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Tag Archives: YouTube
Today’s Friday Video Awesome: Scandal!! Shock!! Yawn…
Apparently, the mainstream media didn’t get the message. Specifically, the one about how nobody pays attention to television commercials anymore. Otherwise, they wouldn’t waste so many column inches on the annual parade of BANNED SUPERBOWL COMMERCIALS! We haven’t even played … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashley Madison, Banned Superbowl Commercials, Boo, GoDaddy, Mr. Bill, The Cutest Dog Ever!, YouTube
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Learning To Promote Sharing
As a parent, you want to teach your child to share; it demonstrates a good nature and assures that your child will be welcomed into their communities. Sharing is critical to their personal development. Today, it’s also critical to every … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising
Tagged Crowdsourced PR, David Murdico, Facebook, MediaPost, Online Video, Supercool Creative, Twitter, YouTube
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Brands Should Rethink “Social Media” as “Membership Media”
First off, no one using Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube thinks of it as “Media” anyway–a “Network” perhaps, but “Media” is a sociologist’s term: far too egg-heady to accurately reflect the highly-personal posting and exchanging experience. No, to an ever growing … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising
Tagged American Express, Badge Advertising, Brand Advertising, ExactTarget, Facebook, Like, Membership Media, Seth Godin, Social Media, Social Networks, Tribes, Twitter, YouTube
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A Big Idea. No, Seriously, This is BIG.
As in, a giant, table-sized iPhone. This news story has been popping up all over the web, along with allegations that it could be a total scam. Apparently three Austrian Apple fans/development geeks spent the past two years developing a … Continue reading
Warm Your Heart This Cold Wednesday
Despite how many times it’s been cheapened by manipulative writing or cheesy cover art, romance remains a lovely genre. The genuine expression of love demands courage, a rare commodity in our irony-drenched culture where embarrassing oneself is the ultimate social … Continue reading
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Tagged "I Hope This Gets To You", Romance, The Daylights, Twitter, Walter C. May, YouTube
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Timing Is Everything…Just Ask Channel 9
Fortune can be so painfully fickle. If you happen to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time and do exactly the right thing, you can achieve something truly extraordinary. On the other hand, it’s a lot … Continue reading
Some Friday Video (Very) Awesome
God love the internet. Seriously… You might not have heard of Keenan Cahill but chances are, you’ll recognize him. This fifteen year old kid with the MacBook Pro in his Chicago bedroom has racked up nearly 70,000,000 hits on his … Continue reading
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Tagged "Down on Me", Bonnie Tyler, Fifty Cent, Internet, Katy Perry, Keenan Cahill, Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome, Michael Jackson, YouTube
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Today’s Friday Video Awesome: The Tilt Shift Playfulness of “Bath Tub IV”
Last week, the Guggenheim Museum debuted “YouTube Play”: an exhibit of twenty-five videos curated from the all but limitless content of this video website which provides over two billion clip views each day. Seriously: two billion views, every single day. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bathtub IV, Guggenheim Museum, Keith Loutit, Tilt Shift, Vimeo, YouTube, YouTube Play
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Some Pre-Weekend Video Awesome
Chicago is the most watched city in the country thanks to nearly ten thousand private and public security cameras all integrated into one surveillance network. I make that point only to remind you that in an always-watched world, your every … Continue reading
It’s Only Tuesday, But There’s Always Time For More Awesome
As a band, OK Go has a distinctive pop sound. But beyond their music, art–and specifically dance–has ignited the remarkable success of the band. Admittedly, their signature choreography would never bring sexy back, but that’s not their point. Their point … Continue reading