YouTube Video Lands Marine A Date With A Movie Star
Behold the power of YouTube. You might have heard about the U.S. Marine, Scott More, who created a YouTube video to publicly invite Hollywood actress, Mila Kunis, to a military ball. I mentioned it in the weekend round up. It takes guts to do something like that, and I'm sure the man has enjoyed the ...
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Social Network Edition
These days, if you turn away from your computer monitor for even a few minutes, you might miss a huge story in the world of online video. And this week was no exception. Facebook had big video news. Google had big video news. It's a very, very fast-paced world, and even many of us who ...
How Teens Use YouTube & Social Media: The Online Generation Gap
I interviewed popular teenage Internet entrepreneur, professional blogger, and Huffington Post writer Chloe Spencer about why and how her fellow teenagers perceive and interact with online video differently from their older counterparts. She also give some great advice for getting teens to stay out of serious trouble by posting questionable videos on YouTube.
Video Waivers and Releases For Recording People On Video: Legal FAQs
Many online video producers and marketers today have lots misconceptions about what whether or not they have legal permission to record video of someone and put it up online. If that describes you, then you might be interested in my interview today with Intellectual Property and Internet Media Attorney Mark J. Rosenberg, about getting proper ...
YouTube Felony Conviction Unconstitutional, Says First Amendment Expert
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) President Greg Lukianoff has protested Muskegon County’s felony criminal charge of child pornography brought against 21-year old YouTube performer Evan Emory as “an overreaction and “at odds with Supreme Court precedent.” Greg helped explain why local parents and prosecutors reacted as strongly did to the YouTube video, so ...
How Attorneys Can Use Online Video To Help The Public and Build Their Practices
Legal assistance for online video marketing and other professionals is becoming increasingly important in our litigious society. So why are most attorneys and law firms still resistant to publicly sharing legal information with online video? Entertainment law and new media attorney Gordon P. Firemark addresses these concerns, and explains why there are more forward-thinking lawyers ...
Singer Evan Emory Back On YouTube: Web Redemption or Bad Timing?
Controversial YouTube performer Evan Emory is back on YouTube. The singer gave his first public music performance yesterday on a local radio station, sharing new songs he composed while in Muskegon County Jail in Michigan. The video has now appeared on his own YouTube channel and is being publicized on the radio station’s Website.
An Interactive YouTube Music Video Featuring QR Codes
We've written a few times lately about QR codes getting all mixed up with online video, and the possibilities raised by that sort of thing. Even though QR codes are still below the radar of most of the population, that will very likely change. And it's exciting to think about the ways they can be ...
Online Video Shows Why DCMA & Copyright Law Are Overdue For Reform
Should the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, which has been the basis for rulings around copyright infringement with online video and all other Internet content, have a 2011 makeover? I interviewed New York intellectual property attorney Robert W. Clarida about some of the problems with the existing 13-year old standing federal law, and who’s ...
Social Video Marketing Lessons via BlendTec’s “Will it Blend?”
I interviewed Tom Dickson, CEO of Blendtec, responsible for one of the most popular YouTube video shows of all time and a pioneering example of how to be social with video in your own business. Tom shares his advice he has for others who want to duplicate their own success with their "WillitBlend" YouTube series. ...
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Mobile Video Edition
It was a big week in video—of course, you can just about say that regarding any week these days. But still, we had big news announcements, writers with strong online video opinions, new tools and gadgets released, and plenty of branded and unbranded video fun as well. Because we only have time to cover certain ...
Teen Entrepreneurs In Social Video – How Video Engages Youth Market
Want to connect with the youth market, which uses the Internet very different from adults? Then who better to get inside of the heads of the lucrative teen market segment than entrepreneurial teenagers? I interviewed Daniel Brusilovsky, one such successful genY/millennial tech entrepreneur with accomplishments in the mobile video space. We talked about on how ...
Video Curation Tips: How to Be a Successful Web Video Curator
In the final part of my interview with web video curation expert Steve Rosenbaum, we share some recommendations for you to gather and organize rich and relevant video content from multiple sources for your website – which can improve your search visibility and link popularity, and help you be a trusted source in your area ...
Shaq Knows The Power Of Social Video, Retires Via Twitter
Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most accomplished and beloved professional basketball stars in the world. He's one of the few players who has won championships playing for multiple different teams. And he has just retired. And he did it using social video. No press conference, no interview on ESPN, no sit-down retrospective... just a video for ...
Branded Hoax Viral Videos Are Becoming A Cottage Industry
First there were the ad agencies—big brands paid them to dream up marketing creative for everything from print to radio to television. Then came the niche agencies designed to help just with the emerging media market of online videos. And now that most of the major U.S. brands are regularly creating video content for the ...
