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Submitting Videos and Video RSS Feeds

Here's a great post that lists many different places to upload videos, services to help you do mass-uploads, and where to submit video RSS feeds.

Where to Submit Videos and Video RSS/MRSS Feeds.

This article lists 4 different ways to submit videos to multiple sites (mass-uploads) so you don't have to do it all manually (very time-consuming). Personally I prefer to use Traffic Geyser because it uploads to more than 30 sites - including all the most important such as Youtube, Revver, Google Video, MetaCafe, etc. - and it will turn your audio track into a podcast and upload that to a further 20+ podcast sites.

Traffic Geyser LogoIn my estimation Traffic Geyser is the best video distribution system available. It contains numerous very helpful instructional videos describing how to create videos, how to optimize them, and much more.

With our own service called Video Traffic Multiplier we use Traffic Geyser for the distribution of our videos.

I have also used (and continue to use) TubeMogul, but it has some limitations. However, it is free.

Want a Free Audio Editor?

Audacity is a professional level audio recording software package that we use all the time at Linknet - and it is Free!

We've added some free resources to the Linknet Marketing Forum which focus on Audacity - how to get it, install it, and use it.

Newest resources include the free report called Recording Audio Like a Pro. This free report includes links to Audacity, some Audacity tutorials, and a number of other audio and video links.

It also includes a new “how to” video by Todd Gross describing how he uses Audacity. Todd is an internet marketer who uses video and audio extensively. He is a former professional TV weatherman, so knows what he is talking about (don't they all?)

To get access to the free resources in the Linknet Marketing Forum you just need to register - there's absolutely no charge. It’s a valuable resource where we’re adding only quality products and resources that we can wholeheartedly recommend. Join the Linknet Marketing Forum and get free marketing resources.

Creating a Video to Put on Your Website

I am often asked: "How can I put my own video on my website?"

There are two distinct issues you have to address, and for the newbie both of them can be pretty overwhelming.

First, there is the little problem of actually creating the video. I don't want to get into production in this post. I'll save that for later. Right here I want to address the second issue...

How do I get my video on my website?

The first thing you have to do is choose whether you want to self-host (host it on your own site, or another site you have access to) or use one of the video sharing sites such as Youtube. (I will use "Youtube" as a short form for "Youtube or other video-sharing sites".)

The advantages of self-hosting are that you have full control over the way it will appear, what the thumbnail will look like, and a few other things. You will also not get the Youtube branding or accompanying ads that they are often putting with videos now.

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VoIP Providers doing their best to get your money
Jan 6, 2006

VoIP Providers doing their best to get your money

VoIP Providers doing their best to get your money

by Rick Hendershot, Linknet Business News - Jan 6, 2006

We've seen this happen before. A new technology promises cheaper and better service. But when consumers try to take advantage of it, the new "cheaper", "better" service ends up being a degraded level of the same old thing, and usually for more money when all is said and done.

Think cell phones. Think internet connections.

The problem with cheap new technologies is that they don't provide sufficient profit to be developed at a mass level. That's why telcos and cable companies dragged their feet for years before getting serious about broadband internet. Do you remember when 128k connections cost 0 a month? Why give people ten times as much capacity for much less money?

Which brings us to VoIP. There appears to be no incentive at all for the major telco and cable carriers to get into this business yet. Until they find a way to leverage their infrastructures for their own profit in the VoIP business, you can expect them to throw up obstacles. Like tollgate fees. The idea of charging companies like Vonage and Skype for use of the "free" IP network has been floated, and is not likely to go away any time soon.

Fracturing of the VoIP market

That leaves companies like Vonage, Skype, and Microsoft to compete at the consumer end of things. They are fighting over who will get the most customers. Just like the cell phone companies, they are using specialized hardware and added services to differentiate themselves from the others.

You can expect they will all be taking a page from the cell phone marketing book. Offer cut rate (or free) hardware to get customers signed up to a long term contract. But the catch is, the hardware will only work with one system. That way customers will not jump ship without thinking twice about investing more money in new hardware.

The strategy was apparent at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Each of the major players unveiled new gadgets that only work with their system: a special Wi-Fi phone for Vonage, speakerphones and USB handsets for Skype, and handsets from Uniden and Philips that only work with Windows Live Messenger.

The dilemma is that the major players in the VoIP business need to generate cash. They hope to do that by tying up lots of customers with exclusive hardware that is not compatible with their competitors. But the risk is they will alienate a lot of the same consumers they are trying to convert.

Will new handsets make Microsoft a VoIP player?

Bill Gates announced at CES in Las Vegas this week that Uniden American and Royal Philips will have new VoIP phones available for MSN Messenger users by the time the new VoIP-enabled version of Messenger is available. According to Microsoft, there are 200 million MSN Messenger users worldwide.

The new version of MSN Messenger, called Windows Live Messenger will have advanced VoIP capabilities, and an interface with the traditional phone system through an agreement with MCI.

The handsets available from Uniden and Philips will be cordless dual landline-VoIP phones making them a complete replacement for both traditional phone service and PC to PC services like Skype. The companies hope the three way combination of Microsoft and MCI along with Uniden and Philips will make the MSN Messenger service a leader in the VoIP battle for subscribers.

The new Uniden phone, due out in the spring will be a 5.8GHz unit and will cost in the $ 100 range. The Philips phone will have similar features and price, but will be targeted to non-North American markets. The combination is aimed at putting the Microsoft/MCI service on par with Skype and making it a serious alternative to providers like Vonage.

As with Skype, PC to PC calls will be free using Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft and MCI claim that PC to landline calls will cost only a few cents a minute, and much less than some other alternatives currently being developed.

Who is Microsoft targeting? Skype or Vonage?

According to Russel Shaw, writing in the ip telephony blog, the real target of the Microsoft/MCI project is not Skype, but Vonage and other "pure play VoIPs" like Packet 8, as well as the traditional telcos waiting in the wings to pounce once the market gets going.

Services like Vonage are extremely vulnerable because they rely on the infrastructure of the telcos without paying a surcharge to use it. Those costs are off-loaded to their customers who pay connection charges. But it is almost a certainty that the telcos will not sit idly by while companies like Vonage use the telcos' own capacity to take away their customers.

That means the "pure play VoIPs" are going to get squeezed between Microsoft/MCI on one hand, and the telcos on the other.

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