Last Friday I got a nasty gram from a big name Internet Guru who proceeded to argue, via a letter on why I shouldn’t embed YouTube Videos on my websites.  Allow me to entertain you with some of his comments.  “A real internet Marketer would never use YouTube to host their videos.  YouTube’s purpose is to entertain the masses and any marketer who is serious about their business knows this.  If your serious you should consider Amazon’s S3 system.”

First off, I’m a nobody.  I only have 4 readers two of which are my parents.  Second – I chose YouTube because of the 21.4 million iphones that are currently being used; that’s only the phone and not the itouch.  Iphone users can see my videos remotely at anytime right on their phones. Third – I use Amazon to host my videos that I don’t want the world to see.  Most of those videos sit in my members area and I have some secret files with some naughty time with the Mrs.  (I’m kidding……mom)

When I first started using video, I was concerned about branding but I soon learned that the numbers made YouTube a smart choice because of it’s mobile function. 

Today I shoot most of my video with my Flip Mino HD, edit in iMovie and then send it up to youtube.  iMovie’s a lot easier to work with than Final Cut Express 4.0 when it comes to footage shot on the flip.  FCE requires a lot of rendering when it comes to the MP4 format.  iMovie allows me to increase the sometimes soft audio from a Flip video up to 200 X’s.

Here is my Puppy on YouTube

A Big Darn Water Slide

These all videos have been seen on the web and on mobile devices

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