WebJunk from VH1 (another video contest)
VH1 and IFILM's "Web Junk 20," premiers Friday, June 9. Here's a site with more details. To e-mail your suggestions, write to: webjunk@ifilm.com.
VH1 and IFILM's "Web Junk 20," premiers Friday, June 9. Here's a site with more details. To e-mail your suggestions, write to: webjunk@ifilm.com.
First let me thank you folks who responded to the last post. It's giving me a much better idea of what readers want. That said, I need to get something off my chest. Banners suck. One of our web developers learned at a usability conference that eyeball studies reveal that our eyes spend about .09 of…
Dear online video sites. Thanks for giving us free access to online videos, as well as absorbing the costs of hosting and serving the videos. Unfortunately, that's become a commodity. I think you know this, but in case you don't… what attributes do you need to ensure that you're not a "Pets.com" of the online…
Another mock headline, but here's the poop. The most popular video of all time is the very clever "The Evolution of Dance." It's approaching 19 million views. If YouTube shared a nickle of ad revenue (which is fair and conservative given that an advertiser would may many times more than that to serve an ad…
I've always maintained that web video can't be longer than 30 seconds to 2 minutes, but this 6-minute clip (Bus Uncle) provide otherwise- it will entertain you silly and you'll soon be quoting it. Some poor 23-year-old in a Hong Kong bus tapped the shoulder of a real estate agent who was talking loudly on…
Here's my video version of the AOL Cancellation (click to see it on YouTube). A guy tries to call and cancel his AOL account and runs into an aggressive call-center employee who wants to talk him out of it. And it's all caught on audio for everyone to enjoy! Here's the blog entry about this…
How do you make sure you’re not missing video contests? No excuses anymore. You can check into YouTube’s contest page You can hit this VidOpp for a nice summary of contests. You can register on Xlntads.com, which hosts custom contests (and is currently running a contest for itself). Click here to register, and tell ’em…