11. A method comprising: in an online hosted computing application, receiving a selection of a message template, the message template including a hyperlink to a video message within an online video messaging system; receiving a selection of at least one recipient within a listing of contacts in the online hosted computing application; receiving input to send an outbound message to the at least one recipient based on the selected message template; generating the outbound message to each of the at least one recipients based on the template, generation of the message to each of the at least one recipients including adding data to the video message hyperlink identifying the online hosted computing application from which the message is being sent and an identifier of the respective recipient; sending the outbound message to each of the at least one recipients; receiving, from the video messaging system in the online hosted computing application, a further message indicating a particular recipient to which the message was sent and an indication that the particular recipient has viewed the video of the hyperlink; and forwarding the further message to a sender of the message via a messaging function of the online hosted computing application.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the message is sent to each of the at least one recipients via a messaging function of the online hosted computing application.