I’ve done videos asking people to submit videos. But never before have I received so many responses. Yesterday at Starbucks I invited people to send 30-second videos in which they did their best to bore me. I got nearly 50 boring responses, some creative ones and a few hysterical ones. The prize I offered was…
A funny thing has happened since YouTube featured my video. I’ve received a number of messages inviting me over to LiveVideo, and discovered this interesting post by Z-lot yesterday. I always figured that YouTube would eventually lose its community to a site that shared revenue with creators. This transition, however, is not about money (as…
I may be on vacation, but I’ve learned a lot in the past 24 hours since I was featured on YouTube (with Viral Video Genius). Let me share these with WillVideoForFood readers… YouTubers think this is a “you’ve made it” move, and I’ve received dozens of really encouraging notes from folks. The people in the…
In its ultimate technical glitch, YouTube accidentally featured my “Viral Video Genius.” As we know, a YouTube feature makes or breaks a career. In the next hours I’ll be watching (from the poolside on Vacation) as the ratings roll in. And I’m anticipating an incredible amount of hate mail on the account. This video is…
Barats & Bereta, the most popular duo in viral video, are back. Here’s their latest video titled “The Other Son.” In this one, Barats (or Bereta) plays the role of God’s second son. I think it’s one of their finest videos since Mother’s Day because it’s hysterical and managed, I think, to avoid insulting Christianity….
It didn’t take the Microsoft long to counter the iPhone. Now DogRodeo has a spoof ad for the ZunePhone. Check out this video, and be sure to watch the last few seconds. I’m not usually one for parody commercials but this was extremely well done. Funnier than most Saturday Night Live commercial parodies and produced quickly…
Revver’s recent change raises questions about the sustainability of amateur-created content, and whether Hollywood should be “dictating business models.” In a recent CNET article titled “YouTube Rivals Look for Answers,” Greg Sandoval reported that Revver co-founder Oliver Luckett and Revver’s Chief Technology Officer Rob Maigret have left Revver and are working together on a video project. The article…
The good folks at Mentos were kind enough to sponsor my “Smuggling Mentos Into Movie Theater” video (see it on Revver here). Mentos provided modest funds to offset my time and production costs, and more importantly provided me with a big ol’ shipment of Mentos. I’m eating them at 9:35 a.m. as I type. They…
Martin Sorrell, chairman and chief executive of advertising giant WPP Group, recently used the term “Frenemy” to describe Google. But David Eun, Google’s vice president of content partnerships, is fostering a “friend not foe” approach, according to the LaTimes. Eun, the former NBC and Time Warner Inc. executive, is Google’s ambassador to the television, movie,…
I’ve been long begging for a technology that allows amatuer videographers to populate multiple video sites with ease. You may like the popularity of YouTube and the money from Revver, blip.tv and Metacafe. But you can’t afford to miss sites like AOL Uncut, Yahoo or Google Video since they do deliver volume. I think I…