Compelling Media + Design

The ActiveRain Video Contest closed with a flurry of activity yesterday... check out all the videos tagged ActiveRain video contest 2008 here.YouTube was the most popular video player used by the entrants - though most of the sharing sites got in on the action including Vimeo, Veoh, and Brightcov...

   Real Agent Blogs - Connect With Clients from Jason Todd, Real Agent Blogs on Vimeo.   My name is Jason Todd. I build personal, branded blogs for real estate agents to connect with their clients - wherever they are - from Alaska to Wyoming.I also do community slideshows and videos. I hope you e...

It must be Video Week on ActiveRain. A post about branding your online video channels... then a post about setting up your YouTube profile and one for customizing your YouTube channel design.And tomorrow is the AR Video Contest deadline. And this post is about Vimeo, which is great for sharing yo...

In my last post  -  Branding Your YouTube Channel: Part 1 -  we went through the steps to setting up your new YouTube Directors Channel. Now you're ready to start branding your channel. Once you've logged into the site, click the Account link at the top of the page. You'll be taken to your accoun...

With the ActiveRain video contest just a few days away, there's bound to be quite a few more real estate themed videos floating around the internet just waiting to be viewed.Besides posting your creation here on AR, what do you with this video now that's made?Start distributing! You're multimedia...

A recent post on the Advertising Age blog caught my eye: "Marketers Struggle to Get a Firm Grip on Social Media".As a marketer and someone who helps others market themselves and their business, this piqued my interest. And who among us isn't overwhelemed (at least partially) by all the social net...

Cell phones are a communication and organization tool that most real estate professionals probably wouldn't (or couldn't) want to live without. The mobile world just wouldn't be so mobile without them. But as these devices become more and more sophisticated -- they're smart phones now, ya' know -...

365 days, 365 photographers.Featuring this photo taken by Jeff Turner of Joel Burslem of the FoREM blog... Look for August 1st, but don't blink!  Music by His Boy Elroy.Photos by the Flickr Community.Arrangement by Compelling.Full credits and attribution here.Watch Flickr Calendr 2007 on YouTubeV...

According to Wikipedia, there are a lot of search engines. I stopped counting at 100. With all the search engines on the internet, you'd think the market share would be more fragmented than it actually is. But month after month, the top three search destinations are consistently Google, Yahoo! an...

This post is dedicated to the environment - and Blog Action Day.As real estate professionals, you're often in the public eye - meeting with clients, at open houses, recognized through your advertising or networking, etc.These are great things for your business... so why not use this exposure to s...