http://dotcomconfessions.com A hip and hilarious look at all the myths and realities of internet marketing from the group at Jennifer Barbee, Inc., a boutique interactive agency specializing in new age web marketing and web 2.0 technology marketing. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:29:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/what-the-hell-did-i-just-eat http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/what-the-hell-did-i-just-eat#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:46:00 +0000 Drew Barbee http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1934 In celebration of LOL Friday we bring you the strangest deep fried videos ever, via YouTube. Who would think that the greatest childhood beverage would make an equally odd deep fried snack? Deep fried Kool-Aid Just in case you want to save the time between eating and enjoying your favorite alcoholic beverage… combine the two. Deep Fried Beer Share this [...]]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/what-the-hell-did-i-just-eat/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/taking-a-video-viral-can-it-be-done-with-advertising-based-videos http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/taking-a-video-viral-can-it-be-done-with-advertising-based-videos#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:52:14 +0000 Kristen Cruz http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1876 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/taking-a-video-viral-can-it-be-done-with-advertising-based-videos/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/puppets-dollar-bills http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/puppets-dollar-bills#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 20:16:02 +0000 Drew Barbee http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1839 Does Ford’s new Focus campaign have what it takes to get legs?  Their new marketing campaign infuses an orange puppet – Doug and an ‘every guy’ sort of person – John.  Although it appears that Ford has the right recipe for an explosive campaign the entire effort seems slightly bland.  The videos do a good [...]]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/puppets-dollar-bills/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/is-online-video-still-effectiveimportant http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/is-online-video-still-effectiveimportant#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:16:16 +0000 Hannah Sentenac http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1732 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/is-online-video-still-effectiveimportant/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/wow-youtube-to-invest-up-to-875000-in-rising-stars http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/wow-youtube-to-invest-up-to-875000-in-rising-stars#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:30:33 +0000 Olivia Rodriguez http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1707 Want to become a famous rising star and already on YouTube? YouTube has announced that they are launching another campaign to cultivate more original, quality content on its servers, promising to invest $35,000 in up to 25 of its partners. NextUp; is the new initiative for YouTube, it isn’t focused on discovering new talent, but more on [...]]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/wow-youtube-to-invest-up-to-875000-in-rising-stars/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/advertising/youtube-releases-new-advertising-opportunities http://dotcomconfessions.com/advertising/youtube-releases-new-advertising-opportunities#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:00:53 +0000 Kristen Cruz http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1606 Video advertising is expected to take off in 2011. YouTube’s newest video advertising formats released in December 2010 are already making that prediction a reality. TrueView InStream and TrueView InSlate video ads allow users the option of selecting the ads they want to watch and avoiding the ones they don’t. The best part about this (for [...]]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/advertising/youtube-releases-new-advertising-opportunities/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/advertising/say-so-long-to-broadcast-tv http://dotcomconfessions.com/advertising/say-so-long-to-broadcast-tv#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 20:54:21 +0000 Hannah Sentenac http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1259 We’ve all heard the statistics – YouTube reaches over 2 billion views per day. More than 66% of internet users watch online video. Online video ad spending is the fastest growing format. And so on, and so on.  But is internet TV REALLY set to surpass broadcast TV? According to a new report by the [...]]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/advertising/say-so-long-to-broadcast-tv/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/happy-first-upload-day-youtube-has-it-only-been-5-years http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/happy-first-upload-day-youtube-has-it-only-been-5-years#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:18:17 +0000 Hannah Sentenac http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=1222 Just 5 years ago today, the first video was uploaded to the brand-spankin’ new site known as YouTube, according to Mashable.com. While the site actually launched in February, the first upload happened on April 23, and it was the beginning of a new world order when it comes to video sharing. Isn’t it astonishing, it’s only [...]]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/social-marketing/happy-first-upload-day-youtube-has-it-only-been-5-years/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/jb-inc-spends-some-time-with-tripfilms http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/jb-inc-spends-some-time-with-tripfilms#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:43:18 +0000 Kristen Cruz http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=979 If you follow our blog and educational efforts, you know that we at Jennifer Barbee, Inc. can’t stop talking about video. It’s 2010 and an interactive tour of your destination is imperative for a visitor. Images just don’t do the trick like they used to. TripFilms was founded in 2007 with the mission to bring [...]]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/jb-inc-spends-some-time-with-tripfilms/feed 0 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/what-the-world-watched-on-youtube-in-2009 http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/what-the-world-watched-on-youtube-in-2009#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:55:48 +0000 Hannah Sentenac http://dotcomconfessions.com/?p=762 As 2009 draws to a close, it’s time for a plethora of year-end lists, from “Celebs We Lost This Year” to “Hot or Not 2010” (be sure and check this one out, if you haven’t already :) ). One incredibly interesting list is YouTube’s Most Watched list, recently released on their company blog. So what did the world watch in terms of online video this year? ]]> http://dotcomconfessions.com/video-marketing/what-the-world-watched-on-youtube-in-2009/feed 0