#protips

#protips  

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

Why Google+ is the best place to send video via email.

Good email services play videos right inside the email message. For example, if you send someone a simple YouTube link, and they're a Gmail user, Gmail will display a thumbnail of the video which, if clicked, plays the normal-size video right there in the message. 

Nice! But there's a better way. 

If you paste that same link into a Google+ post, address it to your friends' email addresses and hit send, they get video with benefits. 

For starters, the video is displayed initially full size -- no thumbnail. 

It shows a thumbnail of your G+ profile picture. 

And there's a comment box below. If one of your friends types a comment, they'll be able to do that right in the email message. And you'll see the comment on your post. 

(BTW, here's the Jerry Seinfeld video shown in the picture, in case you're interested: http://youtu.be/itWxXyCfW5s )