By: Stu Marks | Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Press Release

For Immediate Release

EZWEBPLAYER launches Unlimited Online Video hosting & New Online Video Player

New Online Video Platform solution offers unlimited transcoding, bandwidth and storage usage backed by Amazon CloudFront.

Chicago, IL, November 9, 2011 — EZWEBPLAYER today announces the release of the new unlimited video hosting solution which brings unlimited storage, video transcoding, and bandwidth to video content owners. This service provides tremendous value to small and medium sized businesses that have only had access to free or high cost options in the past.  The 2 year old company harnesses the immense scale and robust infrastructure provided by Amazon CloudFront to deliver premium services at a low monthly cost.
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By: Richard Bouchez | Posted: Monday, November 7th, 2011

3D? HD?… Blue Ray? Fuhgedaboutit.

Video format wars are becoming more irrelevant with every passing year. If you look at still photography, for example, and ask yourself “What are folks looking for?” you’ll quickly see the answer has little to do with format and everything to do with finding the most practical camera. Everyone wants a great quality photo, but that’s not what they “need.” R.I.P. cameraAll they need is to recognize the images taken (while drinking in a dark bar or at a birthday party) and, (more…)


By: Richard Bouchez | Posted: Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Come see us at booth #67, November 8 and 9 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, until then you can check out Streaming Media West at www.streamingmedia.com and we’ll see you at the show!

Thanks from your EZWebPlayer Customer Support Team!

Streaming Media West

 

 


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Thursday, October 20th, 2011

The EZWebPlayer crew travels to Los Angeles soon for StreamingMediaWest 2011 and we need your help.

Come see us at booth #67, November 8 and 9 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

…and help EZWebPlayer at StreamingMediaWest 2011 without even leaving your adjustable swivel chair. Simply vote for us on the StreamingMediaWest web site. There’s about a bagillion and a half exhibitors out there converging on L.A. and we want everyone out there to know how many great customers we have all over the planet so that we can get extra advertising booty. (Advertising booty is like a treasure chest of brownie points).

So, please click this link http://www.streamingmedia.com/ReadersChoice/2011/Vote.aspx and look for us a little ways down the page under the Online Video Platform group; we’re listed alphabetically.

Thanks from your EZWebPlayer Customer Support Team!

Streaming Media West

 

 


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
What is a Video Site Map, how can I submit one and how can it help the videos on my website? These questions are answered in this article on Video Sitemaps.
A video sitemap is a set of coded instructions (in our case an XML file) that direct Google and other search engines to your videos so that they show up in searches with greater frequency and (more…)

By: Stu Marks | Posted: Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

When adding videos to your website, it used to be that we were locked in to where the video could be positioned. When designing a web page, you could never put a video anywhere in a vertical side bar. But now, even a video can go in the side bar. “How”, you ask? “All videos are the wrong shape to fit in a vertical space”, you might add. That used to be true. But what if you could output a custom sized and shaped video from Premiere, and had a video management console that allowed you to create a custom shaped player?

The sample below is a (more…)


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Monday, October 17th, 2011

EZWebPlayer makes adding videos to your website easy through our custom built interface and a partnership with Amazon that allows us to provide you with unlimited storage and bandwidth. Yes; UNLIMITED!

Why Amazon CoudFront? Well, here are just some of the reasons we partner with them…
1)  Global presence of edge servers deliver streaming content around the world from the closest server to your viewers, fast! This can support “Live” events, giving any local video presentation a global presence.
2)  Seek anywhere in the video with minimal delay. This allows (more…)


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

EZWebPlayer will be leaving behind the virtual world and entering the Real Zone next month when we setup a booth at the annual Streaming Media West Show in Los Angeles. Clint Pollock, (a real person) president and founder of EZWebPlayer will be drinking coffee side by side other real people who represent industry leaders like Amazon, (more…)


By: Richard Bouchez | Posted: Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

SEO blog post example Tripod TricksWe watch a lot of web video, especially “how to”, so when something jumps out at us we’re quick to recognize! This Tripod Tricks blog post stood out for many of reasons (mostly good), but let’s start what they did in the blog post that’ll get them more love from Google from the time they hit publish.

 

Include Video Highlights & Take-aways in a bolded bulleted list- Google loves lists! An outline directly written from your video content, with important points in bold, will help search engines “understand” your video content. In addition, (more…)


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Thursday, September 15th, 2011

There’s more to getting your message out there than simply putting video on your website. The video you put on your website needs to be effective, and that means that there needs to be more than just a talking head. The talking head needs to deliver the goods.

Video on your website

Clint Pollock speaks on Biscayne National Park in Florida in 2007

There are many (more…)


By: Richard Bouchez | Posted: Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

How to videos can be an amazing asset for any website and, if you’re an expert, adding (and staring in) a web video on your site may just be the perfect low cost solution to increasing credibility & generating leads. So when I ran across the following question being answered on USAToday.com I couldn’t help but chime in….

Question: I am a professional makeup artist and have to shoot a promotional video on how to apply makeup.

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By: Stu Marks | Posted: Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Fact #10  Online Video is Still Surging

In May of 2011, the average viewer on Youtube spent nearly 5 hours watching video online.  There were billions and billions of videos views.  Get on the bandwagon now and start using video to your advantage.

A recent research (more…)


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Fact #9  Online Video Advertising Surpasses TV Advertising

A Borrell Associates study reports that newspapers that sell video advertising on video editions of their papers are now generating more advertising revenues than local TV stations.

 

Way back in 2007 the “Local Online Video Advertising” study shows that (more…)


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Fact #8  A Video Success Checklist that Works

 

Here are time-proven “musts” to make your next (more…)


By: Stu Marks | Posted: Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Fact #7 Video is Today’s Most Successful Sales Medium

 

5 Key Reasons Video is Today’s Most Successful Sales Medium

1. Video has the selling power of a personal sales presentation and the repeatability inherent in electronic media — make a video once and you can show it to hundreds, thousands, or millions of viewers.

 

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