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Let's Share Success Stories
Monday, November 13, 2006
I'd like to keep on destroying the myth that featured videos are paid advertisements by continuing to share success stories with you, to show you that we really are watching and listening to what you're doing and that our feature slots are for the best of
your
work. So once a month, I'll blog about the videos that were featured on the home page because you wrote to the editor and we agreed that you're on to something good. Videos like these:
Greg Hits Hollywood
Alien Vlog 1 - First Contact
So Why Walk 1000 Miles?
Pre-School Political Ad
"We Are the Strange" Trailer
YourTube SPOTLIGHT #3 'Your Selection!'
"Moonbeam Death Ray" CG Music Video
Die By Dawn
SNOWMEN HUNTERS Ep 08: Michael Jackson F@#*s Boys
I also hear amazing stories about opportunities that came up for people after they were featured on YouTube, and I'd like to share those with the community, too. Here's some recent news that made us proud:
• After we featured his
hilarious response
to
superlunary
's
Five Questions!
video,
Zipster08
says he was contacted by VH1 to do a rant on the show
Web Junk 20
:
You Tube for Dummies?
• Thanks to his
brave ingestion of spices
,
Gisthename
told us he "got a lot of attention in Norway and was on the absolute biggest talk show in Norway. I have also got some job offers in entertaining on the internet."
• YouTube's promotion of the
Free Hugs Campaign. Inspiring Story!
video, which so many of you told us about, led to an appearance on
Oprah
, among other shows, as well as a bidding war to sign Sick Puppies, the band responsible for the song in the clip. This video is now up to an astounding 6,159,324 views.
•
showwhat
's
Pre-School Political Ad
was featured on CNN Headline Morning News on November 10.
So before you get so famous you forget all about us, do drop us a line when something good happens to you because of YouTube. Or better yet, make a video about it and send us the link.
Thanks,
Mia
The YouTube Team
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