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Your Viral Video Shouldn’t Be a Commercial (Celebrity Apprentice Lesson)
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,…
YouTube Heroically Guards Against Photosensitive Epilepsy
I was uploading some videos today, and I found a new “YouTube Ratings” check-box. You gotta let them know if you’re uploading a video with strobing or flashing lights. It seems YouTube is guarding those people with photosensitive epilepsy. People living with this condition experience epileptiform seizures upon exposure to certain visual stimuli. I wonder…
More Effective Than Waterboarding
This friggin’ awesome. This video played over and over could make a terrorist cave, and without the ethical implications of water boarding. I beg you to subject people to it. It’s by the people that brought you this EPIC burger/fries video.
Help Best Buy Claim “Worst Company in America”
It’s against some difficult competition this year (BP, Toyota), but I’m rooting for Best Buy to win the coveted Consumerist.com “Worst Company in America” (see brackets). Just scan the Consumerist archives for Best Buy and Geek Squad to see all the proof you’ll need. We honored the consumer-electronic megafirm with the dubious WillVideoForFood 2010 “Greatest…
Send a Free Cheap-Ass Valentine’s Video Greeting
Send someone you love this cheap-ass Valentine’s video. It’s packed with bad poetry, cheesy stock footage, and a fat bloke running with horses. At least it’s classier than the greeting card Tiger Mother’s daughter sent to her. Happy Valentine’s Day from WillVideoForFood.
Crappiest Corporate Holiday eMail Contest: Holiday Spam
Holiday spam time! I’m holding a contest to see who can identify the crappiest holiday e-mail greeting! Can you top these three? It shouldn’t be hard. And you get extra points if you uncover a really bad corporate eGreeting that’s trying to mimic a viral video and does so awkwardly. After all, we’re a video…
Even Cute Puppets Loathe Geek Squad
Thanks, MrHogg. My feelings exactly. My Best Buy strike (driven by my horrible experience with the Geek Squad) took a one-day hiatus when I couldn’t find a power cord for my Mac. It was torture walking through that place, and it gave me greater resolve to continue my strike. I would imagine Best Buy has…
The Fourth Generation of Online-Video Advertising
Stop. Do not read another word before pausing for 15 seconds. Really. Okay. How’d that feel? Chances are you ignored the advice, and perhaps it compelled you to defiantly plunge ahead with more interest. After all, the headline promised 4 generations, and that usually begs the question “what were the first three?” But I made…
Worst Corporate eCard of Holidays
Let’s work together here, people, and see if we can find the worst-ever eCards from corporations. Agencies are especially gifted at providing cheesy holiday eGreetings that damage their brand. Now this one gets some credit for the script and cast, but the awkward direction, editing, and B-grade acting help land itself on the “WVFF Worst…