Feed Company’s Josh Warner selected his favorite “10 most innovative viral videos,” but we’re not crazy about them. The Samsung vanishing camera one is pretty cool. Can you guess how they did it? The cheat is linked via annotation at the beginning.
The piano steps, laptop butt and baby thing are okay too.
TubeMogul’s blog did a nice summary of the online-video sites it feeds, and provides user feedback about the site and monetization status (whether you can make money on the sites). You can also read the “Zagat’s”-like report as a PDF. Thanks to Mark from TubeMogul for bringing this to our attention.
Two trailers, with dramatically different approaches. The first is about a girl’s death, and takes the viewer backwards to experience it. The second, released recently, shows more game play, and is certainly more “blue” with its cursing and rap music. From a marketer’s perspective, I like the sequence. The first creates intrigue and emotional connection…
Yaro Starak of “Entrepreneur’s Journey” feels otherwise, but I’m betting on CharlesTrippy as the winner of the first-ever internet reality show, “The Next Internet Millionaire.” For those who haven’t followed the show, we’ve seen 12 hopefuls eliminated “survivor” style over 12 web-only shows, and it’s down to two people. Charles Trippy, a college student and…
I’ve lost original video files before, and sometimes even the compressed versions. I’ve had to rip my own video from Revver so that I could own some version, and it’s a horrible pixelation relative to the original file (or even the compressed low-rez version). Now I have a few simple rules to save you from…
Nice, recent review of online-video sites. Here’s a comprehensive list of sites by Light Reading. Even better, a ranking of sites that share advertising revenue. Some excellent tables- like this one that shows what sites pay what.
Academy Award Winning Viral Creator, Davideo Designs, today released its latest creation called “Pandering for World Domination.” Davideo actually hasn’t won an Academy Award because the stuffy academy is still to friggin’ artistic for viral shorts. Maybe the Golden Globes? Oh they’re music, aren’t they? In any event, I can’t say I endorse or understand…
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I think my favorite on the list is United Breaks Guitars. Videos like that may be one reason companies fear social media.
My ass was itchy. Now my hand is smelly.