Blip.TV Founder Says SOPA And PIPA Threaten All Online Video Platforms
I interviewed the founder of the Blip.TV, Charles Hope, who shares his thoughts about why The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is extremely bad for online video platforms and their users, and explains what's really needed is not new laws, but better business innovation.
The Absolute Worst Business Videos Of 2011 - The Sucky Video Award Winners
In the spirit of good-natured ribbing and constructive criticism, we asked you to help us find the very worst business videos of 2011 for our first-ever Sucky Video Awards (The Suckies). And you responded with some fantastic examples of video marketing gone wrong. Our panel of judges, including our founder Mark Robertson and Steve Stockman, ...
Republican Presidential Candidates Face Invisible Caucus On YouTube, Too
With the Iowa caucuses taking place on Jan. 3, 2012, and the New Hampshire primary being held a week later on Jan. 10, 2012, the Republican presidential candidates can be excused for not focusing on another contest that helped Barack Obama win the presidency of the United States in 2008. No, I’m not talking about ...
Rick Perry's Viral Video Disaster – What Politicians Do Wrong On YouTube
Republican Texas Governor and GOP presidential primary candidate Rick Perry has neared the three-and-half million mark on his YouTube “Strong” campaign ad since it was released just 5 days ago, but generated nearly half a million dislikes and caused the campaign to disable all social feedback on their YouTube channel – Making for yet another ...
Three Key Reasons Why YouTube Has Changed Politics Utterly
YouTube has changed politics utterly and irretrievably in the United States. There are many reasons for this, but a few are a bit more responsible than the others. Let's take a look at three key reasons why the political game in America has been forever altered by the rise and popularity of YouTube. Allen’s Listening ...
GoAnimate Lets Video Marketers Create Political Humor, Satire, and Entertainment
In response to the current election environment and just in time for the big GOP Debate on CNN (October 18), GoAnimate today released 20 unique (and amazingly accurate) animated character depictions of all the major political players in the Presidential race. This includes eight of the current GOP candidates, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe ...
Breaking Down The Rick Perry Political Video Ad: An Opening Salvo to President Barack Obama
What do politicians do best when it comes to running for office? Well, usually, it's making the other guy look bad. They highlight all the failures of their opponent while speaking in vague terms about what they will do if elected to the office they seek. A lot of "we needs" will be thrown at ...
5 Video SEO Tips to Help Elizabeth Warren Beat Scott Brown
I liked Grant Crowell’s article, “5 Reasons the Latest Michele Bachmann Political YouTube Video Sucks!” And I want to get on the bandwagon by providing five video SEO tips to help consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren beat US Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts next year.
Infographic Charts Political Video Activity On YouTube Town Hall
YouTube Town Hall launched a couple of months ago as a portal for politicians to interact with the voters through online video. Today, the company released a new infographic that charts the Town hall voting performance of politicians across the various issues. It also contains data on the topics viewers have been most interested in ...
Even Politicians Can Create Online Videos That Suck
My congressman, Representative Joe Walsh of Illinois, embarrasses me. His “Walsh to Obama: Quit Lying” YouTube video is painful to watch. Hey Joe, its one thing to be angry about raising the debt ceiling, but at least raise your audio quality – it totally sucks!
2012 Presidential Candidates’ Official Campaign YouTube Channels
The following is a list of all 2012 U.S. Presidential Candidates and their official YouTube channels. This list includes all individuals to date who have registered or formally declared their candidacy for President of the United States in 2012, have formed an exploratory committee, or are considered as potential serious candidates.
Social Video Disasters – How Politicians Can Change their Social Media Strategy
The age of forgetting is now over. Online video with social media has become the perfect vehicle for keeping the behavior of politicians on public record for everyone, forever. Because of the recent events in Congress, I am compelled to share some recent examples of social video disasters from some high-profile politicians; along with my ...
When Videos Attack: Why Politicians Should Respect the Power of Social Video
Over the last couple of years I’ve become a bit of a political junkie. And like any good junkie, I spend half my time dosing up on Fox, MSNBC, Politico and Huffpo and half my time looking for my next fix. With ever-increasing frequency, I'm seeing one politician after another get bitten and mauled by ...
You're Not A Real Presidential Candidate Unless You Announce On YouTube
The only acceptable way to announce that you’re running for president is to do it with social media. President Obama led the charge, with his video announcement in early April on YouTube. Just a couple weeks ago, Newt Gingrich took to the world’s top microblogging site (Twitter) to let the world know he was throwing ...
YouTube’s Town Hall Attempts To Merge Online Video And Politics
Politicians in America are now well aware of how important new media is going to be to the election process moving forward. Most have an official Facebook page, and many of them even Tweet regularly. And video is right there at the top of the most-used social media outlets for politicians, who are seeing how ...
