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Yes, Virginia. You can still go viral… if you have an original idea and push production to a new level. It also helps to pay tribute to a popular video game. Here’s a video homage to Skyrim Elder Scrolls (a video game), an epic video that’s been seen more than a million times in the past…
A new uber video destination site (called “The Viral Video Chart“) for those interested in what online video sites are hot. Via Micropersuasion and Jeff Jarvis. Here’s how they do it: We scan several million blogs a day to see which online videos people are talking about the most. We count the number of times…
Right now there are only two ways for an amateur to make money on short online videos, but this will soon change. Provide a website or network exclusive rights and get a one-time payment. We've seen certain amateur content creators already stop producing content for YouTube because they've been presumably approached by "content scouts." Remember…
I just discovered a report published late last year on video trends observed in the 3rd quarter 2011 (ending Sept. 30). It seems we watch 30% more video when on an iPad (versus desktop). Ooyala, a service provider to media companies, tracks a mess of activity and provides some nice signals in this report (see…
Sorry, online-video stars of 2011 and 2012. Seems your future is “asymptotical,” according to this report by SFGate titled “Inside Google’s Boot Camp for Viral Video Stars.” The New York Times covered the recent program for the “chosen” YouTube Partners that were selected as YouTube NextUp winners (see explanation of program). Yeah I had to…
Leigh from Vancouver just sent this. If you look up viral video in Wikipedia, this should be the definition…