There are several video platforms available and the one we will focus on today is Vimeo.

Vimeo is a place that you can upload your videos for others to view.  Many times if you leave your videos on your hard drive it may slow down the working functions of your computer.  If you have a website that is self-hosted many times you will not have enough storage space for your videos, so platforms such as Vimeo are available.

Vimeo provides a free service to upload your videos for personal use.  If you plan to use your videos for commercial purposes or sales, you must read the fine print since it is frowned upon.

Vimeo has an online community that you are invited to join when you sign up to use the services of this platform.  The community is a great way to meet other people with similar interests and view other videos.  Joining the community is also another way to promote the videos you may upload to this platform.

Vimeo also provides the option to embed your video to your site or other platforms. The free version of Vimeo allows you to change the size and color of the embedded frame.  There is an option called Vimeo Plus that you can choose that will allow you to have complete control of the embedding options.

Vimeo is a great option for those interested in simply embedding videos to sites or blogs.  The community although small, seems to be growing.  Next time we will discuss another video platform available for your videos.

With the new wave of video equipment those just starting out may have issues with conversion.  You may have had a program on your old computer and now can’t seem to locate.  Or perhaps you are at a loss on converting your videos.  Well, there’s no need to worry.  I want to share a great site that will convert any of your videos into a format you can use for your iPod, or for a DVD or any format you desire.

I want to share a great site that offers the service of converting your videos to the format you require.  The site I am referring to is called Hey!Watch .  This service allows you to import files to their site in several ways.  It allows you to upload from your hard drive or as easy as adding the URL from a video on YouTube or other online video services.  If you use Firefox, this company has developed an easy plugin to import a video from a previously viewed website to the service very easily.

Once the videos are uploaded to this system you have the ability to convert the video to whatever format you need at the time.  Never again will you worry about how to convert your videos or lose your mind trying to figure it out.  The Hey!Watch service, takes all the headaches out of conversion and makes it easy for you, the way it should be.  If you desire an RSS feed, this service can do that as well.  With the RSS feed, the videos can be added to your iTunes feed and the videos can be viewed  on your iPod.  The possibilities seem endless and pain-free.

Next time you are having issues with the formatting of your videos, try Hey!Watch .