Hey Robert Scoble and Seth Godin Did You Forget Something

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So Seth Godin and Robert Scoble talk about a video by Fred. When you look at all the views of his videos he has over 45 million youtube views

Scoble and Seth go on to say how the traffic numbers aren’t important and it’s the quality of the viewers. Umm hey did you guys miss that his show has a sponsor Zipit Instant Messaging, which he uses twice in the video. Think I made it up … check out the LATimes

“They just think he’s the funniest thing ever,” said Valerie Moizel of the L.A.-based WOO ad agency, which found out about Fred after it conducted kid-centered focus groups for its ZipIt instant messaging product – which later showed up in Fred’s videos. “We watched them watch him – they fall on the floor hysterically laughing. They’re just mesmerized.”

Seems to me the zipit product placement is exactly in front of who it wants to be and the kids don’t consider it offensive, intrusive, or useless like 99% of all the other advertising out there. Lets not omit the facts just because they don’t agree with your world view next time … kthanksbye

… oh and for the record I am over 40 and I find Fred pretty funny

4 Responses to “Hey Robert Scoble and Seth Godin Did You Forget Something”

1. Hawaii SEO Says:
   July 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm

   They might have missed the new Google ads as well.

   “Earning revenue from YouTube videos just got easier”
   http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/07/earning-revenue-from-youtube-videos.html

2. Nelson Says:
   July 4th, 2008 at 1:17 am

   Fred is funny. or at least is what his audience think. is interesting to see how he attracts so many people, this kid probably knows more about kid behaviors than most of psychologists out of there. is sad that many people bash him, out of pure jealousy I would think. who wouldn’t want to have that many eyeballs over his blog? I surely would, even if Jodin says it sucks.

3. Dan Root Says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 6:38 am

   Fred is hilarious and his videos are very creative. I don’t understand why anyone would hate his videos?

4. Search Engine Optimization Journal Says:
   July 5th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

   Well..whether or not anyone finds him to be funny or unfunny…the kid is a smart one!