My YouTube Numbers

I am putting in the time to try and utilize current events in order to spike my YouTube views. I was able to get a large number of views from Whitney Houston’s death. As I wrote in my past posting (link here) it might have been too early to make a joke about an individual’s death. However, this was an attempt to see if utilizing breaking news with comedy I could boost my YouTube stats. My hope was to prove that the ROI or return on investment in a video like this would be worth the effort and time of production; in turn, see the financial possibilities of this type of YouTube channel with advertisements.

While the number of views has hit over 2000 in less than a day I have not noticed a great increase in income from revenue related to advertisements. In the past I have received higher returns based off of the same number of views. Which statistically tells me that the flexibility and constant change of payments per click and view rates can make a business model around YouTube videos very unstable. This, however, has not deterred me from continuing my research and attempts to find a sustainable business through YouTube videos creation.

When does comedy cross the line?

Today I want to talk about inappropriate comedy, dark humor, and the boundaries of good taste in humor. I just recently uploaded a video that I’m wondering if should have ever been made. It is a reaction to Whitney Houston’s death. This is a current news topic and I wanted to create something as a way to catch the views as her name becomes a common search item on Google and YouTube. I don’t feel what I created was too mean, but was playing off of her death and maybe taking her death too light heartedly.

The question becomes, Where to draw the line?

The video isn’t the best ever made. It was created fast to take advantage of current news and people’s habit of researching current events. In the end I feel it isn’t a good video, but with 2,000 views in fewer than 24 hours I considered continuing those types of videos and hoping it will bring him a few subscriptions (and me a better understanding of YouTube Income possibilities).

Dashlane Scam or Great Application?

I just downloaded Dashlane and I have to say I am really skeptical. The idea of placing all my passwords in one place for an individual to steal feels counterproductive for digital security. From what I have read, it sounds safe, so I will give it a try.

I will keep you updated as to how I find the application to work.

TO see the setup process you can go to http://windows.appstorm.net/reviews/frictionless-login-and-account-management-with-dashlane/ and/or download the application and get more information at https://www.dashlane.com.

Old man walking rough pencil test

Kind of cool!
‘>old man walking pencil test

kicked out of my wordpress blog

So, the title is a little misleading. I wasn’t actually kicked out of my WordPress blog, but I couldn’t figure out how to log in. My old theme had a place to click to log in but the new one does not. If there is no log in link, how do I get in?

Well thanks to http://perishablepress.com/press/2007/02/06/wordpress-basics-login-to-admin/

I was able to figure it out and write this blog post.

New WordPress theme

Playing with WordPress:

For the time it takes to figure this out, there will be a new technology. As someone who has website and digital design experience, but chooses not do to it as a full time career it feels impossible to stay up to date on technology. WordPress has been around for a while now yet I have chosen not to learn anything about it. Why? Fear that the time I take to learn it could be spent better somewhere else.

Yet, here I am playing with WordPress and realizing that I should have been doing this ages ago. It is so strange how fear can keep me from doing the simplest of tasks. I feel more comfortable with html, but I will go outside my comfort zone and play with WordPress… I hope.

Rough Draft

I wanted to share a YouTube video my cousin made. I did another animation workshop at a library in Madison, WI. I was telling him about some of the cool videos that were made and he returned with this short animated video.