{"id":213,"date":"2009-09-08T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2009\/09\/08\/16-million-views-and-counting\/"},"modified":"2016-10-29T05:49:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:49:16","slug":"16-million-views-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2009\/09\/08\/16-million-views-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"16 million views and counting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wonder whether you’re worrying too much about timing\/ordering\/organizing in your daily life?<\/p>\n

The video I’ve posted below might make you pause – once you’re done laughing. “Business Time<\/a>” is hilarious…and so true…<\/p>\n

But there are some other things you should notice about this too. Take a look at the statistics<\/a> for this little ditty performed by Flight of the Conchords – two very funny guys from New Zealand who are a Grammy Award-winning comedy duo. Find out more about them in their Wikipedia entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note that this video, one of many<\/a> that are posted on YouTube, has been viewed over 16 million times. That’s a big number – and it’s just one of the videos. That kind of exposure is worth a lot of money. I’m sure it’s also resulted in a lot of sales of the group’s DVD’s and CDs, as well as spurred interest in their TV show.<\/p>\n

Now suppose that the people that filmed that TV performance had imposed a take-down<\/a> order on YouTube. How likely is it that millions of people around the world would know about this comedy duo? <\/p>\n

The incredible power of social media is that something as simple as posting a video to the site (something almost anyone can do) can be viewed by millions with no more resources required.<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked whether I could package up four short videos for a client and create a DVD for a presentation. I was able to do that but I also offered to post the winning entry to YouTube – it didn’t take any more effort on my part. (You can see it here<\/a>.) So far, without any further attention, it’s already been seen by over 500 people.<\/p>\n

Creating and sharing content is not a new skill. We’ve always done it. But now, we can share it with far more people than ever before, in ways that we might not even have contemplated.<\/p>\n

Here’s the Flight of the Conchords video.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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