Associate Press gives a shout out to eGuiders.com

Happy Friday. I wanted to share some more good news about eGuiders. Yesterday afternoon a story about the site came out in the Associated Press. Jake Coyle, the writer of the article, got some great quotes from Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Many thanks to Jake for getting the human element of our story. I don't know, but I'm thinking a Pulitzer Prize could be in his future for this piece... The article has since been picked up by over 100 news outlets in North America. It may reach 200 –300 by Monday. Here are the outlets that ran the story so far:

Yahoo News
MSN Entertainment
MSNBC
ABCNews.com
CBSNews.com
Washington Post
Chicago Tribune
Newsday
Hartford Courant
Austin American Statesman
Baltimore Sun
Orlando Sentinel
Contra Costa Times
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sacramento Bee
Seattle Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
Denver Post
The Record
Modesto Bee
AOL Canada
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Metromix.com
Lethbridge Herald
The Olympian
Metro Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Merced Sun Star
The State (SC)
The Times Picayune
San Jose Mercury News
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brandon Sun
The Canadian Press
Kentucky.com
Belleville News Democrat
Centre Daily Times
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Maximum Edge
Fresno Bee
The Southern Ledger
Idahostatesman.com
Monterey County Herald
Ithaca Journal
The Salinas Californian
Times Union (Albany)
NJ.com (Newark Star-Ledger)
Heraldonline.com
Examiner.com
The Oregonian
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
WGNtv.com (Chicago)
myPHL17.com (Philadelphia)
Reflector.com
Syracuse.com
The Patriot News
KTLA.com (Los Angeles)
KWGN.com (Denver)
Fox4kc.com (Kansas City)
Myutahjazz.com
Bay Ledger News Zone
39online.com (Houston)
Daylife.com
Topix.com
Dailypress.com (VA)
Whnt.com (Alabama)
Newsmeat.com
Mlive.com (Michigan)
Masslive.com (Massachusetts)
WTOP.com (Washington, DC)
CFnews13.com (Central Florida)
CJAD.com (Quebec)
Canadaeast.com
Omaha World Herald
The Express Times
Findlaw.com
Inform.com
Medicine Hat News

Traffic for the site has been through the roof since the 17th of February. Our first newsletter also went out today. Please visit eGuiders.com and subscribe. It's a great way to stay in the loop for all the latest videos.

A new spotlight section is also going live on Monday and it's gonna be a good one!

Okay, it's time to play with little Mitzi. She's just too much fun!!

Marc

Marc Ostrick & eGuiders.com on Fox Business Network

Today, I was interviewed on Fox Business Network live via satellite from Los Angeles to discuss the launch of eGuiders.com. It was one of the most unnatural and anxiety provoking experiences I have had in a long time. But I have to admit it was still a fun challenge.

It's tough to stare directly into a camera (with a 1970s smiley face taped on top) and pretend like I am talking to a person who I can't see. I had an earpiece jammed into my ear and could only hear their tinny audio - the audio feed sounded as if it was coming from China.

Overall, it went well, but the two hosts, Tom Sullivan and Cheryl Casone I don't think visited the site over the weekend just to get the idea of what eGuiders.com was about. They busted my balls a bit, but what do you expect at Fox. I'm just happy to have a platform to get the word out. It took a few seconds for me to loosen up a bit, but by the end I was getting the hang of it. I'm curious to hear your thoughts...

eGuiders.com Gets Some Love

Wow. What an exhilarating 24 hours...

Today was a great day for eGuiders.com, a new online video site that I launched in December. We had two really fantastic write ups from Mike Snider in the USA Today. We were also featured on ABC News and several other major publications.

The first piece, "eGuiders cuts through clutter of a gazillion videos online" - was on the cover page of the Life section of USA Today. It establishes the mission of eGuiders as the "TV Guide for the Internet" and discussing the impetus for the site.

The second piece - "eGuiders' human voice' leads the way to worthwhile videos" - highlights the human element that makes eGuiders unique and discusses the talent involved, including a sidebar of video suggestions from eGuiders.

Following the USA Today article, ABC's Tech Bytes -- a consumer technology news site that is distributed to all ABC affiliates nationwide --

featured the launch of eGuiders in a segment: "TV Guide' for Internet
Videos - New Web site organizes the seemingly endless numbers of videos
available online."

eGuiders is currently one of the top tech stories on ABCNews.com and is
the lead segment on Tech Bytes.

Last Friday, we were also very fortunate to have a mention in Time Magazine. The article is entitled "Viewing Outside The Box" and it looks at the various websites that are giving consumers additional choices for where they can watch their favorite programming online.

We also got a great nod for eGuiders on David Bianculli’s blog, TV Worth Watching. The whole day was quite thrilling, full of hugs and high-fives...

eGuider Update

Just Getting Familiar With This Cool Facebook Feature.   I haven't posted in a while.  Just slammed trying to get my site running like butter.

Check out eGUIDERS.COM when you have a chance.

Thanks,

MO