I’m a bit late on my online-video predictions for 2010 (unless you count this December post). The landscape continues to change, and it seems the world has been slow to catch up with my 2008 and 2009 predictions. Heck I even made a video in 2006 predicting 2007. Here’s what I’m seeing in Online Video … Continue reading 10 Predictions for Online-Video in 2010
Holy crap. Check out this former editor who’s gone all foaming-mouth, Huffington-like crazy about the digital impact on traditional media and publishing. Now sit down and read this, because you might just learn something important. Sit. Sittttt. Good boy. Richard Nash is the kind of guy that would either enthrall you over a 2nd martini … Continue reading The Future of Book Publishing (or “what I found while procrastinating writing my book”)
Welcome WVFF Guest Blogger Jim Louderback Sure, you think the TV is dead. But it’s not. The act of lazing about in front of a big screen TV watching, laughing and enjoying video content is going to be even bigger than ever. But here’s the rub. It’ll be less about cable and broadcast, and much … Continue reading YouTube is Hot, But Watch Out for Over the Top
Welcome WVFF Guest Blogger Larry Kless 2009 proved the power of video and social media can change the world. We experience the Presidential Inauguration with millions of friends on Facebook. We read breaking news stories from citizen journalists on Twitter. We saw live as-it-happens video on YouTube hours before the stories reached our televisions and … Continue reading Video & Your Smart Business Marketing Plan
A guest post by Larry Kless, president and founder of OnlineVideoPublishing.com, a new-media resource firm for sharing strategies and best practices for online video publishers. He is a 20-year veteran of the enterprise video space, and an award-winning producer of corporate and educational videos. If 2009 proved anything, it showed us that the power of … Continue reading Power of Video & Social Media in 2009. What 2010 Holds in Store.
WVFF Guest Blogger Hank Green There seem to be two camps on this debate. One half says that the internet is going to kill television, the other says that the internet is going to make television much better and even more profitable. It seems that we’ve learned nothing from centuries of media outlets becoming less … Continue reading The Destruction of Television
Welcome WVFF Guest Blogger David Meerman Scott, author, speaker, guru Every day, I run across FEAR of marketing on the Web. We’ve got to work together to help people overcome this fear in 2010. Fear comes from bosses who insist on calculating the ROI of the marketing based on sales leads and press clippings. Fear … Continue reading FEAR!
We continue December’s guest blogs by online-video gurus and friends (see Punchy‘s post yesterday). This post is by Peter Coffin, a frequent commenter and YouTube and star of the fresh new single “This Song is Cliche.” Although I had met Peter via such video collaborations as “Mean Kitty Parody,” it wasn’t until last year’s YouTube … Continue reading Online Video Goes Local: More Like Radio Than TV
Last year while shooting HBO Labs “Hooking Up,” a fellow named Bobby Jennings introduced himself. Turns out he’s the guy you know as “Punchy” from the popular series by Wicked Awesome Films on YouTube (see also the group’s website). He was the first online-video guru to respond to my invite for guest-blog contributions this month. … Continue reading “Punchy” Predicts Seven Online-Video Events for 2010 & Tells His Story
First of all… the snow. Does it stay or go? I kinda like it, but when a vlogbrother says it’s “gotta go” it gives you pause. I just invited a few of my favorite thought-leaders in online video to write a guest blog post about 2009 highlights and 2010 predictions. If you’re steeped in online video … Continue reading Online-Video Experts Share 2009 Highlights and 2010 Predictions