Here’s my entry to the “StandupAndSling” contest, where I tell the story of who REALLY invented the SlingBox.
Hop on and vote if you like. Registration is quick- they send you an automatic password instantly.
(This is a guest column by Erik Bratt, director of marketing communications for ProQuo. ProQuo helps consumers eliminate junk mail, and recently hired xlntads.com. (a new-media promotion firm with whom I work occasionally) to solicit quality video entries that help ProQuo describe its value proposition in unique and entertaining ways. Can you really buy a…
You have until March 3 to enter your comedy video into the first round of YouTube’s Sketchies II. Corolla, leveraged popular YouTuber LisaNova to promote the contest (she was second place last year with this “LisaNova does George Bush” video). I spoke with LisaNova via phone for the first time on Saturday, when TheMightyThor1212 was good…
Video contests continue to roll out, often ignoring some of the basics for attracting good entries. Some examples from the past few days… Mount Olive Pickle Company is seeking 30 to 60-second videos describing why Mt. Olive “is the perfect pickle.” Plan N Trade Franchise, Inc., is hosting a “National Guitar Hero II video contest.”…
Stop motion triumphs in a Doritos CGA ad contest. It’s called “Doritos Tribe” and I can’t figure out how they got the Doritos to stand up. I kinda like this “Screen Test” entry better because the guy seems so likable and it surprised me. Of course the 2007 checkout girl still takes the crunch. Hey-…
Ahhh the video contest. Is it a way to engage creators, or for marketers to do “lead gen” (snatch the e-mail address of creators’ friends)? I understand why contests require registration for rating — we wouldn’t want a “Chicago” style election. At the same time, these “one-off” contest websites are maddening. For example, here’s a…
The nice thing about moderately promoted online-video contest is that your odds are really good. HomeCamera.com (a free home surveillance system) asked if I’d do a sponsored video. I offered instead to promote a contest if they’d give out some of the D-Link wireless cameras (see image below) that are being sold with HomeCamera preconfigured….
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I thought you did a great job with your video Nalts.
Nalts,I dunno how u have time to check out all the video sites and contests,work full time,film videos,this blog,singing in water fountains,and a wife and kids! ……..o yea,u mentioned before that u never sleep,nevermind 🙂 …….when R U coming to texas,its a lovely place,temps range from single digits to 140 in the sun(see link to photo),and we regularly have flooding and droughts,tornadoes,hailstorms,lightning storms,and swarms of mesquitos,locusts,and fleas,among other things! screw this,im moving to san diego,earthquakes arent as bad as their reputation!
that is the funniest video – love the mr microphone bit!!
I still don’t know what a slingbox is.
Me neither.