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Round-up: Video Publishing

by Brian

I’ve been doing a lot more video publishing these days, mostly because of my endeavors at Kindle Expert, and while YouTube is great for most of it, I’m beginning to do some in depth training for others and I want to get away from YouTube because of the use restrictions & licensing.  I’m finding the world of online video outside YouTube to be a very fragmented and confusing one!  Kudos to those of you who’ve figured it out (you must all be mac users).

So, as I did before, since I’m doing all the research anyway, I’m going to post my results here. And I hope that if you have some specific experiences with video (good or bad), you’ll share them with the rest of us via a comment below.

Here’s the services I’ll be evaluating to start (I’ll add more as I discover them):

The criteria I’ll be looking at:  Cost, Security (being able to control who can view), Ease of setup & use, types of video formats accepted, and reliability – but not necessarily in that order.  My experiences to date outside of YouTube have been less than stellar. I’m hoping I find that the developers have evolved and the cost has come down to make the process of broadcasting more accessible to busy entrepreneurs like me.

As in previous round-ups, this post will be updated periodically when I have something worthy to report.

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Roundup: File Sharing Services

by Brian

Have a need to send someone a large file (ie. video or audio) ? Gone are the days of burning to a CD or Flash drive… now you can send them an email link. There are quite a few of these sites now, so I thought I’d give a quick round up of the ones I’m familiar with:

I’ve used all three successfully.  YouSendIt seems to break on me more often than the others, but I am an avid user of Chrome, so that might be part of the problem.

Also, Google Docs is now offering a ‘shared folder’ feature which means you should be able to drop pretty much any file you want in to a folder and then share access to the person whom you want to receive the file.

Lastly, one of favorite web tools of all time is Smartsheet. While it isn’t free, it does have a very slick interface which does allow you to share large files (up to 250 MB) with anyone you want.

Please do everyone a favor and post a comment if I missed any!sig

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Round-up: Web conferencing tools

December 15, 2010

I recently began an effort to explore what new web conferencing tools existed, as I realize the landscape has evolved significantly since I began using GoToMeeting over 5 years ago. Keeping with the 50 Interviews model, I wanted to share what I learned, and ask that if you have anything to add to the topic, [...]

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Nothing left to lose

November 22, 2010

Imagine the one thing you cared about more than anything else in this world was taken from you.  Then see if fear still holds you back from taking chances that can make all the difference. Donna Visocky lost her daughter in a car crash when her daughter was only 21 years old. It was in [...]

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The crazier others think your idea is, the more you should seriously consider doing it!

October 28, 2010

“Entrepreneurs find uncommon answers to the common questions.”  This was one of my favorite quotes from the interviews I did with 50+ entrepreneurs – that quote in particular came from Michael Gerber. And I often site examples throughout the interviews I did where the founder of the company was originally called ‘crazy’ for thinking the [...]

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We die a little each time we compromise ourselves and put off those things we know in our heart we must do. – Christine Comaford

July 14, 2010

“If I died tomorrow I’d say I rocked it. At some point I finally realized that I am enough, I do enough and I have enough. I’ve gained the perspective from my hospice work that we don’t have long and there’s no point in putting things off. We die a little each time we compromise [...]

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Brian Ibbott of Coverville

May 10, 2010

The brief excerpt below is from the book; 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs Thriving in Uncertain Times. The award winning 300 page book includes exclusive interviews with over 50 successful entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. I had the pleasure of wrapping up my 50 interviews with Brian Ibbott of Coverville!  My friends Chad and Issac (the [...]

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Video: Pros & Cons of being a young entrepreneur

April 30, 2010
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5 Distinctions of Successful Entrepreneurs (Slidecast)

April 15, 2010

50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs thriving in uncertain times View more presentations from Brian Schwartz.

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“The water may be rough for a time, but it’s up to you if you sink or swim” – Bill Hibbler, Affiliate University

April 10, 2010

The brief excerpt below is from the book; 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs Thriving in Uncertain Times. The award winning 300 page book includes exclusive interviews with over 50 successful entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. BACKGROUND Bill Hibbler is one of the early pioneers of internet marketing. He is the owner of Gigtime Media and a [...]

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