YouTube Success

I am assuming you all are quite familiar with the most popular video sharing website, YouTube. YouTube has come a long way since it's creation in February 2005, by three former PayPal employees. According to one of the creators, Janet Jackson's role in the 2004 Super Bowl incident was the inspiration for YouTube. It is hard to believe that YouTube is only 8 years old, it feels like it has been longer than that. 

Today YouTube holds a lot of power. It is a crucial tool used to spread word for protests, education, politics, and more. It is also a way to make a bit of income, and a doorway into a possible career. Take the example of Ray William Johnson, an early YouTuber who took popular viral videos and combined them with a video blog/commentary type of style. The way to get views on YouTube, and to keep them, is to produce content people enjoy and have it produced regularly. Which is exactly what Ray did  on his YouTube channel. He started the show Equals Three, during which he reviews popular viral videos from other users and he comments on them, and jokes. Now his show is one of the most subscribed on YouTube, and has been recognized by Guinness Book of World Records. With all of his success on YouTube, Ray has been able to make money from his YouTube channel from ads, and land some impressive career connections. In May of 2013 Ray told all of his YouTube subscribers he signed a deal to produce a sitcom for FX. Hopefully that works out for him. 

Ray during an episode of =3

Justin Bieber got discovered from YouTube, and since then his life has drastically changed. He was found in 2008 by a talent scout, Scooter Braun, who came across his videos on YouTube. Braun scheduled Bieber to meet with Usher and Bieber signed with Braun's Media Group, and was rocketed into stardom. From YouTube to the third-most powerful celebrity in the world according to Forbes Magazine in 2012. Personally I do not enjoy his music, but even if you are the farthest thing from a "Belieber" you can't argue with his success; and it was because of YouTube. 

Prepubescent Justin Bieber

Guide to Youtube Success

So I was doing some browsing around the net and I was checking one of my regular sites. Recently freddiew (some of you may know him) wrote up a guide on how to be successful on Youtube. For those of you who have never watched any freddie wong videos go on youtube and check out his channels freddiew and freddiew2. Anyway I thought the guide was really interesting and thought you guys would like it. Just so you get an idea of how successful freddiew is viewer wise and how he has the credentials to write such a guide, I watched one of his videos last week about 15 minutes after it was posted and it had already gotten over 700 views. Less than a week later (today) its over 2 million.