Jul 19, 2010
How To Post A Video On YouTube. A Bossy Tutorial
As many of you know, Bossy is currently hosting a cloud giveaway on her blog. To enter to win this two-thousand dollar cloud, all you need to do is post a video on YouTube detailing what you could achieve with a better night’s sleep.
But sister mercy many of Bossy’s esteemed council are losing sleep because they’re all Video What Video How Do You Take A Video With No Video Camera And How Do You Post To YouTube And OhMyGah There Are Too Many Rules.
Here’s the thing. This is meant to be fun, and meant to give someone the chance to win something that will change your life. Bossy is aware not everyone has a video camera because Bossy doesn’t have a traditional video camera because the last video camera Bossy owned made her look as though she was recording footage for Action News:
These days, most computers contain some sort of webcam capabilities. Bossy shot this video using the camera in her laptop, which was propped on her bed. And many point-and-shoot digital cameras are equipped with the ability to shoot video. Bossy’s daughter shot this video of Bossy ice dancing with her mediocre digital camera. Not to mention the video capability of many smart phones.
But Bossy understands the grievance and financial implications — Bossy herself hosts a daily Poverty Party, where daily equals her last poverty post is covered in cobwebs — and Bossy understands many of you are not in possession of video technology. Which is why Bossy suggests reaching out to a neighbor, or a friend, or a friend of your cousin’s neighbor’s friend, because that would be more fun anyway!
Because, don’t forget, this isn’t Rocket Science.
And keep in mind the video needs to be kept under a minute — this isn’t War And Peace.
Assuming you can record a one-minute video in the next seven days, all you need to do is upload it to YouTube. Previously this was intimidating because YouTube was picky about what format the footage had to be in, but now posting something on YouTube is as easy as one, two, three (and maybe four and five.)
First you sign up for a YouTube account:
You’ll need to come up with a username and check for availability:
Then you’ll need to enter an email address and think of a password:
With your YouTube account all set up, all you need to do is upload your video. YouTube recognizes the following video formats: QuickTime .MOV, Windows .AVI, .MPG files, and way more. Bossy understands. She thinks all of those letters and dots and things are perplexing too, but chances are if you’re using current technology, it can be uploaded as is. Give it a try!
When you press that upload video button, it allows you to select your video from your computer’s files — or you can record your video at this stage using your computer’s built-in webcam option.
And then the only thing left to do is name your video and tag it — in the case of Bossy’s Cloud Giveaway, tag it with the following: Tempur-Pedic, TEMPUR-Cloud, Sleep, Mattress, Health.
If you’re still unclear, you can watch this How-To video created by YouTube.
Then, when everything is complete and your video is on YouTube, leave a comment on this Bossy post which includes a link to your YouTube video entry!
There aren’t that many entries, council, so, statistically speaking, your chances of winning are like one-dee-bazillion percent.
Go go go! Contest open through midnight this coming Sunday, July 25th.
Wow. I need Bossy to guide me thru ALL my scary technological conundrums!! Bossy should write a series of books titled “Bossy’s guide to the …..” THOSE, I would read.
fun? that is way too much work. even for the chance to sleep on a $2,000 cloud! good luck, bossy’s council.
i’m sitting on my video entry until there is more than one posted…i’m SHY!
But folks, at the risk of messing up my awesome odds to win the $2000 cloud…it really is easy!
Oh, to join bossy sleeping on her cloud. But what would your husband say?
While this is all very informative, I must inform you that you’re being eaten by a dinosaur cloud right this very moment. Run, Bossy, run!
Oh My…that really is a dinosaur cloud.
And speaking of dinosaurs, even I get this very informative tutorial.
Still and all, do you think Tempur-Pedic would go for something written on a stone tablet?
Did anybody watch mine? I recorded it with a Blackberry inside an SUV, in parking lot, waiting for my husband. I went home hooked my BB to computer with the cable the BB came with for synching & uploaded to youtube. Don’t let me win by default. At least challenge me.
Bossy, sounds like you are just about ready to fire your oh-so-un-tech-savvy council and hire a bunch of 17 year olds for a new council. They can sleep anywhere and wouldn’t want to own THAT kind of a cloud – so you still wouldn’t have bunches of splendid videos.
Somehow I can’t believe that the resemblance of that cloud to a T-Rex is accidental. Spooky, Bossy!
Bossy can ice-skate? No, me neither.
Do Tempur-Pedic deliver to the UK?
Gosh! Such a simple process I think it took your longest post ever, Bossy! Enjoy your yummy mattress, lucky council winner!
…….and might I add that if you don’t have any video capability nor any friends or family that like you enough to help you then that is pretty bad luck and life just isn’t fair……however, I am about as low tech as one can get and I can even handle it thanks to the tutorial……I’m just too lazy b/c I’m too tired (now that’s a catch 22!)
Right after I get done learning how to sharpen a pencil I’m going to do that video thing becuase I love these odds one-dee-bazillion.
It is fun! I love this stuff.
Dinosaurus Cloudius has Bossy!!!