November 25th, 2008
by Lorrie Thomas
Web 2.0 has brought on a ”revenge of the nerds” marketing celebration. The web has provided a wild world or opportunities, changed communication patterns, altered human behavior and (and I love this part) grabbed the traditional rules of marketing by the ankles, flipped it upside down and is shaking the heck out of it! Nerds rule in this time because we think and tap new technologies to connect and collaborate. The uncool kids are now the cool kids.
Speaking of cool nerds, I found a total academic nerdy video on YouTube that is worth grabbing a cup of coffee and watching. What is the web all about? Well, the “web” part of “world wide web” is all about connection and Michael Wesch, Anthropoogist at Kansas State University presents his “Anthropological Introduction to YouTube”
This video taps my uber nerd in a warm/fuzzy way. This hour long presentation (presented at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008) addresses this massive communication tool, what it’s all about and what it means to all of us. Wesch’s project started when he launched Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us on YouTube and it soared to one of the top watched videos (on Super Bowl Sunday of all days!) Both videos were viral marketing phenomenons and when you watch them you’ll see why.
Embrace your inner nerd, learn how marketing has evolved and think so you make smart marketing choices!
Make it a great day!
Pamela Sherman
(January 6th, 2009 at 10:12 pm)
Lorrie, soooo happy you had this! INCREDIBLE! I lOVE the “anthropological” nature of all of this! –I so enjoy this realm of work…and the possibilities. We could help really contribute to this phenomenon! I really think that University Tube should be started NOW!
(Also, b/c I have an amazing piece of video myself that I took… But, I’m going to have to look up legal issues too)
Take Care!
p
Derek Falk, Falk Custom Adventures
(January 18th, 2010 at 5:04 pm)
Lorrie, this video was awesome!!
Michael Wesch did an absolutely fantastic job with his YouTube presentation. Thanks so much for posting this!
Just like you say, the price of real estate on the web is perfect….FREE. I see you posted this on Nov. 25, 2008 and well over a year later it’s still serving it’s purpose.
Thanks!
Derek
Falk Custom Adventures
Lorrie Thomas
(January 18th, 2010 at 5:45 pm)
Hey Derek!
I enjoyed re-reading this “vintage” post and the video still holds power…Michael Welsch rocked this indeed.
We gotta use our web real estate to the highest degree to continually serve and support our community….which serves us as business people too!
Like Emilia and I were saying today, web work is NEVER done…so much to learn, so much to do, but we love doing it
Thanks for the post!!
-Lorrie