Apple iTunes Taunts iPhone Hopefulls With iPhone Ringtones

ByNalts September 15, 2007

This is a great parody of the fact that Apple has released iTunes software that includes iPhone ringtones… even in Canada where you can’t buy an iPhone even if you wanted.

The video is one of the “funniest of the day” on YouTube, but perhaps this comment posted by is even funnier:

If (User.Country == iPhone.Country)
{ Ringtones.Show();
}else{ Ringtones.Hide();
}

I totally lol’ed during that part. X]

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Should a Brand Be a Publisher?

ByNalts October 9, 2008December 12, 2009

I advocate that brands participate in online-video, but by partnering with those already “in the house.” But I struggle when I see Zappos becoming a publisher. Or Bank of America developing a financial-advice channel (and surprisingly co-branding it with YouTube). Whatya think?

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Best Buy’s Social-Media Image Collapse

ByNalts August 19, 2010

Until today, WillVideoForFood didn’t have a “Greatest Corporate Social-Media Collapse” Award, but it’s now going to the uncontested “winner.” Best Buy, a company once known for its savvy social-media presence spearheaded by Barry Judge (seen below, searching Monster.com for jobs at Circuit City), has gone from great to mediocre to embarrassing… in just a few…

Newsflash: YouTube to Share Advertising Revenue

ByNalts January 27, 2007December 20, 2009

According to the Associated Press via USAToday: YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley announced today that YouTube will start sharing revenue with its millions of users. “We are getting an audience large enough where we have an opportunity to support creativity, to foster creativity through sharing revenue with our users,” Hurley said at the World Economic Forum….

Using Online Video to Promote Business: BS in WSJ

ByNalts November 26, 2007December 20, 2009

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article by Raymund Flandez called “Lights, Camera, Sales: How to Use Video to Expand Your Business in a YouTube World.” It’s positioned on the front page as “Small Business: How to Use Video to Grow.” I’ve got some issues with the piece, and not just because Flandez didn’t interview The…

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Find Viral Videos Before They’re Viral

ByNalts April 19, 2011

Remember that video curation was supposed to be all the rage last year and 2011? I’m still not seeing it get enough attention, but that will change as online-video consumption moves from desktop to simpler devices: mobile and remote controls. Why? Sans keyboard, it’s just not as easy to self-select videos, so we’ll need simpler…