In this week’s Creator’s Tip video, we talk to Nathan Engels, the creator of www.WeUseCoupons.com and contributor to

Online video and its providers have definitely made their presence known to the television industry, and we’ve seen several shows from YouTube and/or Revision3 get picked up by cable channels for TV distribution.

A few weeks ago, I noticed a drastic change in Google’s video index that’s something many people have been asking for and has some pretty interesting ramifications.

I saw a story coming out of SXSW over the weekend that featured Jeremy Sanchez of Global Strategies and Robert John Davies of Ogilvy, who ran a panel explaining that businesses looking to get into video shouldn’t be aiming to become a viral sensation.

As many of you probably know, I do work a lot with video SEO in my consulting and speaking engagements as well as on my own for fun. I have the pleasure of seeing first-hand how understandably excited a publisher gets once their video content becomes indexed by Google

The ability to upload a custom thumbnail image for your videos is a feature limited only to YouTube Partners. However, this little YouTube hack will show you how you can get your own custom thumbnail for your video even if you are not a partner. Be warned that this video is for informational purposes only.

A few months ago we brought you a 9-part series on social video marketing called The Social Video Blueprint. It was intended to serve as an outline of sorts, for companies and brands (and individual creators) seeking to ignite their video marketing with a social kick

I video-interviewed Erik Qualman at the Chicago House of Blues for the launch of his new book, " Digital Leader: 5 Simple Steps to Success and Influence ".

In the spirit of good-natured ribbing and constructive criticism, we asked you to help us find the very worst business videos of 2011 for our first-ever Sucky Video Awards (The Suckies) . And you responded with some fantastic examples of video marketing gone wrong.

Your channel page on YouTube is where you can brand your videos through attractive packaging.