And the BSword Bingo Award winner is…

Cliff Baldridge.

The self-described “Multi-Award Winning Super-Producer and Director” has just put out a press release that begins,

  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. & LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Santa Barbara Arts TV today announced that they have formed a content and advertising partnership with YouTube, now allowing the YouTube community to engage, interact and monetize the Exclusive, A-List Social Media Content on The Santa Barbara Arts TV YouTube Brand Channel at http://www.youtube.com/SBARTSTV.

A few (among many) money grafs down is this pair:

  Santa Barbara Arts TV content is now monetized through our YouTube Partner Channel via Google AdSense Video Units and The Google AdSense YouTube Video Units Player. Santa Barbara Arts TV Content is now listed in the AdSense Content Providers Area as Santa Barbara Arts and AdSense publishers are currently monetizing our content.
  Google AdSense Video Units enable AdSense publishers to display relevant, targeted video content within a customized, embedded player that’s ad-supported. Google is working with select YouTube content partners including Santa Barbara Arts TV to supply the video content. AdSense Video Units Program is available in the US and will roll-out to the UK, Ireland, Canada and new countries where video units are available allowing the enabling and enriching of websites and blogs with relevant video content while enabling Webmasters and Bloggers to earn extra revenue from the relevant, non-intrusive ads that accompany the videos.

As if this weren’t scammy (and spammy) enough, there’s THE OFFICIAL SANTABARBARAARTSTV.com YOUTUBE PARTNER CHANNEL itself. It contains this subtle message from Cliff:

  WE ARE ADSENSE ENABLED!!! WEBMASTERS AND BLOGGERS MAKE MONEY THROUGH YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE ADSENSE…SPEAK THE TRUTH AND HELP PEOPLE AND CHARITIES AND KARMA WILL LOOK OUT FOR YOU..RESIST NEGATIVITY..SHOW COMPASSION TO THE MISGUIDED…LIVE YOUR DREAMS…DO NOT MISUSE PEOPLE…BE LOVE BE LOVED…WEBMASTERS AND BLOGGERS MAKE MONEY THROUGH YOUTUBE AND GOOGLE ADSENSE AND THIS PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE IN AMERICA AND SOON TO ROLL OUT IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN A STAGGERED ROLLOUT AND THE PUBLIC CAN NOW MAKE MONEY FROM OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL THROUGH GOOGLE ADSENSE WELCOME TO THE YOUTUBE MONEY CASHCOW REVOLUTION: SANTA BARBARA ARTS IS ONE OF THE HUNDRED COVETED ORIGINAL YOUTUBE PARTNERS WHO IS CURRENTLY ADSENSE YOUTUBE VIDEO UNITS ENABLED.
  MEANING PEOPLE, CHARITIES, WEBMASTERS, BLOGGERS, WEBSITE CREATORS CAN ALL MAKE MONEY NOW, THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION. COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.
  THE SECRET THE SECRET OF ATTRACTION IT IS NO SECRET IT IS A GIFT WE GIVE AND WE GET! POSITIVE KARMA
  NAMASTE

Cliff seems to be a happy guy who enjoys what he’s doing, so … what the hell.

Via Edhat.

[later…] Cliff, clearly a good-natured guy, posted a response here.



One response to “And the BSword Bingo Award winner is…”

  1. Is it just me, or does “SANTABARBARAARTSTV” look like the result of a monkey hammering randomly on the keyboard?

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