Posted on November 17th, 2009 in Business, Social Media | Comments Off
Last year I consulted with a local TV affiliate that wanted to build a localized social network. Part of the plan was to equip citizen journalists so that they could record and upload videos of news stories relevant to their town or county. We would have killed for the new YouTube Direct tool just launched by Google. Built from our APIs, this open source application lets media organizations enable customized versions of YouTube’s upload platform on their own websites. Users can upload videos directly into this application, which also enables the hosting organization to easily review video submissions and select the best ones to broadcast on-air and on their websites. As always, these videos also live on YouTube, so users can reach their own audience while also getting broader exposure and editorial validation for the videos they create. Of course, this is not just limited to news organizations. Any business, blogger, or nonprofit that wants to solicit user-generated video is going to find a way to use YouTube Direct. In fact, Google reports that ABC News , the Huffington Post , NPR , Politico , the San Francisco Chronicle , the Washington Post and WHDH-TV/WLVI-TV in Boston are already using YouTube Direct. What you need to know: Built on the YouTube API, this 100% open-source solution provides you with an easily-integrated audience engagement platform for your website The customizable interface allows you to tailor the look and feel of the tool precisely to your audience Visitors can answer your call for content by uploading their videos to YouTube via your site without leaving the page A moderation panel enables your editors to review and approve/reject all submitted videos, deciding which ones meet your organization’s editorial criteria All videos approved by your editors include a link back to your site when viewed on YouTube You can also learn more from this YouTube video–how appropriate:
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YouTube Directs Citizen Journalists to Upload Videos to Your Site
Posted on November 11th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off
By POYZN of WamWan – Follow them @POYZN . There’s countless Twitter widgets, tools and sites out there to make your Twitter experience more enjoyable. But the following sites are the pick of the bunch chosen from those sneaky discreet third party text-ads on Twitter itself, placed on user profiles, displayed under the stats. Since Twitter is officially endorsing these third-party fansites for free, then they must have some user benefit, right? Well, the following five chosen are actually pretty fun and useful: We Follow – Directory of interesting Twitter accounts . This site is terrific for fishing out the Twitter users in your niche, or the ones which simply interest you. You can add your own Twitter account to the directory too so others can find you. All users are neatly categorized and tagged for you to choose from by; industry, niche and location. All the celebrity tweeters are listed there too. Happy stalking. Favstar – Fast way to discover people’s favorite tweets. Favstar lets you track what your friends, followers, and everyone else has labeled as ‘favorite’ on Twitter. Ofcourse, you can also know how many Twitter users have your tweets as their favorite. Depending on your findings, it’ll either boost your ego or deflate it. Be prepared for a reality shock. Twitter Counter – Fun way to explore your social graph . This is basically Feedburner in a Twitter costume. It lets you show off the number of Twitter followers you have. Which is useful for the braggers. For everyone else, it’s a great tool to explore your account’s statistics in terms of overall rank, followers, friends, updates, etc, all broken down in a neat graph. You can also compare your account to others too. For instance, you can compare yours to Ellen DeGeneres and Ashton Kutcher’s. Go ahead try it, aim for the stars. Hype Machine – Easy way to find Twitter’s most popular music . This clever little tool keeps track of what Twitter users write about in regard of music selection. It’s basically an interactive music chart of songs being posted on Twitter. It’s a great tool in a way which you are able to find out and listen to what your fellow tweeters enjoy music-wise. The only drawback is that you’ll soon discover so many of which have terrible taste in music. Trends Map – Simple way to pinpoint map of local trends . This tool is a real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the globe. It lets you see what the world is discussing right now on Twitter, and from which location the trend originated. It’s really neat. It’s Google Maps but Twitterized. You’ll particularly love this one if your Twitter trend obsession is few levels above the average Twitter addict. © 2008 TwiTip Twitter Tips . Twitter Approved – Five Fantastically Fun Fansites
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Twitter Approved – Five Fantastically Fun Fansites