Happy Saturday everyone! Your friendly Dallas-Fort Worth video production company is pleased to bring you the best videos on the web. Let us know which is your favorite in the comments.

Get a free large cup of coffee this morning at 7-Eleven and vote in their 7-Election. Picking up a red cup signifies a vote for Romney, while selecting a blue cup is a vote for Obama. With so many locations across the country, 7-Eleven can get a pretty accurate gauge of the election by monitoring cup selections. You can see the results here: http://www.7-eleven.com/7-Election/

If you've watched a video at The Onion lately, you may have seem some of our latest election-themed ads. We partnered with Dallas ad agency Tracy Locke to create funny patriotic videos for 7-Eleven's "7-Election" campaign. Watch the videos at 7-Eleven.com.

Branded video content is becoming more and more prevalent on the web. Companies are realizing that to engage with consumers online, the 30 second spot model is largely ineffective. Instead, brands are trying to entertain their audience and create conversations and goodwill around their businesses.

10 days from today, the Komen Greater Fort Worth Race for the cure begins. If you're interested in participating in the race, check out their website for more information. We had the pleasure of creating a short commercial for the event that you may have seen on TV recently.

If you have a hat, you might want to hold onto it.

If you haven't noticed, this whole internet fad has really caught on. As more people and businesses use the internet to reach other people and potential customers, web video has sky-rocketed to become a major form of communication online. Want proof? Check this out:

Each Friday, our staff picks their favorite videos on the web and we post them here for you to decide which is the best. Let us know which are your favorites in the comments. 

Very interesting research from Wistia, a video hosting company. The statistics on habitual use of video sharing sites is incredible. 71% of internet users visit video sharing sites. That number is up from 33% in 2006. Dallas and Fort Worth video production companies might be surprised to learn that rural areas have seen the highest jump in video site usage over the past three years. Click the image below to see it larger.

A teaser is a short video intended to gain the interest of a viewer in an attempt to build excitement about what comes next. Brands and companies do this with varying degrees of success through the production of a TV commercial series or viral web videos. Finding the right balance of interesting and engagement can be tricky in video production projects like this.