7 Facts New Media Creators Must Face If They Want To Survive This Year

January 25, 2010

It’s time to face facts. Here are 7:
Niche audience programs can’t survive on mass audience advertising models. This one has GOT TO STOP. The reason American Idol can do well on a few pennies per audience member is because they have a few zillion audience members to pull pennies from. Good [...]

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What I Learned From Producing An Eight Hour Webinar About YouTube

January 18, 2010

Webinars have become my favorite mode of content creation. They are the perfect live platform for the New Media Content Creation Model and can be done from anywhere in the world (with an Internet connection, of course).
Two days ago I did an 8-hour Webinar with Julie Perry of YouTube Secret Weapon fame. I [...]

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Seesmic Buys Ping.fm – Good For Everyone

January 11, 2010

Of all the news that came out around and at CES, the one that gets the award for “most important” (in my space at least), was the acquisition of Ping.fm by Seesmic. I’ve been a huge fan of Ping.fm since day one and their purchase means they’re going to survive in this space. [...]

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Is RSS Dead?

January 4, 2010

After listening to (o.k., watching), the fabulous TWiT #228 on my Roku over the break, I’ve decided to test a few things here at Colligan.com. There was some discussion about the relevancy of RSS and content subscriptions, etc. that I need to look into.
You’ll need to bear with me for the next few [...]

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PaulRecommends.com – Need Your Help

December 28, 2009

Over the next few weeks, you’ll be seeing a lot of changes around here. The new blog look and feel at PaulColligan.com should be a hint of what’s to come.
The next blog to relaunch is a complete redo of PaulRecommends.com (I have already launched the Twitter account, feel free to friend me [...]

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Isn’t There Anyone Who Knows What Christmas Is All About?

December 25, 2009


Here’s the direct link to YouTube.
It’s a tradition here at PaulColligan.com to post this YouTube Video every year. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!
For those not into the whole Christmas thing, I hope you get a few minutes of peace as well.

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My 2010 New Media Predictions

December 14, 2009

Beware a prognosticator who isn’t honest about past prognostication. How did I do with my 2009 predictions? I’m calling 4 out of 5.

2009 Prediction #1 – Now that iPod finally has a competitor in the Zune, you’ll see advances this year in new media aggregation that can only come from stiff [...]

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YouTube And Her Secret Plans For World Domination

December 7, 2009

It’s time for a reality check on YouTube again.
YouTube 1080p. If you haven’t yet seen the Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody bit, do so. Once you’ve done that (you have to be inhuman to not love the Muppets), realize something very important, YOUTUBE IS STREAMING 1080P. This hasn’t got the press it [...]

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Get An Answer – Feed A Family – About (My Facebook) Answers Day

December 2, 2009

It’s December and I’m going to mix some good-old-fashioned testing with some good-old-fashioned holiday giving. I welcome you to join me.
I’ve got a bunch of theories about Facebook that need to be put to the test. My goal is to do that tomorrow, December 3rd. I’ll post the results here once I [...]

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The Lies “They” Want You To Believe

November 30, 2009

One of the scary elements of being in this business are the meetings, emails, phone calls, conference chats, etc. you have with good hearted people who have completely and totally bought a “lie” in this space. They embrace the lie completely and throw everything into it. You’ve met these people. You may [...]

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