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Video Contest: Great Wolf Lodge

ByNalts June 11, 2009June 11, 2009

Great Wolf Lodge is holding a video contest. Here’s our entry. Oh, Charlie. Don’t grow up.

How Much is that Viral Video in the Window?

ByNalts July 8, 2008December 20, 2009

(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…

Kevin is a poopie head

ByNalts July 5, 2008December 20, 2009

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Contest | Making Videos | Viral Video

Save the Water Contest (exclusive)

ByNalts May 25, 2007

Every once in a while, your humble WillVideoforFood gets an exclusive. Here’s one. The folks at Rain Bird Corporation (a manufacturer of irrigation products and services) are doing a film contest to raise awareness of water conservation. “The Intelligent Use of Water” Film Competition seeks short films (1-20 minutes in actual or excerpted run time)…

Contest | Online Video

Online-Video Contests: Still Going Strong

ByNalts April 25, 2011

I used to write quite often about online-video contests because for many brands, that was their online-video strategy. It’s similar today when brand’s create a Facebook page to check off that nagging “social media” objective. A lot’s changed in the past years, and Jared “The Video Contest King” has reengaged, even musters up some praise…

Contest | Online Video

Where Can I Find Video Contests?

ByNalts July 3, 2007

Two sites that feature online-video contests: Vidopps (5 stars: kept current as of this writing- can sign up for e-mail alerts) Online-video Contests (4 stars: pretty but not as comprehensive- can sign up for e-mail alerts) YouTube contests (3 stars: not enough) XLNTads (too new to rate, and I’m biased since they sponsor me) About.com Desktop Video…

advertising | book | Contest | Online Video

Online Video Contest for HomeCamera.com

ByNalts February 13, 2008December 20, 2009

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….

advertising | book | Contest | xlntads