Last week I ran into Brad Murphy, the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) / Vice President of Sales for Revision3, “the television network for the Internet generation” at a Placement Scout product placement event at Tesla Motors in Santa Monica. Well, OK I didn’t really run into Brad, I told him and a few other web video producers about the event because I thought it would be a good chance for us to get our shows in front of brands that might benefit from the special engaged audiences that web videos have.

Brad told me that he was glad to come and interact with brands and that it was an opportunity for him ( and for me for that matter) to get a one on one conversation going as to how we could get some of the brands that attended the event to integrate their products and services into web series.

Now it’s hard for realyl big brands to get their heads around the value of web video series right now but several mid-size companies are starting to see how they can benefit from getting their product or service in front of their targeted demographic while making it part of the conversation.

In my video interview with Brad he talks about how the Revision3 audience is made up of what he calls, “Digital Natives” – people who don’t watch regular television, are looking for content on-demand – whether it’s text based content, video content or communicating through social media to find that content. It’s an audience that hyper-connected.

Brad also goes on to talk about the live events that Revision3 does with their shows. (Something I’m hoping to do more of with my shows.)

Are you on the fence about attending SXSW? Looking for some ammunition to take to your boss? Have a look at what top social media professionals Guy Kawasaki, Rebecca Corliss, Chris Brogan, Brian Solis, Greg Cangialosi, Dan Neely and Jeff Pulver have to say about why you should attend SXSW.

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In Las Vegas at the National Association of Television Programing Executives ( NATPE ) Market I had the chance to catch up with Hugh Forrest of SXSW and got to ask him about his interactive event.

Jesse Warren and Mark Gantt the Executive Producers of the hot, new, hip, Hit Web series / Feature Film The Bannen Way talk about product placement, brand integration and how to sell a web series to a Hollywood studio. They also share some great advice for Independent Filmmakers.

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So here is the long awaited part 2 of 3 interview with Jesse Warren and Mark Gantt the creators of the Hit Web Series The Bannen Way who talk about the business of creating web video Internet series and how they put their package together and got car manufacturer Jaguar to do a product placement in the pilot episodes and place a 2010 Jaguar xkr in the final feature film.

Jesse Warren and Mark Gantt the Executive Produers of Hit Web Series The Bannen Way gave me an insider’s view as to how they took their idea, shot a trailer and two episodes, got ICM as their agent and then sold it to a major Hollywood Studio. This is part 1 of 3 segments.

Jaime Pressley and Jamie Earl are cast in this advertainment video from AXE that shows men how they can clean their balls. What’s interesting is that not only is this video available on Youtube but it’s also being served as a 300 x 250 banner ad. That should jack up the numbers on Youtube. If you “act now” you can also receive a free scrubby to clean your balls.

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I spent the weekend at CES in Vegas with my buddy Ted from Red camera. We walked around the show floor and gave a few private showings of the new RED Scarlet prototype and then we did a little “pop in” on the Engadet trailer and it was pretty funny. All the Engadget guys jumped out of their chairs to mop Ted and get a look at the new RED camera.

The body of the Scarlet will be $2750.

(Sorry about the bad audio and video. I think this will be the last time I shoot with my iPhone 3GS.)

I ran into Film Actor, Web Series Independent Producer and Online Video Leader Illeana Douglas at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and she had a few things to tell me about her web series sponsor, IKEA and how we as independent producers need to own our own content and profit with networks and studios together.

At last years Streamy Awards Felicia Day gave the best acceptance speech ever when she won for Best Female Actor in Comedy Web Series for The Guild.

Nominations are still open for this year’s Streamy Awards.
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