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My Shitty Attempt at a Viral Video

written by John Chow on March 28, 2008

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After Ryan’s post about how to create, market and make money off a viral video, I decided that I should attempt to make one. I actually made this video on the day I read Ryan’s post but decided not to post it until today. I wanted to see how viral it’ll get without me doing anything.

Turns out, it did not bad. Without any help, the video received over 1,000 views and garnered five Youtube honors, including being ranked #8 most viewed video in the Canada comedy channel yesterday (it’s #12 today). Whether or not people pick up the video and make it viral remains to be seen. If you like the video, then please pass it around. If you don’t like it, then tough shit. :twisted:

*Warning – the video contains not safe for work language.

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Mildy funny but strange video. Not sure how many people are going to like that one.

I cant believe that video is going viral. I am sure it is only because it is Johns shit we are talking about! If that was funny I really must post my pubesent teens videos!

Sorry, I love John, but not in his shit monologue!

Yes, I must agree that was pretty shitty John :), not viral,,,, but spiral down the tube,,,, But think about it , where would we be without shit ,,,no fertilizer,,, no food ,,, no people,,, no blog,,,Dam't
So keep the shit flowing,,,:) love it man,,,,,

Wow, cool video.... John, you can be a blogger comedian too.... hope to see more viral video from you :D

this was really bad, thanks for making me not want to return, and yes if your not pissing people of your doing something wrong which equates to you voicing your strong opinions, but this is far from that, it's just a video from somebody with no imagination... really school boy stuff.

Very funny. I think your Chinese accent will never be gone. :neutral:

For a one take that's pretty good. Had some funny moments. I take we'll be seeing more of these?

It's amazing how you talk like that, but write like this...lol :roll:

-Mike

Hey john, not bad for your first try!
I mean you are clearly not a comedian, but It did give me a few laughs, and that's always good in my books. I work with a "Phantom Pooper", and he's dropped it in the toilet tank on more than one occassion!
keep up the good work.

tom - www.pileofblogs.com

Boy, I love your blog, but that video was horrible. It's a good thing you've got plenty of ways to make money and don't have to rely on your comedy. You would starve.

i expect more than 2000 views but it takes a real man to do a blog on shit

I could hardly watch the whole video, John, so gross, but I wish you luck so that it becomes populer, it's different in its kind!!!

You usually put out some good stuff John, but this was kinda pathetic.

I saw your Breakfast Television interview, and I was like this guy seems pretty mature/smart. I then see your shit video, and was like LMFAO. It was a good surprise, keep it up!

It is because you are John chow and you have 15000 readers who are reading this post every week so 1000 hits is not something good I think :arrow:

http://www.india-dictionary.com/

That's the most pathetic attempt at a viral video I've ever seen. Pretty crappy. It might go viral but good viral or bad viral ... laughing with you or at you. Real quality stuff.

Its the first attempt. Dont worry. You will soon be a pro there :mrgreen:

It was a shitty attempt have to say. I guess its in the society when you hear people say some sort of word in different ways they tend to laugh. So I guess you saying shit over and over was making people laugh.

I have to agree though :D

I can't be more honest that this:
Terrible video. :)

Creating a viral video to increase your popularity. :mrgreen:

When I was watching this, my 2 years old daughter said : " daddy, who is that?"
I said:" Jhon Chow"
She said:"Ooh"..(tried to say that she understood) :)
Even my daughter like you

That was shit. It didn't go viral, your blog is already popular, thus the x,xxx amount of views. If anything, bloggers will say "john chow just made a fool out of himself *insert link*" but you're not even getting that out of me.. just all the tools out there.

This is what I don't understand about people that think John's video was bad. John experiments with these things to see how they will go and after all, John tell's us how he makes money online. If this video was an extreme success and John's income rises 100% and the world flocks to the blog then I'm guessing you won't be saying the video was a bad thing. It's good to see a bit of humour from John, after all everyone likes to not be "serious" once in a while! There was nothing wrong with the video at all, I wish I could talk that in depth about shit! It was very good to learn a bit more about viral marketing.

Carl - Thatblogsite.com

I meant to say wasn't a bad thing, silly typo. :wink:

i think john you finally succeed in what you required to... you wanted to create a viral effect and bingo you created one... now the people who visit or not visit your blog have a topic to actually discuss about your blog... thus making it more popular... nice marketing :wink:

Like you said once in a past review, I guess you missed the mark with this video... better luck next time, I guess comedy is not your nature.

I understand the purpose of John's video and his 'experiment'. I know that this is HIS blog, but somehow I'm disappointed. There is always the choice between taking the high road and taking the low road... this time John, you took the low road to gain a little publicity.

Was it really worth it?

Kenneth

I would have to agree with you too, may not be the best video but I would say it is doing the job it was intended to do.

I've been a reader to this blog for over 3 months now and I really respect John for the great information I've received from him and all, but this video - I really don't know what the purpose of it was. I'm sure that a lot of readers will be a little disappointed with a video like that.
That's just my opinion.

The video was a viral video, which judging by the 62 comments already, has done quite well given its intention. Read the link to the excellent viral marketing tutorial to understand a little bit more about why viral marketing is becoming more and more important these days.

I just thought that your accent saying "chit chit" was funny man.

What kind of a shit video was that :grin:

You have natural talent, John, but the language is a bit rough.
Anyway, waiting eagerly for the next release of your viral video...
http://seventoten.com

This thread smells liek shit! :grin:

Google for johnchow, shit comes john cow's review of this post and wicked fire forum post. May be one day this post comes as first results in google for "shit", Is that your target?

wow. you have just hit a new low.

hahahahahaha :biggreen:

"Ring of Fire"

"Peeing through your bum"

LMAO! Quality John, I need to do something like this!

Quality video John.

IT wont go viral, its somewhat funny that is all.

LOL,
Really fantastic video hahaha :)
Really great way to promote!

Some parts had me LMAO - Laughing my a$$ off. It may have had some people LMAOPIMP - Laughing my a$$ off peeing in my pants. Or quite possibly a few LMAOSIMP - Laughing my a$$ off $hitting in my pants. :razz:

It may not go viral, but it was a good first attempt.
~Terry

ow .. want to add ... I hope this won't evolve into a new way of showing what you had for dinner ... I know it gives you a few extra hours to post .. but please :wink:

"make money online by telling people how much shit there was in my toilet" ??? Trying to outrank tubgirl ? Content is King^H^H^H^HShit?
I don't get it. Funny though. Definately bold too.

That was somewhat funny John, it was a good first attempt at a viral video. I think it went on way too long though, funny about hiding the piece of #2 tho :grin:

I definitely never saw this vid coming.

Dude, you are selling your soul for a few page views. The loss of credibility can't be worth it. Also, I think pointing back to the previous post about viral video, is that what makes some viral videos viral is that they are put out by people with no expectation that anyone other than a handful of people will watch them. Of course, professional efforts like the lonelygirl episode run counter to that, but frankly I think viral like that is borderline fraud. The problem with your video is that you are trying to make it a viral video and being provocative for the sake of it. Frankly, I think the effectiveness of your viral video test might be undermined by the fact that people searching for info about you are going to come across that video. So, that is a compliment to you as to the popularity of your sites, but not sure that proves the viral nature of your video.