I’ve been following the Life in a Day project for some time now, because it’s incredibly fascinating to me.  The project—a joint venture between YouTube and Hollywood producer Ridley Scott—asked YouTube users to film upload footage of themselves going about their normal daily routine, and aims to use the submitted videos to create some kind

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YouTube & Ridley Scott’s Life In A Day Project Releases Raw Submission Footage

How’s that for an advice coming from a guy who eats, sleeps and breathes Search Engine Optimization? If the truth be told, I should be aiming to convince people that SEO is the holy grail of internet success rather than repelling them

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How Getting Overly Obsessed with Search Engine Optimization Can Kill Your Online Business 

Listen to my podcast interview with attorneys Daliah Saper and Mark J. Rosenberg, as they weigh in on the legal case with YouTube and Carla Franklin that’s hit the mainstream media.  These cyber-attorneys address the big question of: Under what circumstances under should an Internet Service Provider should be required to unmask an anonymous user? The Carla Franklin Case – Background & Latest News The legal papers filed by Franklin’s attorney demand that Google, which YouTube owns, delivers the taunter‘s actual identity – the name, address, and phone number of these aliases, which are presumed to be traceable via th…

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Anonymous YouTube Cyberbullies – Should They Be Outed?

For some time now, “moving to L.A. to break into the movie business” has been the clichéd pipe dream for most creative young Americans.  I live in Nashville, and I can tell you that a close second is “moving to Nashville to become a country music star.”  But the digital world may be changing all that.  In a few years’ time, the most common pipe dream might very well be “starting my own YouTube channel and making a six figure income,” if it’s not already.A new study by TubeMogul —a leading video advertising and analytics platform—reveals that there are at least 10 YouTube stars making an annual income of $100,000 or greater.  The study covered t… Read more..

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YouTube Stars Making Big Money – What We Can Learn From Them?

Each week I keep a running list of great viral videos I stumble upon, which I then use as the basis for this weekly column.  This week’s list is the longest yet—in almost a year of doing this—with nearly 20 videos that are deserving of mention and further study.  Needless to say, I had a

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Viral Video Lessons Round Up – Scares, Cartoon Cats, & Jet Blue Jokes

Welcome to Part 4 of our ongoing Online Video Marketing Basics series.  It’s intended to be a help—a sort of guide, if you will—for individuals and businesses just getting started with online video.  We’ve already covered Why You Should Get Involved with online video, Choosing A Video Style, and the choice between Self-Producing Or Hiring

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Online Video Marketing Basics: Part 4 – Choosing The Right Video Production Equipment

Grant Crowell interviews Josh Miller of 3PlayMedia, to talk about Congress’ recent passing of two bills that will mandate closed-captioning of television programming over to the Internet. We discuss the questions: Will other “professional” online video programs be next? And, is legislation necessary, or will organizations determine that transcription and captioning of video content has a worthwhile ROI regardless of any mandate

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Should Closed-Captioning Of Web Video Be Mandated By Government?

Does online buzz equate to better ratings for a TV show? Not always.

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Social Meets TV – The Social Media Ripple Effect Leads To Greater Engagement

Facebook recently started streaming live video from the Palo Alto, California headquarters. It’s not 24/7 nor is it what you might expect but more a mix of content including interviews and technical talk, etc. But that’s not the only video deal in the works at the social networking giant (who is preparing to fend off

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Facebook Leverages The Power Of Online Video – Premium Video Content Next?

I returned this morning from a very successful eTail East conference, where I hosted a round-table discussion on Video SEO along with Bruce Turner, CEO of Pure Pearls.com. Bruce shared his video implementation experience, specifically the video SEO enablement process, with fellow online retailers. My takeaways were many but I noticed that there were few

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eTail East Roundtable Reveals Retailer Perspective On Video SEO