You’ve seen the Ferris Bueller homage that promoted Honda during the Superbowl. Now watch Michael Broderick “then and now” as he delivers key lines in both the Superbowl ad and the film. Be sure to check out all the advertisement’s “Easter egg” subtle nods to the film.
Time Magazine provided a rather exhaustive review of YouTube’s past, present and future. Check out the full article, titled “The Beast With a Billion Eyes” (a title, no doubt, with Shakespearean roots). Some highlights: This is the first ever coverage of YouTube that failed to mention Shaycarl or Olgakay. The piece cites the age-old quote…
A rabbit can scare sheep? Thanks to Weird Universe for sharing this delightful video of a little bunny rounding up sheep. Seems a German channel posted this just days ago…
Entrepreneurs and small businesses sometimes struggle with YouTube and online-video marketing. So I teamed with ReelSEO to write a guide called “Online Video 101: Small Business.” It’s free, and you won’t get a pesky sales call if you register and download it. Sorry the blog’s gone a bit grey lately, but I’ve been busy posting…
Weblebrities, also known as amateur “web stars,” are like the Gaddafi loyalists. They’re not done fighting, but odds favor Libya’s National Transitional Council headed by Abdurrahim el-Keib. (Sure he’s a former electrical engineering professor from the University of Alabama, but he’s the country’s interim prime minister). The new regime of YouTube is The National Transitional…
YouTube Changes: Phases, Winners, Losers & Gremlins While preparing for an article for ReelSEO, I happened to be watching Gremlins (1984). I couldn’t help but see the parallels between YouTube changes and the cute and fuzzy Mogwai’s mutating into the entertaining but deadly Gremlins (pictured here). We’re about to see YouTube go “pro” in an…
In case you haven’t heard, the world’s largest online-video site is challenging television and cable with 100 channels funded by $100 million. The channels will be rolled out over the next year, starting in November. They will be available on the company’s website as well as all YouTube-enabled devices, including Apple’s devices. Until then, YouTube has…
Did you get an e-mail lately with the subject, “Invitation to earn revenue from your YouTube videos”? What’s it mean? You’ve been invited to “monetize” your videos. Since my sister hates that word, let’s put it this way. You’ll share in the income that YouTube makes from advertisers. This will amount to maybe $1 per…
So you want to know how to get views on YouTube. You want to grow a vibrant YouTube channel, go viral, and become the next Ray William Johnson. Do you cheat, or choose a more proven way? No Kindle lovers… you could read a great American classic on that sun-enabled iPad you call a Kindle….
YouTube, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNET, is looking to become the “next generation cable provider.” We’re seeing more and more shifts in the online-video medium, and YouTube appears to be making dramatic shifts away from its origin. Reports CNet: Google has inked deals with InterActiveCorp’s Electus, News Corp., and “CSI” creator Anthony…