I recently spent a nice evening at a friend’s house as he showed me his favorite YouTube videos (including the Nike soccer video ) on a giant high-definition TV.  started thinking about how much YouTube has changed and the implications for marketing. Our beloved YouTube turned five years old last week now hosts an incredible 2 billion page views per day (third largest website) and 24 hours of new content is uploaded every minute. YouTube is becoming mainstream entertainment. YouTube is still a high-potential, low-cost marketing opportunity. Digg this! MORE >>

That’s why YouTube is an obsession: it’s all about “how you do it” or “how you did it.” Why is your advice any better than anything my interns or my nieces and nephews can come up with as digital natives and Facebook, Instagram , Vine, Twitter , and Pinterest perma-squaters, residents, social network condo-owners. Blogging Content Marketing Internet Marketing Social Media Marketing Case study corbis Dave Eggers Facebook instagram muse pinterest twitter YouTubePeople are obsessed with process. What Was Our Solution? My attention? MORE >>

Here are social platforms to consider: Twitter StumbleUpon Digg Slideshare YouTube Facebook LinkedIn Although Facebook and LinkedIn may be core to your long-term inbound marketing program, you cannot emulate organic social media sharing with paid programs on these sites nearly as well. In contrast, Twitter, StumbleUpon and Digg indicate a listing is sponsored, but otherwise include it in the interface like other content. Including your blog feed or twitter stream will give you an immediate content-focused traffic boost. Traditional B2B marketers face a challenge. MORE >>

Twitter’s new Vine has some social media and marketing experts tumbling with excitement. Welcome to Twitter’s visual challenge. Twitter acted quickly, blocking the #porn hashtag and raising the minimum age to 17. Unlike Twitter, Vine videos aren’t accessible from its website, though several websites that aggregate them have already appeared. Vine does offer the capability to share videos to Facebook and Twitter and to embed them on a blog or website. If Handley and others are right, what makes Vine better than your typical YouTube video for marketing? MORE >>

The content can be created by you as you build out your social media and social network empire: Twitter , Facebook Pages, Google+ Business Pages, Pinterest , Tumblr, About.me, LinkedIn, Blogger, TypePad , WordPress.com, YouTube , Slideshare, or your own blog. Blogging Client Relations Community Manager Online Reputation Online Reputation Management ORM Reputation Management Social Media Marketing Facebook Google linkedin orm picasso reputation management reputation.com twitter TypePad YouTubeAnd for some, it is. What are on them? Are they about you? Related articles. MORE >>