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Just added another great commercial video assignment on Poptent. This one is for Capella University, a national leader in online education. Come join up and get all the details for this excellent assignment.

Back in 2007 we did an assignment for Zorbeez, the super absorbant cloth. Their pitchman, Billy Mays, was one of the most famous infomercial talent in the business and we enjoyed seeing all the great videos our community produced, using Billy’s style as expert inspiration...

We’ve signed a great new client with a really fun assignment. Check out the Los Angeles Jr. Dodgers Kids Club. This is a quick one, folks! Only three weeks to get ‘er done. And obviously, it’s geared towards you LA people, but certainly anyone can enter...

Let’s help spread the word that using a .info domain is a great way to get people the information they need, quick. Head over to the .info Assignment on Poptent and think of some cool and interesting ways to help tell their story...

We’re happy to announce that our friends at Old Spice have launched not one, but two new assignments with us in the past week. This one for their body wash scrubber for men, the Deck Scrubber. We’re excited to have this one live with it’s partner in clean - the Ever Clear assignment...

Videos don’t get much cooler than this. Director Bang-yao Liu’s school project is really tearing up the viral video charts, for good reason...

We’re always happy when it comes time to reward the Demo Reel of the Month. As always, we continue to see an influx of incredible talent and energy from our creative community...

Another huge success! We just sold three awesome commercials to our client Our Pets and their Smart Scoop brand of kitty products. Each of these three videos earned their creators $2000 as well as $250 worth of Our Pets products. Congratulations, folks...

I bet your one of those people who hates the yucky white residue from normal deoderant sticks, aren’t you? Residue is evil. Check out our new assignment for Old Spice Ever Clear. Together we’ll fight the fight. Rid your life of such evil in a funny video...

We’ve always been big fans of the awesome how-to show Indy Mogul. Now, we can add to our videomaking knowledge with a newly launched Revision 3 show Film Riot that has a similar fascination with cheap FX, cool cuts and small budgets...

We’re excited to announce the launch of a brand new assignment here on Poptent! It’s for the Play n’ Squeak toys made by our friends Our Pets. These toys make cats go absolutely bonkers, believe me, I just gave one to my cat and he wouldn’t stop batting around for over an hour...

The quality of work being uploaded to Poptent continues to blow us away, but seeing the demo reels you folks have put together to showcase your work really shows the depth of skill this community has. As you know we always recognize a few select creators and their demo reels each month...

If you’re in the Philadelphia area this weekend, why not stop by the Mashable + IndyHall Mixer! It’s promising to be one heck of a good party. Come meet the Poptent crew and some great folks from the Philly tech scene...

We’re very excited to announce the marketing team behind the Designated Driver campaign at Budweiser have decided to purchase two videos from our talented community. We couldn’t be happier or more pleased...

I’m proud to say, the Poptent community has hit yet another grand slam! The folks in the marketing department at Out Pets, maker of the excellent Flappy Dog Toys, were blown away by how great all your videos came out for their Flappy Commercial Assignment...

Every month we sort through the many fantastic demo reels uploaded to the Poptent network and pick out our favorites. We hope that every member of Poptent works on developing their professional and artistic appeal by compiling a well-done demo of their work. Have you uploaded your demo reel yet...

You’ve released your collective inner diablos on the Callaway assignment on Poptent, but now you’d like to know - who the heck wins the clubs...

With nearly 100 excellent submissions, (two of which have been purchased by Stouffer’s already!) picking the award winners for the Stromboli and Flatbread Melts Assignment on Poptent wasn’t nearly as easy as whipping up a Corner Bistro meal in the oven...

We’re excited to announce that Callaway has selected to purchase a video from the Poptent creative community and the commercial video assignment they ran earlier this year...

We’ve watched all the videos submitted to the Poptent Promo assignment a hundred times, at least. Heck, it’s our own assignment, right...

A friend of mine passed this video on to me this morning. Five side-splitting commercials for (now defunct) Ameriquest Mortgage, each with a similar witty punch line. What I love about these is how simple they are. Nothing fancy here, just a tight script and a few clever shots...

We’ve been overjoyed to have our friends at OurPets.com bring a bunch of their great products to the Poptent network. They’re excited to see your creative commercial video talent that will help promote them. First it was the Flappy Dog Toy, now meet Smart Scoop...

Several people have emailed me in the past few weeks asking about good resources for music to add to their videos. It prompted me to write a post to help you guys get a jumpstart on finding good tunes to go with your commercial work...

Hey all you pet lovers out there, come check out the excellent new assignment on the Poptent network! Our new friends at OurPets.com have lots of fantastic pet toys and products including the soon-to-launch, super fun Flappy Dog Toy. It squeeks...

T-Mobile in the UK signed up a couple hundred of their free spirited folks and taught them a dance. Then went into the middle of the Liverpool train station and did it spontaniously, filmed it and posted it to YouTube. Gotta love when people dance together! And look...

XLNTads was featured this month in the Association of National Advertisers’ The Advertiser Magazine. Here’s a short excerpt: There’s an untapped space between ads produced by agencies with high-end production houses and those created in someone’s basement...

So many talented people in the Poptent network are uploading incredible demo reels and showing off their skills. We love being able to reward the best of them! We wish we could reward you all, alas, we’re just able to give one award per month. Have you submitted yours for February...

It’s my great pleasure to announce a new (and fantastically hot and cheesy!) assignment for the Poptent network...

Boy, these were hard to pick! We had so many fantastic submissions. Everyone who entered truly went above and beyond our expectations with creativity and idea execution. Seeing this kind of work pour in puts a skip in our steps and a smile on our faces...

We’re happy to announce the top choices for the two Budweiser Designated Driver assignments on Poptent. The top pick in each assignment earns $1000 and the two runners up earn $500 each. But hold on! This is only the first step...