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Where Are YouTubers Now? 20/20…

Here’s the 20/20 story on YouTubers. Read about Obama Girl and David & Dentist. My favorite part of this is Joe Penna’s story. Here’s me meeting Penna the first time… (I totally didn’t know it was him until the shades went on).

Wow- I am just realizing how sweet that NextUp program is… I spoke to them in NYC but didn’t really understand all the free goods and cash they get. Mmmm.

Click to go to ABC 20/20 site to see YouTube episode

Here’s the e-mail I just found in my box. Whoops.

 

Whoops. Missed another media request because I amn't e-mail vigilant

2011 Prediction 6-9 Trillion Display Ads Seen by 45 People

comScore today announced that in the third quarter of this year (3Q 2010) about 1.3 trillion Internet display advertisements were served to people in the U.S. (a 22% growth from the same period in 2009).

We were too lazy to register to download the report, but not so lazy as to avoid making “wild, unfounded generalizations and predications” based only on that one piece of data…

  • In 2011 6-9 trillion display ads will be seen, with a 32% growth in online-video ads.
  • More than 95% of the ads will never be seen by human eyes
  • Of the 5% of ads that are actually seen in the U.S., 54.7% of those won’t be in the U.S.
  • Just 45 people will see the ads: a staggering 95% of some previous subsegment of the 6-9 trillion ads served.
  • 76.4% of the remaining ads will be seen by high-school kids ages 12-18 who impact .04% of the gross domestic product.

Now here’s what the report will really offer, with italics in my words.

  • The story behind Facebook’s staggering growth (everything edited out of Social Networking: the movie).
  • New strategies and innovative ad sizes offered by publisher (words like “target” and “accountable” and “ROI” will be included, and some sample ad formats will show how to be advertisers can ride publishers like a drunk Texas cowboy on a wounded Mexican steer).
  • Category-level trends and insights (both industries covered: financial, travel AND consumer-packaged goods).
  • Advertising success stories of mid-sized and niche publishers (including data that’s so powerful it’s almost as real as the 3D Yogi Bear… but less interesting).
  • Tools to generate more sales leads and evaluate competition (tricks like “put together a white paper, demand registration, then call the person 5 times in the next consecutive 11 days”).

Oh I’m just teasing comScore. But about the lower-case C…

YouTube Singes Unite for 2010 “We Are the World” for Haiti

LisaLavie1 and other amazingly talented YouTube singers joined together in song in a 2010 version of “We Are the World” for Haiti. Who says community isn’t vibrant in social media’s most visceral form (online video)? The video links to the 2010 remake of Quincy Jones’ version (which has surpassed 11 million views), and to wearetheworldfoundation.org. Credits for this YouTube homage are below.

Mike Kalombo created the track:
http://www.youtube.com/KlassicMaster
Lisa’s boyfriend, Alphacat spent 3 days editing it along with Lisa (they have a duo channel):
http://www.youtube.com/AlphaLavie

Alphacat
http://www.youtube.com/Alphacat
Troye Sivan
http://www.youtube.com/troyesivan18
Melissa Polinar
http://www.youtube.com/Mpolinar
Ben Sharkey
http://www.youtube.com/Bensharkey
Iann Guérin
http://www.youtube.com/iann72
Bruce & Daniel
http://www.youtube.com/Dcfan4life
Mishal Moore
http://www.youtube.com/MishalmooreMusic
Ahmir
http://www.youtube.com/Ahmirtv
Blair Perkins
http://www.youtube.com/blairperkinstv
Lyne Sullivan
http://www.youtube.com/LyneSullivan
Lois Mahalia
http://www.youtube.com/LoisMahalia
Chris Cendana
http://www.youtube.com/Ccendana
Jumoke
http://www.youtube.com/JumokeTv
JRice
http://www.youtube.com/Jriceproductions
Luna Mae
http://www.youtube.com/luuntjemae
SamDaSinga
http://www.youtube.com/SamdaSinga
Anhayla
http://www.youtube.com/Anhaylarene
Maria Zouroudis
http://www.youtube.com/MariaZouroudis
Lisa Lavie
http://www.youtube.com/LisaLavie
David Choi
http://www.youtube.com/DavidChoiMusic
Richard Rick Rose
http://www.youtube.com/rickmusiq06
Nick Pitera
http://www.youtube.com/Goonieman86
Aj Rafael
http://www.youtube.com/ilajil
Lucas Teague
http://www.youtube.com/LucasTeague
Jessica Sanchez
http://www.youtube.com/Jsanchezfan
Thia Megia
http://www.youtube.com/Thiamegia
Shan Malaika
http://www.youtube.com/Shanmalaika1
Airto
http://www.youtube.com/Airto
Emmanuelle Auger
http://www.youtube.com/Emmanuelleda
Laura Broad
http://www.youtube.com/blawah2000
BeeKay
http://www.youtube.com/BeeKay86
Sheena Melwani
http://www.youtube.com/SheenaMelwani
Dan Talevski
http://www.youtube.com/Danjt87
Frank Bell
http://www.youtube.com/Faure45
Orlando Dixon
http://www.youtube.com/museman18
Iman Crosson
http://www.youtube.com/alphacat
JR Aquino
http://www.youtube.com/JRAquinoMusic
Eric Arceneaux
http://www.youtube.com/EricArceneaux
Stacy Dudero
http://www.youtube.com/jstizzel03
Meghan Tonjes
http://www.youtube.com/tonjesml
James Dupre
http://www.youtube.com/JamesDupreMusic
Heidi Jutras
http://www.youtube.com/Dididole
Anna Moya
http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnaMoyaM…
Laura Song
http://www.youtube.com/Lis1127
Renee Thomas
http://www.youtube.com/ReneeThomasMusic
Jon McSingee
http://www.youtube.com/Jonmcsingee
Laurence
http://www.youtube.com/Laurence0802
Nick Gardner
http://www.youtube.com/nrhgardner
Jon Cahlander
http://www.youtube.com/JonCahlandermusic
Julie Corrigan
http://www.youtube.com/JulieCorrigan2

Google Helped Me Find Myself

There I was. Frustrated this morning after forgetting how I converted some of my old Windows Movie files (from the 1990s) into to something I could edit in Mac iMovie and post to YouTube. I’m running through various options, experimenting with various free software, and running into brick walls. Hours pass.

Then I had this crazy last-resort idea (it’s too early to call CharlesTrippy).

I’d Google search “how to demux .mov on mac.” There on the first page was a nice post from a blog. The author had figured it out, and explained it patiently to me.

Turns out, though, t was my friggin’ post. On my blog. From last December.

Who needs a memory when you blog, and use Google?

I can just see me in about 20 years… Googling “when is my wife’s birthday? Or “who are these 25-year-old kids that keep asking me for money? Why am I locked in a room with a bunch of other YouTubers wearing a tight white sweater with the sleeves tied around my back? Where did I put my medicine? Where are my glasses”

Google can tell you where your glasses are.... on your head