Comments on: Marketing Envy http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dave Haupert http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8951 Dave Haupert Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:48:15 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8951 <p>Shaun, the embed part is easy as that’s how Flash is done anyway, you add a tag to embed an object (which is just a single SWF file).  So the key is showing that in some flash animated menu.  The email part would also be fairly easy to do (I haven’t done that much flash, but on my music site, I did the entire site as a single embedded flash file and it has a way to email which was easy enough to do).  The harder/more tedious part would be all that widget stuff.  Figuring out how each one of those services accepts embed tags and widgets.  I think that’s where the project would get to be cumbersome and not as much fun! </p> Shaun, the embed part is easy as that’s how Flash is done anyway, you add a tag to embed an object (which is just a single SWF file).  So the key is showing that in some flash animated menu.  The email part would also be fairly easy to do (I haven’t done that much flash, but on my music site, I did the entire site as a single embedded flash file and it has a way to email which was easy enough to do).  The harder/more tedious part would be all that widget stuff.  Figuring out how each one of those services accepts embed tags and widgets.  I think that’s where the project would get to be cumbersome and not as much fun!

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8950 Shaun Groves Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:21:45 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8950 <p>And there’s <a href="http://blog.u23dmovie.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">a blog</a>. </p> And there’s a blog.

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8949 Shaun Groves Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:43:36 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8949 <p>What do you use, Pete W? </p> What do you use, Pete W?

]]> By: Pete W http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8948 Pete W Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:13:49 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8948 <p>I can widgetise it if someone else makes it. Or I can make it and widgetise it. However, someone else needs to provide the video. </p> I can widgetise it if someone else makes it. Or I can make it and widgetise it. However, someone else needs to provide the video.

]]> By: RevJeff http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8947 RevJeff Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:37:58 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8947 <p>FIRST you sell your soul to “Best Buy” and “National Geographic"… then you commit 90% of your income to an ad agency and then you play back a virtual video of a concert to your 35000 closest friends several times while looping a chord structure that every thirteen year old wants to memorize… </p> <p> other than that it’s simple. </p> FIRST you sell your soul to “Best Buy” and “National Geographic”… then you commit 90% of your income to an ad agency and then you play back a virtual video of a concert to your 35000 closest friends several times while looping a chord structure that every thirteen year old wants to memorize…

other than that it’s simple.

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8946 Shaun Groves Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:32:54 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8946 <p>Dave, it also has the “embed” feature and a bunch of other ways to spread this thing though.  Can you do that with your program?  I guess the “movie” in this thing is a swf file then?  So you could put a new swf file in your folder out on a server somewhere and it would play in this widget wherever it’s embedded - is that right? </p> Dave, it also has the “embed” feature and a bunch of other ways to spread this thing though.  Can you do that with your program?  I guess the “movie” in this thing is a swf file then?  So you could put a new swf file in your folder out on a server somewhere and it would play in this widget wherever it’s embedded – is that right?

]]> By: Dave Haupert http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8945 Dave Haupert Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:07:48 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8945 <p>Looks like a basic flash ad to me.  Doesn’t seem like it’d would be that hard to do.  I’ve done similar things with SwishMax for my work site and it’s actually a lot of fun to do.  (<a href="http://www.ddhsoftware.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ddhsoftware.com</a>) </p> <p> Let me know if you need any pointers! </p> Looks like a basic flash ad to me.  Doesn’t seem like it’d would be that hard to do.  I’ve done similar things with SwishMax for my work site and it’s actually a lot of fun to do.  (http://www.ddhsoftware.com)

Let me know if you need any pointers!

]]> By: aaron http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8944 aaron Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:58:12 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8944 <p>lots of cameras <br /> lots of money </p> <p> very cool! </p> lots of cameras

lots of money

very cool!

]]> By: P.D. Ross http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8943 P.D. Ross Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:43:59 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2008/01/marketing-envy/#comment-8943 <p>Looks great. Still love to watch Rattle and Hum. But this is probably going to blow that out of the water. </p> Looks great. Still love to watch Rattle and Hum. But this is probably going to blow that out of the water.

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