In moving over my Google Video clips to YouTube I ran into this retro commercial spoof. Like “Woodblock Doll,” it’s another commercial parody. That was pretty much the first 10 years of my video shorts: either commercial parodies or mock horror videos (ala “Attack of the Killer Slinky“). While cleaning up my dad’s office this…
So here’s the Easter “Dance Your Shoes Off” performed by 2,000 people from the Second Baptist Church in Texas. And here’s the “Easter Bunny Hates You.” Which one’s better? I find it more fun if you watch this video to another song. For instance, if you click here, play this Bruno Mars “Lazy” song in…
Remember that video curation was supposed to be all the rage last year and 2011? I’m still not seeing it get enough attention, but that will change as online-video consumption moves from desktop to simpler devices: mobile and remote controls. Why? Sans keyboard, it’s just not as easy to self-select videos, so we’ll need simpler…
Who’s the YouTube CEO? Not Chad Hurley anymore. It’s Salar Kamangar. Let’s introduce the YouTube community to Salar Kamanagar, and get him to Vidcon2011 (the YouTube version of South By Southwest spawned by Hank/John Green and the Nerdfighters). This article gives you some interesting cultural nuances about Google and YouTube which are rare in print….
Okay let’s just get this out. I’m a big Google fan, user, and customer. I’m also making non-trivial income from Google’s YouTube Partner program (through ad sharing on my Nalts videos seen 200 million gazillian times). So I really hesitate commending the company in a post headline. It looks I’m friggin’ shilling incognito and I…
What was the best season of SNL you can recall? Wait let me ask it a different way: which of these years did you like best and why: the Belushi years Eddie Murphy Dana Carvey Chris Farley Tina Fey And why is it that 85% of the best potential comedy fail one one singular account?…
Editor’s note: If you miss the hyperlinks in this post, you’re missing 95% of the humor. As you may well know, Google’s CEO Larry Page promoted seven executives recently, and effectively eliminated the power of a “product manager” Lord and an operating committee that was previously “hands on” in the critical businesses of the Internet…
Netflix is watching “GOOG” and its potential use YouTube to stream longer form content. See WSJ blog. And read about YouTube’s move to live streaming ala Ustream and Blogtv. I’d say the concern is significant, and this marks the fifth phase of YouTube… Phase 1: Pirate Sharing (2004-2006) Phase 2: Amateurs & Community (2005-2009) Phase…
It’s been a while since I’ve summarized some of the most important factors to getting your videos seen. This post is based on my own YouTube creator experience, my work with big brands, and my book (Beyond Viral). I’ve also written a free eBook called “How to Get Popular on YouTube Without Any Talent (version…
Charlie Nalts makes a return to Yahoo’s “This Week in Moms” with his “stupid puter” video (see him in an Austin-Powers-like wig and glasses as he laments the slow computer). There are also some cute bambinos with similar laptop woes. My running gag with the producers of this show… I dare you to pick a…