Barack Obama Launches Weekly Presidential Address on YouTube

Even the office of the President of the United States is jumping onboard the social web bandwagon with the launch of President-elect Barack Obama’s weekly radio address now on YouTube. Now, this is cool!

Did the November 15th Obama YouTube video launch contain any amazing messages or concepts? No. It’s nothing we haven’t already heard, but the point is that the social web is where it’s at. Companies and brands that don’t get on board soon, will feel the negative results sooner rather than later.

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And in case you want to take a look at Barak Obama’s first weekly YouTube address as President-elect, you can watch it below.

Susan Gunelius

Susan Gunelius is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc. and Founder & Editor in Chief of an award-winning blog, WomenOnBusiness.com. She is a 25-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored 10 books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing.