Getting the vote out for BroadRamp

Back in the 19th century, politicians would influence the vote through the purchase of alcohol and other forms of influence. Today, my client, BroadRamp needs to get out the vote to win awards at Streaming Media West, Nov. 6-8 in San Jose, California.

Compared to the rest of the industry, BroadRamp's work is like the kid in elementary school who has the 128 box of Crayola crayons. Meanwhile, the rest of the students have the eight or 16-box set of coloring tools.

If you want to help BroadRamp get the recognition it deserves, please take a few minutes to vote for us in the encoding category.

If you are one of those Texicans who want to help a fellow company win the recognition they deserve, please take the time to vote and ask your friends to vote for us as well.

Major conference wants you to audition before speaking

As anyone who has tried to book clients as speakers know, it's important to put the right person in front of the right group. When I read David Meerman Scott's blog today, I had to laugh that the Software 2007 conference is hosting a short audition via Utube to pick the best speakers.

Here's hoping more banquet planners, symposium gurus and others in the world of public speaking take the time to ask for a short video of the speaker. I know that when I attended the SATAI banquet as their event PR guy, I was not too impressed with the ATT technology VP who spoke on the benefits of Uverse. It made me want to stay with Time Warner Cable even more.

Note: Anyone who wants to get a great video that will impress the nomination committee should call Martha Trevino, my counterpart and marketing diva, at BroadRamp.

Express News and vPopcorn

Laura Lorek, the technology beat writer for the Express News, just completed a nice story on BroadRamp and their vPopcorn platform. As BroadRamp's publicist, I worked with setting up the interview with Sean Darwish about his technology. Right now, there are other versions of computer stuff that allows folks to download a movie, but the process is rather clunky and the process requires the movie provider to "flood" your temporary files with the movie.

What a deal for advertising houses and marketing firms

My client, BroadRamp has announced a 5/5/5 deal for those who want to see how their CDS streaming video makes it better for online visitors. If you are one of those CIOs for an advertising or marketing house who wants to save money on your web site's bandwidth, please call Martha Trevino, my co-worker at 828-4451, Ext 359

American Banker features the work of BroadRamp and Broadway

My client, BroadRamp, was featured in today's issue of American Banker. Reporter Daniel Wolfe interviewed Sean Darwash, the firm's chief technology officer, and Tom LLewelyn, Broadway's CIO about their new video banking project. It was a great article, even with the comment from Gwenn Bezard, a researcher from the Aite Group who said she didn't think bank customers would use videos to learn how to use the site. As one of those many visual or what my bride, Jackie, calls a "geographical" learner, I love well made videos that show me how to do things. Time Warner, my cable company, definitely understands this with its 960 channel and their three-minute clips on how to fix my remote tool.