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    Friday, February 27, 2009

    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

    Monday, February 23, 2009

    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...

    Tuesday, February 17, 2009

    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...

    Friday, February 6, 2009

    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