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8 Wishes for Online Video

ByNalts

Paul Sanchez — biker, video junkie, PR machine, blogger, and maddman — has started an 8-wishes “tag chain” thingy. He’s asked me and other bloggers to post our 8 wishes and pass along the task to others. Parenthetically, Paul’s first wish was granted, as he recently interviewed Kinkos founder Paul Orfalea. So let’s be clear…

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Mentos Sponsors Video Creators to Move Beyond Mentos Geysers

ByNalts

The good folks at Mentos were kind enough to sponsor my “Smuggling Mentos Into Movie Theater” video (see it on Revver here). Mentos provided modest funds to offset my time and production costs, and more importantly provided me with a big ol’ shipment of Mentos. I’m eating them at 9:35 a.m. as I type. They…

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Top 10 Viral Video Moments of 2006

ByNalts

Given that 2006 was the Year of Online Video, we’d be remiss not to look back at the special highlights of this year. This is not another “top viral videos of the year” list. Goodness knows there are hundreds of those. Instead we’re looking at the moments that changed the industry or perception of it….

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Coke Embraces Mentos Fad for the First Time

ByNalts

In a marketing decision that always perplexed me, Coke spent the better part of this year distancing itself from a cultural wave involving its product… the geysers resulting from mixing Mentos mints and Diet Coke. The Mentos team jumped on it almost reflexively — running ads behind the famed www.Eepybird.com ads via Revver and initiating…

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Videos We Need More Of. Videos We Need Less Of.

ByNalts

It’s time for WillVideoForFood’s first ever “videos we need more of” and “videos we need less of” awards. Videos We Need More Of: Candid moments of celebrities 2-minute comedies (especially based on workplace life) Comedic soundbytes on current events Girls fighting (but no getting hurt too bad) Harmless prank calls Newscasters losing their cool off…

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Halloween in August and GarageBand O.D.

ByNalts

Have you noticed the annual Halloween stores have begun to open? How do these companies survive with 2-months of sales a year? Oh. 95% margins, that’s how. Anyway… it starts with buying an “old man” mask… which kinda begs for a video. …Then the candy river begins to flow. On the musical scores: I splurged…

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LucasFilms To YouTube: Put ‘Fan Films’ BACK On

ByNalts

Thanks to a comment by TK42one, we’ve picked up on this post by Rebelscum. Seems YouTube pulled some fan clips, and the Star Wars fans raised it with LucasFilms. Here’s the announcement from LucasFilms: Lucasfilm has been informed that YouTube recently removed from its site several fan-made Star Wars spoofs and parodies. We would like…