| Saturday, April 21, 2007 |
| One week. 2 emails. |
(Update:) I realize the whole list for "Week Awakening" can be overwhelming, especially for those of you with busy lives, but you don't have to do it ALL to be part of it - any contribution you make will add up. Also, check the LP boards for a little surprise. ;)
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I just saw this page on YouTube's help section saying that they consider members' suggestions for which videos make it to the 'featured videos', and have provided an email (editor@youtube.com) where we can write to them. If we can get the "Awakening" video featured, that would be some major attention! As with the call to email FUSE tv (fuseinfo@fuse.tv) in my previous post, I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to type out the contents of the email, even though I'd love to make it easier for you guys by doing that - because we don't want to make it seem like a campaign, it would be best if you could write in your own words. But here's what would be good to include:
(in the email to YouTube:)
+ the song and artist name, and maybe a mention that it's switchfoot's new music video.
+ a link to the video
+ say how much you like it in your own way, whether subtle or straightforward (but don't go "I LOVE SWITCHFOOT!!!!!")
+ a kind suggestion that they consider making it a featured video
+ title it well, so they know even before starting to read, that it's a request for featuring a video.
(in the email to FUSE:)
+ either make it sound like you're wondering why the awesome new switchfoot video isn't on FUSE (or on their site), or sound like you're informing them about the video and requesting them to add it to their database. this will mix it up a bit - so not everyone is writing in with the same thing.
+ either way, provide a link to the video on YouTube, including the video title (band and song name, basically).
+ again, title well. i'll leave that to your discretion.
Try to curb any fan-like over-enthusiasm and also be polite. Let's do this, fams, it should just take a few minutes of your time! Keep spreading the love this week, and beyond. Some have asked if 'Week Awakening' starts next Monday - well, although I was thinking of it in terms of 7 days starting from that inaugural post, it'd be a good idea to have it start this coming Monday, ALTHOUGH I say we assume it's Monday already and begin this project. :) peace out, amigos - thanks for your help.
PS: Also, I hope you guys don't mind that I've put the video on autoplay at the top of the sidebar - I know this may be an annoyance for some (although, there is a pause button on the player), please bear with us, it's temporary - just part of our collective effort to encourage viewing and giving the video more hits to help it up the YouTube charts.
[This post for what 'Week Awakening' is all about.] |
posted by phil @ 7:05 AM  
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Phil, the page took us to a wrong link when clicked on for YouTube's help section. :)
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A great campaign guys! Keep the word coming, and we'll do our part. This band deserves all the exposure and accolades it can get. Here's to an amazing week of promotion and Awakening frenzy!
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This is a great idea and I am already on it!
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ok, so I just navigated to this page, and I had Oh!G playing on my computer....and the site loads...and BAM Awakening on my music player and Awakening on sFeed are synched with each other. It was a life changing moment...I kid you not! what are the chances? I don't even know.
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^woah, that is crazy lol
i showed about five of my friends awakening and they all loved it :) i'll try to do the rest of the stuff this week, i know my local radio station plays awakening a lot
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Phil, Jon, Tim, everyone... I know you haven't said anything about the Omaha concert yet, but I listened to it (courtesy of Switchfoot Bootlegs, thank you so so much), and on behalf of Omaha, I apologize for the crowd there not knowing any of your songs. We don't have any excuse; Homers is one of the biggest record stores in the nation, I'm told. Please don't let this affect your potential return to play Nebraska again.
I've already told Omaha that they should be ashamed. Then I sent them to bed without any dinner.
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If "Awakening" plays on here does it count on youtube?
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^yes it does. :)
@mukta, wow, that's freaky but awesome
@bourgtai, no sweat, i'm sure the guys are have weathered that kind of crowd in the past and are unfettered by it... but if it meant the attendees were borderline-fans, then i hope they enjoyed the show enough to have the songs learnt next time around! :) thanks for stopping by.
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Crap. I sent the email to youtube, but I forgot to provide a link to the vid. My bad.
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Am I missing something here? Maybe I'm just being blond-the blond, but what are we being surprised with on the boards?
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Jess, if you look at the top of the lp boards, you'll notice a new bar showing most recent topics (by latest post), popular topics (by replies) and popular topics (by views). It's all pretty and organized now. That's the surprise. :D
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Hi,
Sorry if this sounds a stupid question...but why do u want to promote this video so much??Why do u want to tell as much people possible about it??
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Hi Lisa, no the question's alright, thanks for asking. We want to promote this video so much because we're fans of the band and we want more people to hear about them! Besides, the whole idea of making a video is to promote the band/song, so we're just helping the band by promoting their promotion, if that makes sense. :)
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I forgot that I commented here.Well thanks for your reply.Yeah it makes a bit of sense I already got the fact that you're big fans and wanna promote the vid but I dunno if that's good enough reason...I mean what's the benefit of SF becoming really well known?I like to share SF with my friends and others cos I know that the band knows God and that there are often meaningful lyrics that highlights our need for God but I don't wanna promote SF just for the sake of the band becoming more successful if that's all that's gonna happen... :S sorry,if ya know what I mean.. ;)
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Phil, the page took us to a wrong link when clicked on for YouTube's help section. :)