Wally (www.welcometowallyworld.com) has assembled an all-star cast for a new show called “Fizzer: RocketBoom on Crack.” He’s slotted spots for a lot of us (MarkDay, MarquisDeJolie and others), and apparently has secured a $1.5 million deal from YouTube. Details of how he splits that are unresolved. Check out this clever spoof. And be sure to…
I’ve done videos asking people to submit videos. But never before have I received so many responses. Yesterday at Starbucks I invited people to send 30-second videos in which they did their best to bore me. I got nearly 50 boring responses, some creative ones and a few hysterical ones. The prize I offered was…
His name is Marcos. In this video from December he — after taking a leak — says he’s willing to draw a picture of anyone on YouTube. Then quite suddenly one of his videos claimed the coveted feature spot. By last count he had more than 1,000 comments… many included requests for drawings. I’d estimate…
Jason Glickman, an Internet advertising veteran with expertise in emerging interactive technologies, was a little late to predict 2007. So the CEO of Tremor Media decided to predict online video for 2008. Read his predictions in MediaPost’s Online Video Insider. Here are his predictions with my commentary: 1. Video goes vertical. Surely vertical sites (specialized…
Business Week Online provides the “CEO Guide to Online Video.” Sponsored by CISCO. It feels like advertorial, but here’s some of the wisdom it emparts. Do: Keep it short Measure results Don’t: Script it Forget about your brand If I ever sound this remedial, will someone please take away my blogger’s license?
Only a small fraction of online video-based advertising will be picked up by user-generated sites like YouTube and MySpace, according to a new report. Over the next four years, just 15 per cent of the total online video advertising budget, will go to user-sites, according to analyst Screen Digest (Financial Times via Next Generation). Arash…
Usertainment Watch is a relatively new blog focused on helping people monetize videos, music and other user-generated content. In today’s 2007 predictions, author Lester Craft predicts that we’ll see a $1 million prize for “best video.” I’m going to bet against that one, but I like his predictions about television tie-ns, rise of “channels” and…
I’m getting swarms of traffic from the YouTube feature, so I thought I owed it to new visitors to explain this blog briefly. It focuses on the online video space — especially for creators of videos or those who are looking to advertise and market via viral video. My goal is to use this blog…
A funny thing has happened since YouTube featured my video. I’ve received a number of messages inviting me over to LiveVideo, and discovered this interesting post by Z-lot yesterday. I always figured that YouTube would eventually lose its community to a site that shared revenue with creators. This transition, however, is not about money (as…
I doubt the folks at American Idol will air this audition by Buns and Chou Chou, the bunny duo from RabbitBites.com. Simon drove them into therapy with his cruel humor, but Paula left them with hope. The American Idol season starts Tuesday!