Recipe for a Failed Online Video Business
Here's a recipe for success… http://www.chapter11tv.com/. During this video, an overzealous CEO demonstrates how much he has spent, and how he has no apparent income model.
Scare Tactic Prank
There are plenty small sites out there that sell ad space around videos they scrape from television. I'm not a fan of this piracy, but I can't help enjoying what's available… especially this clip from Sci-Fi's "Scare Tactics." Imagine you're a plumber fixing a toilet and the owner gets stranger and stranger by the minute….
Videotaping Women in NYC
One intriguing site for online videos is www.idonothingallday.com. The site owner and videographer, Patrick, runs the site on his free time and has significant traffic. His videos feature beautiful women in NYC… walking down the street, reading a book, laying in the sun. Patrick asks for permission, but according to this Wired article, maybe that's…
Mobile Couch Potatoes
Stay tuned mobile couch potatoes… you'll soon not just hear Howard Stern but watch him on your commute. Sirius has confirmed plans to launch its live, streaming video service soon after the Consumer Electronics Show (Jan. 8-11) in 2007. For more see this article from www.engadget.com. We at "Will Video for Food" think this is…
BBC Mistakes a Cab Driver for an Internet
This is one of the funniest videos that is painful to watch. For a segment about online audo downloading, a BBC interviewer thinks she's speaking with the editor of a technology website- New and Wireless. What she doesn't realize is her interviewee is a cab driver that was booked for another segment. What makes this video…
AOL Video & Google Video Step Up Game
The online giants are waking up as YouTube continues to soar. More than 12 million unique visitors per month watch over 40 million videos per day on YouTube, making it the undusputed leader for online video. The silver and bronze go to MSN and MySpace. Google remains fourth, and has made two changes recently. First,…
ADHD Theater
The beauty about online video is that it forces you to compress your story. Both in size and time. BlipTV is a nice model for this, and I'm surprised I'm just discovering it. The tagline says it all: "Nobody Does it Shorter." It's 5 second to 3 minute bits that can be streamed on phone…
Upload Videos While Driving
Just what I needed. One more thing I can do while I drive (instead of drive). Now you can upload videos to YouTube remotely via your phone. We're getting closer to the reality of my story about a the bank hostage that makes money from her traumatic experience. Imagine soon that you'll be able to take…
I Have the Psychic Power to Lower Prices
I want to share my amazing gift with my readers. At first, I thought it was a coincidence but now I realize it's a special talent. I have the power to make an electronic device drop in price. All I have to do is buy it, and it goes down in price about 20% within…
Scoring Videos With Music… Without Going to Jail
There's nothing like shooting a low-budget video and scoring it with some recognizable music. Most sites aren't preventing amateurs from using copyrighted music, but this will become a bigger issue in the months ahead…. especially if you're making income on your videos on sites like Revver.com. In the meantime, you have four choices: 1) Go…