We continue December’s guest blogs by online-video gurus and friends (see Punchy‘s post yesterday). This post is by Peter Coffin, a frequent commenter and YouTube and star of the fresh new single “This Song is Cliche.” Although I had met Peter via such video collaborations as “Mean Kitty Parody,” it wasn’t until last year’s YouTube…
Last year while shooting HBO Labs “Hooking Up,” a fellow named Bobby Jennings introduced himself. Turns out he’s the guy you know as “Punchy” from the popular series by Wicked Awesome Films on YouTube (see also the group’s website). He was the first online-video guru to respond to my invite for guest-blog contributions this month….
It’s been a very long time since I’ve discovered an article about online video that made me shout “Amen.” Courtesy of ReelSEO, here’s “Three Types of Online Video for Business.” I especially like this visual below (the chart not the head shot, mkay). It helps simplify the relationship between the location of a video and…
One of the most profitable areas of online-video is and will remain “how to.” For most subjects, the content is “evergreen” (not requiring frequent updates), it’s highly sought after, and gives advertisers a way to target consumers by specific interest. But how do you find the how-to video you need “just in time”? First, you…
I’ve long been baffled by the overwhelming alternatives of video-streaming players. It struck me as a commodity market, and one ready for a major consolidation… and I couldn’t understand why anyone would pay to stream videos on their site when so many cool tools are free (which here means “cheaper than $100 a month”). Larry…
Oh sure. It’s vogue to slam poor little Fred. But you know damned well this little Christmas Cash music video will have you singing the refrain just like iJustine’s dad. Try to resist it, and it will tempt you all the more. For your convenience, I’m linking to the refrain to save you the 1:00…
Time to follow the lead of YouTube’s hottest women. They may be pretty and popular, but they’re not stupid. If you have enabled playlists on your YouTube channel, turn them off immediately. Many popular YouTube creators (especially the hot women) have discovered this already — or never bothered creating and offering playlists. Disabling the playlists…
I’ve often said that you need to logout of your account to see what YouTube really looks like, since that’s what the majority of viewers are seeing. Let’s look at one of last year’s last Archive.org homepage screen shots of YouTube, and compare it to today’s. Some differences: 2008 has lots of white space and…
A dog does the salsa. Thanks Sign543 for this gem…
It’s now easy to search YouTube comments without diving into each video and clicking “show all comments.” In a vital move, Google now invites you to search ALL COMMENTS here. Nice job, Google & YouTube. I’ve been begging for this, and with this and the Twitter partnership… you’ve become a real-time engine again. I can…