So this guy at work tells me that 10% of the weight of an old pillow is Bed Bug feces. It grosses me out. Then I figured I’d “pay it forward” by getting you a little worried. As you lay your head to rest tonight, know you’re joined by thousands of bed bugs who are…
Australian’s Emallina, one of YouTube’s first “crossover” stars, has quit her blogging career after being hacked, according to TheAge.com (via Spamroll). Reports the Age, “someone had hacked into her computer and obtained recent pictures and videos from it that had never been posted online as well as “incredibly private files.” “Every day I logged in…
This is great comedy shot just weeks ago. A comedy troupe, Olde English, was preparing to videotape a sketch, and they stumbled into “Pokemon Day” in NYC. There are so many different dimensions to this spontanious piece… a spoof on Hulk Hogan, bad Pokemon jokes, hot Pokemon chicks, a hysterical interview with a young Pokemon…
Show me a marketer without “viral” on her marketing plan and I’ll show you an online video site that’s profitable. Advertising offline is getting harder with time-shifted television and declining viewership, and online advertising is getting more complex with paid-search prices rising and banner click-thru’s dropping. Given the low variable cost of viral, it’s natural…
Today I called into my cell phone messages and it was full. Turns out I had a whole sleuth of calls about the fact that the YouTube version of my Crackberry Blackberry video got a cameo on this report about Blackberry addiction. Here’s the link to the ABC report. I’m not just blogging about this…
TechCrunch’s Marshall Kirpatrick reports that YouTube tomorrow will unveil a number of branded commercial channels– including a Paris Hilton channel being featured on the homepage. This is a surprising and encouraging move from a video site that hasn’t shown any other interesting way to profit from its incredible appeal. Fox has paid an undisclosed sum…
Ironic title because a video isn’t viral UNLESS it’s seen. But it got your attention, didn’t it? Here are some tips for ensuring your video is seen beyond 14 teenagers on YouTube. Just like search engines are in constant flux, so is online video. So this advice has a limited shelf life: Make it good….
This is fantastic… a couple guys find Osama Bin Laden using Google Earth. Great acting too… the guys are apparently part of an improv troupe in NYC- ChocolateCakeCity.com.
Here’s a page sporting the fine winners of the “Create Your Own Promotion” contest. NBC’s “The Office” gave amateurs 19 seconds to get your point across, and some very creative people made great use of that tight window. A few are obviously more than amateurs. Since NBC hasn’t itself figured out internet video viewing 101,…
Obsessive cat flushes toilet over and over. Damn I love the Internet.