I live in NYC. I work for Vimeo. I like to cook. My wife likes sprinkles. I have a new(ish) daughter. Her name is Chloe. We don't know if she likes sprinkles yet.
What the sales team wants from every producer…
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And what they tend to get…
In my experience this is not so. We usually get…
This week’s The Show You’re Watching has my favorite bit we have done yet. Watch as I am joined by Website.com’s own Himmy Stewart as we show you some Gifts For Papa for this Holiday.
Things haven’t been great this year for Himmy.
When I’m honest with myself about the quality of web shows…
The pilgrims had it coming! In this new episode of Laughing Historically, we finally tackle the first Thanksgiving, but this time we have enforcements! With appearances by:
- Lindsay Ellis - Nostalgia Chick
- Lorraine Cink - Marvel Comics’ The Watcher
- Diana Dekajlo and Michael Nixon - Geek Crash Course
- Tom Reynolds - The Complete Guide to Everything
- Jason Flowers - America Won’t Shut-up!
- Annie Tsai - The Show You’re Watching
Ps- for more talking turkey, learn about Ben Franklin’s dark meat obsession in “Turkey: The Other National Bird”
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We have an awesome new gaming competition web series premiering tomorrow! Blip Studios in production with Rooster Teeth present: THE GAUNTLET, powered by GEICO.
This 10-part online reality competition is the first of its kind. Each week, a new episode will follow four teams of contestants as they compete for a $10,000 grand prize in a wide array of video games and actual meat space, physical challenges. Ali Baker (of MLG and X-Play fame) will host and Rooster Teeth’s Burnie Burns will act as the Chairman, throwing down the Gauntlet each week. If you were a fan of Immersion, you will definitely like this.
WATCH THE SNEAK PEEK ON BLIP: Are you game enough to enter The Gauntlet?
Be sure to follow the show for its premiere tomorrow, November 1st. We’ll also be conducting a live Twitter chat during the premiere, stay tuned!
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Andy Plesser of Beet.TV stopped by our office to do a 3-part interview with our CEO, Kelly Day:
- On our new, more social embedded player with Open Graph Facebook integration
- On our awesome new syndication deal with AOL, and our forthcoming mobile and OTT apps!
- And on how we continue to work tirelessly and closely with our content creators, dedicated sales team, and distributors to be the best home for original web series.
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It’s the last week of voting in the SXSW 2013 PanelPicker! Have you checked out our proposal yet? We need your help to get on the slate! WIth Be a Grow-er, not a Show-er, Blip CEO Kelly Day and Blip Studios President Steve Woolf will teach you how to expand your show beyond one-hit wonder into a business.
We’ll give real world examples and practical advice for building a successful web series brand, including how to find and build a loyal audience, opportunities and pitfalls in distributing your show, and how to develop revenue streams beyond advertising.
Have you ever wondered…
- How can I distribute my show beyond YouTube and is it worth my time?
- How can I find an audience for my show and build loyalty from them?
- Once I’ve built a big audience, how can I make money beyond advertising? How many people need to be watching my show before I should start thinking about this?
- What resources and money do I need to build a successful web series franchise?
- Do I need a partner to do this and who should it be?
We’d love to talk shop with web series producers at SXSW, so head over to the PanelPicker, register, and give our panel the thumbs up! See you in Austin!
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Sup USA TODAY? We’re so excited to be a part of their TV-on-the-web series in today’s paper, along with our friends Revision3 and MyDamnChannel.
Today’s picks!
Walking in LA: Dumped by his girlfriend and fired from his job, Keith unsuccessfully tries to fend for himself.
To the Fringe: Two rappers get booked at the Edinburge comedy fest. But are they funny?
The Ex Box: A former couple tries to make nice while living in a cramped studio apartment.
Stay tuned, as we help you discover the best in original web series. Onward!
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We’re back for Episode 3 of The Show You’re Watching!
In this episode, we highlight Stand Down, The Chris Gethard Show, and Dating Rules From My Future Self, while covering news you can use about SourceFed, Aereo, and Revision3.
This episode was written by Jason Flowers and edited by Brandon Werner. Also making appearances this week: Annie, Tom, and Danielle.
Click the little square above to watch if you’re on the Tumblr Dashboard!
Paul Revere a liar? Ben Franklin a ladies man? Thomas Jefferson a drunk? This Fourth of July, celebrate our independence by watching The Laughing Historically FOUNDER’S TRILOGY
- Start with learning about their rampant alcoholism in “How America Was Founded on Drinking”
- Then, learn some dating tips from everyone’s favorite playboy and turkey lover in “How Benjamin Franklin Loved the Ladies”
- Finally, see exactly how it all began in (no matter what Paul Revere said) in “The Real Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”
Reblog or the Redcoats win!
2012: The Year Producers Must Step Up Their Brands:
The tipping point that many of us in the industry envisioned back in 2005 at the first Vloggercon is upon us. We’ve elbowed our way in and grabbed a seat at the table. Now it’s time to elevate our collective game and make original web series more vital and more valuable than ever. Producers spend a ton of time thinking about their stories, characters, lighting, host reads, and dozens of other things. But not enough time is spent thinking about who their show is for and how well they are speaking to their intended audiences. In other words, it’s essential producers make branding a priority.
At Blip, we’re practicing what we preach. One thing we’re doing to help elevate our brand is thinking about what we represent (or don’t) in the marketplace. Back in May, we launched a new destination site and tagline that clearly establishes our mission: to be the place to discover the best in original web series. Yesterday, we debuted a new logo designed by C&G Partners, the talented team who created logos for NBC, Sony Entertainment Television, Time Warner, and other big media companies. One of our goals for 2012 is to make the Blip brand much more meaningful and visible to audiences interested in original web series. This will make the shows on our platform even more valuable to advertisers so that we can continue to increase rates, which in turn helps producers earn more revenue. Producers can then re-invest that revenue to make more and better content, and the cycle of lifting our industry continues.
Head over to Tubefilter to read the rest of this guest post by our own Steve Woolf.
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Learn how to make mulled wine, then try some unique wines to that make great gifts…on this episode of Real Wine with Kateland Carr.
OHHH…FANCY NEW LOGO IS FANCY
