Blog Day 2008

HAPPY BLOG DAY!

CELEBRATE THE 4^th International Blog Day ON Sunday, AUGUST 31^st!

BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. So get to know your fellow bloggers! Go to someone's show that you wouldn't normally go to or tell a friend about your favorite blogTV live show. Happy Blog Day!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!!

BLOG YOUR LABOR DAY AWAY

Happy almost Labor Day! Let's celebrate this holiday by showing off your favorite thing to do on your day off work. If it's going to the beach with friends, bring blogTV along for the ride! If it's curling up in bed and catching up with old friends, curl up in bed and catch up with your old blogTV buddies. We want to see what you guys like to do on your day off! Don't have a job? Show us what you do regularly!

Live interactive installation art on blogTV

Jorge Rojas (My space) is an artist from Mexico and has been based in New York City since 2003. His art exists in many forms including painting, sculpture and installation. He has exhibited his work across the United States, Mexico and India and is included in numerous private and public collections. My space is an interactive performance installation piece that looks at online communities and how technology is changing the way we communicate.

The artist will live inside a museum’s storefront window for 7 full days, making art and interacting with visitors attending the venue and online. The experience will be broadcast live on BlogTV. Check out his blogTV profile playground for his complete broadcasting SCHEDULE!

BlogTV in FHM Magazine!

Woohoo, blogTV will be in FHM magazine! Fallofautumndistro was recently interviewed by FHM magazine for an article about YouTube. They naturally asked him questions at the end about blogTV. Of course he had nothing but nice things to say about us. Check it out:

 

FD: BlogTV is a live streaming video service. YouTube only plays back pre-recorded, uploaded videos. I’ve been having a lot of fun over the last few months broadcasting a live show on BlogTV (you can find my live show here: tinyurl.com/blogtv). I was apprehensive at first. Despite my very public demeanor on YouTube, I am extremely shy and quiet in person. YouTube videos allow for editing and re-takes. BlogTV is live, and every mess-up, slip of the tongue and “umm” are broadcast to your audience. Lately, I’ve become more comfortable with broadcasting live.

BlogTV is a wonderful way to interact with viewers and the people you watch on YouTube. Broadcasting a live show really breaks down any pretenses of subscriber or view counts because it’s just you hanging out with other YouTubers, much like a virtual YouTube Gathering. I consistently recommend the service to other video makers.

BlogTV can also be a great collaborative tool. Live streaming video can be a powerful way to remotely direct a collaboration video. Last winter I remote directed YouTube user LisaNova via live streaming video. Lisa and I were working on a parody of the popular iPhone from Apple, our video was entitled “iPwn”. I had written the script and emailed it to Lisa, who then suggested we try producing the video together via streaming video. It was a wonderful experience.

FHM: In your opinion, is it possible to gain a notable standing on blogtv alone or would you say it is a good addition for when you have reached a certain level of fame (for example) on YouTube?

FD: Starting on any new site is difficult. Unless your background is in marketing, you’re going to need help along the way to send viewer’s eyes to your show. Having an established presence on YouTube first helps, as you are able to send a percentage of your viewers over to your show on BlogTV. That said, nothing is impossible, and if you have good content – the most important factor in becoming popular in any medium – word will spread and your show will grow. You can help by promoting your show on related forums, or holding special events, contests and giveaways to attract viewers.

YouTubers Challenge One Another Live on blogTV

Who will be Insomnia Ironman?

Big deal broadcasters, Shaycarl, CharlesTrippy, DaveDays, ItsBrent and sXePhil challenge one another to see who can stay up the longest... live on blogTV. The challenge began Friday, August 1st at 5PM EST and will continue until the last one falls asleep! The challenge started out on Shaycarl's channel and is rotating between the 5 of them every 30 minutes. The rules they created are simple: they can co-host any of the other 4 at any time OR call them on speaker phone to make sure they are awake. They don't have the consequences figured out yet but there is talk of shaved heads/beards. Tune in for the madness.