase and new customers will find your offerings increasingly moving up on organic page searches.

Web Design Services with New Media Synergy

Virtual Interactive Systems NOW offers customized Web Design Services. “We go beyond the traditional Static Web Site Development”. If your Internet Presence does not include Web 2.0 Technologies (herein referred to as New Media) then you are most likely giving money away to your competitors. The rules have changed and they continue to evolve every month by the major search engines. Today Blogs, Audio and Video content should be a major part of your site.

Web applications can be engaging and intuitive enough to make data entry or filling out a purchase form not just functional but enjoyable. We can provide your site the power of a truly interactive web design that creates emotional bonds between your company and your customers.

VISIN works with clients to develop a compelling message to help increase the sales of your product and services. When combined with the Blogging Systems and Internet Presence Management your business will increase and new customers will also find your offerings increasingly moving up on organic page searches.

Virtual Interactive Team adds Internet Presence Management

The Virtual Interactive Team has a new addition to our service offerings that NOW brings Leading Web 2.0 Internet Presence Management services to our clients  VISIN will be providing clients with Media Tools and Services that will leverage Video Production and Audio Marketing Techniques to further promote their customers products and services across the Internet and the Blogosphere.

The addition of Viral Video and Audio content combined with  our Total Internet Presence Management will provide a synergy that will propel clients business to new heights.

Virtual Interactive Systems is dedicated to spreading information about audio and video podcasting, blogging, and other new media technologies to it’s clients to increase their revenue earning potentials beyond traditional bricks and mortar methods. VISN specializes in the Small to Medium Business segment.

Media Tools

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Virtual Interactive Systems to provide valuable advice and How To videos for it’s customers and subscribers on Media Tools used for Interactive Media Development. This list will include the following:

• Digital Still Cameras
• Web Cameras (Web Cams)
• Video Camera’s
• Microphones – (for both Podcasting as well as simple narrative voice overs -selecting the right podcasting microphone)
• Podcasting Kits - (equipment for completing podcasting & audio broadcasting)
• Software Applications - (selecting the right application for Podcasting,Audio, Video and Graphic file manipulation based upon usage, features and cost)
• Internet Services -(selecting the right Internet Service for Photo sharing, Video Sharing, Podcasting and Social Networks)
• Shopping Cart - We have put together a VISIN shop that aggregates all of the Media Tools in one place so that customers can make their purchases on line from some the most trusted sources on the Internet.