YouTube
Posted by jhernandez on 6/27/2008

We have all had those moments where we sit around and reminisce about childhood and how much fun the good ole days were. I did that last night in a very geeky Y2K type fashion. I was sitting in my living room with my closest friend and had a virtual stroll down memory lane.

As we tried to sing theme songs to each other and tested each other’s memory about a time; when we had a fantastic idea. We thought, “let’s YouTube!” So we sat in front of my computer and took a walk down memory lane. We looked up all the shows that we could remember, and watch the intros and opening credits. It was a great experience and made me realize how much better TV was when I was a kid. I’m a youngin, I have to admit, but watching the shows again that we grew up on made me realize how big the generational gap is between myself and let’s say a 7 year old. His advantage in this technological era has equipped him with the tools we couldn’t have fathomed. PBS was in its heyday and its programming was phenomenal. We will never get those days back. It’s sad. Another amazing realization I had was how important video is and can be to marketing campaigns. The visual elements capture your audience if it is done well and done right. It encapsulates your attention, sends your message, and converts prospects at a higher rate. So why don’t we use more of it. Probably production costs and the like which are a very valid concern, but in an age of technology like we are in now, we can definitely take advantage of the deflation of these costs. We should get together sometime and talk about this. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

For those of you who are curious as to what I was watching on television. Here are a few examples: Square One, 3.2.1. Contact, Reading Rainbow, You Can’t Do That on Television….Etc. You get the idea!

So til next time, too-da-loo, see ya in a few.

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