Remember a while back I talked about the Google project down in Kansas City, or up if you’re in the south I suppose? Well, after approval, Google moved the Android Army into action and started laying fiber at a furious pace. Now, they’ve got over a hundred miles done and are still going strong

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Google Laying Fiber Fast in Kansas City, Aiming for Two-Way Gigabit Bandwidth?

When I wrote up the first part of this interesting whitepaper from Invodo, (Retail Video Builds Consumer Confidence & Aids in E-Commerce Purchase Decisions) I said I’d be back with part two which looked at the more technical aspects of online video for shopping from a consumer’s perspective, so here we are.

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Consumer Insights into Online Video for eCommerce Shopping

Internet trading takes place on the World Wide Web, a metaphysical place without borders, so why would you limit your business strategy to domestic customers alone?

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Starting Points for Taking your Business International

Invodo recently dropped a whitepaper titled Delivering Superior Shopping Experiences Via Video: Consumer Insights and Retail Execution which looks at video on ecommerce sites, but from the perspective of the consumer. It’s a pretty lengthy 27 pages so I won’t go into all of the details, I just wanted to focus on a single part …

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Retail Video Builds Consumer Confidence & Aids in E-Commerce Purchase Decisions

If you’ve made it to this third installment of our video in email series, you already know that video in email has finally arrived (Part 1). Plus, you’ve assuaged yourself of many of the old beliefs (Part 2) about video in email.  As a result, you now understand the case for using video in the body of email messages is ..

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Video Email Facts & Marketing Best Practices: The Case for Video in Email

What do businesses mean when they say they do “social video”? Is it just about creating an interesting video and distributing it on YouTube and other social networks?

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Social Video Marketing: A New Competitive Advantage

For nearly fifteen years, technologists have tried to solve the problem of how to integrate video and other forms of rich media into email.  The idea was that people wanted to have richer, fuller Internet experiences right in the inbox, without the need to click through an email message to the web.   Unfortunately, many of …

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Video Email Marketing Has Finally Arrived – The Case for Video in Email: Part 1

Maker Studios, a media company that bridges the gap between YouTube and television, will be launching PoliPop later this spring.  YouTube’s first entertainment and politics network will feature Alphacat, Bad Lip Reading, Steven Crowder, James Kotecki, Liberal Viewer, and Lee Doren. PoliPop: YouTube’s Entertainment & Politics Network is Coming As the featured video on PoliPop’s …

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Maker Studios Launching PoliPop, Giving Politics a Good Lickin’

Every single one of us has our own pet peeves. Little annoyances can build up over time, making small issues into giant ones. Smart video creators and marketers know that referencing the little annoyances in life and appealing to the shared pain of the viewing audience is a great way to hook them quickly and get them engaged.

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Video Concept Tips: Appeal To The Shared Pain Of Viewers

After firing warning shots over the bows in terms of copyright infringement lawsuits, the two biggest Chinese online video firms Tudou and Youku have decided that they should merge, instead.

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Two Largest Chinese Video Sites To Merge, Make Waves In America?