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How To Leverage YouTube

In the February VU newsletter I wrote about the importance of having a promotional video for your company on YouTube. YouTube is one of the most popular web sites in the world, ranking number five in a recent Neilson report. After Google, YouTube is the most active...

$300 Video Leads to $30 Million Contract

Ataque de Pánico! (Panic Attack!) on Youtube Fede Alvarez from Uruguay uploaded this short film to Youtube last month (November, 2009). As he told the BBC's Latin American service Mundo "I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full...

Streaming Movies on TV

Samsung announces Internet connectivity on a variety of TV sets as well as several Blu-ray players. The Samsung TVs use Yahoo's widget to access movie services like Amazon Video On Demand or Blockbuster On Demand as well as videos from Flickr, eBay and YouTube. Other...

Outside the Box

Why would a video producer put this video on his website's home page? Mike Cornett, friend and VideoUniversity customer, did just that. See his home page at Visual Media Concepts. He's not hitting you over the head with hard sell - hire me, hire me. He's getting your...

Top Grossing Documentaries

The following list includes the Top Grossing Documentaries from 1982 to the Present. For much more detail on this list see http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=documentary.htm This list includes only the first 100 documentary films that have played in movie...

Produce A Free Video

I encourage video producers to produce a very short promotional video for one of your favorite non-profits. This can do more good than you might imagine. First, it will help the non-profit and these days many need all the helps they can get. They need donations and...