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So my brother has started a new blog called KidVidId he started after his son Dan wanted to find a video about turtles on YouTube. This is the video they found and it is highly humorous. Not sure why the tortoise has it out for the feline but his tenacity is admirable.

My brother calls this a “personal video micro channel” saying, “now that so much content is on the Web, there’s going to be markets for aggregating very specific niche verticals.” The same is true for podcasters, bloggers, and BTR hosts. Andy wanted to create material that was suitable for kids to watch from the web. As a dad with young kids I appreciate this, since going to YouTube is an exciting yet untamed adventure, even as an adult. So “YouTube videos you can watch with your kids” is a pretty solid micro niche I’m thinking. Plus I enjoy watching animal videos, even if I have to pretend it’s for my kids.

More than ever it’s vital to try and create/aggregate content that specific groups of people will like versus the masses. Ironically, it’s when we try to please as many people as possible that we typically please very few, and when we try to create for very few we often stumble upon a universal theme that appeals to the masses.

Go figure.

Doug Ellin, the creator, head writer, and Executive Producer of the HBO series Entourage will join BlogTalkRadio CEO Alan Levy to discuss the upcoming season.

If you haven’t seen this incredibly popular TV series, you are missing out on a portrayal of the life of a famous actor in Hollywood, Vincent Chase, his half brother and his two best friends living the Hollywood dream. The crew of buddies moved to LA from their native New York, and proceed to navigate the unfamiliar terrain together. The series began in 2004 on HBO and has accumulated a cult following because of its humorous and poignant representation of life in the spotlight. The series has skyrocketed its stars, Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, and Jerry Ferrara to new heights.

Doug Ellin came to Los Angeles from New York and began doing stand-up comedy in various venues around town like The Improv and The Comedy Store. Perhaps insight from his own journey from New York to Hollywood enabled Doug to create such realistic and sympathetic characters and scenarios within the series.

Tune in at 10am EST and ask Doug Ellin everything you’ve wanted to know about Entourage. Listen to the archive afterward and hear about your favorite characters straight from the source who created them.

Hilary