Fantastic! :D -- Bill C. http://ems.blip.tv
--- In [email protected], "pettisb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > I'm kinda quiet on this list, for those that don't know me, I do the > Make: magazine podcast. I make something every week and make a video > that teaches you how to make it too. Lately I've been into breaking > things. I've made trebuchets and just finished a giant crossbow for an > egg drop/slam I'm having in Seattle tomorrow. > > My buddy Phil, my coworker at Make, and I, have been wanting to put > our own ads on the end of our videos and we went to Blip to make it > happen. Today you can see diy ads at the end of my podcasts. > > The idea is that in the blip dashboard, I'll be able to choose a > picture, write some text, choose a button, and insert a url and then > at the end of the vid, my own ad will come up. You'll be able to do > it yourself soon. > > I'll be using it at Make: to have ads that send people off to get kits > for the project in the video and to sell Maker Faire tickets and subs > for the magazine, but you'll be able to put whatever ads you want in > there. So you'll be able to put together a t-shirt and have the link > go to cafepress or you can have a dvd and have the link go off to lulu. > > If you make things, you could show them on video and have the link go > off to your etsy.com or ebay page. You get the idea. It's advertizing > in your hands. > > Ok, enough of me talking about it. Here are some links to learn more. > > Here's the Make: blog post about it. - > http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/02/doityourself_ad.html > Here's the blip.tv blogpost. - > http://blog.blip.tv/blog/2007/02/12/introducing-do-it-yourself-advertising/ > > Bre Pettis > Make: Video > http://makezine.com/podcast >
