Posts Tagged ‘YouTube’

Way back in December of 2010 we introduced you to EmbedPlus, a cool tool that lets you add extra functionality to embedded YouTube videos, from annotations to instant replay, slo-mo, and more. Now, EmbedPlus is using their technology for something entirely new and exciting—language learning.

Join Baratunde Thurston (left), The Onion’s Director of Digital and author of How to Be Black, for an entertaining look at creative social media campaigns in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. Other speakers include Morin Oluwole (Facebook), Tim Devane (bitly), and SocialTimes' writer Devon Glenn.   Register now.

This week’s weekly roundup of funny videos features a jokester weatherman who’s partial to rap and football, a look at the social media generation 50 years down the road, Obama launching a marshmallow from a cannon (seriously!) and more. So sit back, relax and get ready to laugh!

A report from Nadia Han of ABC News in Philadelphia looks into the potential of ‘Cashing in on YouTube.’ Some of the details in the report are surprising, to say the least.

I had the opportunity to interview YouTube marketing expert Greg Jarboe, who told me why every brand or business should be using online video and offered up some advice on what marketers can do to maximize the success of their online video campaigns.

The DoGooder awards are a celebration of the best in nonprofit video and members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program are invited to submit their non-profit videos by February 29, 2012 for the chance to win recognition, some great prizes and the opportunity to spread the word about their organization and the good they are doing in the world.

Back in December YouTube rolled out a new homepage and an upgraded site design, making changes to everything from their analytics to channel design, the video manager and more. Last month they made even more changes, announcing new updates to the YouTube Browse page and Video Editor, as well as their Video Editor. We thought we’d take this opportunity to provide you with an in-depth overview of how the new YouTube Video Manager works and all of its functionality.

We’ve put together a list of ten of the most popular 2012 Super Bowl commercials to be released so far. Which is your favorite?

Why has they decided to “channelize”? CEO Salar Kamangar explained in an interview earlier this week at All Things Digital’s D: Dive Into Media conference. Check it out after the jump.

YouTube’s new channel lineup isn’t just about entertainment—the video site is also striving to be one of the top online destinations for education. They’ve got a great selection of free courses from amazing schools like Harvard, Yale and MIT; in December they launched YouTube for Schools, a new initiative that strips away non-educational material to give teachers and students access to educational videos; and this week they launched a whole new lineup of educational channels.

On March 7 all YouTube channels will be automatically converted to the new design. Start setting yours up before then if you want full control over how your channel is set up when the change occurs.