Where are the best pranks on YouTube? I’m partial to amateurs, so I’d say my favorite YouTube Partner pranksters are Edbassmaster (just look at this) and Jack Vale. I also spent much of the weekend binging on the epic battle between girlfriend and boyfriend on PrankvsPrank (the modern Spy vs. Spy). Prank vs Prank’s “Wet T-Shirt…
How much of Black Swan’s ballet dancing was actually Natalie Portman, and not the secret “stunt” ballet girl, Sarah Lane? Below is a video that shows how Black Swan’s directors and producers digitally placed Natalie Portman’s face over “stunt” dancer Sarah Lane, then tried to conceal that fact during Oscar-buzz season. The film producers allegedly…
Okay so the last post was really boring. And the morning post was an April Fool’s joke I hope nobody got. So let me end your week on a kinder note with my story about David and his mud spill. His name was David but, to his parents chagrin, we called him Davis. “Hi is…
So you know I like to market pharmaceuticals? I know what you’re thinking… commercials complex language and frightening “side effects.” But frankly I’d like to see all ads “fair balanced” like Rx ones. “This Toyota is moving forward, but we didn’t really test the breaks.” Best Buy’s convenience is over-shadowed by its higher prices and…
YouTube “Partners” are contractually obliged to not disclose earnings from Google’s video-sharing property, but that didn’t stop #2 subscribed Ray William Johnson this week. On Thursday he told ReelSEO’s Jeremy Scott that his YouTube ad-share income over the past 12 months (March 2010-March 2011) has surpassed one million dollars. Johnson, one of few top YouTubers…
Imagine sending a fax from the beach via a computer, or using a payphone to say goodnight to your child… from another timezone. It was all part of AT&T’s WE WILL campaign, and remarkably accurate in its general predictions. But unfortunately we’re not sure the telecommunications company pulled any of these off. Hey- at least…
Put on your thinking caps, kids. Lots of wisdom in here. Most of it is additive to Beyond Viral, but go buy that damned book if you haven’t. And if you have read Beyond Viral, please provide a gratuitous complement below even if it’s fake. Hey I’m not expecting to outsell Hunger Games, but my…
As reported by The Onion, the Advertising industry is facing serious competition by amateurs. Oh, did I mention you’re not pwning each other enough in the comments? Strap one on. Commercial Community College Commercial from The Midnight Show
I appeared on MSNBC’s “Your Business” yesterday, and again tomorrow morning. It was a special about using online video to promote your business. Here’s me holding my book, Beyond Viral, upside down. Classy touch, right? It, um, was… on purpose. Right.
Sure we’ve heard all of the excuses why you’re watching YouTube but not creating your own videos: I have nothing interesting to add I don’t have a camera I don’t want my life online Now YouTube has eliminated one of those excuses, giving people without cameras the ability to build videos via animation of existing…