Youtube, newtube, that’s my latest motto, good for at least 24 hours of usage. Here’s what I’ve discovered: there’s a new style and look to the video thumbnails and front ends, and it looks like this:
You’ll notice in the forthcoming examples that my photo is always the same, which is a style of #branding that is very competitive in today’s media market, where it’s a struggle just to get a single second in front of someone.
In Your Face
In your face is what it’s all about, and my new media marketing program is all about getting in peoples’ faces, and I know exactly how to go about doing that, and one of the stronger suits in my campaign is the video.
I know that I can get upwards of 100,000 views on some of my videos — I got lucky in the launching of those things, and I can probably score in the tens of thousands without half trying, but I’m making an attempt to land 1 MILLION views on at least one of my videos, and I’m starting to clock out a workable strategy.
Here’s another song that I intend to sing today with the intent of putting out a strong video, which means good video imaging and good sound.
It will require the sound from the board in order to qualify as a pro video, if I record with the band.
Recording in the cafe, I can just sing into a camera, and let it go at that. Most folks don’t really mind the reduced quality, if the youtube live performance videos are anything to go by.
The whole idea behind this new format of #ThumbNail comes from watching how recent youtube videos are promoted, hashtagged and audience-targeted.
Number one issue when making a youtube thumbnail is BRANDING. This means that you stick the best selfie or portrait photo of yourself on every single one of your videos.
Now, here you have a choice — you can use the same photo over and over again, thus ensuring branding, but then you have to really go out of your way to make the other stuff in your graphic be as unique as possible.
You’ll see this effort in all my video thumbnail postings this morning. Here’s another example of how to make the same old thing look slightly different.
Donald’s War is a fine example of how we use the “Donald” name to tag the comedy spot, but at the same time, we don’t throw the thing into the giant trash-heap labeled “Trump”, just the bin marked “all things Donald”.
This has the effect of placing you at the front edge of the wave, if any develops, and I wouldn’t rule it out. As I said, I’ve had more than my share of viral masterpieces on youtube, and the fact is, you never know what’s going to hit right at that moment.
By the way, I haven’t yet used a photo of Trump — I don’t need to, since I have my own model in second life, which I’ve left for the moment standing like a scarecrow with both arms out to the side, at the Roman street in Prosperity Path Virtual Ashram.
I decided to leave it there, just in case I need a couple more shots at that spot. Of course, I can put my Trump into just about anywhere, in just about any costume, and have it do just about anything.
So far, I’ve had it dancing in the White House model I put up for the purpose. My White House is fully furnished, isn’t yours?
In the Rump Roast Blues, Donald sits in the White House public bar, watching a wrestling match on Fox News, while at the same time trying his level best to chew gum and think at the same time.
Look, don’t laugh. For him, it’s not that easy. You probably heard that he missed his Air Force One plane the other day because he couldn’t remember his flight number???
I have a plan to do some comedy routines about Trump and use this same thumbnail technique to make my triumphant comedy routine vidoes in the near future as LeslieAnn, so definitely watch for LeslieAnn’s Comedy Special, on your very local #gorebaggtv network.
This afternoon at 4PM Pacific Daylight Time, I’ll be going into broadcast & podcast mode to deliver another two hours shot to hell in a breadbasket.
I hope you’ll be there. I plan to sing in the songs you see listed here in this blog.
Now, “The Freedom Special” is a variant parody of the song of the same name that deals with slavery and the Abolitionist Underground Railroad, which I plan to operate here today for any minorities caught remaining in Trump World.
Hell, I’m doomed at least three ways, maybe more: I’m an LGBTQ Comedienne who also happens to be a rabid liberal New York Jew with a penchant for social justice and equality.
In short, I’m a weirdo.
I believe in fairness, liberty and the American way of life. Justice for all, liberty for all. Am I a Democrat? I’m anything that stands against personal tyranny and dictatorship.
I carry the motto and the banner of New Hampshire — “Live Free Or Die”, and I plan to do exactly that.
Emperor Donald is a song that will bite into anyone’s ankle. I did the photo shoot on the Roman street in Prosperity Path Virtual Ashram, and you’re invited to take selfies with the creature — I’ve left him on the street just for you to stand next to and demoralize.
I could easily have dressed him up in kingly finery and posed him on a Roman, Egyptian or Sumerian throne — I have my choice of dozens of thrones for the purpose — but then, I wouldn’t have been able to take the time to write this blog, and I did want to explain what I’m after, here.
In this case, it’s just a general impression, but I could really drive the point home with the king thing. Can you do the same? Why the hell not?’
I’ve put the songs into a songbook, so there’s no excuse not to jump on the wagon and do it — maybe your version will hit the roof!
In “One Tweet Over the Edge”, I’ve put this thing out there for both pro and anti Trump people — the critics will see the joke right away, and the Trumpies will think it’s a friendly song about Trump.
They’ll never know it’s even about Trump, because it contains words of more than one syllable.
I happen to like this song, which is based on “One Toke Over The Line”, by Brewer & Shipley — this is the song that was introduced by Lawrence Welk as a “wunnnerful new gospel tune”, but it was about weed.
He never did get it.
And here’s my favorite Trump White House photo of Donald standing in front of a fortune telling machine in the Oval Office, which he consults for guidance every hour on the hour, in between watching Fox News and grabbing female White House tourists for a quick feel.
Oh, well, no accounting for strange behavior — this is a hairless ape of Planet Earth, I must remember, in order to be able to lower the bar on my expectations going forward at the end of the day, right?
So that’s the story, Mourning Glory. Keep a sharp lookout, and stay on your toes, always vigilant, always aware, always perceptive without getting anal.
There’s a whole new way to promote your videos, and it doesn’t include sleep!
See You At The Top!!!
gorby