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Mimicry involves producing a custom gadget within a brand channel (home page is no longer allowed) on YouTube that mimics the YouTube interface and functionality. This requires a really close working relationship with the YouTube policy team and your Tech Producer. Here are the best examples of mimicry on YouTube that I wanted to highlight: [...]

Saturday, August 7th, 2010 at 15:11 0 comments

On the 30th of June I became Google Adwords Qualified in the category of Display Advertising. To achieve this I had to complete 2 120 multiple choice question tests with a pass mark of 85% or above. You can check my qualifications here: Google Adwords Qualified – Display Advertising Proves that Google dogfoods its own [...]

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 21:34 4 comments

Each year Google runs a GoogleServe week, where we each choose a non-profit project we would like to contribute to. I chose to present to a group of 30+ non-profit organisations here in Sydney on how they can benefit from our recently launched YouTube non-profit program. Despite being only a small contribution it was a [...]

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at 22:00 0 comments

I have just finished reading Crossing the Chasm (Revised Edition) by Geoffery A. Moore. I purchased this book on Amazon after seeing it on a number of Googler’s Amazon wish-lists on LinkedIn, which is a good way to prepare for an interview with a new company! Truthfully however I decided to read the book because I have [...]

Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 22:47 0 comments

I have been working on the IPL Live Streaming event that is currently running on YouTube. This has been a huge event for us, with 60 live matches being streamed over only 44 days. This alone is a huge project, however we are also uploading all replays (4+ hrs each) and numerous highlight clips every [...]

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 at 16:34 1 comment

Online media is growing up. All the big media players (News, Fairfax etc.) are currently fighting it out with the new kids on the block, online pure plays (Google, Microsoft, Realestate.com.au etc.). The prize is the rapidly growing pool of online advertising revenue, predicted to pass the US$50 billion mark next year. Historically the provider [...]

Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 14:44 0 comments

Seth begins his speech by saying he is going to go fast. I was initially sceptical, but now I have watched this video three times and I am still finding resonating ideas within it. A good product should sell itself. Good products will get recommended. A personal recommendation is more valuable than a website lead. [...]

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 23:33 0 comments