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Cats Sell

ByNalts

My marketing teacher used to say that cows sell. But that was 1990. In the 2010s, cat sell. Take it from the Catvertising Agency (JohnSt) My “Cute Kitten” video is at 35 million views, so I’m gonna have to agree with the Catvertising agency.  

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8 Tips for Filmmakers Plunging Into Online Video

ByNalts

Last week I attended the Independent Feature Project (IFP)’s event in NYC, and was intrigued by some of the questions independent film makers were asking about online video. So here are some thoughts for aspiring film makers who are asking themselves the question, “how can I take advantage of the emerging online video space?” Ken…

Bring Back Pundit Joad Cressbeckle, Onion

ByNalts

Oh sorry. I suppose I could have just e-mailed the folks at The Onion, but it’s just as easy to blog them. And hope their social-media monitoring tools dig deep enough to find this blog (ranked just below the left-handed lesbians’ jewelry accessory blog). BRING BACK PUNDIT JOAD CRESSBECKLE (seen here expressing his concern about humanized potatoes)… To…

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“Farting in Public” Kid Goes MIA: Campaign to Bring Back Spencer

ByNalts

Spencer is my nephew’s friend who appeared in “Farting in Public” (now almost at 5 million views). We’ve done about 12 mostly public videos together, and here’s a playlist so you can watch them all on YouTube: “Best of Spencer.” Spencer has a unique ability to suspend social anxiety and do just about anything without…

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Contests That Require Registration to Vote

ByNalts

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…