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Want to Be Seen and Paid on YouTube? Your Relatives Matter…

ByNalts

As many as 25% of the views of a video may come from people finishing a related video. This chart shows the percentage of views that come from various sources to my “The Best of Naked Vlogs.” This is not a representative example, but look at the percent of traffic that comes from “related video”…

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Barack Obama Says Lose the SUV, Fatty.

ByNalts

I really find little pleasure in politics, and rarely appreciate political humor. But when someone told me today that Barack Obama said the following in Oregon, it created an uncontrollable desire in me to satire the remarks. Nalts has already given ShayCarl his assignment for a collab video, but I can’t find the video footage of this…

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Smirnoff’s “Tea Partay” Music Video

ByNalts

This is pretty funny. It’s Smirnoff’s viral ad featuring rich Northeastern guys rapping… in top siders and circa 1980 preppy clothes. Again- subtle with the branding so it will probably get viralicized. But not pretending to NOT be an ad. Good balance. Tea Partay by Prep-Unit Raw Tea Records Director: Julien Christian Lutz

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Film Maker Embraces the Web to Promote Zombie Musical

ByNalts

Last week I wrote 8 tips for independent filmmakers to use the web to promote their work and earn money via the ad-revenue-sharing online video sites. The ideas came from some of the discussions I had with filmmakers when I spoke at the Independent Feature Project event in NYC. Here’s a great case study. Austin…

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Do YOU Have What It Takes to Become (and Stay) a YouTube Star?

ByNalts

I’ve written plenty about how to become a YouTube star (see free eBook v2 and “Beyond Viral“), but today’s post is the first of a series about the persistence of some top YouTube talent. It’s one thing to break through the clutter and develop a following, but quite another thing to maintain it… the latter…