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Screen Cast Using UIImagePickerController in MonoTouch

by martin bowling 30. October 2009 08:54

The UIImagePickerController is a must for creating iPhone apps, everyone loves taking pictures and sharing them with their friends :). The UIImagePickerController is the ViewController responsible for allowing the user to either Take a Photo or to Choose a Photo from their Photo Library. And utilizing it in your code is extremely easy. I have created a short screencast showing you the basics of implementing the UIImagePickerController in MonoTouch. Note at 14 minutes in or so I sausage fingered Window.AddSubview and called it Window.AddSubView and took me a minute to figure it out :)



Hope you enjoyed the screen cast here's the code for the project I created.

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Just Plain Fun | MISC | Video

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Online Reputation Management Using VSEO

by Ryan Sammy 5. September 2009 06:52
Building your business on the internet is all about visibility, and by that, it means good visibility. Nothing can damage your business on the internet more than bad reputation for your company, brands, personnel, and products. Bad reputation can floor your business. It could spiral your case downwards, and before you know it, you are out of the game much earlier than you thought. Getting the right reputation on the internet for your company is as important as getting top billings on the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). One in three companies is oblivious to the effects of a bad reputation to their business. The strategy—a flawed one at that—seems to be that of only trying for the highest rankings in the search results, and to forget doing anything further to make the top rankings work favorably for you. Monitoring the reputation of your company on the internet is very important for your company to grow in terms of brand image, or to maintain the level of reputation you’ve built over the years. Top rankings in the search pages are what good Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can help you achieve, but good SEO should also include ways to make the top ranking deliver more business for you. Remember, your company or business can be displayed on the top of the search results for all the wrong reasons, too. And once you get the top billings for lousy reputation, rest assured, your business is on the fast track to insolvency. Video Search Engine Optimization (VSEO) can enhance your reputation on the internet faster than conventional methods. If the reputation of your company has been affected by bad SEO, or by the sleazy campaigns of your competitors, using VSEO to correct the wrongs can be done faster and with more purpose. Experts and leaders of the SEO industry have been harping on the importance of video in SEO, and they are absolutely right when they say VSEO is the best way forward to enhance one’s reputation, or to correct damaged reputation. Why is Video so important in reputation management and brand management in SEO, and how can you use video clips to augment your company’s reputation to increase business? Consider the following pointers to understand the necessity of using videos optimally, and to realize why your company has to be placed on the top of the search pages with information that can enhance your reputation and business.
  • Videos are given more importance in SERPs. Videos have more visibility on the search results pages as they have a more prominent display with icons attached to them.
  • Videos have more probabilities of being visible, simply because there are high numbers of searches done on the internet for videos. So, if your company has an optimized video clip with correct info on your company, or if the videos can link the information seeker to you by providing relevant information to the seeker, the chances are high for your reputation and business to climb steeply. Here it is not only the SERPs that have to be taken into consideration; use videos on sites where you think your target customers or peers, frequent. You can use videos to enhance your reputation using simple VSEO tricks targeted at social networking sites.
  • Since most searches for videos on the internet are from the younger crowd, the chances of information being relayed is all the more higher as research has proven that younger people tend to pass on information faster than the older ones.
  • Visual media remain in the memory longer than simple text. Use videos to send messages to your customers that will remain in their memories longer. The longer you remain in their memories, the higher your chances of getting their business.
So, you can see that how VSEO can work wonders for your company by getting you the right visibility that will enhance reputation, brand image and business of your company by being more visible, and longer lasting in the memories of your target customers. Having said that, it is not as easy as it sounds, and you cannot just have some video clips made that dish out positive information of your company, and just go on placing them on all the sites you think your customers haunt. There are essential parameters that have to be adhered to, and some basic rules for getting your videos higher rankings as well as to make precise brand/reputation management on the internet.
  • Make a conscious and detailed plan. Remember that the searchers are looking for information that is useful to them, and ones that don’t harm their eyes or distort their senses. Don’t make home videos that are fuzzy and blurry with bad audio. Use good equipment to make clear pictures with a clear audio track. Your videos should please the viewer not disgust them.
  • Place the videos in social networking sites, and anywhere you think your target customers frequent. Don’t ignore the free sites. Place them on free sites where you think the information will be relayed. Remember, videos are viral.
  • Optimize your videos. Create them in such a way that they get the top billings on the SERPs by providing relevant info. Make sure to include material that will enhance brand image and reputation of your company. Furnishing contact information of your company or personnel is a good way to accelerate the process. Make the videos to be your brand. Let one brand work for the other.
  • The most important part—Hire a good SEO company that knows the importance of VSEO and Social Networking Sites. Take professional help from them to build, monitor, and enhance your reputation on the internet.
Make the move today. If you don’t act fast, somebody else is going to take your place. Good reputation for your competition might not be as harmful as a bad reputation for you, but the question is—are you willing to let your competition take the first step in building reputations on the internet? You might want to enlist the help of a video production company 

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Reputation Management | Search Engine Optimization | Video

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