For a funny example, Chuck always talks about Schlitz beer in Vlog Santa. I swear, if he's not getting money or booze from promoting that, I will kick his ginger-bread ass. Anyway, to play around with him, I posted a quick video for his "Ask Vlog Santa" segments.
Full Disclaimer (The stats are not real, as most of you have probably moved onto the "hard stuff" like Scope.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf7I3m8nBOw --- In [email protected], "taulpaulmpls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The other night, I finally got my wife to sit down and watch an > episode of Battlestar Galactica. Since we have such crazy schedules, > BSG is recorded using my Comcast DVR. I like great commercials, but I > love great stories even better. As I fast-forward through all of the > Sci-fi channel's revenue stream, it dawned on me that I never saw one > product placement in the show. Considering it takes place in the > future, in a galaxy far...far...away (wrong show, I know), it would be > practically impossible to put any logo driven products into this > scripted show. No Starbuck sipping on a Pepsi, Baltar sporting D & G > eyeglasses, or an Ikea eyepatch for Colonel Tigh. > > It also dawned on me that I was also a person that never clicked on > post-roll, or pre-roll ads in web video. Frankly, the advertisements > usually never have anything to do with the video you just watched, and > I'm gone before they have a chance to transition into view. > > Then I started thinking about all the free advertising a lot of you do > for these companies. Josh Leo's H&R Block video, might has well been > sponsored and paid for by Mar's, Inc. > > I did some searching for companies working on automated product > placement tools, and found Nextmedium.com. They pair the studios and > advertisers of scripted TV shows through their software. They also > give back analytics to the advertiser on the shows viewership, > impression views, etc... > > Would this be something producers of popular video blogs would like, > instead of hoping to get someone to click on an post or pre-roll ad? >
