We’ve been spending a lot of time planning how to re-launch the new viralfilmvideo.com site in the coming months. Up until now we’ve been pretty much a basic site built to promote the company and to showcase our portfolio. In the near future we’ll still have part of the site about us, but the main goal will be to be better able to view our original content and some of our favorite videos from other sites. We’re still learning a lot about some of what we’re hoping to do so we’re taking our time. Our focus has always been producing viral videos first, and it still is, but we’re also hoping to offer services through our partners to help promote videos. If anybody has any websites that they think have a great design, I’m definitely looking for samples. I do think we’ll end up going with a Drupal design and following in the footsteps of our half stepsister site www.purestock.tv which is relaunching it’s new site soon. Drupal will be something that we can hopefully update a little easier than some of the other choices. The only downside is that at some point we may have to move from BlueHost to another server, because of some of the video posting services that aren’t available on BlueHost. One possibility is AptHost.com but we’re still exploring options. More to come.

I’m working on getting a few new shows off the ground and the content is very amazing. I can’t wait to tell you more about them. I’m also trying to find a new home for our new series and really hope something comes through. The ideal scenario is to have the show on Blip.tv but I’m worried that I wouldn’t get the promotion needed. Our past series including Pitchman have pretty much been learning the ins and outs of a new media venture and now we’re really psyched and ready to do it for real. I talked to Mike Hudack from blip.tv and he seemed like a great guy, and gave me some advice for the ASSISTED LIVING show involving toning down a little some of the graphic content. I know we can still be edgy and funny not crossing the line to what most people would be offended. So we’re ready to post the first five episodes of ASSISTED LIVING and are about to start shooting the two untitled new series. Here’s to the excitement of starting a new show and saying goodbye (at least temporarily) to Pitchman, 1.5 million hits later on YouTube alone. Send me an e-mail if you want the low down on the new show. dave@viralfilmvideo.com or give us a call. DAVE

Thought I’d test the new YOUTUBE player here. Not sure if I like it yet. I like the blip.tv format with the widescreen look but the youtube player is nice because the layout shows thumbs of the other clips so it’s easier for people to watch different videos. When we do the redesign of the main site (soon) hopefully we’ll figure out what we want to do. I also like blip.tv because it’s easy for a novice like me to resize the clips to a little larger size, perfect for entertainment. Let me know what you guys like or if there’s something out there better that I’m missing. DAVE