Vince Coyner
Atlanta, GA (USA)
Role(s):
Video Almanac
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Location:
Atlanta
Industry:
Internet
Year Founded:
2006
Number Employees:
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Description:
The goal of Video Almanac is to build a safe, user generated video sharing site for teens where marketers can interact with high school students and use cash prizes to motivate them to create compelling content. The content would be reviewed and the site would be a fun place that is safe for the kids and for the brands. My goal is not to replace MySpace or YouTube, as I understand that it is often the prurient and rebellious offerings that make those sites popular. I simply believe that there exists an opportunity to create something a little different and in doing so establish a format where marketers can feel comfortable marketing their brands.
The revenue numbers from 4Q 2006 were a perfect demonstration of the logic behind Video Almanac. MySpace overtook Yahoo! for the top dest