For those following such things, the Michigan Senate Democrats have a pretty active YouTube channel.  I haven’t had a chance to look at the content and how it’s used, but I will.

I’ve lived in Michigan most of my life and I’ve only come to tolerate snow.  A few years ago I found an antidote to my disdain for the fluffy white stuff and that was a snowblower.  It worked.  I love blowing snow.

To test the power of YouTube, my wife used my Flip video camera to show me blowing heavy snow from our driveway.  I gave the video a specific headline naming the type of blower and our geographic region.  I also tagged it with a snowblower and michigan tags.

In two weeks, I’m approaching 1,000 views on less than a minutes worth of video.  It’s got to be folks liking or looking for snowblowers.  How many views in a month?  Stay tuned.

Some are very familiar with making videos for the web.  Many more watch them on YouTube and other sites.

It’s incredibly easy to make them with new tools like the Flip video camera.  I bought one this past summer from Amazon.  I’ve shot more than 50 video clips and used it for a variety of purposes.

It’s easy to shoot videos and it’s easy to upload to the web.  My next task is to teach myself more about video editing.

The applications are endless.  Think about who could use videos on the web:  politicians, pastors, city council members, wine makers, retailers, dentists and many more.