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YouTube Viral Video Broker!

Advertiser looking for reach? Viral-video creator looking for income? Video website looking for revenue? It’s the YouTube Viral Video Broker. He’s got the answers. Tags: Laipply, Numa Numa, Emmilina, Brookers, Smosh, YouTube, Coke, Coca Cola, YouTube, McDonalds, Subaru, Verizon, Singular, Wireless, Advertising, Online,

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Marquisdejolie Reviews Pay-For-Content Sites

One of the highest productivity video creators is also the most experimental with various sites and blogs to promote his work. Here’s his comment about some of the pay-for-content sites. To see his blog, click on the link on the right (I have a perpetually link to his video blog. Revver is king. I’ve made…

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Most Popular Online Video Sites (Nielsen/NetRatings)

Here’s a beefy Mercury News article about online video, with an emphasis on YouTube and its long journey toward profitability. It confirms that the YouTube folks are indeed thinking it would be good to make money, but are (in my opinion) way too paranoid about losing their cult-like appeal. Read my letter to YouTube’s founders to get…

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Do Online Review of Video Game, and Win Prizes

Expo TV (http://www.expotv.com), a site hosting user-generated video product reviews, and IDG Entertainment (IDGE), publisher of GamePro, announced the launch of a user-generated video contest for reviews of currently available video games. Five winning videos will be selected as the “Best Gamer Videopinions” through online voting and by a panel of experts from GamePro.com. Winners…

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Making Money on Your Amateur Videos: Comparing Revenue-Sharing Websites

Now that we’re seeing several online video sites that share revenue with video creators, it’s time for a comparison grid! For now I’m starting with Revver vs. Panjea vs. Eefoof, since they’re the only prominent sites that share revenue. I’ve also included YouTube and Google Video since they’re popular and give us a comparative base on some non-revenue…

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The Personal Sacrifice of Making Videos (Hunting Series)

People often ask how I have time to make so many short videos. The truth is, it typically takes about 1-2 hours per edited minute of a video. This depends, of course, on how packaged a video is (and packaging doesn’t always equate with the “viralness” of the piece. This time includes conceiving, scripting, shooting,…

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Video Contest: Promotion for “The Office”

So here are the details from YouTube on “The Office” promotion. I feel like I’ve blogged about this before, but it was probably one of my many posts that gets lost by WordPress when I select “Publish.” Here is the website about the contest. Now I love that NBC is finally playing nice with the…

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Two New Video Sites Pay for Content!

Revver has remained the prevailing platform by which people with video content can share their material (like YouTube) but also get paid based on the quantity of people that view it. The funds are generated through advertising dollars, and split 50/50 between Revver and the owner of the content. Now Revver has two new potential…

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First Interesting Article on Online Video (in a While)

I’m getting so tired of the hype articles, or the latest story about an instant viral video classic. Finally, here’s an interesting piece. Source: The Ultimate Middle East Business Resource. Go figure. On YouTube: “But this bandwidth is expensive. It’s estimated that bandwidth costs YouTube US$1 million per month. But the investment – YouTube has…