Some Weird Acid-Trip Video
Here’s a wacked out acid-trip video for the next time you’re trippin. I found it on Chuck Shephard’s “Weird Universe.“
Best Cartoon About Viral Video
Meet Tom Fishburne. He’s a former marketer that got wise and is pursuing his passion. Much like someone we know, who eventually sold out to corporate America again. I met Tom when he spoke at J&J and he looks like the kid in Sixth Sense. This cartoon is brilliant because it reflects the naive hope…
“Am I Pretty or Ugly” Girl Pretends to Be 21-Year-Old Artist
Sophie Roessler’s “Am I Pretty or Ugly” video caught some media attention and a quarter of a million views. So what did the tween do? Like anyone else, she pretended to be a 21-year-old artist who knows all about the “struggles a girl transitioning into womanhood must go through. Roessler claimed the video “acted as…
YouTube Boot Camp
Need a boot camp on YouTube marketing? Too lazy to read a whole book? Here’s a four-part series featuring Greg Jarboe, author of “YouTube Marketing: an Hour a Day“
NASA Uses YouTube to Address 2012 End of World
Turns out the world isn’t going to end on December 21, 2012. NASA debunks that via YouTube… so don’t let your credit balance soar by that date.
Why Did Kony 2012 Go Viral?
Why did Kony 2012 go viral? More than 30 million views in the last 24 hours, and likely well past 40 million total by the time you read this. Sure the story is being picked apart as I type, but let’s stay focused… So what made this 30-min documentary viral? We asked the author of…
Online Video “Gold Rush”
New Media Minute’s Daisy Whitney says there’s a “gold rush going on in online video,” and points to some efforts of technology providers to meet growing needs. Time for a little roundup of recent news… Whitney sites eMarketer’s report that online video is set to grow 40% to 3.1 billion. Comscore reports that average online…
How Many People Are Watching Online Video in 2012?
comScore reports that 181 million U.S. Internet users watched nearly 40 billion videos of online video content in January. YouTube ranks first with 152 million views, and the rest of the pack (Sony’s VEVO, Yahoo, Viacom, Facebook) attracted about 45 to 52 million viewers (about one third of the Google-owned leader). Some interesting statistics from…
Moms Reveal Sleep-Inducing Tricks
Try to watch this without getting sentimental. Go ahead and try. Hats off to Philips Avent for this adorable video featuring mommy tricks to get babies to sleep. I reluctantly made it through the first 20 seconds for a totally heart-melting collection of sleepy babies. I only wish Sleepy Charlie was included. Another smashing sponsored…
Can a Search Engine Detect and Rank Comedy? Google Tries.
Look out “I Are Cute Kitten.” There’s a new cat in town, and she says No No No No. And according to research it’s the funniest video out there. Google is trying to create an algorithm that ranks a video in terms of humor/comedy. Here’s an article about the subject, and here’s a BBC World…