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Contest is the self-published first novel by Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly. In 1996, after being rejected by several Australian publishing houses, Reilly personally paid for 1000 copies of the book to be published privately under the label of ‘Karanadon Entertainment’, and sold them himself.
Before publishing the novel in North America, Reilly rewrote most of the novel, placing the contest in the New York Library, rather than a fictitious library, and added descr...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons

Major worldwide catastrophes and global news events have a way of swooping in and completely dominating the viral video world, and the situation in Japan is living proof. Videos of the earthquake in action, videos of the tsunami's devastation, and videos of explosions at the ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons

Happy Friday everyone. It's been a long week for me, and I'm looking forward to the weekend. Your weekend comes a little early, in the form of the weekly viral video round up. I've got another great collection of clips that went viral this week---each ...

Gamification Reaches Yahoo! Ads, Video Ads Next?

I just read an interesting article by Kristina Knight at BizReport that talked about the gamification of several ad campaigns running on Yahoo!. For those not down with the lingo, gamification, is not a word I coined, but it is the utilization of gameplay mechanics ...

The Best & Worst 2011 Viral Super Bowl Ads as Judged by Online Viewers

Ever since the clock ran out on Super Bowl 45 last night, Hulu has been asking its users to vote on the best and worst of the commercials that aired during the big game. The early results are in, and a few things are clear: ...

YouTube Attempts To Extend Life of Super Bowl Commercials: Will Brands Take Notice?

For its 4th consecutive year, YouTube is doing a huge promotional contest for the Super Bowl to try and prove that major brands need to embrace online video as an extension of their television campaign efforts, now more so than ever. Learn more about this contest, ...

Video Encyclopedia Qwiki Wants To Make Information Into An Experience

Qwiki is out of private testing and now available to the public. Haven't heard of them? Well, then, you haven't been reading TechCrunch lately.  Qwiki is the winner of the most recent TechCrunch Disrupt contest and is using video in some pretty interesting ways.  Now ...

Winners of YouTube's On The Rise Contest Double Subscriber Rates

On The Rise is a monthly YouTube competition designed to help deserving young channels get a much-needed push into the spotlight.  Each month, the company nominates a handful of channels, and then lets the YouTube community at large vote to determine the winner.  The winner ...

This Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons - 01/07/2011

This is my first viral video round up post since the new year began, and it's obvious from the start that this is going to be another great year in viral video.  The holidays didn't slow down the online video creating community one bit. There ...

TED Founder Chris Anderson Launches Contest To Find "Ads Worth Spreading"

One of my favorite soapboxes of late pertains to video advertising, and what I perceive to be its inevitable merge with regular old videos created for "entertainment."  Advertisers are embracing viral video in new and exciting ways every day, and I think we should applaud ...

Jesse The Dog Wins YouTube's 2nd On-The-Rise Competition

YouTube has announced the winner of the second On The Rise competition, which is designed to help fledgling channels get some much needed exposure on the video site's home page.  We gave you the rundown on the finalists last week, and now the votes are ...

Voting Opens On YouTube's Second On The Rise Contest

Last month, we wrote about YouTube's new method for picking some great new videos to spotlight on the home page.  It's called On The Rise, and it takes the videos with the fastest-growing subscription totals and puts the whole thing up to a vote--they're letting ...

Amazon Goes Hollywood With Amazon Studios – Filmmakers and Screenwriters Wanted

ReelSEO's Grant Crowell I interviewed a spokesperson from Amazon.com's new online business, Amazon Studios to learn about the program's new business model for discovering and paying new filmmaking talent with an eye on making big motion pictures. But do they plan to expand beyond feature length-films, and offer these same business opportunities and incentives to web-based video producers as well?

Best Online Video Ad Campaign - EZ Grill Heats Up The Smartphone War

I've long held up BlendTec as a shining example of viral video advertising done right.  With their "Will It Blend" series of videos—where their industrial-strength blenders create dust from things like golf balls, iPhones, or glow sticks—they've entertained millions while simultaneously showing off the actual ...

Howcast Announces YouTube Contest To Find Their First Official Company Vlogger

Do you want to be a vlogger?  Well, good for you!  It's an expanding field with plenty of room for new participants—and it's also pretty fun.  Some of the most popular and successful YouTube producers are vloggers.  But what if I told you that you ...

Vimeo Festival + Awards Wraps Up, Videos Online

In case you weren't the lucky winner of that contest ReelSEO had, or just didn't make it to New York this weekend, Vimeo is kind enough to be putting up the events in, of course, video form on their site. Not only are there award-winning ...