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How to embed youtube videos into gmail

by Commissioner
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Hi guys i am writing up a newsletter for my customers and i'd like to know how to embed a youtube video into gmail? I often received newletters with videos shown in them.

Thanks
#embed #gmail #videos #youtube
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    • Profile picture of the author JonTuckerUSA
      Rather than embedding the video, why not just place an image that looks like the video was embedded. When someone clicks the "play button" in your video screenshot image, they're taken to a page on your website (or youtube) where the video plays.

      I've used this and had pretty good results on various email campaigns. Give it a try...
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  • Profile picture of the author Coleen.Young
    An alternative would be to use Lizzer.com to embed a snapshot of your video (with the play icon) on your email message. This will "trick" your readers into thinking that the image is a playable video. Once they click it, a new window will open and your video page will load up.

    EDIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: duh! John Tucker beat me to the punch!
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    • Profile picture of the author Commissioner
      thats for the image tip guys, but i don't see a way of even adding images in gmail.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hackbridge
    Inserting an image into a Gmail email.

    gmailimage

    Well I hope this video can help you to add an image in Gmail.

    Brian

    I created another video to show a image from Youtube being inserted. I clicked on the image before clicking on the "Link" Button which I don't think I said I did.

    http://screencast.com/t/KMTGfoCMH
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    • Profile picture of the author JonTuckerUSA
      Originally Posted by mohammad111 View Post

      I think that's a nice way of doing it.
      Thanks = )

      Originally Posted by Coleen.Young View Post

      An alternative would be to use Lizzer.com to embed a snapshot of your video (with the play icon) on your email message. This will "trick" your readers into thinking that the image is a playable video. Once they click it, a new window will open and your video page will load up.

      EDIT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: duh! John Tucker beat me to the punch!
      Thanks Coleen. I checked out Lizzer.com for a quick minute...will need to look into it a bit more later. Does it automatically make the image thumbnail from youtube with a playbutton on it and place it in your email?

      I currently take a screenshot of my video, photoshop a playbutton on top of it, and then save it as a jpg. It's a basic way of doing it, but it works. If there was a quick tool to make these images I'd be interested.
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