Robert Sandie is co-founder and president of Viddler, who basically lives 24/7 on the site. He says, “Online video is my passion. It’s easy to give in. Nothing more powerful then a mailing list and your own destination site.”

In this short video sandieman points out the flaws in online video.There’s a lot of focus on YouTube subscriptions when the focus should be personal branding. Distribution is a means to end and the end result is your brand. You are the brand. Don’t let any branded destination site be the only way you can distribute and connect with your audience.

He also posted the video on his blog and said, “I care deeply about online video and the part that is discerning is the reliance upon one video service to provide all viewership for larger brands. Listen and let me know what you think. If you want to talk further, please don’t hesitate to email me at: rsandie |at| viddler (dot) com.

Want to talk live? Skype: r_sandie AIM: sandieman”

About Viddler:

Viddler is a platform for video publishers

Viddler was built by a team of talented developers, designers, and architects.
Individually, our members have experience with companies like Macromedia, IBM, 9rules, and rackspace. We’re based in various locations around the world: Lukasz, Kasper, Maciek, and Krystian, our lead developers, are in Poland; while Andrew and Jason work out of Arizona. Donna, Rob, Colin and Kyle are all located in Pennsylvania. Brandice has her own Viddler Ohio office. We live on Skype and Twitter and have a virtual watercooler to keep up the team synergies. We also have a lot of fun.

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