Timing of content is just as important as the creation of content. If you don't pay attention to it, your great content will fail. The post Bad Timing is the Death of Comedy… and Content Mark...
https://www.sparkminute.com/2014/07/09/bad-timing-is-the-death-of-comedy-and-content-marketing/
Interview with Rooftop Media CEO, Will Rogers, on publishing topical comedy video content before anyone else. The post Hacking Media Production Podcast: Producing a Daily Web Show in Two Hours ...
Interview with Jamie Wright of Lekker Media on how he works with companies to create funny videos that they love, but most other people won't get. The post Hacking Media Production Podcast: Tri...
Tips from entertainers, producers, and house managers on how to be a successful event producer and build a fan base. The post Fill That Room: How to Sell Out Your Event Every Time appeared fir...
https://www.sparkminute.com/2012/12/06/fill-that-room-how-to-sell-out-your-event-every-time/
Here's a story of what happens when our desire to sell gets in the way of producing successful content. The post How Sales People Can F*ck Up Funny. A Second City Tale. appeared first on Spark...
https://www.sparkminute.com/2012/11/20/how-sales-people-can-fck-up-funny-a-second-city-tale/
For my business Spark Media Solutions we produced a lot of videos at different conferences. Sometimes we needle attendees, or ask their opinion about a pertinent subject. And sometimes we get luc...
https://www.sparkminute.com/2011/12/16/hysterical-videos-of-2011/
Online comedy videos are now watched by more Americans than any other kind of video. Nine years ago I interviewed a bunch of comedians and they all agreed that the Internet was going to destroy c...
I’ve got an update to a post I wrote yesterday entitled, “Windows 7 launch party video: Is Microsoft trying to be funny?” In it I just expressed my ultimate confusion as to what the purpose...
https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/09/24/windows-7-party-video-dirty-edition/
I just saw this video that Microsoft produced with tips to host your own Windows 7 launch party. It’s obviously a joke, as the piece is produced like an incredibly hokey infomercial with four p...
https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/09/23/windows-7-launch-party-video-is-microsoft-trying-to-be-funny/
Here’s another game show I hosted at the Purim Follies, that silly variety show I host at my synagogue (Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, CA). The game is a cross between “To Tell the T...
https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/05/04/video-purim-follies-game-show-lying-rabbis/