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Share Your Video

Your video is now online for the world to see. What about your friends? This tutorial will help you share your videos with your friends and social networks.

You video now has a home (it is HOSTED) on YouTube or another video site. With just a few clicks you can easily share your video bye embedding it on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Muxlim and more!

1. Sharing video on your blog.

You set up a blog in Module 2. Now you can quickly and easily put your videos on your blog by following these steps from YouTube help.

  • Click on the video you want to embed (share). Copy the code from the "Embed" box on the video's YouTube page. You can find the "Embed" box in the "About This Video" box when you're watching the video. You can also get the code from the "Embed HTML" box on the "Edit Video" page if the video belongs to your YouTube account.
  • Login to your blog.
  • To embed a YouTube video within a blog post, first click "Edit HTML" from within the post editor. Next, paste the video's code into the body of your post. That's it!

This video from YouTube explains the process step-by-step, thanks to a funny lady in a YouTube t-shirt.

 

This video is embedded from YouTube, by the way!

Want a shortcut? You post any YouTube videos to your blog with just one click by following these steps, courtesy of YouTube help:

  • Click the "Share" button on the YouTube video's page you want to share.
  • Scroll down and click "Setup your blog for video posting."
  • Click "Add a Blog/Site"
  • Choose "Blogger" as your Blog Service and fill in your Google Account login information.
  • Choose which blogs you'd like to add to your YouTube account. You can choose more than one.
  • From now on, when you click "Share", you'll be given the option to post YouTube videos directly to your blogs!ur YouTube videos on your blog by linking it.

2. Share your video on Facebook

You can upload your videos to Facebook just like you did for YouTube. But it's easier to just embed your videos to your Facebook page with a few clicks.

  • On your profile page, your wall, a friend's wall, and many other places, look for Attach and Select the LINK icon. It looks like a piece of paper with a blue pin in it.
  • Copy and past the web address (NOT the embed code -- the web address will begin with http://www) of the video you want to share into the link box. 
  • Click ATTACH and your video should appear.
  • Click post and your video is shared!

Tip to Remember: Anywhere Facebook allows you to post a link, you can post your video. Explore all the many places you can post a video.

3. Post video on Twitter

If you tweet, you can let your friends and followers know about your new videos. You have two options:

  • Use YouTube Tweeter to post YouTube videos on your Twitter page.
  • Paste the web address (starts with http://) of your video on your tweet with a brief description of your video.

Did you know? You can post ALL of your YouTube videos automatically to Facebook, Twitter and your blog. It will take a few minutes to setup, but then life will be easy. This tutorial from YouTube will guide you along the way to AutoSharing.

You can post to many more sites than these. By embedding and posting links, you can get your video out there to be seen by your friends and social networks. Start sharing!

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