Doug Haslam of Topaz Partners was kind enough to grant an interview to Sarah Wurrey of CustomScoop’s Media Bullseye during the recent SNCR symposium in Boston. Doug talked about his firm’s work with Scuderi Group to promote an innovative new air hybrid engine.
Not only does it make good content, but it’s also letting me perfect my video production skills. Each one I produce seems to improve, even though I still have a long way to go.
Q. I found a company that guaranteed coverage by a certain number of bloggers that would help improve my search engine ranking. Is this a good idea? A. Probably not. Without knowing all the details, this certainly sounds fishy at best. Typically companies that undertake projects like this are compensating bloggers under the table. Sort…
Perhaps moderation is on my mind because we just started a “Biggest Loser” contest in my office. Or maybe it is has something to do with hearing this weekend about a great quote attributed to Julia Child (“everything in moderation, including moderation”). Moderation again came to mind this morning as I work from home before…
I was listening to Joseph Jaffe’s Across the Sound podcast recently and he expressed the oft-heard point of view that “content wants to be free.” Though I often agree with what Jaffe has to say, in this instance I must say “hogwash.” Simply put, there is no such thing as free content. Content providers receive…
You know I’m a big believer that online pairs nicely with print. You won’t hear me saying that books, newspapers, magazines, and the like are dead. In fact, my own Eaglon publishes online and offline in tandem for Media Bullseye and Cork & Knife. That’s why I was not surprised, but definitely pleased, to see…
An interesting confluence of news and events today brings us information on declining CD sales at the same time that many in the blogosphere/podosphere are advocating an effort to “Bum Rush the Charts.” First the news. The Wall Street Journal reports that “compact-disc sales for the first three months of this year plunged 20% from…
A bidding war for a newspaper company? Who would’ve thunk it? Today’s New York Times reports: The drama for control of the Tribune Company intensified last night as two Los Angeles billionaires put in a last-minute bid, topping an offer from the Chicago real estate magnate, Sam Zell, by a dollar a share. The two…
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Hi Chip/Sarah,
Good interview. Some constructive feedback, from a fellow video experimenter… lighting could be better, even if you have a camera-mounted light or just chose a darker background, or a better-lit area. Also if you have a directional microphone that might cut out some of the background noise (although I can talk, some of the sound on my stuff is awful)
Hope this helps
Thanks, Simon. You are right on both counts. This was only the second or third video interview that Sarah has ever done and I tried to keep things simple for her first time (which unfortunately means she got the less sophisticated of my two video cameras with a bad mic).
Since a bunch of people were nice enough to grant interviews, I am cleaning them up as much as I can so we can still use them.
Nice job of mixing in other video clips while Doug was talking, Chip.