Topic: Letterbox Animation - Marillion Video Contest Entry - Your Support Please (Read 18192 times)

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #70 on:** September 14, 2008, 17:03:28 PM »

The power of viral marketing is awesome, Leigh

Now let's get serious

LeighK · « **Reply #69 on:** September 14, 2008, 12:36:41 PM »

Awwwwwwwwww bless her, and you for continuing to spread the word chuck, bless all of you smashing folks.

According to my demographic stats the 0-17 and 18-25 age groups viewing figures has gone through the roof, maybe this is at least in part because of Ewa's publicity. I had one comment politely suggesti8ng that, with 18,000 views in a week, that I was cheating and using a bit torrent booster whatever the hell that is??!!. I replied that I didn't even kjnow what one was and that's the truth but his comment was cordial and tongue in cheek sio I want to keep things like that. The current stats and web searching is fascinating. It seems that quite a few folks around the world are linking it in to their blogs and it's getting a lot of plays from the Asian continent. I'm not sure if the viewable stats update much over the weekend but the back end "insight" stats are showi8ng an amazing 57,000+ views, now that may turn out to be utter hogwash BUT if it is correct and finally updates to something like that then I'm lost for words to explain the video's popularity.

Cheers all and a huge thanks for all your support and encouragement.

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #68 on:** September 14, 2008, 12:15:17 PM »

Forgot to tell you, I emailed Erika on Friday night and explained where Smudge and Bonnie were on the video - she was well pleased bless her and said she is going to show all her friends at school the cat that she came to England to see. Funy, I thought she came to see me!!!

Ewa Farna is only young so hopefully she will have a big following of young kids and they will all look at your video.

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #67 on:** September 13, 2008, 11:33:59 AM »

Hi folks,

I just had a message on You Tube from a Czech rock musician Ewa Farna who liked the animation and has provided a link to it on her you Tube channel http://uk.youtube.com/user/EwaFarnaMarzena93

Brilliant stuff, cooooooooooooooooool, just what I needed, I have linked to one of her videos on alfie-cat as a return courtesy but I suspect her site gets more hits than mine

and this is also very cool :

Today the video is listed as the 8th highest rising music video on you Tube

Cheers

Leigh

LeighK · « **Reply #66 on:** September 12, 2008, 14:43:47 PM »

I can't believe it either, got a real shock when I looked at the view counter this morning, the real updating seems to happen overnight as they're in the states.

Cheers chuck

Leigh

Oh and I wondered why I'm getting quite a few views from India it's because one website had it listed under the heading of "Bollywood" movies, cut to loud Asian music, dancing girls and men with outlandishly long scimitars, great stuff

maryas · « **Reply #65 on:** September 12, 2008, 14:31:32 PM »

I thought they were both there, she must've been looking at the wrong scene.

I'll email her tonight and I'll have a good look at it first as I've not looked at it properly for a while.

Can't believe you're doing so well.

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #64 on:** September 12, 2008, 14:16:23 PM »

Hiya,

Thanks Mary,

Smudge and Bonnie are still in it, if you look at the crowd scene that has Alfie standing upright with the microphone and the cats throwing their collars on stage Smudge is in the top left and Bonnie is alongside.

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #63 on:** September 12, 2008, 14:03:43 PM »

18,303 now Leigh.

My relations in Newcastle say they are clicking like mad and Fulvio and his family are showing all their friends and everyone who comes in the hotel. Erika loves it but was disappointed when I said you'd taken Smudge off it.

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #62 on:** September 12, 2008, 12:45:13 PM »

Hi,

It might not be very Rock 'n Roll but it's probably more theraputic, especially when one gets to my age

Rider? do you mean in the limo?, They've got a catnip stash and Frankie's having a pint of beer

Cheers

Leigh

Catbird · « **Reply #61 on:** September 12, 2008, 12:07:47 PM »

That's not very rock 'n' roll. Can I have my... er... assistance in Jack Daniels and cocaine please?

C.

PS What do Letterbox have on their Rider?

LeighK · « **Reply #60 on:** September 12, 2008, 08:39:32 AM »

Thanks everyone,

Take a quick rest, there's still a long way to go but we are catching up

I will arrange a supply of gel cusion mouse and keyboard wrist supports, neck pillows and light refresments

Thank you all, you guys and gals are the best.

Cheers

Leigh

PS. I'm still not sure how to interpret some of those stats myself Mary

, The views one is next to useless as it takes many hours to update, the age/gender one is interesting to see what age groups and genders are viewing the video. The popularity one is also interesting as it gives a representation of how popular the video is compared to other on You Tube on a scale of 1-100 and 45/50 is pretty good.

Stuart · « **Reply #59 on:** September 12, 2008, 07:52:46 AM »

Quote from: Catbird on September 12, 2008, 07:49:47 AM

Oh good. Does that mean I can slow down now, cos the RSI is killing me!!
C.

me 2

Catbird · « **Reply #58 on:** September 12, 2008, 07:49:47 AM »

Oh good. Does that mean I can slow down now, cos the

RSI is killing me!!

C.

LeighK · « **Reply #57 on:** September 12, 2008, 07:16:12 AM »

BLIMEY O'REILLY!! I JUST LOOKED AND THIS MORNING I HAVE 18,268 VIEWS!!!!!!

Looks like the view counter finally caught up with itself big time

Cheers

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #56 on:** September 11, 2008, 20:34:31 PM »

Can I have an idiots guide to explain that little lot to me please!!

Mary

LeighK · « **Reply #55 on:** September 11, 2008, 17:04:01 PM »

Hiya folks,

Things seem to have taken off somewhat in the last 24 hours or so

Some stats from You Tube "Insight"

Views :

Demographics (interesting age and gender stats) :

Popularity (VERY interesting popularity stats) :

Cheers

Leigh

maryas · « **Reply #54 on:** September 11, 2008, 16:05:05 PM »

I reckon it's like the votes on these stupid tv programmes - IT'S FIXED

LeighK · « **Reply #53 on:** September 11, 2008, 15:04:53 PM »

Hi guys,

I'm quoting the You Tube "Insight" stats that you have access to when you upload a video, the front end counter only refreshes once or twice a day.

Cheers

Leigh

Stuart · « **Reply #52 on:** September 11, 2008, 14:21:07 PM »

it says 1,571 views

I'll have a good crack at it though, and once I've finished DL kung fu panda, my tinternet connection will speed up
and we'll soon smash through the 75,000 barrier

Aye Leigh, I had a good trip, spent most of the time in the smoker drinking coffee and nippin into the tv lounge
to watch road wars when bored

only home for 6 whole days this time though, then away again

Mark · « **Reply #51 on:** September 11, 2008, 13:51:34 PM »

It said 1500 when I looked just now

I see someone has 75,000

You need to cheat or forget trying to catch up on numbers and rely on winning the prize for the one the band like

LeighK · « **Reply #50 on:** September 11, 2008, 13:35:01 PM »

Hi folks,

Unless there's something very wrong with You Tube's "Insight" stats, the vid has 5200 views at the moment, blimey!!, word must have gotten around

. The stats should update later, be interesting to see if they are right.

Cheers and thanks for all your continued support.

Leigh

Dawn F · « **Reply #49 on:** September 10, 2008, 12:14:28 PM »

I'm a technical incompetent you've got no chance of me working out how to do that, I'll keep clicking though Leigh, although I'm off for a few days and don't have a pc at home

maryas · « **Reply #48 on:** September 10, 2008, 11:30:02 AM »

C'mon then guys....let the war begin.

Mary

Mark · « **Reply #47 on:** September 10, 2008, 11:22:22 AM »

http://revision3.com/tzdaily/2008-04-14reloadevery/

Apparently, you can use "custom" and reload every second - times that by 20 windows

LeighK · « **Reply #46 on:** September 10, 2008, 09:34:56 AM »

Thanks guys,

That's interesting Mark, I don't think the band has considered such "tricks" but as the saying goers "all's fair in love and war"

Cheers

Leigh

Mark · « **Reply #45 on:** September 09, 2008, 19:37:26 PM »

I also saw firefox add-ons demonstrated on youtube that refresh as often as you want them to - you can also have as many windows open as you like refreshing

maryas · « **Reply #44 on:** September 09, 2008, 19:07:56 PM »

1,173 now

Mary

sixfurballs · « **Reply #43 on:** September 09, 2008, 17:18:08 PM »

Quote from: LeighK on September 08, 2008, 16:58:41 PM

Hi,

Thanks Dawn,

It does take a while for the stats to catch up, I have 918 views currently. The reason the stats don't display in real time is that there are thousands upon thousands of videos on youtube. I discovered today that there are sites on the internet like this one http://buyyoutubeviews.com/ or this one http://www.webvideopromoter.com/purchase.php where one can "buy" packages which gaurantee thousands of views and hundreds of ratings etc.. One could buy 150,000 views for a few hundred dollars, but IMO that's serious cheating and well against the spirit of the thing. I'm nor saying anyone is doing this only that it is possible, but with £5k up for grabs I guess that some folks might consider $300 not a lot to shell out to increase their chance of success, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Cheers

Leigh

I didn't know that - seems would make it all too easy for someone to cheat. Don't the competition runners have some way of checking the source of votes. I haven't watched any of the others but am still routing for you.

Dawn F · « **Reply #42 on:** September 09, 2008, 16:41:22 PM »

I've been clicking but not sure if I'm staying on it long enough!

LeighK · « **Reply #41 on:** September 09, 2008, 16:28:57 PM »

Hi folks,

According to the stats I currently have 1,100 views if and when they update

Cheers

Leigh

LeighK · « **Reply #40 on:** September 08, 2008, 16:58:41 PM »

Hi,

Thanks Dawn,

It does take a while for the stats to catch up, I have 918 views currently. The reason the stats don't display in real time is that there are thousands upon thousands of videos on youtube. I discovered today that there are sites on the internet like this one http://buyyoutubeviews.com/ or this one http://www.webvideopromoter.com/purchase.php where one can "buy" packages which gaurantee thousands of views and hundreds of ratings etc.. One could buy 150,000 views for a few hundred dollars, but IMO that's serious cheating and well against the spirit of the thing. I'm nor saying anyone is doing this only that it is possible, but with £5k up for grabs I guess that some folks might consider $300 not a lot to shell out to increase their chance of success, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Cheers

Leigh

Dawn F · « **Reply #39 on:** September 08, 2008, 16:42:42 PM »

I must have clicked on this 60 times today please tell me it has passed 1000 if not the other guy is cheating!

LeighK · « **Reply #38 on:** September 08, 2008, 14:51:20 PM »

In a word "yes"

Dawn F · « **Reply #37 on:** September 08, 2008, 13:27:28 PM »

that's ok then

LeighK · « **Reply #36 on:** September 08, 2008, 13:26:21 PM »

I knew that you knew that everyone knew that you knew that

Dawn F · « **Reply #35 on:** September 08, 2008, 13:24:23 PM »

I knew that!!! I didn't really I didn't even know they were still about, last I heard was kayleigh!!!

LeighK · « **Reply #34 on:** September 08, 2008, 13:23:24 PM »

Thanks Dawn,

That's great but Fish hasn't been their front man since 1988

Yes Mark, it's from their new, un-released Album -

http://www.marillion.com

Cheers

Leigh

Mark · « **Reply #33 on:** September 08, 2008, 13:20:25 PM »

I was googling the song to see when it cam out - I assumed it was an 80s track - I was realy surprised it is a new one

- sounds like Talk Talk?

Dawn F · « **Reply #32 on:** September 08, 2008, 13:09:12 PM »

still clicking Leigh (but only during work time!) surely a bloke called fish likes cats??

LeighK · « **Reply #31 on:** September 08, 2008, 10:45:31 AM »

Hi folks,

Just a gentle bump

Viewing went very slowly over the weekend but I got a couple of new links from other sites but the other vids are pulling away quite a bit but maybe it'll come down to the "hanging chad" syndrome

Cheers

Leigh

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