Adrian's Journal

Darth Vader VolksWagon Commercial hit 15 Million Views in 5 Days – Why? The story caught my attention on Yahoo News Headlines. I saw this video clip on YouTube when it was freshly featured. The views were barely less than a thousand then. I showed it to my kids using my iPhone. They love 5 days later, the Yahoo news reported 7 million views. I then checked out the video again and saw 15 million views. As I write this article, the video is now 17 million views. That means it’s getting 2 million views a day! This makes a good case study for my videography students. Especially the chapter on YouTube video marketing. [ read more... ] Darth Vader Volkswagon VW Commercial Viral Video

Uploaded to Youtube on 3 April 2010.  Over half a million views in just 2 days.  Senseless video of teens doing their thing. Bashing up a new Apple iPad in public.  Observe other teens holding videocams.  Looks like some kind of flip video cam.  At least 3, shooting from different angles.  Three Lessons learned from this video.  1. A viral video cam need not be expensive.  2. A viral video subject could be expensive.   3. Just smash or blend something popular. Go ahead, promote your business online. Pick one of your most popular product. Destroy it in front of a cheap video cam. Then watch your website traffic spike. Random Online Video Marketing Tip. Adrian Lee http://Twitter.com/AdrianLee

7 Surefire Viral Video Rules - 1 Black Hat Here’s a video that teaches you how to make viral videos. The video summarizes everything you need to do to make a video viral. I know they work because I have applied them myself except for Rule #5 which I consider as black hat. Here are the 8 Rules summarized from the video: Rule #1: Make Video With Pass-it-On Effect. Rule #2: Get on Youtube’s MOST VIEWED Page. Rule #3: Title Optimization. Rule #4: Manipulate the Thumbnail. Rule #5: Have a Conversation With Yourself. Rule #6: Release Videos Simultaneously. Rule #7: Tag Optimization Rule #8: Track and Measure How do you make a video with Pass-it-On Effect? Make it Short. Design for remixing. Don’t make an obvious ad. Make it shocking. Make viewers investigate further. Appeal to SEX. What’s the real secret to jumpstart a viral video? Share your video with Bloggers, Forums, MySpace, Facebook, Friends and Email Lists. Remember to tell others t...

Convert Powerpoint to Flash Video Online There is an online alternative to Camtasia ! Also, it is free! If you are looking for ways to convert PowerPoint to video, try authorSTREAM . It does the conversion online without having to download any software. You don’t have to pay for it too. After converting your PowerPoint to video at authorSTREAM, you can share your PowerPoint slideshows by embedding it in your blog, websites, post to YouTube and even put it on iPod. You can convert your Powerpoint presentation complete with animations, timings and audio. Great for marketing presentations, training content and short video reports. Just sign up with your email, upload your PPT file and wait a few minutes for the conversion process Once converted, the video can be shared like a Youtube video. Maybe one day we will see a powerpoint slideshow become a viral video. Here is a sample embedded from the site. To Your Success! Adrian Lee htt...

Instant Viral Video Gets 3D Ebook Cover in less than 1 hour with 4 simple steps… and for free! I love web-based free tools, such as Google Docs, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Calendar, Netvibes and Meebo. I never work on the same Computer all the time. At home there is one PC, in the studio there are five and at my kids’ night classes there are free internet access PCs for parents. [ read more ]

It is found that women prefer watching online streaming tv shows, while men want to watch consumer-generated content from sites like YouTube. Here's the news ... Adrian Lee http://videolane.com/ http://instantviralvideo.com/ http://adriansjournal.blogspot.com/

Here is a short note to thank friends and readers for passing around my Youtube "Ratty" Chinese New Year (CNY) Video Greeting card . The Youtube editors featured it on the Front Page of Youtube 2 days ago. Click on picture to have a closer look. Here's the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_qd0Zl8CiA LOOK at the stats! The web TRAFFIC to my site surged! Got to go... The busy Chinese New Year festivity is still going on. When I get back tonight, I will report on the detailed steps and what I did to get the video worthy to be featured on Youtube. In the meantime, keep updated by subscribing to this blog feed. http://feeds.feedburner.com/AdriansJournal (Or enter your email on the right hand side, if you are on the blog itself.) Thanks for watching! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_qd0Zl8CiA Adrian Lee http://videolane.com/ http://videolane.blip.tv/ http://instantviralvideo.com/ http://adriansjournal.blogspot.com/

VideoLane.com presents... "Rats Steal Tarts" - A stop motion animation for the Chinese New Year 2008 celebration, the year of the rat. Produced by Adrian and Cheryl Lee. Shot with Sony HDR-SR8. Edited with Sony Vegas Pro. Edited on Acer Laptop. Starring chinese new year food stuff, chocolate rats and pineapple tarts. Thanks for watching! :) http://www.lulu.tv/?p=21774 Adrian Lee http://videolane.com/ http://videolane.blip.tv/ http://instantviralvideo.com/ http://adriansjournal.blogspot.com/

It is a joy and honour when you see your video being featured on the front page of a video sharing site . Here is my christmas video featured on the front page of Lulu.tv . Here it is again in a subcategory page. How to get your video featured? I have no idea. Probably it is a "how-to" video related to the holiday season. You get extra website traffic when your video gets featured on Youtube. BUT you get EXTRA MONEY when your video gets featured on Lulu.tv . Received 400 views in one week. Not much but worth it. Lulu.tv is one video sharing site that is not often talked about. Hence competition is not tough and you get a good share of advertising money. Lulu.tv pays you based on the number of times your videos get played. Lulu.tv puts 80% of the it's ad revenue in a cash pool. Video publishers get to share this 80%. So the more videos you have and the more they get played, the bigger share you will get. I like this system. No need to click on any ads to make money. Than...

Would you like to create a christmas greeting card that is unique, unforgettable and viral? Are you still sending ecards, paper cards or those boring standard multimedia cards. In this day and age, sharing Youtube online video is the way to go. I'm not talking about the boring looking into a webcam and speaking a message to your friends and family. Hre's my idea. Record and edit a time lapse video of the progressive construction of your christmas tree. Watch the video here... http://youtube.com/watch?v=eXnCltZUzLM All you need is your video camcorder and a computer OR just the computer alone if you have a webcam. Next, you need all your family members to be present and all dressed up. Finally, you need your christmas tree and the decorations, disassembled. Already fixed your christmas tree? Take it down. Then follow these steps... STEP 1: PLAN - PREPARE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE Decide the location where you want to fix your christmas tree. Mine is in the corner of the living room. P...

Hope you enjoyed the above video. Did you feel you were part of it? Adrian Lee http://videolane.com http://instantviralvideo.com http://youtube.com/videolane http://adriansjournal.blogspot.com PS: Get tips to making money with dvd and internet video production, sign up now... http://www.videolane.com/?Free_Newsletter

Big businesses and Internet gurus still haven't figured this out... ... and most never will! YouTube has demonstrated that online video is where it is at. But most people have no idea how to create viral videos. So what if you could learn how to make viral videos from one of the world's leading experts? What if I told you that expert is a 23-year-old who has over 32,000 subscribers to his YouTube video channel was now sharing his secrets and techniques with you? If you have any desire to succeed with video online, you'd want to find out more about this right away! The good news is that Charles Trippy, a YouTube superstar, has now released his system for getting started with your own viral videos. It's called... ~~~Viral Video Fever ~~~ ==> http://instantviralvideo.com/?Fever With Viral Video Fever, you can be on your way to becoming a video star on the Internet. Do you want to... - become more famous? - make people laugh? - make more friends? - gain more publicity? -...

The creatives are voicing... Are the profiteers listening... I see a big hint though... The future is online video... - Adrian Lee shares the writers sentiments, http://videolane.com/ Why We Fight... The Office is Closed...

I like watching Bollywood musical... But this one is truly exceptional... Turn up your volume louder... Make your Deepavali happier! Happy Deepavali! Adrian Lee http://videolane.com/ http://instantviralvideo.com/ PS: Make someone happier, email this viral video link to your friends...

I just came across 2 articles which I think sum up what goes into making a successful viral video Here are 8 tips to make your YouTube video go viral by David Meerman Scott... http://www.webinknow.com/2007/08/8-tips-to-make-.html Tip # 1 – Homemade is just fine. You don’t need to hire a professional. Tip #2 –Your video should be no longer then 2 minutes (preferably less). Think very short. Tip #3 -- Make your description clear and specific. Use descriptive keywords that people will search. Tip # 4 -- Don't attempt "stealth" fake customer insertions to YouTube. The YouTube community is remarkably skilled at ratting out inauthentic video. Tip #5 – Try a series of similar videos to build interest. Sometimes a series of videos works great. Tip #6 – Tell everyone about your video! It takes time to build an audience. Tip # 7 – Make sure bloggers know about the video. Sending a link to the video to bloggers or commenting on other people's blogs. Tip #8 – Experiment ...

Make Money with "The Bourne Ultimatum Speed Painting Video"... Step 1: Join Revver.com for free and sign in. Step 2: Go to http://one.revver.com/watch/354020 . Step 3: Click "Grab Code"and select "Flash Embed" Format. Step 4: Copy and paste the code into your blog. Step 5: Title the blog "The Bourne Ultimatum Speed Painting Video..." Step 6: (Optional) Add tags "bourne, ultimatum, matt, damon". Step 7: Publicise your video blog. 7 days later, sign in to Revver.com to check your revenue.

Creativity + Politics + Viral Video = Power to communicate to the masses. Take a look... The next viral video? Viral Video: Obama Makes Politics NOT As Usual More political viral videos here... Video Showdown: Presidential Pranskters What do you think? Adrian Lee, http://VideoLane.com

"There's a moment you're saying, 'Am I getting tricked or not?' So you watch the video to the end, maybe even one more time, and then pass it onto your friend for a second opinion. That's true viral. It was fun to watch, like watching a tsunami of social conversation." http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003585432

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