How Do You Have a Conversation with Your Audience?

One of the big differences between new media and traditional media is that we can have a conversation with our audience. Ask A Ninja has people send in questions for the Ninja, It's All in Your Hands has the audience has it's viewers steer which way the story goes and French Maid TV well... French Maid TV has had some issues because the audience wants to have a conversation that advertisers and sponsors would not be interested in even though it is a very emmotionally engaging conversation.

That said, I'm not giving up on having a conversation with the viewers and I'm looking for your help. One idea I have is to have the French Maids respond to "How To" suggestions from the viewers so if you have a "How To" that you would like the French Maids to cover or you have a suggestion for a better conversation for the French Maids to have that advertisers would be interested in please let me know.

MacWorld is Coming - Will you be my friend?

So MacWorld is coming in January and the MacMost podcast has reported that as usual Steve Jobs is keynote speaker for Macworld. Big surprise there.
In a more surprising move Lee Gibbons of Podango has asked me to speak at MacWorld about marketing your podcast but beyond that I'm going to be using my time there to make more friends. One of the best things I've learned in my time in new media is the power of friends.

I've signed up for the MacWorld Expo Social Network that uses Ning and I hope to make some new friends before MacWorld.

I used to go to conferences looking for business deals and sometimes I would find them but more often than not what I found was that I made a new friend that I did business with or that lead to new business in one way or another. The other business people that I met never really developed into anything because I didn't make friends with them and I didn't have a relationship with them.

As you move forward in your online video travels don't look for new business deals, look for new friends that you can do business with.

The Office: Top 10 Pranks On Dwight

Now I never got into The Office when it first launched on NBC because I was a big fan of the original British series of The Office but over time I have come to enjoy the American version.

That said, I found the above video of The Office: Top 10 Pranks On Dwight and I thought it was a good example of Old Media making good use of new media. What I don't understand is why it only has 100,000 views but I have a theory.

I think this video may have been posted and then turned off for the announcement of the Joint YouTube killer Hulu and then turned back on.

That, or maybe the fans of NBC's The Office don't use YouTube and the users of YouTube don't care about The Office.

In either case this little "Top Ten" recap idea is something you could use to create an additional episode of your own web series without having to shoot a new episode.

And if you have your advertising inventory sold that could mean more profit for you.

Busy Week for New Media and Halo 3 Video Reviews

This week has a lot to offer New Media Content Creators. Thursday is the Podcast Academy in Ontario, California going on the same time as PodcampSoCal followed by the Podcast and New Media Expo AND GamersDaily has posted their review of Halo 3. Does Halo 3 live up to the Hype? Will Halo 3 suck? Will Master Chief land on Earth? Will you be able to get Halo 3 for cheep? Will you be able to find cheat codes for Halo 3 so you can use the Gravity Lift or be Jacking Ghosts?


Will there be a party this week with the French Maids of French Maid TV?