Comments on: GeekCast 22: iPhone 2.0 and It’s Still Useless

By: Magnify.net Launches Unlimited Video File Storage | Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:20:07 +0000

[...] we were just talking about the lack of video vendors serving this market on the GeekCast show recently, and then Magnify.net comes out with an attractive [...]

By: lukejeffrey

lukejeffrey — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:08:32 +0000

Shawn thanks for mentioning Fliqz.com I will check that out as well - As Sam was mentioning in the podcast everyone at Motive is eager to test the waters with video and social marketing and these and Fliqz.com could be something interesting for Motive Interactive to use. Keep up the Podcast guys !

By: lukejeffrey

lukejeffrey — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:08:32 +0000

By: joemagennis

joemagennis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:41:43 +0000

Oh Boy .. ok, thanks for the heads up Shawn. Guess it goes back to the original topic of conversation … I do believe there is a need for a business video service then, maybe Fliqz can capitalize on this need. All brands are going to be using the video communication medium for customers & employees even. Businesses should take their “About us” page and make an interesting video for it …. it needs to be easily uploaded, hosted and embedded by some service.

Thanks for your insights Shawn .. appreciate all you do!

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:31:23 +0000

Hi Joe -

You give Fliqz the image and they embed it into the player. In my case, I already had logos on the videos, so they just made that area clickable for me.

As far as Blip, they booted me a week or so ago for having commercial content. My videos were answers to questions on affiliate marketing with nothing by an open/close that had the url: askshawncollins.com where people could ask the questions.

I appealed and they never responded.

By: joemagennis

joemagennis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:14:54 +0000

Thanks Shawn .. I'll look at them right now to compare features. Do you embed that watermark at the time of upload? .. I'm just doing it when prepping the video (not clickable though). It's possible that Blip discourages “serious” business content – which is what Jim is saying — but haven't heard they don't like my content (did I say that out loud?)

By: Shawn Collins

Shawn Collins — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:40:49 +0000

Hey Joe -

Have you checked out Fliqz.com? That's who I use for Affiliate Summit videos – I get to brand a clickable watermark on the video.

By: joemagennis

joemagennis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:36:52 +0000

Jim .. I'm with you on the need for specific business video posting / embedding service (you talked about this with Steve on Video Ninjas too) with intentions of a customizable branded player, flexibility regarding ad rev or not, distribution controls, uptimes, specific audiences, etc.

Do you find the Blip.tv pro account handles these requirements for you?

For me the most important thing is the embedded use on my sites with my own branding on the player.. not necessarily relying on them to max the eyeball count (although I'll take anything they can drive to me - but the private setting is also avail). I consider it my job to get the traffic from all the other sources and the embedded video is a close/call to action.

Are there other features for you that I'm not considering?

Thanks.

PS .. once again another great mid-sentence instant ending! It's almost like a weekly cliffhanger ..lol

By: GeekCast 22: Won’t Get Fooled Again at CostPerNews

GeekCast 22: Won’t Get Fooled Again at CostPerNews — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:34:32 +0000

[...] Jim Kukral and myself) recorded GeekCast this afternoon and it’s a great show… GeekCast 22: iPhone 2.0 and It’s Still Useless : GeekCast.fm: “The show kicked off with talk of the iPhone 2.0, and the virtues like 3G speed, as well as [...]