Knoxified TV - You’ve Got Gas from Casey Peters on Vimeo.

Rootclip.com, a Scripps-owned venture, has opened voting to the public for their follow-up films. Patrick and Casey have submitted “The Password” in an effort to win chapter 2 of the contest.

Any vote love you could give the Knoxify guys is greatly appreciated! Thanks Knoxified army!

Equipment used during film graciously provided by Knoxville Voice.

Knoxified TV - Kentucky Derby from Casey Peters on Vimeo.

You may be surprised to see that the author of this entry is me, Casey. With Brandon being the local insurance mogul he would seemingly be a better fit to tackle this one.

Not the case.

Brandon approached me several months ago about launching an insurance-centric blog for his company, John Bailey Co. Gut reaction: BORING!

However, once I connected a few dots in my scattered mind I began to put 2 and 2 together.

My conclusion: what a great way for potential and current customers to see the people behind their insurance policies.

Read the rest of this entry »

With Brandon on the road burning up wedding season, we aren’t able to bring you a video blog today for the Friday question like we wanted. So, here it is in old fashioned text.

Over the past year, which Knoxvillian has went above and beyond the call of duty to inspire innovation, foster creativity and serve as a community leader?

Photography by suttonhoo

As we reported yesterday, we’re all geared up to take on video blogging. However, during a conversation last night with Brandon, we realized we were short on topics other than the Knoxified Friday Question.

So, we’re looking for you to tell us what topics you’d like to see. But more importantly, where should we video blog from? Should we call Rob & Big for guest appearances to make our videos more entertaining?

What say you?

Photography by maratimba

For those of you that have visited the site within the past couple of days, you’ve probably noticed some flashy graphics dancing around in our sidebar. It’s an advertisement for the beta site, KnoxTube.com.

You’re probably thinking “Ahh man. Are you guys selling out?” Well, yes and no.

Yes, because we’re running an ad. That’s a simple one, right? No, because running the ad secured the Knoxify guys an exclusive video blog kit from KnoxTube. Cool, huh?

Now that we’re armed with a Flip Video Ultra recorder and a tripod, we’ll begin video blogging right here on Knoxify.com. We’re not that ugly so this should be a fun experiment that doesn’t break any camera’s.