I’ve spent the past dozen years or so working primarily in the pharmaceutical industry. So when I hear “government-run healthcare” or “socialized medicine,” here are some of my spontaneous thoughts: Medicare pinches profit and incentive out of system: the end of medical and pharmaceutical research & development. A visit to the doctor becomes like waiting in a…
If the popular websites were cartoon people, what would they look like? Elontirien on deviantART has the answer below (via ContenttoCommerce). Perhaps nothing is amusing as Dr. Google staring in disdain at his adolescent son/brother, YouTube (shooting the bird with both hands).
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Captured by LiveLeak, here’s the “King of Pop” sneaking out of the coroner van (see below). We believe it. I mean, there’s video proof. Okay, maybe not. Top 8 Reasons to Determine this is a Hoax: No “real” news pickup… even the tabloids. Not even Snopes! Indignant post by Ben Parr, tech reporter (mashable). Van…
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So you got lucky and had a video go “viral.” Now what do you do? YouTube is now giving “one-hit wonders” a chance to become a YouTube Partner, where they’re eligible to earn a percent of advertising revenue from their videos. This may, of course, be frustrating to those who have applied for the Partnership…
Recently, YouTube requires having a Google account to register. That means you need a unique e-mail address for each YouTube account, and provides some unexpected benefits and problems. I’ve often advised people to establish separate YouTube accounts under different e-mails, since if one account gets “suspended” or “deleted” than other accounts with the same e-mail…
You can decide whether a random YouTube video helps or hurts a brand, simply by voting on YouTube Brandwatch (see link). Vote on videos about laptop wedgies, Bic lighter tricks, or sexy Sprite. (Source: YouTube Biz Blog). Read YouTube’s interview with Matthew Yeomans and Bernhard Warner, directors of Custom Communication. The blog is an outgrowth…
Before I left Johnson & Johnson, there was a new word I began hearing in the public-relations circles. It used to be all about “transparency,” but then the word “dissintermediate” started to surface. J&J didn’t just have a “Credo” hanging on a wall that gave lip surface to patients, physicians, nurses, employees, and shareholders. The…
Nalts, a most-viewed YouTube comedian, will be having a hair transplant at Bauman Medical in Boca Raton, Florida. To watch it live: Alan (fallofautumndistro) will be MCing a 30-minute session from 12:30-1:00 EST at this blogv.com location. Updates, if anything changes, available on Nalts’ Twitter. To learn more about the journey, see HairofNalts.com.