According to the latest video marketing statistics, 74% of all
Internet traffic in 2017 will belong to videos. Nowadays there are a lot of sites where you can watch and upload videos.
We’ve already told you everything we know about YouTube upload.
Now, it’s high time to review another site – Vimeo.com. It is
one of the most popular video sharing sites. Of course, it’s less famous that
YouTube, but at the same time it might seem better since it hosts only
professional videos. If you are fond of video creation and video editing,
create a Vimeo account and start uploading your videos. Let’s check:
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Vimeo account types: Basic Vimeo, Vimeo Plus, Vimeo Pro
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how to add a video to Vimeo
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how to edit a Vimeo video.
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SIGN UP TO VIMEO
If you don’t have a
Vimeo account, you can easily create it. There are two ways to do it: access
with your Facebook account or create a stand-alone account on Vimeo. The latter
requires proving your name, email and creating a password. If you decide to log
in with Facebook, you’ll need to confirm your decision and install Vimeo
Facebook app.
VIMEO ACCOUNT
TYPES
As soon as you log in,
Vimeo will offer you three account types to choose from: Basic, Plus, and Pro.
Let’s have a look at each of them.
Let’s have a look at each of them.
VIMEO
BASIC ACCOUNT
Vimeo Basic is a free account with minimum
features.
What it gives you:
What it gives you:
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Upload 500 MB per week
or 25 GB of videos per year.
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No duration limits.
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No ads on your videos. However, you’ll see ads of other users’
videos.
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Videos are optimized only for desktop.
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Connected TV compatibility.
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You can create 1 group, 1 channel, and 3 albums.
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Protect videos with a password.
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Basic video conversion. It means that your video will get in a
queue when you try to upload it. It’ll appear online in a couple of minutes.
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Basic support. The support team will answer your question within
3 business days.
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Basic stats. You’ll be able to see how many people have viewed
and liked your video.
As you can see, it’s a
simple account that will be perfect for all those who just want to share a few
videos with friends.
VIMEO
PLUS
Vimeo Plus is available for $59.95 per year or $9.95 per month.
If you choose the second option, don’t forget to make payments on a regular
basis otherwise your account will be set to Basic.
Here is what you get with Vimeo Plus:
Here is what you get with Vimeo Plus:
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5 GB per week or 250
GB per year for
your videos.
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No duration limits.
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No ads on your videos. No banner ads for you.
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Videos are optimized for mobile devices.
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Connected TV compatibility.
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Unlimited number of groups, channels and albums.
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Priority video conversion. Your videos will appear on the site
faster than with Vimeo Basic.
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Advanced privacy which includes password protection and
domain-level privacy. This option lets you choose domains on which users can
embed your videos.
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Priority support. The support team member will answer your query
within 4 hours on a business day and 24 hours on weekend.
Advanced stats. Apart from the Basic stats, you’ll be able to see where your videos were embedded, overview stats for different time period and see other important data.
Advanced stats. Apart from the Basic stats, you’ll be able to see where your videos were embedded, overview stats for different time period and see other important data.
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Customized video player and outro.
Vimeo Plus account will
be great for average-level freelances and small independent web and video
studios.
VIMEO
PRO
Vimeo Pro is a paid account with maximum
options. It’ll cost you $199 per year for 1 TB or $399 per year for 3 TB of free space.
Now, let’s check its numerous features:
Now, let’s check its numerous features:
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20 GB per week or 1
TB (3 TB) for your
video collection
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No duration limits.
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No ads or banners for you and your viewers.
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Videos are optimized for mobile devices.
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Connected TV compatibility.
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Unlimited number of groups, channels and albums.
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Priority video conversion. Your videos will be moved to the top
of conversion queue.
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PRO privacy that lets you protect videos with a password, choose
domain-level privacy and create private, unlisted pages for your videos.
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VIP support. You’ll receive an answer to your question within
one hour on working days and within 24 hours on weekends.
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Advances stats data.
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Video player customization. You can add your logo to the video
player, and create custom outro. There is also third-party player support.
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Paid video distribution. With Pro account, you can sell or rent
your videos, choose distribution regions and set the price for your
masterpieces. Your videos will be available in “Watch on demand” section where
users can choose whether they want to buy them and watch 24/7 or rent for a
couple of days.
Vimeo Pro account is a
must-have for businesses, professional video editors, musicians and all those
who create high-quality video content and want to be paid for that.
HOW TO
ADD A VIDEO ON VIMEO
Now,
when you chose your Vimeo membership,
let’s upload your 1st video. The procedure is not difficult at all.
1. Open Vimeo main page.
2. Click the Upload
a video grey
button.
3. Choose files to upload
by clicking the corresponding button or simply drag-n-drop them. You can also
choose to upload a video from your Dropbox account.
4. Choose Privacy settings.
5. Add video title,
description, language, and tags. Don’t forget to set Сontent rating.
6. Save your video to apply changes.
In
case you have doubts whether you can upload a video to Vimeo or concern about
tech specs, please readVimeo guidelines and FAQ for clarification.
EDIT A
VIMEO VIDEO
Basic
Vimeo video editor is not that advanced as YouTube one, but
you can also make some changes.
As soon as processing sign disappears from your video, it means that your video is uploaded to Vimeo. Now you can make some edits.
As soon as processing sign disappears from your video, it means that your video is uploaded to Vimeo. Now you can make some edits.
BASIC INFO EDITING
In this tab you can set
a category for your video, add credits and choose a thumbnail. Vimeo lets you
set a random thumbnail, choose a particular video screen or add a good image
from your PC.
Just click on a corresponding icon and select what you need.
Just click on a corresponding icon and select what you need.
PRIVACY SETTINGS
As we told you above,
Basic Vimeo privacy settings are not numerous.
There are 4 options to customize:
There are 4 options to customize:
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Who can watch this video? You may grant access to all users, make the video available only
to people with a password, make it visible only for you or a selected number of
people.
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Where can this video be embedded? Choose whether people can or cannot embed your video.
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Who can comment on this video? Here you can open comments to everyone, no one, or selected
people.
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What can people do with this video? There are two things to select: download the video (users will
be able to save your video on their PCs) and add to their collections (users
can save your video to their albums, groups or channels).
COLLECTIONS
This tab is pretty much
simple. If you have a video album, group or collection, simply choose the one
you want to add your video to.
In case you don’t have a collection, click your Vimeo profile picture at the top right corner and choose Collectionfrom dropdown menu.
When a new page opens, choose what you want to create and click the corresponding button.
ADVANCED VIDEO
SETTINGS
Advanced video settings
include four options. Here you can:
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Add captions and subtitles to make your video more accessible.
You can either upload a ready subtitles file or transcribe your video in built-in
editor.
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Add photos. Paste URL from Instagram or Flick with pics that
reflect your video content. Don’t forget that images should be public!
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Create custom URL for your video. It’ll make your video look
more personalized and professional.
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Add Creative Common License. Choose one of the options if
necessary.
hat’s all! As you see, creating Vimeo account and adding a video into it is not difficult at all. Please share this post with your friends and make them also sign up to Vimeo to enjoy great HD channels and videos.