Embed YouTube Videos In Gmail Emails

Man I’ve been seriously, seriously slack on my blog posting here for a few weeks now!

I honestly don’t know what happened. I’ve just not felt like posting. Maybe because I’ve been pretty busy promoting, preparing and welcoming some awesome students to my Website Design Mojo program which started yesterday. Maybe because I just needed a blogging rest.

But whatever, I’m back! I’ll be back later with more thoughtfull and action-provoking posts but for now I wanted to show you something real cool.

If you are sending emails to people who use Gmail (I do, I do!) then you can use it to embed youtube videos right into your emails. I’m assuming this works just for people who are receiving with Gmail but I haven’t looked into that part. But I know that there are enough business people using Gmail on a regular basis for me to take note!

I see this being a very useful way to grab a little more attention. You could use it to:
- Promote a newsletter.
- Promote a product.
- Show a demo.

I added my Dear Guru, Dear Guru video to my email signature and sent myself a test. Here’s what it looks like:

So when the reader clicks on the video play button it opens up and plays right in Gmail – cool, cool stuff!

Gotta love Google!

p.s. You know that Website Design coaching program I’ve been rambling about? Well it *almost* sold out on it’s first go-around! There are already 6 people on the waiting list for my next session. So if you want to learn how to make a WordPress website I suggest you check it out and sign up for the webinar to get the recording and get on the email notification list. Next class starts in September: http://www.WebsiteDesignMojo.com