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'''Viddler''' is an online sales training platform with integrated tools for practice and evaluation. The Viddler service offers video-based instruction and optional coaching and allows customers to engage with course content through guided assignments and self-recorded practice sessions.
'''Viddler''' is an online sales training platform with integrated tools for practice and evaluation. Its services offer video-based instructions and optional coaching and allow the consumer to engage with course content through guided assignments and self-recorded practice sessions.

==History==
==History==
[[File:ViddlerLogoLg.png|thumb|Former logo]]
[[File:ViddlerLogoLg.png|thumb|Former logo]]
[[File:ViddlerPatentDrawing.jpg|thumb|alt=Viddler patent drawing.| Drawing from Viddler patent abstract, showing methods and systems for displaying videos with overlays and tags.]]The company, headquartered in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem, PA]], was founded in November 2005 by Robert Sandie, Greg Gurevich, and Donna DeMarco.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pena|first=Susan|title=Founders: Donna DeMarco|url=http://keystoneedge.com/founders/donnademarco1121.aspx|publisher=Keystone Edge | date = 2013 |accessdate=13 January 2014}}</ref>
[[File:ViddlerPatentDrawing.jpg|thumb|alt=Viddler patent drawing.| Drawing from Viddler patent abstract, showing methods and systems for displaying videos with overlays and tags.]]
The company is headquartered in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], and was founded in November 2005 by Robert Sandie, Greg Gurevich, Joshua Mann, and Donna DeMarco.


Viddler no longer provides a free service for [[non-commercial]] users.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/viddlers-new-tag-based-advertising-system/ | title = Viddler’s New Tag-Based Advertising System | date = 2007-11-19 | accessdate = 2009-11-12 }}</ref> In 2010, Viddler began focusing less on video enthusiasts and self-generated content hosting, and more on business verticals, including corporate communication and training, education, and publishing.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.crunchbase.com/company/viddler | title = CrunchBase Profile | date = 2013-12-12 | accessdate = 13 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Verdelli|first=Jason|title=Interview: How Viddler Went from You Tube Competitor to Enterprise Video Hosting Authority|url=http://socialhubsite.com/2014/01/16/viddler-went-tube-competitor-enterprise-video-hosting-authority/|work=Social HubSite|accessdate=24 January 2014}}</ref> Following a 2011 decision to discontinue new personal accounts, Viddler recently announced it was going to close those legacy accounts, giving users the option of opening a paid account or downloading their existing videos.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roettgers|first=Janko|title=Viddler gets ready to delete personal videos|url=http://gigaom.com/2014/02/07/viddler-gets-ready-to-delete-personal-videos/|work=Gigaom|date=2014-02-07|accessdate=7 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Viddler gets ready to delete personal videos|url=https://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/articles/2014_02_07_viddler_gets_ready_to_delete_personal_videos.html|publisher=CNN Money}}</ref>
Viddler no longer provides a free service for [[non-commercial]] users.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/viddlers-new-tag-based-advertising-system/ | title = Viddler's New Tag-Based Advertising System | date = 2007-11-19 | access-date = 2009-11-12 }}</ref> In 2010, Viddler began focusing less on video enthusiasts and self-generated content hosting and more on business verticals, including corporate communication and training, education, and publishing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Verdelli|first=Jason|title=Interview: How Viddler Went from You Tube Competitor to Enterprise Video Hosting Authority|url=http://socialhubsite.com/2014/01/16/viddler-went-tube-competitor-enterprise-video-hosting-authority/|work=Social HubSite|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref> Following a 2011 decision to discontinue new personal accounts, Viddler announced in 2014 that it would close those legacy accounts, giving users the option of opening a paid account or downloading their existing videos.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roettgers|first=Janko|title=Viddler gets ready to delete personal videos|url=http://gigaom.com/2014/02/07/viddler-gets-ready-to-delete-personal-videos/|work=Gigaom|date=2014-02-07|access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Viddler gets ready to delete personal videos|url=https://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/articles/2014_02_07_viddler_gets_ready_to_delete_personal_videos.html|publisher=CNN Money}}</ref>

In 2013, Viddler was issued a patent "for displaying a video and an overlay or tag" as used by video asset administrators and viewers.<ref>{{cite news|title=US Patent Issued to Viddler on March 5 for "Methods and Systems for Displaying Videos with Overlays and Tags" (Pennsylvania Inventors)|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2913056811.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611002819/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2913056811.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2014|publisher=HighBeam Research|accessdate=15 January 2014|date=11 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=United States Patent Abstract|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,392,821.PN.&OS=PN/8,392,821&RS=PN/8,392,821|accessdate=15 January 2014}}</ref>

In January 2017, Viddler initiated a soft launch of its sales training product with Michael St. Lawrence.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

==Features==

Viddler provides solutions{{solution-inline|date=October 2020}} for sales training. The company uses its [[media player (software)|media player]] to display video and other media elements and to provide user interaction, including the ability to post timed comments directly in a video. Customers can use a [[webcam]] to record a video practice session related to course content.

Video practice sessions are evaluated by the customer, the customer's employer, or a sales industry expert. Customers have the option to browse and self-select training courses or to be matched with training courses.

Practice videos can be published on secure business or education websites using an admin-controlled embedding feature.

Supported input [[file formats]] include .3g2 .3gp .asf .avi .dv .flv .mov .mp4 .mpeg2 .mpeg4 .mpg .mpg2 .ogg .qt .wmv


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.viddler.com/ Official website]


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Latest revision as of 04:26, 6 April 2024

Viddler Inc.
Viddler logo
Interactive online video service
Founded2005 (private)
HeadquartersBethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Websitewww.viddler.com

Viddler is an online sales training platform with integrated tools for practice and evaluation. Its services offer video-based instructions and optional coaching and allow the consumer to engage with course content through guided assignments and self-recorded practice sessions.

History

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Former logo
Viddler patent drawing.
Drawing from Viddler patent abstract, showing methods and systems for displaying videos with overlays and tags.

The company is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and was founded in November 2005 by Robert Sandie, Greg Gurevich, Joshua Mann, and Donna DeMarco.

Viddler no longer provides a free service for non-commercial users.[1] In 2010, Viddler began focusing less on video enthusiasts and self-generated content hosting and more on business verticals, including corporate communication and training, education, and publishing.[2] Following a 2011 decision to discontinue new personal accounts, Viddler announced in 2014 that it would close those legacy accounts, giving users the option of opening a paid account or downloading their existing videos.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Viddler's New Tag-Based Advertising System". 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  2. ^ Verdelli, Jason. "Interview: How Viddler Went from You Tube Competitor to Enterprise Video Hosting Authority". Social HubSite. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ^ Roettgers, Janko (2014-02-07). "Viddler gets ready to delete personal videos". Gigaom. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Viddler gets ready to delete personal videos". CNN Money.
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