How to Build Engaged Online Community (JD Lasica Gives it Away for Free).

ByNalts September 16, 2009December 12, 2009

Kudos to JD Lasica for sharing his intellectual capital. He’s offering handouts, tactics, and his presentation.

When I was in the training field, Elliott Masie used to say, “give away knowledge, charge for consulting.”

Anxiously Awaiting Chumby

ByNalts June 7, 2008June 8, 2008

Here’s my Chumby‘s path so far. He can hardly wait to meet me. I hope he’s not to cold in Anchorage. You can track him too. And Sukatra is lying below about the credit card problem, although that did happen with the Mac Book Pro I tried to buy last week. This was my consolation…

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Get Seen: Online Video Resource by Steve Garfield

ByNalts December 15, 2009

Steve Garfield was vlogging before there were video cameras or the Internet. I’m not sure what that looked like, but perhaps he just stood in front of Boston houses and talked. So it’s worth noting that his new book has a companion website… check out Get Seen: Online Video Secrets. I’m planning on copying his…

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JibJab and John Landis Team Up for “Great Sketch Experiment”

ByNalts October 25, 2006

Visit JibJab to see the latest: Six 5-minute sketches directed by John Landis (Animal House, Trading Places). The winning sketch gets a $10K development deal with JibJab. The videos are all a bit long for web viewing- should have been capped at 3 minutes, since it’s almost impossible to endure 30 minutes of video unless…

Candid Camera, Amateur Style

ByNalts March 26, 2007December 20, 2009

When my “Bored at Mall” was featured on Break.com I was reminded how much people like real reactions to staged situations. It’s what made Candid Camera, Punked and “Trigger Happy TV.” This weekend we did two similar videos, which are currently topping the list of most discussed and highest rated comedies on YouTube (see image…

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Sex Up Your Thumbnail: Increase YouTube Views

ByNalts November 7, 2011November 7, 2011

A loyal reader shared this forum post where YTPaul explained the YouTube changes that have sent many amateur creators into a nose dive (see my Gremlins article). I quote below, and pay special attention to the bold. Seems those sexy thumbnails are as important as ever! Hi all – thanks for your patience as we…

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Pranking YouTube

ByNalts August 16, 2006

When I was 8 I used to make a hobby of singing a Monaca (sic) rice jingle over and over again. The more my siblings ignored me, the louder it would get. Now I’m 37 and I’m pranking YouTube for similar immature self amusement. But the thing is… they keep ignoring me. And oddly the…