I have found that some people cannot figure out how to remove a video from YouTube once it has been added. You might want to do this if the quality was not what you expected, if the video is no longer relevant or has been updated.
This is all you have to do
1. Go to YouTube
2. Sign in if you are not already
3. In the top right hand corner of the page you will see a menu item with the name of your account and an arrow to the left of it

4. Click the down arrow
5. Click “My Videos”
6. This brings you to the My Videos page
 
7. Check the box to the left of the videos you want to delete
8. Click the Delete button at the top

That’s all there is to it

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One of the needs we all face from time to time in the digital age is how to share a file. Often we use email to send files to friends and business associates. But this is not always the best route. In fact if your file is larger that a couple of megabytes there is a good chance that it may never make it to it's destination.

There are many solutions on the internet to help solve this problem. They come in many varieties. There are free and paid services. Some services allow a lot of storage or huge file sizes. Some that are best for sharing within your company.  Some that only become easy to use once you pay for the service. They each have their own way of doing things.

One service that we use often is Microsoft Live SkyDrive. It is part of the Microsoft Live system. It gives you 25 GB of storage but a maximunm file size of 50MB. The 50MB should be plenty for anything other than large video files. The 25GB total for all files is a lot that you will be hard pressed to use up.

Sharing files is simple use Microsoft Live SkyDrive and best of all the service is FREE. I love that word. I love the way it rolls off of my fingertips onto the keyboard ;-) If you have a Microsoft Live account it is also a great way to back up and/or share your Microsoft Office documents with friends and coworkers. You can even edit those documents online if you don't have access to the whole Office suite at your disposal.

I have created a short video that describes how to share files using SkyDrive. You can find it here http://www.nsage.com/Media_Player/VideoId/57/Sharing-Files-With-Microsoft-Live-SkyDrive.aspx . If you ever have the need to share files and don't like departing with your hard earned cash, this is well worth the 8 minutes of your time.

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Social Networking features seem to be all the rage these days. But how do you incorporate them into your business strategy?

The answers are probably more diverse than you would think. For one thing, Social Networks have done several things.

1. Social Networks have brought together people that had been separated by time and distance.
2. They have created simple ways for people to share their interests (Social, Recreation and Business).
3. They have created a new user experience. Not only have they brought people together, but they have helped to define a new User Interface (the way a user interacts with the computer). The most popular sites on the internet are not about great graphics, but about simple ways to get and share information.
4. They shown people both the advantages and disadvantages of joining a website
5. People have become accustom to "following" the activities of others.
6. These networks have created alternate ways for people to get updates about people, interests, products and services.

There are a number of ways that you can take advantage of the Social Networking Legacy in your business.

• Provide ways for people to share your site. Put links on every page that allows people that have come across your website to Like it or share it with their friends.
• Create other ways for people to follow you. At a minimum create Facebook and Twitter pages so people can follow you and then put links to those accounts on your main web site.
• When you add or update information on your main web site do the same on your Social Network accounts.
• Simplify your user interface. Heavy graphics or fancy Flash animations do nothing to drive traffic to your site,  create customers or retain them
• Create RSS feeds so people that come to your site have ways to follow your updates directly
• Create relationships with customers by giving them ways to join your website for support, special offers or community. 
• Add content to your site regularly. Give people a reason to follow your updates.

Using these and other techniques can have a significant effect on both driving traffic to your site and building customer relationships. For an example of how some of these features have been used, take a look at our portfolio here:  http://www.nsage.com/Portfolio.aspx

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A new version of Hotmail has just been released. This really looks good.

Here is a compasion of the new Hotmail to GMail: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-hotmail-challenges-gmail.html

I have also added a video about it in the media section: http://www.nsage.com/Media/Media_Player/VideoId/16/The-NEW-Hotmail.aspx

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