We wrote about Barats & Bereta‘s “Cubicle Wars” video in August. And “If God Had a Facebook” in September. Now the two have a 6-figure deal with NBC. Congratulations, guys. And thanks to Mark Day for the scoop.
Call us if you need extras, guys. Not that you need a third wheel.
This just in: Nice coverage of the story on Mashable (via Micropersuasion).
It’s not too late to make that killer April Fool’s video. Maybe you can get it on Metacafe’s April Fool’s section (see blog post, and April Fool’s channel), and get filthy rich. Here are some tips I probably won’t follow because I’m too sleepy to bother. Fool the viewer. Make them think it’s about one…
Even online-video noobs (like Britney Spears, who only started posting to her YouTube channel in early 2007) are selling out in product placements! But at least she can have some fun with it. The Nokia 5800 spotted in Britney’s “Womanizer” music video has an appointment scheduled for “product placement meeting.” Courtesy of Yahoo Video blog, where…
I’ve long preached to fellow marketers that consumer-generated media means they no longer exclusively manage their brand. Part of marketing today means that a viral YouTube video can eclipse even the most crafted marketing and public relations campaign. Sure this has been an issue since I invented the Internet, but the easy sharing of video…
Remember the jumping stilts (kangaroo stilts) you may have discovered on YouTube around 2007 (see SMPFilms video)? It’s probably not a good idea to use them to jump over the moving car your dad is driving. Here’s one for the Darwin Awards, Failblog, and “what did you think would happen?” file. Below is a video…
Having plenty of people viewing your YouTube videos has achieved such social status that prominent YouTube creators are “cheating.” In this video Redskulled describes the simple method to inflate total views on your video, and identifies some of the “famous” YouTube cheaters — and shows the crude and simple ways to cheat. Consider, then, the…
Here’s a classic example of brilliant advertising creative executed horribly online. According to MediaPost: Priceline.com has changed the way it uses spokesman William Shatner in its ads; rather than playing himself, he has morphed into the character of chief negotiating officer. Here’s a memo to the Priceline folks: First, ingenious idea to have Shatner in…
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And call me, guys, if you need an idea guy. I’m never out of ideas. Won’t work on spec, though. Will work for airline tickets to exotic locations, though. Think China. Burgeoning market. Soon a post-industrial culture with lots of yang.
And I’ll work for hamburgers. Robble robble robble.
There’s always somebody underbidding me. What’s that line you use, Kevin? I make nothing on each video but I make it up in volume?