I became totally distracted whilst watching his video because his beard seemed to be lopsided!
This reminds me that one reason I originalyl loved the concept of vlogging is it can smash through the unreal world of mass media where your face normally needs to fit, only beautiful people need apply etc. Ahh just wait till more Birts get online, then see how the American stereotype of Brits having bad teeth is, erm, re-enforced! Anyway being from the UK and not particularily observant, Ive never heard of Mossburg before but it seemed like an interesting article. His focus on TV possibly confused what the term videoblog might mean, ie there was no mention of blogging, and I felt he perhaps overstated Apple's role in things a tad. I mean I guess iTunes helped Rocketboom but Im sure it was already popular before then, and Id always like to see alternative desktop aggregators mentioned (to be honest I thought there'd be more of those by now!). Do sites/services generally have to be pro-active to get a mention from the likes of Mossburg? Whilst the focus on the TV show aspect of things means its maybe understandable sites like Mefeedia dont get mentioned, but then again not everything on blip is a show, hmmmm. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "schlomo rabinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, most press I've gotten doesnt usually bring all that much change in > traffic, except for the couple times on NPR because....drum roll, > please...they actually link to content!!! > > Not even the SF Chronicle links to my site when they write about me, which > is weird since they consider themselves techy. > > Congrats to all! I love Mossburgs collumns and being noted by him is a very > good thing in my book. > > Schlomo > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com > http://webshots.com/is/spotlight > http://hatfactory.net > http://evilvlog.com > > > > On 3/6/07, Bill Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thats been my experience. Print media doesn't really do a whole hell > > of a lot for traffic, and what it does bring doesn't last long. It > > does bring other benefits though. > > > > I had one minor bit of experience with mainstream radio, and > > television both brought small spikes in traffic. > > > > I was interviewed for local television last week, this will be a > > longer form interview (for local news-thats 3 minutes). Which is due > > to be broadcast next week. It'll be interesting to see what kind of > > traffic that generates. > > > > I would expect that this kind of press would be better for Blip than > > the individual vlogger, since Blip is a business and a service that > > people who read the WSJ might be more interested in. > > > > Bill Streeter > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS > > www.lofistl.com > > www.billstreeter.net > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Josh Leo" <joshleo@> wrote: > > > > > > I got like maybe 2 emails from people and not that big of a spike > > in hits to > > > my site at all... would have been nice if he linked to the blogs > > but, oh > > > well... it looks nice to say mossberg likes me. > > > > > > On 3/6/07, David Howell <taoofdavid@> wrote: > > > > > > > > That's very cool Mike. Huge congrats to you and the Blip gang. > > You > > > > guys certainly deserve the acclaim for what you have created. > > > > > > > > David > > > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging% > > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > "Mike Hudack" <mike@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I will tell you that the Mossberg article led to a ton of e- > > mails from > > > > > media buyers, unsolicited phone calls from recruiters and some > > of the > > > > > biggest traffic days that blip.tv has ever seen. Our ad sales > > pipeline > > > > > doubled. > > > > > > > > > > We're super proud of the article. Walt highlighted some of his > > favorite > > > > > shows and some of ours (GNB, AIB, Josh...), validated > > videoblogging and > > > > > called blip.tv his "favorite." Wheeee! We spent months talking > > to Walt > > > > > and working on this story. We couldn't be happier! > > > > > > > > > > By the way, if you get a chance, definitely watch Walt's video > > that > > > > > accompanied his column. You can find it at the bottom of > > > > > http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html until Thursday morning. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging% > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > [mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging% > > 40yahoogroups.com>] > > > > On Behalf Of Steve Garfield > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:11 AM > > > > > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging% > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Blip / Alive in Baghdad / Josh > > Leo in the > > > > > news > > > > > > > > > > I'm interested, how much email did the people in the article > > actually > > > > > get. > > > > > > > > > > How many web pages views compared to a normal day...? > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 6, 2007, at 8:40 AM, T Shey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Wow, had no one linked this yet? > > > > > > > > > > > > It was none other than Walt Mossberg -- him writing about > > > > > > videoblogging is a Big Deal. Capitalized. Congrats to > > everyone he > > > > > > mentioned, whom I imagine have all gotten a bunch of email. > > Lots of > > > > > > people read Mossberg. > > > > > > > > > > > > Original link: http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech- > > 20070301.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Steve Garfield > > > > > http://SteveGarfield.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Josh Leo > > > > > > www.JoshLeo.com > > > www.WanderingWestMichigan.com > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
