I Really Need a New Way to Determine My Self Worth

(This blog traffic thing is so mercurial).

(This blog traffic thing is so mercurial).
Warning: Blog post contains blatant self promotion. 🙂 I’ve been frustrated by the lack of understanding among marketers and advertising agencies about how to capitalize on online/viral video. Most viral-video marketing campaigns are born to fail — with heavy production costs, overtly promotional content, and view counts that are embarrassing. Rather than stew and rant,…
Google is expected to buy the Earth next week. See Bloomberg. Not a bad thing. Envision Google Earth (video), but life size.
Online video is growing faster than any other type of consumer service offering, and by 2017 will be more popular than Facebook, Twitter and Co, according to Cisco’s new Visual Networking Index forecast and this Gigaom article. The forecast is based primarily on data use. “Bandwidth points to social networking as the world’s most popular type…
Thousands of apples roll out of an NYC subway car. Drives message home with authentic/amateur feel. Big stunt, simple concept. Visually unforgettable. The only thing it ‘aint (as of this writing) is viral. Under 20K views. Posted in 2006 this would be at a million views by now. Show me someone who claims to understand…
Dan Meth produced “Internet People,” an incredibly satisfying recap of some of the finest moments in online video. From Numa Numa to “Dick in a Box,” and all of the little moments in between. Misses a few highlights (like Pearl and Nalts) but it’s pretty comprehensive and entertaining. If you’ve come late to the online-video…
Our friends at ReelSEO revealed the Pew data showing viewer’s surprising willingness to pay for online-video content. Until recently, I’ve been nervous about the notion of any subscription or pay-per-view model because it’s likely a “deal killer” for most viewers watching amateur creators. Sure I’ll pay to license/buy The Guild or Dr. Horrible, but less so for…
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Sad state of affairs when I look at your chart and say he is doing better than me. I get depressed when I have a low day.
Please make me feel good! Drive my stats up and leave a comment! I need the external validation.
I just went to your site 10 times.
Sorry I was on the road for 3 days…now your traffic will double.