I caught some video of Katie Couric at the Nov. 16 Foundation Awards held by the International Radio and Television Society Foundation, Inc. YouTube’s community received a 2007 Foundation Award — putting it in a league with David Letterman, Donald Trump and Dick Clark. More on that tomorrow. Katie presented a Foundation Award to Kimberly…
I was embarassed to notice that I’ve only watched one YouTube video for about every 3800 times someone has viewed one of mine (my Nalts videos have been viewed 16 million times on YouTube but I’ve only watched about 4K videos). Seems a bit selfish, doesn’t it? So then I began exploring some of the most…
YouTube is now offering live technical support via NALTS: North American Live Tube Support. It’s a volunteer-based system where you can get help with common YouTube problems such as file upload requirements, registration problems, account suspension problems, and other frequently asked YouTube questions. To demo the live support feature, see Help: Live YouTube Technical Support….
Remember how major advertising agencies handled the Internet? Let’s recap their 5 stages of grief: Denial: The web is not a big deal. It’s a fad. Let the little Internet agencies form. We’re not losing much in fees. Anger: Who’s coming to our monthly all agency day? The Internet agency? First the Public Relations agency,…
In a recent WillVideoForFood Forum post, I invited people to submit their “must read” blogs and websites on the subject of online video. As you can imagine, it’s very difficult to find these on Google. Here’s an initial list, and I’m going to be making a video featuring the best sources. So please let me…
Could you be worth less than one dollar a month to StupidVideo? The site offers a premium service that allows you to enjoy its videos ad-free for 99 cents a month (on annual subscription, and it eliminates streaming ads only). This begs the question- is that what it’s worth to a viewer to skip ad…
Well the title is a little misleading. This is a Revver collection of my top 20 prank videos. Last week I was contacted by a casting agent for a new television show that features pranksters. She found me via “Farting in Public” (which is almost at 4 million views on YouTube), and asked me to…
This blog has been too consumed with YouTube and Nalts lately, and I want to get back to WillVideoForFood’s roots. Finding ways to improve the production of online video, marketing via online video, and learning tips to promote amateur and promotional content. Yesterday I spoke with Paul Kontonis of For Your Imagination. I thought I…
There are three ways a video can be labeled a “best.” First (and most common) is the rating system. This, of course, has its own biases. Popularity doesn’t always mean quality (even my lame videos tend to jump to the “highest rated daily video”). The second is the “editor’s choice.” This is good, but subject…
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