Could Facebook Shut Down? Understanding SOPA and PIPA

If you haven’t seen it yet, check out our video explaining what SOPA and PIPA are and why you should care about these bills: Pass the video on to all of your friends so we can fight SOPA/PIPA together! Even if you aren’t from the United States, these potential laws affect you; they affect every … [Read more]

The 12 New Media Days of Christmas 2011: 9 Vloggers Recording

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During the 12 New Media Days of Christmas, we’re counting down the days until Santa comes by featuring some of the best blog posts of 2011 from awesome writers within the BlogWorld community! Skip to the end to read more posts in this holiday series and don’t forget to leave a comment if you’ve written … [Read more]

How to be a Great Video Producer

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3 Tips to Get Started with Web Video By Amani Channel Do you want to create a video for your website or blog, but don’t know exactly how or where to start?  Video production can be a fun experience when things go right.  When things go wrong, it can be simply miserable. The best way … [Read more]

28 Brilliant Bloggers Talk About Creating Video Content

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Brilliant Bloggers is a weekly series here at BlogWorld where we look at the best posts from around the web all surrounding a specific topic. Every week, we’ll feature three of the most brilliant bloggers out there, along with a huge list of more resources where you can learn about the topic. You can see … [Read more]

Top 10 Viral Videos For 2011 (January-June)

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By analyzing the charts at Marketing Charts I’ve come up with the Top Ten Viral Videos for 2011 (or at least the first half)! From this perspective I can see a pretty clear division among the topics: cute kids vs. heart-pounding stunts. There aren’t really any “non-produced” videos in this grouping. No Charlie Bites or … [Read more]

Vlogging When You’re Shy

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Earlier this month, Nikki made the excellent point that we should all be including more video blogs – or vlogs – as part of our monthly posts. While it is true that vlogging can help you connect with the reader, I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that vlogging still makes me a little…itchy. … [Read more]

30 Days to a Better Blog: Add Images or Video to Each Post

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30 Days to a Better Blog: Add Images or Video to Each Blog Post Images and video are important to blog posts and pages because they immediately draw in the reader’s attention and help break up the monotony of all that text! Today’s tip is to incorporate these visual elements into each and every blog … [Read more]

Video: 3 New Year’s Resolutions for Blogging

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… by Wade Kwon A new year, same old blog. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this video, I discuss three New Year’s resolutions we can make together to help our blogging improve and grow throughout 2011. Each resolution will challenge us to rethink our blog priorities and get focused. But the … [Read more]

Cartoon: “Besides, isn’t all video ‘mobile’? I mean, the pictures move.”

One person covers eyes in despair as the other points to a huge TV camera and says 'See? Wheels.' Caption: Unclear on the whole 'mobile video' thing.

The day ended with a session on video, chaired by Susan Bratton of Personal Life Media, and featuring Dermot McCormack, Executive Vice President of MTV Music Group Digital; Dick Glover, CEO of Funny or Die; and Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3. There were some great moments, including the revelation that the budget of a typical Funny or … [Read more]

Blogging Badly At Blog World Expo

We love these montage videos and how people are producing content about the show from 2009.  This gives a great look at one Blogger’s stalking of Kevin Pollak at BlogWorld & New Media Expo. Kevin was on BlogWorld Expo Radio at the show on October 17, 2009. Now I need to find a way to … [Read more]