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Today on Video Marketing Madness – Online Video Recap and Predictions.  Free report at http://videomarketingmadnessradio.com2016 Recap – Facebook has taken over live streaming. Mevo does Facebook live though a smartphone. 360 VR video.2017 predictions – Facebook Waiting Room, 360 will be better quality and massive growth – sports, weddings, etc. More third party widgets for Facebook Live. Periscope has opened up its API so growth for them. Instagram will grow with live video. YouTube live will add more interactivity and social media stuff. Cable and broadcasting will add more apps and Roku type stuff.Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/  Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness https://twitter.com/videomktmadness Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=VideoMktMadn

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Christmas Videos and other ideas.  Free report at http://videomarketingmadnessradio.comSendOutCards: https://www.sendoutcards.com/ Great way to send personalized cards and giftsJibJab video e cards: http://www.jibjab.com/holidaysThank You videosDeliver gifts packs personal to local clientsSendsations monthly receipt cards: http://www.sendsations.com/Your ebook or a Kindle bookVideo Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/  Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness https://twitter.com/videomktmadness Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=VideoMktMadness

Page creation tools. Check out the new InstaSuite: http://www.getinstasuite.com/  Lots of functionality and good mobile optimization. Sales pages, funnels, opt- in, membership site and help desk!  It’s SAS hosting so it’s fast and secure. You can integrate into your WP siteIgloo. Big update to come. Fun to use…e.g. they got animation. They do the hosting.LeadPages – expensive but they do a lot of testing and they do the hosting. Convertry. Very fast and easy to modify templates…but not a lot of features. Divi 3.0 from Elegant Themes is a great way to build full WP sites.Mindset Matters is “Miracle Morning” from Hal ElrodVideo Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/  Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness https://twitter.com/videomktmadness Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?a

Ends screens and annotations work within YouTube and end screens works on mobile. YouTube Live – need to create the live event then stream to it. Facebook like chat features coming to commenting. There’s a new interface for all the YouTube “stuff” in the channel area.Find us on Facebook and Twitter for plenty of useful tips. https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness https://twitter.com/videomktmadness

Advanced Facebook Video Techniques – You need a way to stream your desktop. OBS is free and open source at https://obsproject.com/ but it has limited production ability. Ninja trick – pre-record and produce a video and stream it “live” through OBS. Ray uses mimoLive https://boinx.com/mimolive/ $200 or so, but it’s Mac based. (A second hand late model Mac is not expensive.) It has TV news like control panel and does green screen. Mevo is a Facebook live camera that has TV studio control https://getmevo.com/ Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/ Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips. https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness or https://twitter.com/videomktmadness

Ninja Tricks for Pro Video Video camera. All are digital now. Your iPhone or Droid will work just fine Lightening – Trouble lights from Home Depot work and are about $30 each. Point lights at the ceiling to diffuse or get some Tough Spun from B & H Audio & Video Audio – Don’t use the built-in mic. Plug in a lapel mic. You may need an adapter for your smartphone. Rode mics come with the adapter built in. Stabilization – A $30 tripod from Best Buy will work. Some selfie sticks have a stabilization gimbal built in Editing. Lots of software out there from free to $100. Add music, graphics etc. iPhones and iPads have built- in editors Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/ Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips. https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness or https://twitter.com/videomktmadness

Using YouTube Ads.YouTube Ads are more effective than regular TV ads: captive audience and much less expensive ($3/m vs $25/m). And you only pay for the folks that are captive. What’s more, some YouTube videos get more views than TV showsTarget by video typeBuild a list by offering a free productSend view to a video for ranking purposes. Works great for local businessesGreat for affiliate marketers. Make an ad for a review video during launch weekCheck out Justin Sardi’s new course on YouTube Ads. It rocks. http://www.raysbonuses.com/video-ads-bonus/Mindset Matters – “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon HillVideo Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/  Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips. https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness or https://twitter.com/videomktmadness

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Automate YouTube.  Free report at http://videomarketingmadnessradio.comHow to Automate YouTube with these toolsvidIQ at http://vidiq.com Free version. It’s a Chrome plugin that lets you see tags, shares, view etc. Good for planning ads.TubeBuddy https://www.tubebuddy.com/ Free version and Chrome plugin. It adds youTube tools like shortcuts to functions and scheduling.Tube Traffic from Todd Gross and Cyril Gupta. http://www.raysbonuses.com/go/tube-traffic-bonus It’s a way to get more views and subs, contact channel owners, generate auto responses, etcMindset Matters is the Kindle book “Made to Stick” by Chip and Dan Heath.Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/  Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips. https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness or https://twitter.com/videomktmadness

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Marketing Tools you NEED! Free report at http://videomarketingmadnessradio.comWebsite landing page builders. Instabuilder 2.0 has lot of bells and whistles. Convertry is very fast as it’s not hosted on your server but has a connecting tool. Igloo is like Convertry but has more bells and whistles. LeadPages is offsite as well. Not as flexible but it’s a quick and easy way to build squeeze pages. It’s expensive.Countdown timers are good for conversions. Times Planet is good with lots of bells and whistles and not expensive. Convertry, Igloo and Instabuilder 2.0 come with countdown timers.Email marketing. AWeber and GetResponse. MailChimp is free to begin with but is strict. Mail It a WordPress plugin and you can send emails from your website server.Website video players. You can use the YouTube embed code. Simple Video Pro is a good WordPress plugin dedicated player and is very interactive.Delivery – Amazon S3 is good for hosting videos and files. SendOwl is very functionalAff

Ray has a new desktop app that will manage Instagram marketing. It includes posting and campaign management and releases on Fri 9/2. Look for it on our Facebook pageVideo Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/  Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips. https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness or https://twitter.com/videomktmadness Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=VideoMktMadness

Proper Equipment for Live Streaming. For your phone, get a selfie stick, tripod and decent mic. The smartphone headset mics are good. Steaming to YouTube and Facebook Live from your desktop: Logitech is the best webcam and Blue makes good USB mics. Streaming software: OSB is a good, free and open source and works as a mixer too. Wirecast is good but costs $300+. For Macs, “Memo from Boinx” is what Ray uses. Streaming pre-recorded videos to multiple Facebook pages – Synd XPoser Pro is great.Special note: Mevo Camera by Livestream is $399.00 and is controlled by your iPhone.New YouTube features. Here’s the story on the new YouTube TV app: https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/24/youtube-gets-a-new-tv-app/ Live Event – you’re going to need to attached an AdWords account and turn on monetization. Backstage is a new feature that allows creator and audience to better interact.Mindset Matters is the “Tony Robbins Podcast” with all sorts tips and trick from different guests.Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideo

Today on Video Marketing Madness – 5 Steps For Effective Thumbnail Design. Free report at http://videomarketingmadnessradio.com 1 Use good colors…brighter the better, but not garish. 2 Use a nice face image. People want to see a face and it should represent what’s in the video 3 Show action 4 Add text like a CTA, title or recap. Use a readable font. Condensed Helvetic Bold is good 5 Make sure it’s fully branded with colors, shapes and logo BTW – thumbnails need to be 1920x1080 Mindset Matters is Pat Flynn’s podcasts “Ask Pat” and “Internet Business Mastery” Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. http://freevideoeditor.co/ Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips. https://www.facebook.com/VideoMarketingMadness or https://twitter.com/videomktmadness

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Get Content for Your Videos Video: YouTube and Vimeo creative commons https://www.pexels.com and https://pixabay.com are Free https://videohive.net – Low cost, high quality http://www.istockphoto.com and http://www.gettyimages.com should be your last resort. Good stuff, but very expensive https://www.videoblocks.com - $99 a year with unlimited downloads. They have added some premium content that cost extra. Ray has specials from time to time Images: https://www.pexels.com and https://pixabay.com are Free https://photodune.net has lot of stuff for reasonable prices http://www.istockphoto.com and http://www.gettyimages.com should be your last resort. Good stuff, but very expensive Ray has specials from time to time Music: https://audiojungle.net – Best stuff at the best prices Ray has PLR specials from time to time Animation https://www.videoblocks.com - $99 a year with unlimited downloads. Lower thirds, buttons, etc. https://videohive.net/ has good stuff as well Mi

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Repurposing Video Content   Transcribe your videos and turn them into blog articles and ebooks. https://www.rev.com is a good source for transcriptions Chop up longer videos into shorter videos. Use http://downvids.net to download your Facebook and YouTube videos Upload recorded videos to Facebook Make memes from your videos Convert podcasts to videos Turn written content into a video. For instance, written FAQs in a website Turn training PowerPoints and Keynotes into videos   Mindset Matters is the book “Social Media: Dominating Strategies for Social Media Marketing with Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, and Instagram” It’s on Amazon. Great ideas on using social media.   Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips      

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Increasing Your FB Live Audience Facebook live video will be adding “waiting rooms’ so you can schedule live video events. Beyond that: · Be consistent. (e.g. do a live show every day at 2 pm) · Let your audience know in groups, pages and your profile. · Remember, most folks won’t join until you’ve been live for a minute or two because of the FB notification and many will see the video later. · Make sure you have a good title, description and category · Reply to comments both live and later · Pay attention to stats and adjust · Keep it short · Make the video exciting. Have fun · Add a Q & A · Know what you want to accomplish in advance · Boost with Facebook Ads. $5 a day for 2 or 3 days is good · Go live in more than one place. Live Leap will auto post the broadcast to your Twitter and Facebook pages, group and profile. Get it at http://www.raysbonuses.com/liveleap Mindset Matters. Netflix has the Tony Robbins documentary, “I am not Your Guru”. Video Marketing Madness made p

Today on Video Marketing Madness – All About 360 and VR Video To see what it looks like – make sure you have the Chrome browner. Open Chrome and go to YouTube and search on “360 video”. You also need the 360 VR headset. Google sells one called “Google Cardboard” and it’s $5.00. Amazon has a really nice one for $15.00. You can also check out 360 VR Video at Best Buy. There should be a display in the Samsung area. So why 360 VR? It’s predicted it will be an $80 billion industry. Video games, sporting events and real estate/home sales. Shooting 360 VR is easy. Simply set up the camera and let it go. Bes sure to get a camera that does around and top to bottom. Best Buy has a model for $400 but they are as cheap as $100. When editing, you’ll need decoding software Mindset Matters. Listen to the new “Tony Robbins Podcast”. Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Green Screen Set up is important. Use a decent green screen background. It doesn’t have to be expensive. Pops up like a disc or square. Thick fabric or paper. Pull down like the old classroom maps. Lights. Use florescent style. Two lights on the green screen and 3 point lighting on the subject. (key, fill and back). B&H has all this stuff. Make sure the subject steps away from the background. Then import into an editor that has green screening. Shotcut at FreeVideoEditor.co is free. Also there’s Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas, Camtasia, etc. There’s also green screening software to use for live apps like Facebook Live. Be sure the lighting is real good. Extra tip – Don’t wear green. Red, orange and white best. Blue is in the green spectrum, so be careful. Mindset Matters. Listen to podcasts that can help your business. Ray likes Tony Robbins, Internet Business Mastery and Pat Flynn Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on an

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Derral Eves on the Current & Future Trends of Video Marketing Facebook, Amazon, Twitch, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, periscope, etc. There are unique marketing opps for each. Interactive will be big. Facebook live video will be huge. Look for V.R. on YouTube. Find out more by going to VidSummit 2016 Oct 19-22 in Los Angeles. Register at VidSummit.com Download last year’s VidSummit for FREE - 34 hours of mind blowing stuff FREE!!! Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips.

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Create Testimonial Videos Have the customer state a problem and why it was a big deal (e.g. leaky pipe – water all over) What they did to solve the problem (Call Joe the Plumber) How life is different? (pipe fixed…no more wet carpets) This works for offline businesses and for your business. “Mindset Matters” is Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty of useful tips.

The last few weeks, Ray has done lots of live product demos using the Facebook live desktop app and he’s made a lot of sales. He’s able to send the ready-made audience to bonus and sales pages and get lots of views, comments and sales. The desktop app provides a lot of function and production tools you can’t get with the mobile app.Here’s how you can do this:-    Go to FBLiveWire.com to get Ray’s course. It’ll teach you everything you need to know-    LaunchFBLive.com will allow you to go live not only on your profile, but Facebook pages and groups as well. It’s free-    Remember- you need OBS Studio to begin with. It’s a free open source streaming software. “Mindset Matters” is a book on how  to do formal pitches in a board room. “Pitch Anything” by Oren Klaff available on Amazon or Audible.Video Marketing Madness made possible by FreeVideoEditor.co. It’s FREE and works on any platform and is very functional. Be sure to "Like" the Video Marketing Madness Facebook page and follow us on Twitter to get plenty o