Recipe for a Failed Online Video Business
Here's a recipe for success… http://www.chapter11tv.com/. During this video, an overzealous CEO demonstrates how much he has spent, and how he has no apparent income model.
Here's a recipe for success… http://www.chapter11tv.com/. During this video, an overzealous CEO demonstrates how much he has spent, and how he has no apparent income model.
Floyd is back with another Five on Fridays, which is a very low budget piece that reviews interesting pieces of new media and advertising. Although I can't say he doesn't creep me out just a little, he finds extremely engaging photos and stories, and delivers it with an English sense of humor right from NYC….
The Crackberry video I did early this week didn't take off at first, but now a few blogs (Micropersuasion and some Blackberry blogs) have started to point to it. Meanwhile, here's a recent story of a Chicago hotel that helps you shake Crackberry addiction by locking away your Blackberry!
The online video era has entered into its second of what I'd suggest will be three phases: Phase 1: People are thrilled to watch videos online easily and for free. YouTube owns this, and this is the prevailing model. Viral video makers are currently motivated by fame not money. But as I mentioned in a…
Tuesdays suck. Why? It's the worst day to check videos. For reasons I can't quite explain, people do more on e-mail and the web on Tuesdays. It's been a long-standing "secret" that promotional e-mails get the best "open rates" on Tuesdays. My CubeBreak traffic spikes on Tuesdays. Even this blog spikes on Tuesdays. But all…
Here's a YouTube clip from the recent appearance of Artie Lange on Jimmy Kimmel live. Since I don't TiVo Kimmel, it's nice to find some clips like this. If you're shy on time, let it stream completely and rush to the clip from his new movie, Beer League. Three guys in a diner and the…
Webisodes. A nice concept that’s ahead of its time. The idea is that we tell a longer story in “chunks,” and each short video clip (not to exceed 3-5 minutes) has the story progressing. Many experiments have failed. Eventually Webisodes will bridge the chasm between “lean back” television viewing and “lean forward” Internet viewing. But…