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By: stu | Posted: Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Fact 4. Video Supports ALL Selling Venues
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Online — If all online video did was make your website look good, that would be plenty. But online video is proven to increase sales as much as 30% over “static” websites.
By: stu | Posted: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Fact 3. Studies Prove Video’s Sales Effectiveness
Consumers retain 50% better with video
In closely controlled studies, video has been proven to be a highly effective means of communication. A study by The Wharton School of Business documented that consumers understood and retained information presented by video 50% better than when presented in person!
By: stu | Posted: Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Fact 2. Video Makes Otherwise Difficult Sales Presentations SIMPLE

Virtually every product “shows” well in video, but especially those that involve action, movement, or sound. A picture’s worth a thousand words, and a video is worth a thousand pictures, so complicated or difficult to explain products benefit greatly (more…)
By: stu | Posted: Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
If you could be looking over your audience’s shoulder as soon as your web video was through playing, you would most likly suggest the next URL for them to view; like a product page, or an ordering form.
Well, what if you could get that next URL to open magically at the end of the video play? Would that be a good thing? You bet!
Watch how to make that happen in this short How-To Video.
The URL you enter can be any valid URL, so the possibilities are endless.
Have a video that you want to share now? Click on the “Sign Up Now“, or “Try it Free” buttons.
Stuart Marks
Executive Creative Director
Business Video Applications
For more How To tips on Video On Your Web Site, under real business conditions, check these links;
- Why Won’t My Videos Upload Smoothly?
- Video SiteMaps; Create Them Automatically with EZWebPlayer
- Advertising Video in that Vertical Web Space? Absolutely!
- 1 Quick Easy way to improve your Web Video SEO
- Lens side video tips; masterful confidence in front of the camera
By: stu | Posted: Friday, July 1st, 2011
One of my most prolific customers has uploaded approximately 150 videos to her EZWebPlayer account in just a few months. She operates a media hub for her church ministry whose reach is certainly national if not global.
This How To article is written for her as well as anyone else who needs a simple and elegant way to make the bulk of their video collection available to their viewers, whether exclusive to a membership, or broadcast to the world at large.
Keep in mind that the absolute most efficient archival system for videos will, like any other archival system for information technology, be data base driven. But, until you reach that utopia, there is a fast and simple list creator.
So, this is how it’s accomplished in EZWebPlayer. If it’s not so easy in other players, maybe that’s a reason why so many video managers are switching to this easier format.
STEP 1
First, decide which will be the first video in your drop down menu of archival videos you will be making available to your viewers. Make sure that it belongs to a CATEGORY that you name ARCHIVE, or some other appropriate name. Then, on your VIDEOS page, click on that video’s USER CODE icon.
STEP 2
In the PRE-HTML window, check the boxes next to
-Video Name
-Video Selector
-Category Selector
Click on NEXT.
STEP 3
Copy and paste that code into the appropriate location within your <body> tag. Save and upload that page, and you’re finished.
You have just created an archives video page that will present drop down lists for every video on your site that belongs to the Archive CATEGORY. The video you chose to work from will be the first video in your archives.
You can add an advertisement video to this at the beginning or end without that ad showing up anywhere else that video plays from your site by simply copying that video before creating the archive; that way you can modify one without affecting the other.
Having a unique issue that you need help with? No problem; the Customer Success Team is ready to answer your calls, emails or live chat, regardless of your question or issue. They’re just there to help.
Have a video that you want to share now? Click on the “Sign Up Now“, or “Try it Free” buttons.
Stuart Marks
Executive Creative Director
Business Video Applications
For tips on Video On Your Web Site, under real business conditions, check these links;
- Upload Web Videos With No Black Bars and Auto Upright Vertical Videos
- 1 Quick Easy way to improve your Web Video SEO
- Top 10 Reasons to Make Your Web Videos Short
- Automatic Thumbnail Images; Another Reason to Host Videos on EZWebPlayer
- Now It's Easy to Upload and Share Web Videos! New Short URLs for Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin

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Executive Creative Director
Business Video Applications
- Upload Web Videos With No Black Bars and Auto Upright Vertical Videos
- 1 Quick Easy way to improve your Web Video SEO
- Top 10 Reasons to Make Your Web Videos Short
- Automatic Thumbnail Images; Another Reason to Host Videos on EZWebPlayer
- Now It's Easy to Upload and Share Web Videos! New Short URLs for Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin
By: stu | Posted: Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Cookie Cutter or Custom; Which Best Describes Your Video Management Application?
Getting video to web, and maintaining the ever changing SEO needs of video on your web site can be a full time job for whomever is lucky enough to draw that duty within your organization. As I’ve dealt with many team leaders in customer service contacts, I have noticed an over riding trend within small to medium business and not-for-profit organizations; this video management position has gone from the single person who happens to have a knack for video or at least an interest, to a specific team or department manager who spends more and more time on the ever increasing duties of tweaking web video assets. This may be why there is an increasing demand in a video management application that does way more than simply upload video to the web.
If an organization is to enjoy real results from web videos, it needs as much talent, training and experience behind its Video To Web staffers as any other department. Maybe this is why there is a growing niche of Video Management Applications that provide a Power Vendor answer that fulfills that need. But, what should one look for when shopping for this new market element?
There are some generic products out there that have tried to fill everybody’s needs, and then there some savvy service providers who actually “get it” when dealing with the business community. An interesting element to this is that those who serve specific needs, can quite possibly be the best answer for everyone, because of the grand offering of bells and whistles that come with top shelf providers.
ANALOGY; Specific over Generic
Which business lawyer would you hire; lawyer A, or lawyer B?
A) “Hello. I have a BS in law and I graduated from Harvard Law School with high marks. Please hire me.”
B) “Good morning. Before we get started you need to know that;
- I have a meeting with a product design company at noon who needs my help to guide them through the delicate process of competing design patent applications.
- I majored in Business before going to law school so I have an MBA and a law degree from Harvard
- I have helped several businesses get off the ground and they are all successfully growing at break neck speed
- I love to work. When can I start?”
This is a great analogy that applies well to your video management team. A Video Management Team can be your internal staff, or more likely will be a third party company that engages business video for several enterprises to maximize cost effectiveness. Who is your video management team and what are their goals? Can you even talk to them? Are they a cookie cutter video application, or do they understand business needs and the importance of framing your video well for your presentation within your application?
The following are ten key elements to look for in shopping for a video management team.
1) REACHABLE STAFF Staffed by easy to get ahold of real humans who answer the phone, return emails and operate Live Chat for real.
2) DEDICATED TO SUCCESS They take your business seriously, knowing that if you don’t succeed, they don’t either.
3) REAL PEOPLE They have first names, and you know them, and they know you.
4) EXPERIENCED They are not only helpful Customer Service reps, but are actually career video technicians, producers and editors, as well as computer interface code level programmers savvy in multiple languages, and web designers on top of it all.
5) EDUCATED FOR THE TASK They have degrees from well-known schools like Devry and The Chicago Art Institute and The Illinois Institute of Art at Schaumburg.
6) SPECIALTY All they do, all day long, every day is create business and promotional videos and put them on the web, and make them accessible via custom web sites, email, newsletters and mobile devices.
7) SPECIFIC BUSINESS APPLICATION Instead of a cookie cutter, generic approach, they are focused on the actual application of video to web for specific industries like real estate, law enforcement & local government, education and counseling, weight loss products, yoga, church, radio & TV, video production and many more. There is nothing cookie cutter or generic about their efforts to provide service.
8) INCLUSIVE Instead of bottlenecking the promotion of your videos by excluding useful tools like You Tube, they incorporate your existing You Tube campaigns into a larger enterprise scope.
9) COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE They keep track of issues until solved. No fire-and-forget communications.
10) INNOVATIVE Issue fixes include all possibilities, not just ones that promote a narrow set of available tasks.
Have a video that you want to share now? Click on the “Sign Up Now“, or “Try it Free” buttons.
Stuart Marks
Executive Creative Director
Business Video Applications
For tips on Video On Your Web Site, under real business conditions, check these links;
- Custom Branded “White Label” Video Player, Live Streaming Drives Demand
- 10 Reasons to Add Video to Web with YouTube AND a Cloudfront Online Video Player
- Publish Web Videos and Drive Up Views, No Website? No Problem!
- How EZWebPlayer Makes Uploading Videos Easy
- The Explosive Growth of Mobile Video Ads and Why You Should Ready Your Holiday Campaign NOW!

Which business lawyer would you hire; lawyer A, or lawyer B?
A) “Hello. I have a BS in law and I graduated from Harvard Law School with high marks. Please hire me.”
B) “Good morning. Before we get started you need to know that;
- I have a meeting with a product design company at noon who needs my help to guide them through the delicate process of competing design patent applications.
- I majored in Business before going to law school so I have an MBA and a law degree from Harvard
- I have helped several businesses get off the ground and they are all successfully growing at break neck speed
- I love to work. When can I start?”
2) DEDICATED TO SUCCESS They take your business seriously, knowing that if you don’t succeed, they don’t either.
3) REAL PEOPLE They have first names, and you know them, and they know you.
4) EXPERIENCED They are not only helpful Customer Service reps, but are actually career video technicians, producers and editors, as well as computer interface code level programmers savvy in multiple languages, and web designers on top of it all.
5) EDUCATED FOR THE TASK They have degrees from well-known schools like Devry and The Chicago Art Institute and The Illinois Institute of Art at Schaumburg.
6) SPECIALTY All they do, all day long, every day is create business and promotional videos and put them on the web, and make them accessible via custom web sites, email, newsletters and mobile devices.
7) SPECIFIC BUSINESS APPLICATION Instead of a cookie cutter, generic approach, they are focused on the actual application of video to web for specific industries like real estate, law enforcement & local government, education and counseling, weight loss products, yoga, church, radio & TV, video production and many more. There is nothing cookie cutter or generic about their efforts to provide service.
8) INCLUSIVE Instead of bottlenecking the promotion of your videos by excluding useful tools like You Tube, they incorporate your existing You Tube campaigns into a larger enterprise scope.
9) COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE They keep track of issues until solved. No fire-and-forget communications.
10) INNOVATIVE Issue fixes include all possibilities, not just ones that promote a narrow set of available tasks.
Executive Creative Director
Business Video Applications
- Custom Branded “White Label” Video Player, Live Streaming Drives Demand
- 10 Reasons to Add Video to Web with YouTube AND a Cloudfront Online Video Player
- Publish Web Videos and Drive Up Views, No Website? No Problem!
- How EZWebPlayer Makes Uploading Videos Easy
- The Explosive Growth of Mobile Video Ads and Why You Should Ready Your Holiday Campaign NOW!
By: stu | Posted: Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
When you are managing a video on EZWebplayer’s Video Player, you have two choices for hosting; you can host your video elsewhere and simply enter its address into the URL field, or you can upload the video to the EZWebPlayer servers.
There are many advantages to hosting your video on EZWebPlayer’s Amazon Cloud Front servers, but one of them is the simplicity with which you can manage the thumbnail image.
After uploading a video, you will see this setup window;
This is where you have an opportunity to manage the thumb image. Doing nothing will allow the default settings to engage, thereby selecting a frame from the video which shows up everywhere the video is paused and ready to play from the beginning. If you do not like the default image, there are other choices.
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The Player chooses four more images that you can choose from, or you can choose to upload your own custom image, which is a powerful and unique tool for sales and promotion.
Have a video that you want to share now? Click on the “Sign Up Now“, or “Try it Free” buttons.
Stuart Marks
Executive Creative Director
Business Video Applications
- Custom Branded “White Label” Video Player, Live Streaming Drives Demand
- 10 Reasons to Add Video to Web with YouTube AND a Cloudfront Online Video Player
- Publish Web Videos and Drive Up Views, No Website? No Problem!
- How EZWebPlayer Makes Uploading Videos Easy
- The Explosive Growth of Mobile Video Ads and Why You Should Ready Your Holiday Campaign NOW!
By: rbouchez | Posted: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
*We’re all about helping you improve your web videos & we’d like to highlight more great resources like this one – if you have suggestions, please add them to the comments or hit us up on Twitter!
Whether you’re a home builder or not, I highly recommend Three Proven YouTube Strategies for Homebuilders on The Armory Blog by Brendan Miller. He asks the question “Can YouTube be used as a marketing and lead generation tool instead of just a sales tool for builders?” and you should be asking the same for your business, blog, brand, etc.
On his list of suggestions (see article for details):
1) Create a contest
2) Do Something Outrageous With Your Product
3) Be A Thought Leader
Fortunately his advice doesn’t just apply to Youtube and it doesn’t just apply to home builders either. No matter where you’re posting videos whether you’re a real estate agent, restaurant owner or even if you’ve started a new business using a Bedazzler, you should do more than take notes, take action!
As a side note, it’s worth mentioning that while he searched for “Home Builder” on Youtube to see what surfaced, you should put serious thought into how you’re customers and potential customers would search for your product. The best way to figure that out is to ask them directly, so begin connecting with them on Twitter, Facebook & Linkedin!
Thanks for stopping by!
Social Media Specialist for EZWebplayer.com
*Adapted from original post at www.InovediaMarketing.com
By: rbouchez | Posted: Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
New Features NOW
- Unlimited Storage included with every account!
- NO Bandwidth limits
- Premium Amazon Cloudfront storage/bandwidth comes standard!FREE Blazing fast Transcoding on every Upload!
- Choose your video Thumbnails
- Mobile Device Support
iPhone, iPad & Android!
- New Improved player performance – lighting fast Buffering & Smoother Playback!
- Gearing up for our Affiliate Program with Early Sign-up for Newsletter subscribers!
- Operator/Chat Window
to easily connect with Customer Support
Video Player Features Coming Soon…
- Video Channels
- Updated/Streamlined Site Design
- Official Launch of the EZWebPlayer Affiliate Program
EZWebPlayer.com was upgraded on 12-14-2010. Here are the highlights!
iPhone, iPad & Android!
to easily connect with Customer Support
Unlimited Storage & Premium Bandwidth delivered via Amazon Cloudfront
You get as much PREMIUM storage and bandwidth as you need, hosted by a world class content delivery network all included in your one low monthly price. Your videos will be delivered blazing fast to your viewers around the world and you don’t have to worry about how much space or bandwidth you use!
New Transcoding & Thumbnail Option
EZWebPlayer now supports 99% of the video formats out there! Our robust transcoding server farm allows for quick render of any type of video into the proper web format. We’ll take file sizes up to 1.5GB and that includes HD files! We’ll store your original file for rendering in the future with newer codecs. We’ll even render formats that support both high speed, and low speed connections – like on a mobile device. The new transcoding process automatically creates 5 thumbnails for you to choose from, or you can always upload your own.
Mobile Device Support
EZWebPlayer has rolled out its Phase One support for mobile devices to include iPhone 4, iPad, and Android 2.2 or later devices.
Player performance update
We’ve improved our scripts for faster player response time and improved overall performance, particularly for lower speed connections. Bottom line, you’ll notice that players and videos load faster
Live Help Operator Button
In an effort to make EZWebPlayer Customer Support as accessible as possible, we’ve added a new operator icon in the top right corner of the site. This allows our customers easy access to our Customer Support with only a few mouse clicks and will enable global customers to communicate with us more easily. You can always contact us via Support@EZWebPlayer.com or toll free at 1-877-647-9007.
Exciting Features in Development
(Expect to see these features over the next 2-3 months)
Video Channels
EZWebPlayer will make it simple to put related videos on a page within your website through our new Channels feature. This new feature allows you export player configurations that play certain videos – such as videos from a specific category(s). Channels will allow your visitors to easily navigate through lots of your related videos, without even refreshing the page. This opens up your video collection for faster viewing, and better viewer retention rates.
Updated Site Design
EZWebPlayer is getting a facelift! Over the coming months we’ll be working to enhance the website UI to make it more streamlined and faster to use.
Affiliate Partner Program
We’re gearing up for our Affiliate Program. This is your opportunity to join an affiliate partner program within the fast growing space of online web video. EZWebPlayer provides online video services for content owners across all verticals. As affiliate partners you will be able to enjoy high commissions, recurring payouts, promotions and premium customer support. The program will be available Feb 2011.
If you’d like to join or for questions regarding the EZWEBPlayer Affiliate Program, please email us at affiliates@ezwebplayer.com.
Recent posts to the EZWebPlayer Blog:
- We know it’s tricky to find the best Camera with all the details involved in web video. Let us help you…Choose the best camera
- Apples are to Bananas as Containers are to Codecs In this post we discuss Codecs (h.264, VP6, VP8) & Containers (MP4, FLV, etc)
Thanks for visiting!
Clint Pollock
President | EZWebPlayer.com
The Non-Tech solution to putting videos online
www.EZWebPlayer.com



In marketing, the most important tools are not humor, a web site, TV commercials, or nationalizing your brand; though, all of these are effective and certainly there is a reason that 3M, Coca-Cola and Nike all use these. The absolutely most important tool is tracking.
This is a screen shot of EZWebPlayer’s setup window for your video file. I have circled the custom fields where one can enter any value. This is a powerful setup tool that every video player SHOULD have.
Here’s a sample of what happens when one’s web video player can’t match the custom shape and size of their video.
Here’s a sample of properly matched video in a player with custom sizing.





