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Your Video On Howcast

Howcast welcomes experts from across the web to share their how-to videos with interested viewers on Howcast.com, the Howcast Distribution Network, and Howcast Mobile. Howcast also provides powerful tools to our partners to help them make their how-to videos even more useful.

Engage & Build Your Audience

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Showcase Your Videos

On Howcast.com: Howcast introduces relevant, topical, how-to video to audiences across the web. We combine cutting-edge video and community-based technologies to make it easier to watch and share how-to knowledge:

  • Create a personalized profile channel to promote your videos and personal websites to our vibrant community.
  • Keep your fans coming back for more by regularly updating your content on Howcast.com and encouraging them to subscribe to your profile.
  • Increase awareness and discovery of your videos by tapping into our many community features such as sharing with friends and posting to your social network profiles.
  • Gain valuable feedback on your videos through our ratings, comments, and related features.
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Howcast on Your Site

Your web site or blog is one of the best places to showcase your own videos. We make it easier for you with flexible embedding options:

  • Howcast Player Widgets - Get easy access to Howcast’s growing library of helpful how-to videos. Our widgets are designed to integrate seamlessly into your web site or blog, and allow your videos to become more viral. Learn more...
  • Howcast Video Bar - Add a live list of how-to videos to your site or blog. Choose from an array of shapes and sizes to add how-to videos to your site in just a few clicks (and without having to accommodate a big video player). Learn more...
  • Howcast Custom Player - Build your own fully functional channel featuring your how-to videos, customized to match your site’s look and feel, and embed this Custom Player on your blog or site in just minutes. Learn more...
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Expand Your Distribution

Upload to Howcast, distribute to the world:

  • On nearly all major portals and video aggregators – Howcast distributes content to AOL, Dailymotion, Hulu, Joost, MySpace, Yahoo!, YouTube, and beyond (with distribution on mobile and cable platforms as well).
  • On a wide array of blogs and sites – Hundreds of leading blogs and web sites distribute our content, because we make it so easy for them to do so using our powerful and flexible “Howcast-in-a-Box” tools.
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Go Mobile

Howcast users can find our how-to videos wherever and whenever they need to learn how through our industry-leading Howcast Mobile and Howcast for iPhone experiences. Reach a whole new audience looking to learn something new while on the go. Learn more about Howcast Mobile »

Use Howcast’s Tools to Optimize Your Videos for How-To

Make it easier for your viewers to watch and learn from your videos using the following tools:

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Add Howcast Easy Steps™

Make your video easier to learn from (and easier to find through search): Add printable Howcast Easy Steps™ to your videos, complete with polished on-screen graphics and sleek animations, in minutes.

Here is a great example of a video made even more useful with Easy Steps:

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Enhanced Player Functionality

Once you’ve included Howcast Easy Steps in your videos, the Howcast Player and Custom Player have been designed to showcase both on-screen and printable versions of your Easy Steps – in addition to providing users with enhanced player functionality that allows them to easily zoom, slow, and pause videos, making it easier for them to complete each task described in your Easy Steps. Learn more…

This video includes graphic overlays that make a complex activity managable and clear:

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Easy Upload Wizard

Upload your videos using our quick upload wizard, which allows you to enhance and promote your videos while you upload. Upload a Video »
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Launch from TubeMogul

TubeMogul users can easily launch their entire video libraries on Howcast in seconds, and add new videos at any time with a single click. Launch from TubeMogul »

Get Started

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Upload a Video

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