Unruly has unveiled something they call the "Social Diffusion Curve," which shows the life of a video measured through its shares.

Ooyala just released their Global Video Index for 2012. No surprise here, video is being watched more and more at crazier and crazier rates, and over a wide range of devices.

November was a dangerous month on the Unruly Global Ads Chart . Snowmen risked life and limb on dangerous quests, extreme sportsmen threw themselves in harm’s way and a gang of cartoon critters were horrifically mangled as a warning to others. Online audiences are most likely to share videos which put a smile on their face and spring in their step.

This month’s video ads chart, from Unruly Media , should come with a health warning. Daredevils skydiving from space, headless magicians, and crumbling elevator floors – October was not a month for the faint of heart. Recent research has found that the secret to social video success is creating content that elicits the strongest emotions from its viewers

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Brendan Gahan , Director of Social Media at Mekanism , a digital ad agency that works with brands to tell stories with their video ad campaigns.

I know, the word branding brings to mind red hot steel and the smell of burning cowhide, but I assure you, the branding of online video is, generally, less painful or gross smelling. This type of branding can help you make that original web series you have been writing. Branding Original Web Series Now, to some, it might sound like selling out, while to others it sounds like the economics of business

It's Bastille Days here in Milwaukee, celebrating the beginning of the French Revolution, an event which my family was on the wrong side of back then (yeah, I'm a blue blood, doesn't it show?). But the rest of the country is simply carrying on with normal operations and excessive watering to fight off massive drought conditions (even in like 30% of Wisconsin actually).

July has been a treasure trove of brands using video in great ways to promote their business.

That’s according to fascinating new research carried

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