A Pew study shows that more of us are watching online video than engaging in social media (via the lovely and talented Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee). Seems 62 percent of US internet users have watched online video, and only 46 percent have engaged in social media. Surprised? Naturally, there are loads of questions you may…
There are three types of readers of this blog. Those that scan it for industry tips, people who find it accidentally via my videos, and those of you who are hard-core members of the WillVideoForFood backrow. This one’s for you, peeps. Last night I took the kids to recreation station, a playground near our house….
Sometimes it takes a few dozen cats to step on a land mine, before the rest of us decide to take a different route. It seems we’re still not clear on one of the most basic rules of social media and advertising. Transparency when it comes to advertising via social media. Let’s officially mark this…
I now proclaim the phrase, “Pulling a Bruno.” Sacha Baron Cohen, who stared in the $150 million Borat sensation, saw his latest film plateau in the box office after a strong start from hard-core fans… presumably not motivated to evangelize the film to the mass market. You can use those three words, “Pulling a Bruno”…
Cutest mommy/baby video ever. I’ve never seen my youngest two sons (Charlie and Grant) laugh as hard as they did watching this… even at a Nalts video. It’s Spricket24 with her new baby Lulu. Karen, if Lulu creates her own YouTube account, I want to be the first subscriber.
Seven secrets YouTube doesn’t want you to know. Revenue, profit, editorial versus algorithm, Steven Chen’s latest.
It’s been a while since I learned something new about making a good video. You know — something I haven’t tried, failed with, written about or all of the above. I’ve got one today, and I’m calling it an audio sandwich. First: to the WVFF back row, I’d like to now proactively address your comments…
Oh thank GOD there’s something interesting in the news today. I was scanning my RSS feeds and it seemed like all the recent headlines were old (a great way to get demoted on someone’s RSS reader is to not have fresh articles)… or boring stuff. Verizon iPhone Facebook Twitter, blah, blah. But Tiger Woods farting…
YouTube went to great lengths to ask (and even threaten video creators with reminders of their contractual obligations) to prevent stars doing sponsored videos. As I’ve addressed before, some advertisers were circumventing lucrative media spends by working directly with top stars. That’s especially smarmy when the Google folks pitched the star, and the agency or…
I love con movies almost as much as time-travel flicks. Diggstown? House of Games? Classics. But the top-10 internet scams (sourced from Netforbeginners/About.com) are rampid, and prey on our basic psychological vulnerabilities, and our lack of knowledge about technology and bank laws. I received a recent thank-you from someone whose wife was almost hooked by…