Here are a few QuickLinks to get your shortened week off to a quick start! The Secret of Web Success - Seth Godin reminds us of the virtue that the unsuccessful rarely practice (patience) and why being patient (and dilligent too) is the right path to success. A good lesson for us all to remember when our video campaigns fall flat, or our blog posts fail to bring hordes of readers. A little moxie goes a long way! Making Viral Video Work - John Jantsch highlights the recent series of viral videos for OfficeMax (Penny Pranks). Why Share on YouTube? - Cam Beck raises a lot of questions by posting one video. It's not even his video, but it is a great video. Get's me wondering: how can we use other people's videos for the benefit of our audience? Be a Better Interviewer - Chris Brogan examines interviewing tactics by looking at media heavyweights. We can all certainly learn something from them and from his analysis. Screen Casts Rock - Here's who's rocking them now -Read Write Web takes a look at a few freelance screen casting creators. Great post to get us all thinking about how we can be using this simple tool for ...

I watched a video marketing piece today that doesn't use a single frame of camera footage. And it reminded me of something I've wanted to stress: Videos don't have to actually contain video camera footage! With some creative use of visual effects and a music soundtrack, one can create a very professional and engaging video marketing piece that can generate results. This particular piece is launching a new book on internet marketing. Take a look. Notice. Not one single frame of camera footage. From the site Click Here to Order (a book of inspirational stories told by successful internet marketers).

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown Think you need a video camera to create a video? Think again! Animoto (celebrating their one year anniversary today) provides a quick and dead-simple way for anyone to create a video slide show, that, well, one would hesitate to label a slide show. Here's one I made in about ten minutes. Nothing fancy. All I did was upload a few photos, and Animoto did the rest. You get the idea just what might be possible here. Try it! See what Animoto can do for your old boring slide shows. Related articles by ZemantaAnimoto Emerges from Beta with 4M VideosHappy Birthday Animoto. You Guys Make Me HappyAnimoto Edits Your Crappy "Lost" Tribute Videos So You Don't Have To [An Objects Of Affection Special Report]

The phone rings. It's a customer. She has a question. A minute goes by. The customer tries to explain her problem. Another minute passes. You're staring at your pile of work to do for the day, wondering how long this is going to take, wishing you could just get back to doing what needs to get done. Shazam! Finally, you understand the question! You respond, trying to help her visualize the solution to her problem. Another four minutes pass while you're struggling to help her understand. Hooray! It seems she is on board, "So if I do such and such, it should solve my problem?" "Yes!" you say. "Great! Thank you for your help!" And.... finally... you're off the phone. You look at the clock. Ten minutes have disappeared. Whew! Back to the pile of work on your desk. Then, the phone rings again. Sound familiar? Here are three ways you can use video to automate time consuming processes in your business and save valuable time: Video FAQ: Create a video library of solutions to frequently asked questions and place them on your web site. When a customer has a question, they will often look to your web site first, and only when reaching a dead-end will they pick up the phone. Video training: Every time you ...

It seems every day there is a new video hosting site, video blog, video social network, or cool video tool popping up on the web. It's tough to keep up! So, to help you (and me) I thought it would be nice to put together a list of some great video sites that I find useful. Here are 20 of my favorite video sites. (Know of others? Please post them in the comments!) Viddler - publish and watch videos. Great inline commenting feature! Blip.tv - Publish your video blogs. Very nice simple player interface. Veoh - video publishing, TV shows, and more! Kickapps - Create your own online community. Great tools for sharing video, blogs, photos, audio, a forum, and more. Ning - Create your own social network using video and more! ooVoo - Video conferencing for up to six people. Skype - Video chat for free with anyone, anywhere. Seesmic - newly launched video commenting system would make a great addition to blogs. Revver - Publish your videos, and collect a share of the advertising revenue. Metacafe - Video entertainment site. Loads of stuff. Tube Mogul - Upload your video once, add meta data and tags... and publish to multiple sites automatically. Plus great tracking tools! Screen Flow - Record your ...