Vimeo a community for artists by artists

Vimeo is a community created for artists by artists. Enabling like minded people to share their creative juices in a cool and interactive way.

New users can chose from two account types, one that costs and one that is free. You can easily link up your Vimeo account to your Facebook account. Making the site user friendly and exciting all at the same time!

It's bright, friendly and the opening page lays it all out with Quality, Community and Plus tabs front and centre. Right away the creators invite you to take a look into their world. With tabs titled "Videos we like", "Explore" and "Right now" even your average Internet surfer will find something on here to peak their interest.

The Usability of this site, as outlined above is simple and direct. There are features that you would want to use right away that you cant find or learn about through a simple click from the homepage.

Particularly useful is the "Explore" tab. Click on it and you will see all the different communities that exist. Making reaching your target audience easier to reach. Generally they are all in the same place!! Alma won a bunch of awards and I didn't know about it before I clicked on the art link.

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

As a sharing site Vimeo increases the visibility of many different groups. There are 'communities' for artists, not for profits and on and on. Its application for business and entertainment. Use it to launch a new artist or search for new talent!!

This is a global community dedicated to sharing, though not necessarily a game changer Vimeo does provide a forum, similar to youtube in its sharing capacity but dissimilar in the content and overall goal of the people involved.

Now that you have a better understanding of Vimeo's Usability and Utility to go Jordana's Blog to see her critique of the Community itself. After all, sites like this are built on their community and can only survive if they are able to maintain a viable user base.

SlideShare How To

Social Media has earned itself an image that is not entirely fair. It is not just for the drunk and stupid, the procrastinators and the social butterflies. Social Media serves a much larger market , all you have to do it take a look.

Programs like SlideShare exist for the 'unseen' market. They are a tool for corporations to reach their audiences as well as their employees. No longer is being ‘sick’ a valid excuse for missing a meeting.

By uploading a PowerPoint presentation onto any host sites, you can share publically and reach millions or share privately on intranets with colleagues and clients. Even download the presentation right onto your computer. It is even applicable as a promotional tool for events. With 23mn monthly visits and 60mn monthly page views the founders of this San Francisco and Deli based operation are make an impact on Social Media.

Check out Jens Blog for the environmental application for an example of how it enables you to grow your personal network and reach a target audience and Aasana's Blog for some more info on SlideShare.

SlideShare is an easy and effective tool to reach the masses, from their own computers.

Check out this SlideShare about Social Media and Economic Developers!

Eight Things Economic Developers Should be Doing with Social Media

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As you can see, SlideShare has use in many different fields. And in case you weren't sure just how to it. Here is a great How To video. Enjoy!!