Tag Archives: video

Tip Tuesday: For personalized searching of the Web, compare Trapit to Google Alerts and see the power of the visual.

Trapit is a great tool for personalized searching that produces visually appealing results. While Google Alerts can be a powerful tool for anything you need to watch like a hawk—like anything that names your organization itself—its approach is rather everything-and-the-kitchen-sink, … Continue reading

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True/False Friday: In innovative online video, Americans always do the cool stuff first.

False! Innovation in online video can come from a lot of places. We at MiniMatters are very impressed with what BeLonG To Youth Services, in Dublin, Ireland, has done in this fundraising video: The video is told from the viewer’s point of … Continue reading

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Tip Tuesday: Consider video when you have a big organizational change to introduce.

When the National Petroleum and Refiners Association determined they should become American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, they brought MiniMatters in to create a video that would lay out the change for their 200+ member companies. The video gave a confident and … Continue reading

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Tip Tuesday: Plan ahead so your video media strategy can take advantage of tent pole events.

Mother’s Day is coming. You still have time to rush order your mother or your wife some flowers for her day, but videos that tie into Mother’s Day should have been produced a few weeks ago. Mother’s Day is a … Continue reading

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True/False Friday: The kids think they know it all about Web video.

Utterly false. The amazing Lois Lipman’s wonderful students at the University of Maryland showed us on Wednesday how wrong it is to think that young people, those “digital natives,” know everything about Web video…or even think they do. Our presentation as … Continue reading

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Tip Tuesday: Take a look at how organizations like yours are using online video.

Our readers from associations may find it particularly interesting to take a look at this Web site for the National Association of Broadcasters conference, which is happening this week. The theme of the conference is the Great Content Shift—consumers’ demand … Continue reading

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True/False Friday: You’re probably using video in all the ways that make sense

It’s certainly possible that this is true, but are you sure? Video is a powerful tool, and organizations are realizing more and more potential for its use. We were struck by the Web Video Marketing Council and Flimp Media’s study linked here of seasoned marketing professionals, … Continue reading

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Tip Tuesday: Make a good YouTube Channel

It might seem redundant to invest time in making your YouTube channel fancy when you already show your videos on your Web site.  Or, maybe Vimeo is your online video platform of choice.  Why put extra time into YouTube? Here are … Continue reading

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True/False Friday: Email is so 2011 for nonprofits

False. There’s a new report this week from Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) and M+R Research Labs that distills statistics from 44 nonprofits’ success in the calendar year 2011 with email, Facebook, and Twitter. Forty-four may not sound huge, but they say they … Continue reading

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