9 May, 2010  |  Written by McNicoll  |  under Networking, Social Networking, YouTube
Thanks to the use of social media giant YouTube, even former students at small colleges like Grove City are able to keep in contact with their friends.  For example, alumni of the Omicron Xi fraternity can check out what their active fraternity brothers have been up to…
8 Mar, 2010  |  Written by McNicoll  |  under Misc., Social Networking, Web Tools, YouTube
I was never much of a youtube user until I came to college. Now it seems like friends of mine put stuff up there and send me links all the time. It’s incredibly fun to be able to do this – and is also ridiculously easy. Below is a particularly fine example. [...]
6 Mar, 2010  |  Written by dgumz  |  under YouTube
VEVO is one of the best additions to the internet in the past year. it is owned by Sony Corp.  and hosted by Youtube.  It post’s music videos from three of the four big labels.  Universal, Sony and EMI. Vevo however is not available to users in all countries. Vevo also lets you create playlists.  similiar to grooveshark. check [...]
28 Feb, 2010  |  Written by Gray MacKenzie  |  under Advertising, YouTube
I think so…check out the video below and feel free to comment with thoughts.
Social media is the way to go these days if you want to reach a larger target market for less money, and who doesn’t want that?  Web features such as “Rate this product” and “Comment on this product” tell people a lot more about a product than a companies own biased ads, and people seem [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by fortierbe1  |  under Misc., YouTube
In April 2009 the New York Times reported that Google, which acquired YouTube for the large price-tag of $1.65 billion was struggling to make it profitable. A year later, Google has found at least one way to increase the sites popularity with marketers, most notably movie studios. Just today, AdAge reported that YouTube has, “morphed into [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by tealak1  |  under Misc., YouTube
Many people recently comment on the commercial potential and business opportunities provided by YouTube.  This is certainly true, and examples have been seen countless times.  But it also affords at a basic level the unique opportunity for someone to connect with potentially millions of other people and share something important, or convicting, or inspirational.  Obviously [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by DommyDukes  |  under YouTube
Collectively, our generation is easily addicted to notable people. Anyone with even a small amount of reputation is clung to by the masses like some sort of savior. People absolutely can’t get enough of celebrities and pop culture icons. But fifteen years ago, in order to achieve this level fame, you actually [...]
22 Feb, 2010  |  Written by cospitojm1  |  under YouTube
As we have been discovering, Youtube can be a very useful tool for businesses when it comes to marketing. With this in mind, are there any other business applications for Youtube? Sure it could provide a nice distraction for the bored office or cubicle worker, but that’s besides the point. Have you ever thought of [...]
21 Feb, 2010  |  Written by clarencebuckston  |  under YouTube
A couple days ago I was watching TV in the SAC when I saw a Toyota commercial that caught my eye.  Not going to bother going into detail about the subject matter of the commercial.  What caught my interest was the link they put up at the end of the commercial directing customers to a YouTube video. The [...]