I was just trying to figure out why my “How to Make Your Own Healies” video (its title is actually “Poor Man Healies” was getting so much traffic. Then I realized… at the moment, it’s the number one ranked listing on Google for the keyword “healies.” Turns out there isn’t much competition since Healies is actually spelled “Heelys.”
I guess there’s a new viral video law. Optimize your tags to mispellings. Or just spell poorly naturally like I do.
Oh you stupid marketer. I can’t even believe you found this blog post. You’re so stupid. I can’t even help you right now. But Chris Brogan can. He’s got a list of 50 ways a marketer can use social media. Why don’t you go read it so you can make sure you don’t accidentally do…
I’ve noticed that my most popular posts are not my deepest thoughts about the future of online video, or about how amateurs can make money. Nope, if I want blogger popularity I simply write about what video is hot that week. Indulge me, dear readers, in an experiment. In this post I will write about…
This week I saw my first YouTube heat map (which shows yellow and red around the places eyes typically go). YouTube has one of these eye-measurement devices in its office, and I really wanted to try it… but was afraid they’d catch my eyes looking at the wrong thumbnails… if you know what I mean….
Gawker’s August 4 quote about the American Girl Doll union protests provides this post titled: “Every time you cross our picket line a kitten explode.” Funniest blog post title I’ve ever seen. You don’t even have to read the post to appreciate it, although the photo does capture the absurdity of the event. Here’s some…
Shame on us. We’ve been so focused on the video and music, we forgot about the sound effects. Did you know: Animals are never ever silent- dogs whine/bark/yip, cats meow or purr, cows moo, even in cases where most animals wouldn’t be making a sound. All bicycles have bells (that sounds). Car tires “always” screech…
Thanks Jan for sending over this article titles, “Do You Know Why Nobody Is Clicking Your Ads.” http://www.mequoda.com/articles/web-advertising/do-you-know-why-users-arent-clicking-on-your-ads It’s true that ad units generally decrease on interaction rates as people get used to them. The article cites a .09 percent click thru rate, but I’d say that’s being quite generous. It’s also worth noting that…