For the Catholics in the audience, Happy Easter, for the zombie lovers, Happy Zombie Jesus Day, for everyone else Happy Oestre, Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos. It was a slow week in some parts of the world as Friday was a day off for some.

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Online Video Weekly News Reel – B-Easter Boys Edition

In my previous article “ Why CMOs & Marketing Executives Must Embrace Social Video Marketing – NOW ,” I had my fellow social media strategists explain why getting your CMO, COO, CEO and other high ranking executives in your company to participate in social media and online video is crucial to having their social media strategy succeed. This follow-up article covers 7 key steps to help you implement a social video plan built around gaining your CMO’s participation, or as I like to call it, a “social video exercise plan.” The Advantage of CMO Participation – Video Vs. Other Social Media Many social media marketing strategies involving CMOs tend to suffer from having a PR guy or someone else besides the actual CMO doing a blog post or writing some other copy for them;  or they pretending to be the CMO in some other way with tweets and Facebook posts under the CMO’s profile – something that can really backfire with an audience if they find out it’s not really the CMO who’s actually participating.

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The 6-Step Social Video Exercise Plan for Marketing Executives

Sometimes products come along that just simply hit the mark.

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Are You Flipped Out About the Flip?

If I showed you the list of potential videos for this week’s round up, you guys would certainly begin to worry about me.

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The Week’s Best Viral Videos & Viral Video Marketing Lessons – Explosive Amateur Footage

Emory Emory gives a webcam interview to ReelSEO, and shares new information about his own YouTube debacle that got him convicted of a felony charge and 60 days jail time. Emory apologized for his actions as deceitful and wrong, and says he wants to make amends with serving jail time and doing community service.

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Exclusive Evan Emory Video Interview – “I Don’t Feel Like I’m A (YouTube) Criminal”

The iPad 2 was only announced five days ago, and won’t ship until late this week, but already we’re seeing the beginnings of a small backlash against the device’s two cameras. The strongest criticism comes from Wired, in an article entitled “ Just How Bad Is The iPad 2 Camera?

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Did Apple Cheap Out On The iPad 2 Video Cameras? Yes & No

In my previous article, I covered why video production pros today are becoming online marketers .

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What Video Production Pros Need To Know About Marketing

Continuing my Web Videos That Suck! Series, I review some videos put out by elected officials in positions of U.S. Congress or State Legislature, submitted by our readers-slash-viewers.  Learn why a poorly produced web video can overshadow the content of any political message, and some tips for how politicians can produce better political videos that resonate with their constituents and the media

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Political Web Videos That Suck! How Elected Officials Can Do Better Video Production

Unless you have your own Hollywood style crew with technicians for every specialty- camera, lighting, sound, script, makeup, grip etc…, you’re more likely to be doing everything yourself on a shoestring budget. Have you ever gotten a great looking interview that shocked you with how mediocre or bad the sound was? It might surprise you to know that professional soundmen don’t listen to the content of the speaker so much. I’ve often asked a soundman, ” Did you hear what he just said?

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Hear This: Sound Advice For Better Quality Video Interviews

One of the biggest obstacles with web video interviews is that many people are afraid of being interviewed on camera. I interviewed video production expert Izzy Hyman and asked him to share some professional tips on how to help subjects on the other side of your camcorder feel more at ease and how to produce more authentic, quality web video interviews. Izzy has produced a bi-weekly video production tip on his membership site for years now.

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5 Tips To Help Interview Subjects Feel More Comfortable On Camera – Overcome The Fear Of Video – Part 2