35 Ways to Ditch Cable and Satellite Bills
Sick of paying a satellite or cable bill from Verizon, Comcast or another provider? Here are 35 ways around it.
Video View Count: Short Shelf Life vs. Long Tail
TubeMogul reports on the short shelf life of online videos (courtesy of ReelPopBlog). While it’s true that 25% of video’s views tend to occur within the first 4 days, this is a bit missleading. First, TubeMogul focused on videos exceeding 1,000 views and the website is used more by serious content creators looking for broad distribution. Second,…
Contests Looming: Xlntads RoadTrip
Being a finalist in the Oreo Global Moments contest renewed my interest in online-video contests. There are a few that have deadlines looming:The XLNTAds Road Trip is due June 30 and has a prize of $7500 with two “runner’s up” prizes of $750. Shoot a pilot episode of a road-trip based show that will attract the interest…
God Hates Gays, Say Baptists (video proof)
Here’s an AP story on Yahoo! Video that shows some footage from a recent rally against gay marriage. Seems some hardcore Baptists felt compelled to remind homosexuals that God hates them. In this screen shot, we see infamous YouTuber “NutCheese” capturing the drama. And here’s her video, titled “God Hates Fags.” Don’t tell Him I…
Another YouTube Myth Debunked: “Best Rated” Videos Get Views?
I made a spoof video last week called “Why You Should Rate” that was designed to point out a little YouTube myth. People think that a highly rated video with lots of comments means that they’ll get views. To further illustrate the point, the video itself is one of YouTube’s “top 20” highest rated videos…
What is Social Media?
I met the Marketing Diva (Toby Bloomberg) at a Cox Communications event. She pulled out her Flip cam and asked me to define social media. So I gave her a quick answer. Then along comes “The 60 Second Marketer” and packages this spontaneous clip into the following video called “What is Social Media.” Suddenly, my…
Can Roku Sustain?
Sorry. I’m a little slow on the uptake here. Didn’t pay much attention to Roku (a device that allows you to stream videos via Netflix instead of dealing with red-envelope chaos). I used to be a rabid Netflix user, but finally got overwhelmed with the logistics. But now if I buy a $99 Roku device…
Convert Mac iSight Footage to YouTube
Did you know there’s a tool that allows you to easily convert iSight footage to a YouTube upload? It’s called Vidnik. And it’s one of a hanful of cool shareware video applications available for you Mac users (all 45 of you). Ostatic reveals “6 essential open source apps for Mac videographers.” Some are handy, like…
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has now proclaimed metric standards in a PDF document available here. According to the report, “These definitions are part of a larger IAB effort to stimulate video industry growth by making the reporting of metrics for agencies and advertisers across multiple media partners more consistent” Thanks to Mike Abundo of…
YouTube Moving from “Lean Forward” to “Lean Back”
Do you want YouTube and amateur videos from the comfort of your living room or bed? I’m the only person I know that uses AppleTV to surf YouTube, but the YouTube blog announced a series of distribution partners. I usually think of YouTube as a company that has been fairly slow to introduce new technologies,…