88Slide Update, Online Videos

Remember my obsession with 88Slide?
$100 to reach 1500+ unique users – March 6, 2006
88Slide.com – Online Trivia – March 14, 2006
Dealhack’s 88Slide Sponsorship – Win an Ipod Nano – May 18, 2006
FanimeCon & Vloggercon – June 11, 2006
Evogear.com is on a Roll and on 88Slide – July 12, 2006

Well according to Jackson West at GigaOm, 88Slide just signed with Endeavor. My friend Noah Bonnett (worked with him 8 years ago at VarsityBooks.com) runs 88Slide through his Rock Creek Park Productions company.

If you’ve been thinking about jumping into the online video arena, you should give Noah a shout. He can either get your company/brand up and running on 88Slide or help you think through and create a larger concept…that’s what the Endeavor deal brings to the table…with any luck, we’ll see some big consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies spending real money in this space soon. Congrats, NB!

On another note, there are a ton of people out there experimenting with YouTube, Shmuly Tennenhaus, being one of the most colorful. His One Park Avenue Reality blog/video series was set up to get him on a reality show. That plan didn’t exactly work out, but he kept up the blogging/vlogging and has now launched his latest crusade, targeting Ari Gold for a guest spot on Entourage. Shmuly is an internet marketing guy, having gained some good skills at Ice.com, and I wouldn’t be surprised if all this online video experimentation turned into a legit business someday. If you’re looking for insight into the space, he’s another guy to contact.

Oh, and since this post is basically just a shout out to some friends in the online video space, I should also mention that my friend Mark Mannino is in charge of revenue (advertising), operations, and finance for MotionBox, a video sharing site. I’m sure Mark also has some ideas on how to make a splash in the online video space.

If you want an intro to any of these guys, just let me know (brian at comparisonengines dot com).