It seems that YouTube gets overlooked as a social network despite the fact that it's the most popular of the video-sharing sites (Vimeo is second). In fact, 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, but not enough of it is from marketers. YouTube, like Google, has tons of free information to help your company succeed at online video. In fact, YouTube gives marketers everything they need to succeed as video creators. The good news is that YouTube is constantly making changes to make the service better.
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