July 2010 - Will Video for Food

Dramatic “Royalty Free” Music Sites

ByNalts July 29, 2010July 29, 2010

If you’ve worn out Kevin MacLeod’s Incompetech, but looking for free, royalty-free music here’s a new alternative… some dark, intense, orchestral and dramatic options. Check ’em out: http://www.jewelbeat.com/ Also a bunch more courtesy of YouTube’s BattlefieldDoktor via JourneysofLifeBooks: http://ccmixter.org (click here to search royalty-free for commercial use tunes) http://incompetech.com http://freepd.com http://www.jamendo.com http://soundsnap.com http://theslip.nin.com/ http://www.dance-industries.com http://www.tbtmusic.com…

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Ladies Like Social Media (proof in video). Why Not Online Videos?

ByNalts July 23, 2010

Why are the ladies so busy on social media (see clip below) but not much on watching online videos? I have some theories but they’re crap. If you don’t share yours, I’ll not only share my crap theories I’ll make up fake facts to substantiate them.

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Boring People Suck

ByNalts July 22, 2010

Boring people suck. I’m going to put that on a t-shirt to prove I thought of it. If you don’t provide a funny comment below than you’re boring and you suck. Mind you that it would be better to try to be funny and fail than not to try again. I came up with that…

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Staten Island Girls (Katie Perry’s California Girls Parody)

ByNalts July 22, 2010

Thumbs up to these gals for their amateur but brilliant Katie Perry satire of California Girls. It’s “Staten Island Girls,” and deliciously skanky and humorous depiction of New Jersey. Just 5 years ago these gals would have been able to share this with their friends, but now the whole world gets to giggle. Oh wait….

Want Your Ad to Go Old-Spice Viral? You’re More Likely to Develop Abs Like Isaiah Mustafa.

ByNalts July 16, 2010

When I see my sweet AdAge pour more gas on the “Old-Spice goes viral” story, I feel like it’s time to remind my fellow marketers that they’ve got a better shot of developing (the shirtless actor) Isaiah Mustafa‘s abs than getting their TV or online-video spot viral. This is another excellent example of the exception…

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iPhone4G Press Conference Parody

ByNalts July 16, 2010July 16, 2010

Oh hush. What it lacks in humor it makes up for in timeliness. Let’s see you put an iPhone4G in your butt for the Internet. Or drive into the backyard of some crazy person so you can get near a cell phone tower. My favorite quote of Steve Jobs: .55 percent of iPhone4G users complained….

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Online-Video to Marketers: Lighten Up, Francis!

ByNalts July 16, 2010

In one of the more memorable moments of the incredibly quotable Stripes, a new recruit warns his fellow troupe: “The name’s Francis Sawyer… but everybody calls me psycho… any of you call me Francis I’ll kill you.” The drill sergeant’s response: “lighten up, Francis” (see video). “Lighten up” was one of the pieces of advice in a…

Vidcon 2010 – Nalts Speaks

ByNalts July 14, 2010July 14, 2010

Nalts at Vidcon 2010 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSucr0SlObw[/youtube] cutesy of stalkerofnalts

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YouTube & Video Gathering (VidCon2010) Is SXSW of Online Video

ByNalts July 9, 2010July 10, 2010

VidCon2010, which begins today, is already shaping up to be the South by Southwest (SXSW) of online video. The event, organized by Nerdfighter Hank Green, has attracted hundreds to LA today and tomorrow to discuss online video and meet fellow online-video creators and webstars. Here’s my video of some morning activities, and I hope to…

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Online Video Media Buying Best Practices

ByNalts July 7, 2010

Looking for best-practices and tips for buying online-video advertising? ScanScout’s Jason Krebs provides tips and tricks for verifying your online-video advertising spend in Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute. He tells us how to buy by “cost per engagement” and to ensuring that we receive accurate reporting on our spend.