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.
The beauty about online video is that it forces you to compress your story. Both in size and time. BlipTV is a nice model for this, and I'm surprised I'm just discovering it. The tagline says it all: "Nobody Does it Shorter." It's 5 second to 3 minute bits that can be streamed on phone…
Since there's no model that has high traffic (YouTube) AND pay-for-content (Revver), this has been my strategy for making money through online video. Use it as your own risk. Create good stuff. I'm hit or miss, and still experimenting. Since I'm not interested in making sexy videos, I focus on humor. Sometimes topical, sometimes corny,…
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…
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…
Traffic was low for WillVideoForFood.com so I decided to write about Britney Spears. It's almost a guarantee that you'll get visitors. In fact, I'm setting up a category for Britney Spears just for this post. So here's the latest video of her almost dropping her child. At least she didn't spill her tasty drink. Oh-…
Okay, the competition for the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang contest is better than I expected. Which means I need to blog a desperate plea for votes. If you have a second, please give the following three short videos "5 stars." You don't even have to suffer through them or click the ads. And if I…