Apr

TubeMogul… What A Joke.

Hello Underground Investors,

For those of you who know me, I normally don’t do things like this… but this is such a great laugh I had to share. Take a moment to watch the video below (its 3:30 long) and then read the rest of this post.

Being an all around, “help others out” type of guy, I thought I would use a video distribution service called TubeMogul to quickly distribute this video to a few (5) video hosting sites.

I have used them before for one other video; however, I generally use TrafficGeyser (even though they are a paid service and TubeMogul is free, you will find out why in a moment).

Let me back up for a moment and tell you how this all began…

Last night I was having a conversation with some folks at twitter.com and Scott Stratten’s name came up (twitter.com/unmarketing). Anyway, I didn’t know Scott so I went and checked out his site… www.un-marketing.com.

Scott is a video production specialist and I got inspired by watching some of the videos he produced. Being an impulsive perfectionist ( if you read MERCATO you know what I mean), I sat down and created the video you watched above.

No where near the quality of Scott’s work; however, I liked it.

Once the video was completed, I wanted to send it to Scott to get his professional opinion (Scott said, and I quote… “I like it :-)”. Yes, he actually put the smiley face in his response).

Normally for something like this I would have uploaded it to Google and kept it private.

Guess what? Google won’t let us upload videos anymore. So I knew I was going to have to go to Youtube. Since I have to upload it and make it public… why not “share the love” and upload it to other video-sharing sites as well?

Sounds like a plan, only I didn’t want to use TrafficGeyser for this (long story); I remembered a friend telling me about TubeMogul and I thought: Here is a chance to give them a try.

So I head over to TM, register a free account, plug in my account details for a few video-sharing sites, hit “submit”, and boom! Away the video goes.

A few minutes later I get an email saying… “Your TubeMogul Upload has Completed”. Well, that was painless… I kind of like this service… UNTIL…

I GET THIS EMAIL

Subject Line: Tubemogul Account Disabled

Body of Email:

Dear TubeMogul user,

Your account is suspended for violating our policy regarding “spam.” For reference, here is a link to our terms of service:

http://www.tubemogul.com/about/ts_and_cs.php

Think we made a mistake? Feel free to contact us by replying to this email.

Thanks,

The TubeMogul Team

Email End

I Got ACCUSED OF SPAM… SPAM… That is so freakin’ funny, I had to share. Yes, Dorothy, we are not in Kansas anymore. TubeMogul has suspended my account and basically tried to take away my 1st amendment right to free speech.

Needless to say I will not print my response to TubeMogul, but I will allow the folks who follow me (and the power of twitter) to spread the message…

I am no longer allowed to Use TUBEMOGUL to market my business because I am a “spammer”.

So here is my official plug for TrafficGeyser.com If you need a good video distribution program that won’t censor you or violate your 1st amendment right to free speech, go check them out.

See you underground,

Jimmy - The DartThrow Trader

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