Susan Boyle Goes Ever Viraler
If you haven’t heard of Susan Boyle right now, you don’t own an Internet. Here she is in her Britain’s Got Talent final, which is already shooting up the viral video charts.
If you haven’t heard of Susan Boyle right now, you don’t own an Internet. Here she is in her Britain’s Got Talent final, which is already shooting up the viral video charts.
Billionaire investor and dot-com legend Mark Cuban said only a “moron” would purchase YouTube, and that the online video site is “going to be toasted.” Read the article at YahooNews. Or Reuters. Obviously Cuban got the idea from my YouTube rant. During this clip that I’m still hawking in every other post, I urge YouTube…
I’ve always had a brain crush on Seth Godin, and used to preach his gospel when I worked at an interactive agency pre-bubble burst. But I had lost touch with the author since his Purple Cow book, and was glad to get a dose of his new “tribal marketing” insights last week in NYC. Here’s…
A recent study shows that the shrinking percent of US citizens that don’t watch online-video regularly are more likely (by 45%) to be boring than their video-watching counterparts. This study, mind you, is based not on a significant N or any official methodology. It’s just based on my own experience. For example, here’s a result…
How can a small company take advantage of this bountiful new online-video market? They can personalize their offering, increase reach, optimize search-engine rankings, and target with greater precision. While few startups will “go viral,” entrepreneurs have a competitive advantage in their flexibility and agility. Without large bureaucracies or expensive agencies, a smaller business can leave out…
Mary Hoddler (Napsterization) collected some interesting stats during Friday's SuperNova event. Check them out here. Courtesy of Heather Green from Business Week Online. What she forgot to mention was that Chapter11TV just received 2nd round funding of $6.5 million from venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital (the firm behind YouTube.com). Watch out YouTube!
Crows root through garbage, and caw us from our slumber. But what if I could train the species- which top the avian IQ scale – to be my minions? Then I read in a recent O Magazine about a hacker named Joshua Klein who spent a decade studying crows, and discovered they’re highly intelligent and…
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God no, please, no more Susan Boil.
Ha! You totally included this, which has nothing to do with the topic of this blog, to suck up some hits on searches for Susan Boyle.
Hey – this guy calls you his hero:
http://www.reelseo.com/reelseo-refresh/9382/
I’ve called you many things, but hero is not one of them. You’ve made too many “running away” themed videos, to qualify as any sort of hero.
luvvin ya…. DahliaK
Totally is my new hero. I need to quit my day job and pursue the passion… 😉
Oh Nalts, if I may, please indulge me with my Susan Boyle Spoof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8L64IEFrng
Also, I cut a teaser for Punchy 3 that you’re in. Just cast Brainy (pro actor) and should be up by the end of June.
-Bobby J.