It took a couple of years and few crises but Rocketboom is set to take off. Founder Andrew Baron just inked a seven-figure plus revenue-sharing deal with Sony to distribute the webcast across its properties, including Crackle.com, Playstation 3, Playstation Portable, Bravia i-Link and syndicated network of 3rd party distributors.
Rocketboom Gets YouTube Sponsorship
Rocky-historied video blog Rocketboom has a new sponsorship model and a major new sponsor. The first sponsor paying out to associate its name with Ms. Joanne Colan is online video phenom YouTube.
Is Rocketboom A Dud?
Though Andrew Baron’s Rocketboom video blog has garnered a lot of attention as the benchmark vlog, it is also (inadvertently) becoming a case study in monetization. Baron doesn’t seem to mind this open experiment, except that he’s come to the realization that advertising just isn’t paying the bills.
Vlogger Slams Rocketboom, Nerd Fight Ensues
If you haven’t heard of him yet, that’s because he hadn’t verbally accosted the darling of the vlogging world yet. Ze Frank, host of “The Show,” Rocketboomed himself into an authentic charts-and-graphs nerd fight with Andrew Baron. There, now you’ve heard of him.
Travelistic.com: The Rocketboom Of Travel
Are you worried about your videos getting lost in YouTube’s vast index? Are you looking for a site that caters to a specific niche, perhaps even focusing on the subject matter you shoot? Introducing Travelistic.com, a site that’s answered the call for those of you who shoot videos on vacation. The site’s tagline, Video for […]
Rocketboom’s Ad Policy Returns Power To People
Andrew Baron of Rocketboom fame may have sealed his position as an advertising visionary. His approach, detailed during a keynote address at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, had everyone buzzing. A $20,000 discount for likeable commercials? Disney should shoot for an audience of 10,000?
Rocketboom Goes Down In Buffalo Chips
How do you follow an episode of tomato throwing and red paper clip up-trades? It’s a no-brainer: buffaloes and creepy music. Rocketboom’s second that’s-not-Amanda show left the audience in a pile of question marks.
Rocketboom Fights Attack of Killer Tomatoes
She, that is, not Amanda Congdon, plopped herself down in the anchor chair in a catchers mask and pads. Let the tomato throwing begin. Andrew Baron sits in the corner, a frazzled and twitchy mess with nothing to say about the matter. Joanne Colan informs Amanda fans of where she can be found. Rocketboom 2.0, sans foam insulation concerns, launches.
Rocketboom 2.0 Delayed, Fans Lash Out
Rocketboom fans have been hanging on for the next boom since Amanda Congdon’s dramatic unbooming. The next incarnation is now two days late as the world awaits how the new hostess will handle her duties, and to see if Rocketboom 2.0 will reach liftoff.
Rocketboom Finds PodZinger For Search
The popular Rocketboom video blog reached a point where it needed a more robust search feature, and partnered with PodZinger to fulfill that function.