Subtitled: “What Media Pros Can Learn from Billy Mays.” We all know who he is- that loud and sometimes annoying guy who makes a fortune selling household maintenance items on tv. A closer look at the formula used to create his videos reveals people are really buying the ad – not not the actual product for sale.
A newbie wedding videographer from Chicago, Illinois who calls himself “Uncle Joe” just put a bee in the hat of some serious professionals in the media business on a popular Facebook group of 98,000: “Hi! I’m Uncle Joe and I’ll be using my iPhone…”
Being in the right place at the right time armed with a video cellphone when something newsworthy occurs means you could potentially reap some financial rewards. But how would you submit network news video clip footage like this to ABC, CBS, NBC, or Fox? We have the answer.
Want more tips, tools and techniques? Sign up for our weekly newsletter. We search the web for anything that will interest the media professional. Take a look at what we find.
