Before I go any further please say hello to the new Vlogging category here on IBB! I plan to do several videos and text posts related to video blogging yourself that way you guys can take advantage of the power behind it! I get hundreds of views on my videos so im someone with some experience to help you guys out! If you have a question just comment below or email me, I would be honored!

If you do any video blogging then you probably have heard and use www.viddler.com to host your high res videos. I still prefer viddler over YouTube because YouTube takes way to long to approve videos these days. Not only that but for me the market of viddler is more targeted for what I do.

With that said I watch a lot of vids on viddler myself and noticed some people had custom powered by viddler images on their videos. I wanted to do the same but I assumed this was only possible for partners of the viddler program.

After searching my viddler account I found where you can make this change. Before I go any further here is an image outlining what I am talking about when a user watches one of my videos.

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See that custom image on the lower right of my videos? This is very powerful for branding, think about it for a second and you will realize that anytime someone views my video they now know that its for Infected By Bugs.

That brings me to an interesting point, lets say you run 3 different blogs like I do, well I believe its not only important but imperative that you have multiple video accounts so you can separate your videos by site. If you haven’t done this do it now but if your like me then its already done and you can now have a custom powered-by image on your videos for each site making it that much more powerful!

The ability to do this on your account via viddler just makes me love them more and more, on sites like YouTube you have to already have it on the video and often times it can look nasty and pixelated!

Do you realize the power behind this? Its basically a goldmine to say the least and its time to cash in on it guys, I will talk more about it in the future but for now lets stay on topic to how to actually do it in viddler.

Step 1: OK so your sitting at the homepage of www.viddler.combut your logged in (good o’l cookies). Click on “settings” in the top right of the viddler page.

Step 2: Next you should have a row of tabs including one that says “Player Branding” across the top of the content where your videos normally appear?

Step 3: At the bottom of this player branding screen is the option to upload a new powered-by image. Viddler asks you to show support and add their powered-by viddler image but you don’t have to. Just note that when creating your image if you want to have transparent background like I have done then it needs to be a png with a transparent background (maybe I will create a video on doing that in photo shop sometime).

Step 4: Simply select your image and hit upload! (It will automatically update on all of your videos even the old ones which saves you time and money of going in and doing it by hand!).

Its pretty simple but well worth the time investment trust me!

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