Kevin Nalty Articles

Kevin Nalty (born May 12, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a YouTube comedian and partner based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania better known under his YouTube username Nalts. His YouTube Channel is one of the top-20 most-viewed comedy channels. He has more than 1,000 videos which, as of September 18, 2011, have been viewed more than 236 million times on YouTube alone. He is ranked as one of YouTube’s Most Subscribed users. He is the author of “Beyond Viral: How to Attract Customers,...

Does YouTube Care About Amateur Creators Anymore? [Reel Web #61]

While YouTube is still the most popular destination for amateur and user-generated video content, it's clear that times have changed and the online video space has evolved. There's no doubt that YouTube has made a clear and calculated shift towards focusing on more professional grade ...

How to Seed Videos via Key Influencers & Grow Your Audience [Creator's Tip #34]

For this week's Creator's Tip episode Tim Schmoyer and Kevin Nalty talk about how to reach out to key influencers and how to start seeding your videos so they're seen and shared by others, especially if you don't have many viewers to begin with. One ...

Four Tips To Get To Know Your Target Video Audience [Producer Tips #33]

In creating video content it is essential to know your video audience.  Being aware of who your audience is will not only help you in deciding what kind of content to create, but also the tone the videos should have and whether what you are ...

How To Use Video To Humanize Your Brand - Reel Web Creator Tip #30

It's important to know how to use online video to humanize your brand, company, service, product, or even yourself. Making a promotional video or a commercial is one thing, but online video gives you the unique advantage to build a human connection and emotional engagement ...

Creating Viral Videos Vs. Evergreen Videos - The Reel Web Creator Tip #29

Creating viral videos is something a lot of people try to do, but creating evergreen videos that have on-going views instead of a flash-in-the-pan spike is perhaps more beneficial in the long-term. For this week's Creators Tip, Tim Schmoyer of ReelSEO talks with Kevin Nalty, ...

The Future Of YouTube - The Reel Web #7

This week on The Reel Web we look at Warner Brother's upcoming web series called, "Aim High," which releases on Facebook with some very innovative social aspects. We also cover a reported rumor that YouTube is paying a few creators to produce scheduled content and ...

Viral Video Marketing vs. Social Video Marketing – Which is Better?

You saw it coming to this over the past few weeks, didn't you? I have been writing a lot lately about "viral video" and "social video," and now it's time to give them the ultimate face-off. What's the difference between viral video and social video? ...

Video Marketing Strategy: Matching Brands & Web Video Stars

If you follow any popular Web personalities and their online video channels, you might be surprised to learn they may be paid to have brand messaging worked right into the video. I interviewed a broker who matches brands with web celebrities (aka, "Webstars”) and places ...

Online Video Predictions for 2011: Are You Ready for The Storm?

Friends, online-video is going to be a fun storm in 2011 as the drama has just begun. It's the first official business day of 2011, and that prompted me to awaken at 3:00 a.m. with great curiosity. I spent 4-plus hours diving into dozens of ...

Presenting The 2010 Streaming Media All Stars! ReelSEO’s Mark Robertson, Nalts, Steve Garfield, Jan Ozer, Andy Plesser Among This Year’s Team

Streaming Media magazine and Streamingmedia.com has announced the third annual Streaming Media All-Star team, a list made up of some of the most innovative, influential, and important players in the online video arena. The Streaming Media All-Stars are people who do their part to advance, evangelize, and ...

Nalts' Cuddly Tips and Strategies for YouTube Video Success

Viral video is dead. Long live low production values. The cheaper the better. Don't cuddle it to death, let go of your brand persona.  Those are the sage words of Kevin Nalty, who is an online video strategist, a career marketer, and a YouTube star ...

Viral Video Genius Quits Day Job for Online Video

"Viral Video Genius" Nalts, well known in the online video world as one of YouTube's most prolific viral video creators and YouTube comedians, led two separate lives until last week, when the two worlds recently collided and he was outed as a Consumer Product Director ...