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Top 10 Ways to Know Your Video Caries a Weak Strain of Virus

ByNalts
  1. You’ve been checking hourly and the total views have gone up only in proportion to your views.
  2. The comments have more “WTFs” than “LMAOs.”
  3. No comments except from your brother and nerdy friend
  4. In comments, people fixate on the shirt you wore or the color of the wall in the background
  5. Your number of subscribers drops 4%
  6. You laugh at your own video
  7. People view it and say, “you’re so crazy” or “where do you find the time to make these?”
  8. Even the thumbnail is boring
  9. You’re excited about 3.5 stars until you realize it’s impossible for people to give it 0 stars
  10. You laugh at your own video

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Online Video Sites and Monetization Status

ByNalts

TubeMogul’s blog did a nice summary of the online-video sites it feeds, and provides user feedback about the site and monetization status (whether you can make money on the sites). You can also read the “Zagat’s”-like report as a PDF. Thanks to Mark from TubeMogul for bringing this to our attention.

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Video Contest: Promotion for “The Office”

ByNalts

So here are the details from YouTube on “The Office” promotion. I feel like I’ve blogged about this before, but it was probably one of my many posts that gets lost by WordPress when I select “Publish.” Here is the website about the contest. Now I love that NBC is finally playing nice with the…

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Great Trivia on American Presidents

ByNalts

A classic video from ZackScott that gives us information about the American Presidents that you wouldn’t have learned in history class. Zack is one of my favorite online comedians. Watch for the subtle gestures and timing between facts. Is this hysterical, or is it just the Haldol in my meds? I need to stop buying from Nigerian pharmacies.

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iPhone Already Matched by Microsoft

ByNalts

It didn’t take the Microsoft long to counter the iPhone. Now DogRodeo has a spoof ad for the ZunePhone. Check out this video, and be sure to watch the last few seconds. I’m not usually one for parody commercials but this was extremely well done. Funnier than most Saturday Night Live commercial parodies and produced quickly…

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Contests That Require Registration to Vote

ByNalts

Ahhh the video contest. Is it a way to engage creators, or for marketers to do “lead gen” (snatch the e-mail address of creators’ friends)? I understand why contests require registration for rating — we wouldn’t want a “Chicago” style election. At the same time, these “one-off” contest websites are maddening. For example, here’s a…

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