The Power of a Big User Base

Yeah, I recently read about a 17 year old who owns a myspace layouts site, who has millions of viewers, so she launches stupid websites and her huge userbase all flocks to the new site, however useless it is, earning her additional revenue. You would think people would catch on.

I can't think of any other company besides Google (and Apple as you already mentioned) that would be able to do the same thing.

Nice work Google.

Google is an awesome brand and I think this video goes to show how much power it truly has. With their diverse and slightly "different" product lines they're fast becoming another Apple to many people.

this is a nice video indeed...

i tot gmail is only looking for 10 sec...

this is the best by far

that was a pretty cool video. it must have taken a bunch of time to edit. lol. if john chow had one i would be in it?

Hmmm, man it takes a LOYAL user base to get people to go to the effort of doing something like that for free.

The video was very similar to the one nike created to have a continuous way of passing on the message, maybe john chow can also do so and pass his money around? :twisted: just a 2 cents thought which might get him 1100.. :razz:

I like that video a lot. Crazy how much people love their gmail. I'm still trying to get into it myself. But I can't see what's so great about it. Seems the same as all the others, more or less. Anyways, whoever had to edit 1,100 videos and find clips that matched up well with each other on the ends in order to make a relatively well flowing video must be a very very patient man/woman. That task sounds insane.

As long as you gave a way free books or link love Im sure people would make a John Chow video.

Pretty entertaining but I never would have expected people to be so passionate about email!

that video really rocks and took a lot of time if you ask me.. hehe a john chow video would be cool..

I will compete for sure !!

That's fanatic!! John I think you can do that too. Just try it!

You should try it out John, go with Alex's idea, it sounds pretty cool and could be funny

John, your loyal readers helped build this site to what it is today, forget about a video, they're putting money in your pocket!

That video is amazing. This is the first I've heard about it.

Pretty cool video for gmail, wow! those grandma's were really funny

Yeah, I'm also confused on what could possibly be done to represent John Chow.

I don't know if you would ge 1,100 submissions, but it would have been an interesting idea to test out for your site! Just remember to give away something to the coolest clip :cool:

That's true, big loyal base is great for any service or products.
How about a JohnChow video with signs all over San Fran?

Well, it's going to cost me some money for renting a luxury car....

I have a Suzuki Gixer though... maybe a motorcycle? :twisted:

Wow, that is a really nice video. i wonder what a john chow vid would look like though, people going around with beer cans driving in a sports car or something?

What happened to my comment? :sad:

I loved the video. While it may have something to do with loyalty, it's also exposure :) It always comes down to personal gratification, as you well know.

That was a pretty cool video. Im sure you could pull something like that with your loyal fan base.

Alex, I LOVE it!

What would a John Chow collaborative video be about?

I can see it now: You have thousands of people dumping buckets of water into a pipe. The pipe goes on and on, finally leading down into John Chow's shower. He turns on the faucet and, surprise, coins flow out of the nozzle.

That's my 2 cents (ba-dum-chhhh).