Nobody’s Getting Rich From Online Videos Because They Don’t Know How
It’s not that there’s no money to be made in video. It’s that nobody in video knows how to make money. No matter how you look at it, the message to professional online video producers from this data point is similar to that of our Revver video analysis: Keep your day jobs. Um, no. See above. I’ve been preaching this for years. Most people who do online stuff, especially entertainers, have ZERO knowledge of how to monetize. This is especially true for... Read More »
YouTube Clone Scripts: Make Your Own YouTube
If you do a search on Google for “youtube clone“, you get a ton of results of, well, YouTube clone scripts. They range from $27, to $100 and more. But which one is actually the best? Have you researched this? Share your thoughts in the comments below. I’m looking to find the best of the best. Why do I want a YouTube clone script? I don’t really. I just wanted to see what was out there. However, I can see value in the possibility of building my own... Read More »
Mark Cuban - Success & Motivation - A MUST Read
Head on over and read this amazing series that sums up how Mark MADE himself a success. Again, he MADE it. I particularly like this part from the end of part 3 where he talks about just finding out that his secretary ripped off his entire bank account ($83k to be exact)… Bold is mine. I got back to the office, told Martin what happened at the bank, and then I realized what I had to do about all of this. I had to go back to work. That what was done, was done. That worrying... Read More »
Design A Widget, Win $200 Buckaroos
Hey, this is my blog, and I own ScratchBack, so I can be self-promotional. Yes, I’ve decided, I can. Whew, tough decision. Want to win $200 bucks? Have a knack for designing in PhotoShop? Check this post out. Summary: Design cool, fun widget. Let users vote on winner. Winner gets paid. The world is saved! Read More →
Bobblehead’s & Videos You Need To Watch
Dwight Schrute has one, why can’t I? I love the Internets. You can order all kinds of crazy things you previously wouldn’t have known about. Someone buy me one? Visit http://www.whoopassenterprises.com. Also, check out this video. Well done. YouTube is my life! Hat tip Nalts. Found this great site tonight as well. Brotherhood2.com. Great concept, great execution. There’s so much fun stuff out there to see. I need to start exploring more online, that’s... Read More »
Does Your Product Or Service “Just Work”?
You know your product or service is great (far above average) when you can get someone to say… “It just works”. That’s it. It’s the highest compliment you can get. “It just works” is a very powerful phrase in this day and age. Especially when it comes to choosing between several items you may be shopping for. Case in point. I have been researching whether or not to upgrade my Sony Vegas from 7.0 to 8.0 Pro. So I did some researching... Read More »
Serious Online Entrepreneurs Should Not Opt For Cheap Web Hosting
99% of my domains are on my own dedicated RackSpace box, somewhere in Texas. I love RackSpace, and I love having my own dedicated box that nobody can mess with. (Read more about me and RackSpace here). But, from time-to-time, I have to host some of my sites at other webhosts just because. For example, I recently bought a site that was built on Ruby on Rails, and my server wasn’t setup to run that application. So I chose a webhost that charges me $6.95 to host that site... Read More »
Lease Your Blog, Make Money?
Pretty smart idea coming from the Creative Weblogging team. Lease your blog! Found over at BlogHerald. Chock this one up as another creative online marketing idea that impressed me. If you think leasing was only for cars, buildings and office space, think again. You can now lease your blog to Creative Weblogging. This could be a good alternative to selling blogs outright, or applying for a blogging position with a blog network. The arrangement is basically for CW to market... Read More »
Search Engine Marketing Comes To The Discount Rack
Search is getting so big, even Sam’s Club wants in on the action? Apparently it’s not enough to sell pallets of Cheez Wiz and fried mozzarella sticks at deep discount rates. Now, when you visit Sam’s Club, you can get your 80-pack of tube socks… AND… Get your website search engine optimized at the same time! How awesome is that!!! Word of advice… you get what you pay for. Choose a search firm that actually has a reputation and doesn’t... Read More »
YouTube Is The Fast Food Of Online Video Viewers
YouTube’s year-end video roundup is out. One thing is for sure, when you look at the top videos… It’s pretty obvious that people use YouTube to watch videos about pop culture, music, celebrities and other “bubble gum” content. YouTube is like fast food for online video viewers. SAN BRUNO, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — 12/27/07 — YouTube, the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created... Read More »
Sony Vegas Video Resources & Tutorials
I use Sony Vegas to create my videos. I want to use Final Cut Pro (which is more elegant and fun to use), but I’m not paying for it… So I use Sony Vegas because it’s the best tool for the costs involved. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of video editing, and trying to step up the production of the quality of my work. My friend Shawn turned me on to YouTube and showed me that there were hundreds, if not thousands, of free videos on YouTube that show how... Read More »
The Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts Of 2007
There’s an amazing list of high-quality blog posts over at Techipedia. Wow. Not much else to say, but to go check it out and read… a lot. Everything from search, to video, to blogging, to social media… and much more. Great job putting this together. Had to share it. Read More →
Blog Search Sucks - Can Anyone Save Us?
I’ve been following IceRocket for over a year now, and have written a series of posts here and other places about them. Summary: Depite the CEO Blake emailing me to tell me they are very much alive and well, I keep writing them off as dead. But perhaps I’m wrong? Blake left this comment on my blog back in April of 2007. # Blake Rhodes on April 3rd, 2007 Jim- We are spending most of our time on trying to make updates faster and getting rid of splogs. We are a... Read More »
What Do Your Customers Really Want?
There’s an amazing guest post up over at Problogger.net from Dean Rieck. The Secret Motivations that Drive Your Customers A MUST read. Enjoy. But if you’re selling things, offering services, or even just placing ads on your blog, you’re running a business. And if you’re running a business, you DO have customers. So in order to maximize the income your blog produces, you have to understand what your customers really want I’ve been studying customer psychology... Read More »
Online Video: The Future Of Media Statements
This (see video below), my friends, is the future of making announcements or statements. There’s simply no better way to reach the world (potentially) without buying ads on TV, costing you millions of dollars. Caught this over from 901am. Roger Clemens issues denial via YouTube. It’s pretty easy too. Get a camera, record a video, and upload to YouTube, or your friendly video sharing site of choice. Put video on your blog and call a few journalists or send a... Read More »
YouTube Should Have Dumped Perez Hilton A Long Time Ago
So Perez Hilton is taking his videos off of YouTube after being slighted about a copyright violation. Heck, I don’t blame him. He only made about $5k from 25 million video views? I’d leave to. But that story is boring. Fine, take down your videos. Here’s his pissy YouTube video. Feh, so entertaining? Let’s talk about his videos, because they’re crap. YouTube should have dumped them off their network a long time ago, yet, they didn’t.... Read More »
Options Besides PayPal For Micro Transactions?
Shoemoney says that there’s got to be a better way than PayPal for micro transactions. He’s right, there should be something, and I’m not talking about Google Checkout either. Shoe poses… About once a week it seems me and David have a talk about micro payments on the web and a way to do them properly. Both of us agree it is a service badly needed but we also agree we do not want to do it =P. Right now if you want to send someone a small amount of money... Read More »
Videos From Seth Godin & Guy Kawasaki
You know both of these guys, right? Both are master marketing minds who have written many best-selling books, and who speak regularly to large audiences about what they know. Sure, you can buy their books online, but it’s not often that you get a chance to see them speak live. I know I never have yet. But did you know that with the power of online video, you can watch hours and hours of video archive of them online, for free? This is good stuff. Here’s a nice... Read More »
The World Hates Video Blogging?
Every time I read about a new video blogging tool coming out, I get bombarded with comments from people who simply hate it, and I can’t figure out why. Today, my friend Steve Rosenbaum, CEO of Magnify.net got a nice write up in TechCrunch and Centernetworks about his new video blogging tool. Check out some of these comments on that article. The world hates video bloggers? No offense Michael, Om, or Scoble, but do you guys really need to be seen? These bloggers, (the... Read More »
Good News: Mark Cuban Doesn’t Want To Socialize With Me On Facebook
It seems Mark Cuban and I have something else in common. Neither of us want to use Facebook to “socialize”. I met Mark Cuban when I introduced him at the Blog World Expo in the fall of 2007. Video below. Am I his Facebook friend? I think so. I remember adding him after that because he was asking people to connect with him, so I did. Do I want to socialize with Mark Cuban? Not really, and I’m guessing from this post that he doesn’t want to really... Read More »
