I have been a big fan of Loren Feldman for a long time. I think like 2-3 years ago when I did my first video post I was throwing him shutouts. Of all these people who “keep it real” Loren is the real mother frickin deal. The first time I met him in person he was calling out Robert Scoble at blogworld something like “Hey Bobby I bet you spend a fortune on your editor for your videos getting rid of those double/tripple chins”.
Last winter Loren introduced the Shel Israel puppet. Now I had/have absolutely NO CLUE who Shel Israel is but I thought the puppet was pretty funny. Then the puppet started interviewing people. Now the Shel Israel puppet has all the A-listers lining up for a interview. Check out the latest one with Digg creator Kevin Rose:
The puppet has interviewed the who’s who of Silicon Valley including Jason Calacanis and Michael Arrington.
Its not the first hit Loren has had and I am sure it wont be the last.
About the author...
Jeremy Schoemaker – who has written 2415 posts on ShoeMoney.com.
Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.
Images provided by ShutterStock
If I could – starting over 
I used to be FAT until I had A Duodenal Switch 
Linkcontrol Unveil at Affiliate Summit West 2011 (SEMI NSFW) 
{ 41 comments… read them below or add one }
lol Digg creator giving interview to pupet
He he funny!
loren funniest man on web
ummm??? That puppet is a bit scary! I dont know if I could do an interview with him!
Just another example of how you can find success through creativity. He’s not just another guy interviewing people.
Brilliant. Puppet is kinda scary though!
Puppet is kinda scary!
Puppet is very scary!
THAN you
more important thAn you…
Ha ha, now this is why I love the blogosphere..
I find that puppet cute
Well he shouldn’t do an interview with a puppet, NOT that funny !
I’ve been watching this for a while. Shel actually had a big blowout online with Loren about this. Can’t find the link right now, but they went at it on twitter, on their blogs. Loren was just too savvy an online viral marketer to be beat though. Shel had to announce defeat. The pupppet is an awesome idea. My props to Loren.
I’ve been watching this for a while. Shel actually had a big blowout online with Loren about this. Can’t find the link right now, but they went at it on twitter, on their blogs. Loren was just too savvy an online viral marketer to be beat though. Shel had to announce defeat. The puppet is an awesome idea. My props to Loren.
lol so fuuny
Loren is brilliant at getting attention. The buzz is he and Shel are in on it. Look at his track record, he bashes Calacanis and Arrington and now he stays over their houses and interviews them. Everyone is waiting for the Shel puppet to stay over Scoble’s house and the big Shel puppet interview with the real Shel Israel.
>The first time I met him in person
You can learn more
That’s hilarious / crazy.
That was lovely. What’s not to like about a puppet?
LOL first thing that popped in my head was John Cow…
Funny? I’ve never seen anything by that Feldman guy that I thought was funny or smart. He knows how to get attention, that;s for sure.
Giving the Muppets a run for their money. He also has an Oscar the Grouch kind of interview style.
~Terry
A bit of the background on the puppet is actually a valuable lesson in personal branding. Loren found out that shelisreal.com was available so he scooped it and put the puppet videos on there. Shel was supposed to be part of the digerati along with Scoble and Arrington. Loren just got his digs in about Israel not being savvy enough to make sure he protected his own personal brand on the web.
When all of this went down I made sure I had name as my domain name!
LOL, Shel Israel must not have been too tough for Loren. Shel sounds and acts exactly like Loren does in all his other videos…
Anything but Loren is da man
But the idea of puppet is not that cool.
lol.. funny
I will add this video on my site soon.
funny video
funny
yea i know for sure. lol hahahahaha
getting attention is the main thing on the web dude…so thats it!
let me just watch it and kick some ass lol
Its not that novel a concept. An interview with a puppet, but its funny all the same.
@ EVA WHITE,
Try it once
Hahahaha, that puppet is so funny
.
I enjoyed that, not scary though.
The puppet puts things into perspective.
That journalist was a little ruff around the edges. A tough nut to crack. lol
China Dolls, Clowns then Puppets. The 3 creapiest things in the world.
I concurr.
I agree, “China Dolls, Clowns then Puppets” can be VERY creepy. But hey, it gets attention and that’s what it’s all about.
“When you can’t be there, bVisual”
Kevin Rose is the shiz.
This post is a super read. Thanks for the article.I am looking forward for your next post.