TubeMogul is a free service that provides a single point website that allows you to deploy and upload your video to some of the top video sharing websites. It also includes some useful analytics that provide with information and view data for the video. The analytics tools can be useful for marketing purposes as you can see how people reach your video and where your video gets the most traffic. I learned about TubeMogul at a session during the Search Engine Strategies Conference 2008. A couple of the Panelists recommended this site for the ease of uploading your video onto different websites from one single point and the tools provided can be effective in enhancing the search engine optimization of your videos.
Docstoc is a website that allows you to share your documents online either publicly or privately. When you upload documents, you can see who views and downloads your documents and choose different access settings for your documents. Docstoc can also be a useful place to search for legal, business, technology, educational, or creative documents. Docstoc also has APIs and widgets that allow you to share your documents on the web by embedding them into your website or blog.
The company is based in Beverly Hills, CA and has venture capital from Rustic Canyon with funding by co-founders/investors in MySpace, LowerMyBills, Mp3.com, Pricegrabber, and Baidu.
Here is a great demo that not just incorporates a product demo but is also funny with sort of a elevator pitch/presentation video by my buddy Ryan Hupfer. By adding a toolbar plugin to your browser, Photocrank allows you to add captions and pictures on top of photographs on the internet which it refers to as "cranking" a photo. There is also a widget that can be added to any website or blog that allows your readers to add text or graphics to any pictures on your website. The product demo can be interesting to watch and you may either think its funny or find it stupid and annoying.
There is yet another web 2.0 website that uses merges nternet browsing with a social aspect. Kiobo helps you discover new websites using you and your friends' browsing habits. It allows you to see what your friends are browsing and also discover new websites and other people with similar interests. I like how it uses a visualization and icons to display other people and what they are browsing. It is pretty neat just to look at the visual display as people move onto other websites, you can see their icons move to the corresponding tag icon.
GoAnimate is a website that allows you to create your own animation video clip. Creating your own clip is super easy and the user interface is easy to navigate around. I made the clip below in less than 5 minutes.
The module is based on themes such as characters, speech bubbles, backgrounds, props, and special effects. You can also use your own images , voices, and sound.
There are even contests that allow you to win cash prizes. The product is pretty neat but it is hard to say whether the creators will be able to profit from this.
