Posts Tagged with "youtube"

From Video to Viral In 6 Steps

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

When I first saw my friend Emma’s YouTube video come through on my Facebook feed, it had about 75 views. A day later? Over 200,000. Four days later: almost 800,000 and climbing. What took this video to virility so quickly? A talented actress, a brilliant concept, and a few tried-and-true internet marketing tricks. With a [...]

Act Like a Rock Star and Harness the Power of Video Marketing

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

  Do bands want to be known for their music or their videos? Well, for the group OK Go, they really have no choice. In 2006 the infamous “treadmill video”, for the song “Here It Goes Again,” debuted on YouTube (which was still wet behind the ears), and became extremely popular. Shot at a relative’s house on a [...]

What Movie Rentals Could Mean for YouTube and You

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

YouTube renting feature films could change the way we watch movies as well as provide us with another outlet to target in link worthy content campaigns.

Viral Videos: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Friday, July 31st, 2009

How valuable is traffic to you? Let’s say, hypothetically, you received a million visitors to your site in a couple days. Could you benefit? Your answer is likely a resounding, YES! One of the avenues businesses are exploring to accomplish this feat is through the aid of viral video marketing.  Recently Evian’s "Roller Babies" commercial [...]

Independence Day: Glad to be an American

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

If you’ve been reading headlines in the past week or so you’ve likely seen two things prevalently: the citizens of Iran are angry, and Michael Jackson has died. Has anyone else noticed how insane the coverage is of Jackson’s death? Not surprising, considering the media has always been obsessed with the life he lead, but [...]