Here’s my entry to the “StandupAndSling” contest, where I tell the story of who REALLY invented the SlingBox.
Hop on and vote if you like. Registration is quick- they send you an automatic password instantly.
I used to write quite often about online-video contests because for many brands, that was their online-video strategy. It’s similar today when brand’s create a Facebook page to check off that nagging “social media” objective. A lot’s changed in the past years, and Jared “The Video Contest King” has reengaged, even musters up some praise…
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article by Raymund Flandez called “Lights, Camera, Sales: How to Use Video to Expand Your Business in a YouTube World.” It’s positioned on the front page as “Small Business: How to Use Video to Grow.” I’ve got some issues with the piece, and not just because Flandez didn’t interview The…
Perhaps you watched Celebrity Apprentice last night, where the b-listers teamed up to create a “viral” video for O-Cedar’s ProMist Spray Mop. Note that I put “viral” in quotes since it’s not a viral video unless it goes viral. For that matter, let’s call it what it is: try-ral. It’s trying. It may go viral,…
I’ve made my career never winning a contest, but placing as a finalist in many. So I believe I can speak with some authority in saying that most contest sites suck. That can be for a number of reasons: the prizes aren’t right, the theme is too rescrictive, the site is easy to forget about,…
What do you do when you hold a ketchup contest and about half of the entries are from one guy? Here’s Heinz’s YouTube site, and here’s the gratuitous contest site the agency presumably convinced the brand to build (equiped with auto-rolling video- ick). Still, it’s a good brand for a contest, isn’t it? Who can’t have…
This consumer-generated advertising phase is soooo over. Get real. A bunch of idiots with a webcam will never threaten big agencies. In fact I “threw” this Heinz ketchup ad just to keep the advertising agency model vibrant. There were more than 2,600 entries to the Heinz Ketchup contest on YouTube. Voting occurs between August 27…
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I thought you did a great job with your video Nalts.
Nalts,I dunno how u have time to check out all the video sites and contests,work full time,film videos,this blog,singing in water fountains,and a wife and kids! ……..o yea,u mentioned before that u never sleep,nevermind 🙂 …….when R U coming to texas,its a lovely place,temps range from single digits to 140 in the sun(see link to photo),and we regularly have flooding and droughts,tornadoes,hailstorms,lightning storms,and swarms of mesquitos,locusts,and fleas,among other things! screw this,im moving to san diego,earthquakes arent as bad as their reputation!
that is the funniest video – love the mr microphone bit!!
I still don’t know what a slingbox is.
Me neither.