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Aug
23
How to Suck More Viewers into Viewing More Videos with the Vimeo Projector
Filed Under Tools for Vloggers, Video Sharing Sites
Vimeo has just released a very nice new video tool that they call the “Projector.” It’s an embedding tool for a blog or MySpace. With the Projector, once a video has finished, the next video you have lined up will automatically begin to play.
That might catch a few extra views and gain some more fans. It somewhat mirrors what smart TV stations do - saving one last bit of the show you’re watching till the very end, and then immediately rolling into the beginning of the next show. Before you know it, you find you’re watching a show you hadn’t even planned on watching.
But the new tool isn’t just a device to “trick” the viewer. It’s also great for browsing.
The Projector allows the viewer to page through videos that you have selected to be seen (be they your own videos or your “subscription” to others’ videos). Here again, however, it’s a nice way to draw your viewers into more of your vlogs. Get thier attention with one video, and you may have them sticking around for a lot more.
A few other nice featurs including being able to watch your subscriptions in places like Netvibes, as well as being able to customize the video player’s colors.
You can check out the Projector in action below. Click “older” or “newer” to page through the selection.
(I have no idea what videos will be playing, by the way. I attempted to put the Vimeo Staff videos on here. And so who knows what they’ll show us.)
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You can check out the Projector on the Vimeo site here.