Stand up Online is a soon to launch place for comedians and would-be comedians to strut their stuff. Free. Videos, sound files and scripts of comedy routines can be loaded for viewing and voting. Comedians can also list gigs and contact details.
The site launches in a few weeks and is in need of content. If you know someone funny this is their opportunity to star. Stand up Online is a great way for comedians to get noticed and gain a following.
A feature of the site is taking the piss – a place where we uphold the Aussie tradition of takin the piss out off someone with a high profile. It’s our intention that takin the piss routines are good humored and not vicious. One way we Aussies show our respect for someone and their achievements is to take the piss. All through development of Stand up Online Steve Irwin was the first takin the piss character. As a result of Steve’s untimely passing we are launching with Mel Gibson.
Social media is hot right now with sites such as YouTube, MySpace, Second Life, Flickr, leading online traffic across a range of key demographics. Australia is yet to have a big hit in the social media stakes.
TV Viewing and online traffic data tells us that more and more people are enjoying consumer generated content. Stand up Online is all about that – anyone who think they are funny can get a go at our microphone. Who knows, we could find a star? Along the way we’re sure to have plenty of laughs and that’s what Stand up Online is about, laughing. Our tag line, demand almost, is make us laugh.
We’re independent – not connected with any comedy venue, radio station or artist management – and we’re serious about voting – allowing just one vote per IP address or per logged in person per IP address.
Here’s the call to action: if you know someone who is funny or at least thinks they are funny, tape them doing a brief (5 minutes) routine and load it on the site. Who knows, they could be the next big thing!
Stand up Online is part of our Find It online classifieds offering which we are launching in partnership with newsagents. (See a map of our newsagent network here.) Stand up Online and two other yet to launch social media offerings form part of the traffic generating strategy for Find It. We see online classifieds as social and therefore consider it appropriate that we have social media offerings connected with Find It. Find It is currently in pre-beta and will commercially launch early in 2007 – all ads are currently free.