Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Broadcast Yourself!!

Ever since I have been on social networking sites, I have started paying attention to video sites such as YouTube. I didn't used to before until now. Now, I can't live without it. Although there are other video sites out there such as:
  1. www.brightcove.com,
  2. www.video.google.com (no longer used to upload videos)
  3. www.hulu.com
  4. www.metacafe.com
  5. www.viddler.com
  6. www.youtube.com
I prefer YouTube because of its easy access to thousands of videos to choose from. Also, I like it because it is the next best thing to being around people. When the mood suits me especially if I am sad, angry, or lonely, I will watch a music video on YouTube. It is more eye-catching than any flat picture and the audio is easier to follow than trying to read marketing copy.

If you want to be creative and do a vlog (short for video blog) to share videos such as YouTube instead of the more tedious blog, I have found some tips that will help you do just that. Share your favorite video clips without worrying about broken links or sending visitors away from your site.

At YouTube.com, you'll find an abundance of movies on any topic. Visit, watch, and find a video to share with your blog readers. Copy the embed code. Here is an example below.

Next to each video is an embed box. This contains the HTML code that you'll use to put the video in your blog. Copy this code in its entirety. Paste the code into your blog.


Open your blog and begin a new entry. Paste in the code you copied from YouTube. You can type text about the video above or below this embed code.

Tip: Make sure the HTML tags for your blog are turned on. Otherwise, the text and video in your blog entry may not be properly formatted. Preview your blog post. Here is one that I have embedded that is pretty funny and you don't have to understand this language. It is pretty obvious!! This would be good for Halloween!!! I laughed every time I see this.



Once you have entered everything for your blog post, press Preview. Now you can check to make sure that the formatting is correct and the video link works. When the text and video are correct and the formatting is right, hit Publish and share the embedded video with your blog readers! Enjoy!!!!

Rebecca Williams
CGS 2069
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4 comments:

  1. Social MediaOctober 25, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    Truly hilarious! Very good instructions on posting videos to a blog. I will definitely be using these. This is a good way to have a video go viral. I also prefer watching how-to videos to reading instructions without videos.

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  2. Social MediaOctober 26, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    I use both methods of how-to videos and the reading instructions to make sure I understand it.

    Rebecca Williams
    CGS 2069

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  3. CindiNovember 4, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    Thanks for the instructions, I do view YouTube but have never posted a video or checked out any of the other sites. If I do decide to post I will need the detailed instrutions, thanks!
    Cindi Davis, CGS2069

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  4. crewholmesNovember 9, 2011 at 6:33 AM

    Social Media post 10/25/11 posted by Donna Holmes cgs2069

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