Re:How to do a great product promo video for less than $200
by JoshTriplett on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @05:15PM
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> Just wanted to clarify something about YouTube: ads do not run before, during, or after if you don't allow them. Ads will only run if a video is "monetized," which is a setting that the uploader controls.
Not entirely true; by uploading to YouTube, you run the risk of a content provider claiming that your video contains their content, which will allow them to run ads on your video involuntarily. If your promotional video includes music (even if you have a license to that music), this seems quite likely.
Re:How to do a great product promo video for less than $200
by JoshLedgard on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @12:35PM
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And to repost my reply... Thanks for the comment. We love posting things that we've learned that could help out our customers.
The thing I couldn't figure out with Youtube was how to stop the post-roll "ads" for "related videos" that took the user out of our context.
And, no, removing it from the public index didn't effect the post-roll recommendations.
Re:How to do a great product promo video for less than $200
by jldteixeira on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @12:56PM
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To remove the related videos from the end of your youtube embed just add "&rel=0" to the iframe url.
Re:How to do a great product promo video for less than $200
by JoshLedgard on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @12:59PM
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Thanks for the tip. We still like the stats and stuff we get from Vimeo... but if that really works other people could save more $$.
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Hey Scott,
Simple video and it works - definitely better than many other product promo videos I've seen in my time (as a videographer.)
Just wanted to clarify something about YouTube: ads do not run before, during, or after if you don't allow them. Ads will only run if a video is "monetized," which is a setting that the uploader controls. In addition, I believe embedded content (such as the video embedded in this post) does not have advertisements running ever, but I could be wrong on this point.
That said, both Vimeo and YouTube are great video hosts. I tend to prefer YouTube (if absolutely everything inside your video is original) because it makes the video far more accessible and has a greater chance of being discovered by your desired audience. Vimeo's real advantage is its video page presentation and better compression, at least in my opinion.
Thanks for sharing VoiceBunny! I had no idea this existed, and will make my life easier.