Clipz, the weekly M-NET TV show that highlights the funniest video clips being watched online, will be kicking off its third season at 7pm on Tuesday 14 July 2009.
Zoopy is the headline sponsor for the show and we couldn’t be happier with the opportunity to make contact with people who love watching, creating and sharing media!
There are some snazzy prizes on the way, so tune in on 14 July for all the details - and a glimpse of the full version of our awesome Zoopy tv commercial.
We’re looking for someone who loves what Zoopy has to offer and can translate our benefits into exciting, interactive and rewarding advertising opportunities for potential advertisers and sponsors.
You will need to work with our Sales Director to:
• Identify and source online and offline leads
• Strategise, conceptualise, prepare and present custom marketing proposals
• Follow up with potential clients and close deals to meet monthly sales targets
• Retain existing clients by maximising performance, optimizing creative and building ongoing opportunities
• Deliver weekly performance reports to management and clients
You should bring the following skills and experience with you:
• 2-3 years in an online sales/marketing environment specifically
• Intimate knowledge of the online space in South Africa and passion for all things web and mobile
• Proven track record of initiating and closing deals
• Significant contact list of clients and leads within the industry, including agencies
• Professional self-presentation and flawless written and verbal communication skills
• A tertiary qualification in sales and marketing ideal
• Excellent computer skills and comfort with technology
We’d like to identify the right person for this role as soon as possible, so if you can tick all the boxes, please send your application to info@zoopy.com.
If your blog is powered by WordPress, you’ll appreciate a very handy plugin created by Zoopy user and South African blogger WoganMay.
The current version of the plugin allows you to embed videos into your WordPress blog posts by simply inserting the Zoopy Quick URL for the video item you’re interested in, without having to use the item’s full embed code. You’re also able to adjust the size of your embedded videos from within your WordPress admin panel. So everything’s very quick and extremely easy.
To download the plugin or find out more, view the WP-Zoopy project page on Wogan’s blog: http://www.digitalcitizen.co.za/projects/wp-zoopy/. And because it’s his own personal labour of Zoopy love, you’ll need to contact Wogan directly about any queries, features or requests
Gerhard Burger is Zoopy’s Systems Administrator extraordinaire. When he first joined the team, beyond impressing us with his get-it-done approach to IT, he uploaded a few songs to his Zoopy profile that sounded pretty interesting. What made them even more entertaining was that it was his voice behind the tunes.
Obviously with talent like this in the team, it could only mean one thing. A Zoopy song. Fast forward a couple of months and Gerhard has produced a track worthy of any phone’s ringtone He played guitar, drums, bass and sang the vocals, all recorded separately and then mixed together at the end. Genius! It’s fun, catchy and spreads the message that it’s all about sharing at Zoopy.
Play it:
Sing along with the Zoopy Share On lyrics
Do you feel the need?
And are you begging please?
Do you need a place where you can share your life with the world?
Well come to Zoopy, ‘cause if you don’t you’ll be losing out.
If you share with us we will share the world with you.
There’s so much left to share in this world.
There’s so much left to share.
Well come on Zoopy share on! (Repeat)
As On Screen (our movie review, interview and buzz show on Zoopy TV) continues to grow in popularity amongst movie fans, Zoopy has proudly added our support to the anti-piracy campaign created by Stepping Stone Pictures, the producers of the local big screen comedy White Wedding.
Movie audiences are really co-owners in the whole film experience. It’s through their cinema tickets and DVD purchases that blockbusters are produced and new Hollywood stars created. Piracy removes the financial support from the public and in the end this obviously impacts negatively on the future of movies.
Of course the movie industry needs to do their part in keeping up with technology too. They have to work towards making it easier to access movies from home, or via phone, or PDA, because 21st century movie-watching needs to happen wherever the viewer wants it to happen. But this takes money, which goes back to the paying public doing their bit to support productions by not pirating.
Many of you would have used our Nokia Share Online configuration to upload to Zoopy using your Nseries Nokia mobile phone. Our Share Online setup has been absent for a little while, but is now back with a vengeance!
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Share Online, it’s an application that comes installed on your Nokia Nseries phone that allows you to share your videos and photos straight from your phone’s gallery.
We’re happy to tell you that we’ve relaunched our mobile site (http://m.zoopy.com), giving it a sleeker design to bring it more in line with www.zoopy.com and more Zoopy functionality previously unavailble on your mobile handset.
Here are some of the changes you can expect to see:
New markup. Zoopy Mobile now uses the XHTML Mobile 1.2 standard.
New layout. We’ve neatened the site, standardizing layout, buttons, lists, controls and pagination.
More functionality. We’ve added a bunch of features to the site, including:
URL upload
auto-sharing to Twitter and Facebook
enhanced profile management
Nokia Share Online configuration
media rating
Lots more!
More performance. We’ve moved the mobile site onto the same infrastructure that www.zoopy.com runs on, so speed and reliability have been greatly improved!
As always, your feedback drives us, so let us know what you think of the new site by leaving a comment or by mailing us at info@zoopy.com.
Zoopy has developed yet another way for you to upload your videos, photos and audio clips directly from your mobile phone. All you need to do is send us an MMS and attach your media files to it!
To get your personalized email address for MMS uploads, all you need to do is sign in (you need to register first if you haven’t yet), go to your profile settings page, and click on Email and MMS uploads. There you will find the email address to send the MMS to, as well as customizable default settings for your submissions.
Please note that the MMS upload service has been fine-tuned for Vodacom, MTN and CellC subscribers, but MMSs from other providers will be processed as well. In general, the subject of the MMS (if supplied) will be used as the title of the new media items, and the body of the MMS will be used as a description. If no subject is provided, the body of the MMS will be used as a title.
Zoopy TV (a separate platform within our site with various shows produced by the Zoopy content team) has just had another exciting show added to the line-up.
On Screen joins our other three shows (Out and About, I’ve Got News and Street Cam) to cover all the action, drama and excitement of the movie world, with reviews, interviews and behind-the-scenes buzz.
Presented by Jasyn Howes, the show presents short and snappy movie reviews on a weekly basis, giving users a quick and easy way to check out what’s happening on the movie scene right now. Also included are reviews of older movies available on DVD, giving you the opportunity to discover classic gems or reminding you to relive your favourites.
Jasyn is a 23 year old movie fanatic with tastes across the board: art house to sci-fi, action to cult classics. His opinions are fresh, direct and unashamedly honest, all summed up in ratings that range from A+ through to F.
