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We wish the entire Viddler Community a very happy and safe Halloween 2011! October was an exciting month at Viddler. We officially announced the closing of all new personal account sign ups. We also moved to our brand new beautiful office. As Viddler continues to grow, our community continues to produce some really awesome content. Here are some popular videos on Viddler in October.
Occupy Wall Street
iPhone 4S released:
Kindle Fire demo:
What we’re looking for:
Our successful growth requires the addition of a hard working, enthusiastic, sales person. You live and love the internet – especially video. You are driven for success and willing to work hard to achieve our and your goals. We hope you have a prior history of sales success reference-able,
What you’ll be doing:
It has been quite a while since I’ve graced the blog with my presence. Today, I sent out a newsletter to our Personal users that signed up prior to 2010. I’d like to share it with everyone else, so we’re all on the same page.
Discount offer omitted as it’s exclusive for those that received the email.
Howdy Viddlers,
Many of you are the reason Viddler has risen to where it is today. You are the ones that dedicated hours everyday creating videos, viewing and commenting on the videos of others, and participating in the many community adventures. There’s been countless smiles, tears, frolics, artworks, deep thoughts, kids, birthdays, unboxings, and marvelous accents.
Gosh, this is looking like one of those farewell letters you receive from a company that got acquired and then gathers dust (*ahem* Jaiku). This is certainly not the case.
It’s no secret that Viddler’s community of free users hasn’t been as active in the past couple of years. You guys and gals have grown up, changed hobbies, switched jobs, fallen in love, or just miss iJustine. That’s understandable, but we still love you, so we’re giving away a return trip to AUSTRALIA if you login and upload a video.
Okay, not really. Maybe one day. 
In all seriousness, we do love you, and we just want to let you know that we’ve decided to remove the option to sign up for a Personal/Free account. This will not affect any of you, but it will mean that new users will be required to sign up for a Pro, Business, or Enterprise account.
This decision was made because a good portion of new user sign-ups are spam or businesses wanting to trial our service without using the free business trial (which previously required a credit card, but now don’t).
Since this is a fairly significant change, there will be changes to the website which might confuse some of you who haven’t been back in a while. Rest assured, your videos, comments, tags, and more will stay intact.
If you have any questions or handy feedback, then you’re welcome to contact me via email, @viddler, or leaving a comment on this post.
I look forward to seeing you around Viddler, and the next time we meet in person.
Huge thanks and many hugs,
Derek Steen
Community Participant since 2007
Community Leader since 2008
P.s. This message was shown to several of our Personal users and they approved of its contents. I hope you all feel as accepting as they did.
Your ability to generate advertising revenue form your video content is one of the many important related services that Viddler offers. Viddler provides seamless solutions for you to generate revenue by integrating advertisements in your videos. Our Solutions Specialist, Darryl Rentz, will be leading a webex discussing Viddlers Ad-integration benefits and capabilities.
Learn about:
At the conclusion Darryl will answer some user submitted questions. Please send all questions to webex@viddler.com with the subject “Ad-Integration Questions” before October 26, 2011.
Registration Opens: October 17, 2011
Registration Closes: October 26, 2011
Webex Date: Thursday October 27, 2011 @ 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST
We will distribute a video recording of the webex to everyone who registers.
Space is limited so please register today to secure your spot!
Welcome to Viddler Academy! Viddler Academy is a web series that will help educate everyone on how to create better video content for your business. Our goal is to create a full guide for businesses to use as a resource when creating or starting to create video content. We will cover everything from the basics, equipment, tips and tricks, casting, lighting, video production techniques, and much much more! Check out episode 1 and please let us know what you think!
The entire Viddler HQ team is extremely excited to move into our new digs. We are staying in Bethlehem, PA but moving to a bigger space as our team continues to quickly grow. I recently went over to check on the progress of our new office and took some pictures to share with you all. As soon as we get settled we will shoot a video giving you all the full tour.
It is a very exciting time at Viddler as we continue to develop and upgrade our features and service. We continue working to provide all our Business clients with the best online video platform to help grow your brand.
RTMP Streaming is now in beta-testing phase and available to all our Business clients. RTMP, real time messaging protocol, is not to be confused with live streaming. RTMP streaming will allow your viewers the ability for smoother navigation within your videos and will also provide you with a higher level of security over the ownership of your video content. This is only for the flash player and not available on mobile devices.
Advantages
Disadvantages
If you are interested in becoming a beta-tester for RTMP Streaming or if you have any questions, please contact netsupport@viddler.com.
We’ve just wrapped up our Webex on Using the Viddler API – The Basics. Thanks to the 30 or so participants for taking time out of your busy day to learn more about what Viddler offers. We hope you found it useful and we look forward to what you build using our platform.
A few days ago we recorded the above video to give everyone an overview of what was shown in this Webex. So for those of you that couldn’t be part of today’s Webex, enjoy. This isn’t for advanced developers – it is really geared towards business owners and novices looking to find out what the Viddler API is capable of and – hopefully – spark your imagination and find a way to fit Viddler into your current applications.
We’re looking forward to doing many more of these so stay tuned and thank you for using Viddler.
What is your typical day?
I start each day by checking through email and Trac (our PM tool). I try to make sure that projects are on schedule and move things accordingly. After that I typically spend a lot of time interfacing with our designers, developers, and consumer facing teams to collect information to organize and plan future milestones.
Where are you from? Where did you attend college?
I currently live in Bethlehem, PA and attended Allentown Business School for Visual Communications.
When and why did you join Viddler?
I joined Viddler in the winter of 2011. I came to Viddler to experience a different side of business. To help and grow a business. I had a lot of experience working for large companies and really wanted a change of pace. Viddler was is a great fit for me. There are new challenges every day to overcome and the decisions you help make have a direct effect on the business.
What is your favorite experience at Viddler?
It’s on-going for me. I actually get the most satisfaction from solving problems and working with a great team of people for a common goal.
What kinds of hobbies and interests do you have outside of Viddler?
I enjoy spending most of my time with my family. They are what is important to me. Outside of my family I enjoy running, collecting vinyl and graffiti art.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Viddler Analytics Webex. I hope that you now have a greater understanding of Viddler’s Business Account features that allow you to track the performance of your videos and the benefits of understanding and interpreting your results to optimize your video production.
If you were not able to attend the webex, we have a live recording that will get you up to speed on all the Viddler Analytics features and help you understand the importance of analytics. If you have any questions please reach out to one of our Solutions Specialists at sales@viddler.com. Thanks and enjoy!
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