Almost everyone knows about YouTube, but if you want you videos to get the most exposure then check out this list of 7 sites for unlimited video uploading. Besides the coverage you will receive from your videos, check out You Tube (through google ad sense), Revver, and Opcot for their revenue sharing options. Currently all 7 sites are free to sign up and use their services.

YouTube available at www.youtube.com, is the most widely known of the video sharing sites. YouTube is now owned by Google who purchased the social media site within 1 year of it’s launch. Besides just uploading video, YouTube has a robust interaction system allowing other members to rate and comment on your videos, as well as dedicated channels for regular video producers. The downside to YouTube is the inability to download videos. YouTube specializes in video uploading and sharing.

Google Video available at www.video.google.com is currently in it’s beta stage. Despite buying YouTube, Google is venturing into the video hosting arena with it’s own brand. The best feature of Google Video is that the allow video files of any length and size. Google video specializes in video uploading and sharing, but is one part of Google’s many services.

Tinypic available at www.tinypic.com follows the same basic guidelines, but also allows unlimited photo hosting. Tinypic is a Photobucket company and promotes using there hosting services to easily place photos and video on other sites or blogs. Tinypic specializes in video and picture uploading and sharing.

Yahoo Video available at www.video.yahoo.com has the same basic options as YouTube, but with links to all of the other Yahoo services spread throughout the site. Yahoo video specializes in video uploading and sharing, but is one part of Yahoo’s many services.

Revver available at www.revver.com is less popular at the moment, but is stepping into the revenue sharing field. The Revver videos are embedded with advertising, and the revenue is split between the video producer, Revver, and the person sharing the video. Revver specializes in video uploading and sharing.

Opcot available at www.opcot.com is just out of beta testing and has the same basic functions wrapped into a social network. Like Tinypic, Opcot creates instant widgets to help you place your videos on other sites and blogs, and includes revenue sharing.. Opcot specializes in social networking with video uploading and sharing as a feature.

Crackle (formerly grouper) available at www.crackle.com can be hard to navigate, but is rich with options including the ability to download Crackle videos to your pc, iPod, or PSP. Crackle specializes in video uploading and sharing.

This list will get you a good start on video sharing, for more video hosting sites try a Google or Yahoo search for ‘video uploading’, ‘video sharing’, or ‘video hosting’.

Mashable.com is one of the largest and most trafficked blogs on the Internet. It keeps track of such social networking giants as Facebook, Myspace, Youtube and Bebo, plus many other social networking sites. When a new social networking site is created, when an existing one adds a new feature, when there are problems with a networking site, Mashable reports it.

There is a lot to be said for using social networking sites to promote and sell your real estate. Social networking sites are home to millions of users, some of which, it must be allowed, are searching for property. The social networking phenomenon is a relatively new one, though, so it pays to keep track of what applications and updates can benefit you as a realtor. This is where Mashable comes in.

A casual search on Mashable.com for keywords relating to real estate nets articles about Trulia.com integrating their search with Google Streetview, Zillow.com’s funding being now worth $87 million, and the introduction of propertyqube.com, a new social network for people interested in real estate. And these are just three examples of information relating directly to the real estate industry on a popular blog that doesn’t target it as a subject.

For the busy realtor, a site that keeps track of innovations in the social networking scene can be invaluable for taking advantage of the latest and hottest sites, features, and applications. If you’re using multiple social networking sites to promote your real estate, it can be time consuming to keep track of the latest innovations and websites.

Mashable isn’t just a passive information repository. It also has an active community, a web-related marketplace and hosts a huge social network grid where you can search for fellow Mashable members on popular networking sites.

Finding out what potential clients are using to keep connected and how to connect to them is a crucial element of using the Internet to find property buyers. Mashable.com makes a great shortcut and is a huge repository of information for the social network-minded realtor.

Are you networking strategies producing the results you want? If not, incorporate the Social Web into more of your plan.

It’s new and hot. The Social Web. Sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Slashdot, Digg, YouTube. . . the list gets longer and longer with each passing day. The balloon of convergence grows bigger and flies higher. The time when it is no longer important which network you are using is ready to be ushered in. However, proper management of whatever network you choose will soon validate the difference your company’s value. With the opening of previously exclusive systems, interacting systems will soon find that their merge into one. Soon which network is better will no longer be a question needing an answer. Rather the question will be limited to which value proposition to use and how to use it to reach your business or personal goals. You will have in your own hands the power to build your own kingdom of networks, relationships, information, knowledge and ultimately your value.

Technology has already placed in your hands the tools you will need, and the relationships that you build using these tools will give value to your company. The relationship economy is a reality now. You need to step up and face the challenge. The methods of yesterday no longer apply like they did previously, instead you need to adapt and grab the opportunity to maximize your value.

I have a few suggestions on how you can decide and plan for your chosen social network. Use them to evaluate whether you can stay on with your present networking strategies, improve on them or whether you need to totally trash them and work on a new plan.

Choose the social networks that you want to work alongside with the ones you are using now. Work towards building your relationship capital. Of course you don’t the selection randomly. You need to look for the networks which echo your own interests and values. Which one matches or complements your own choice of personalities and content. Choose the one which will give the best relationship capital for your company.

Look for the networks that will help you geo-target your audience and prospective clients, be it according to industry or topic. What’s that… you want to just work a network locally or regionally (geo-targeting)? Will the Social Web still help you? Without a doubt. Take for instance, if you used Twitter, since small businesses rely on local customers, it would imperative that they find and connect with local Twitter users. I recommend using these sites to do that:

Twitter Advanced Search http://search.twitter.com/advanced
Nearby Tweets http://nearbytweets.com/
ChirpCity http://chirpcity.com/
Tweepz http://tweepz.com/
Monitter http://monitter.com
Twitter yellow pages http://twellow.com
Scoopler http://scoopler.com

One important recommendation: manage your “stream.” When you first start to follow more and more people, you’ll notice the “stream” fills up quickly. Use Twitter search function to follow your own company/name mentions, and use tools like Tweet Deck to help you filter out the noise. This helps you focus on the most relevant users.

I read one great idea: since you’re ultimately trying to connect with complete strangers, before randomly follow anyone locally, take a creative approach and make your most recent tweet says something like “I’m looking for other Chicagoland folks to follow on Twitter.” That way, when they see I’m following them and check out my profile, the message explains the reasoning why a total stranger is suddenly following them. You’ll find it’s much easier to take the next step in networking, in person meeting, if others can just “check you out first” on Twitter, or where ever

Know the rules of the networks you will choose. What are their standards for connections? Do they employ RSS feeds? Picture…video’s? Does it offer a wide array of social media?

If you haven’t decided on the image you want to project and the brand you plan to use as your image, you had better start on it. If you’re using one now, ask if it will build your value proposition on your desired level – locally, regionally or globally.

You can now use multi-media tools to enhance your company’s value. Choose which network channels will help you reach your targeted audience.

And to sum it up, always keep your goal in mind and work your way towards it using all the tools that are now available, tools which will link you to the whole world.