This week I’m kicking it with Ryan Figlioli. I wanted to sit
down with Ryan because reached over 240,000 followers on Vine. Vine is a social
media site that allows users to create and share six-second videos. Ryan is
twenty-eight years old and currently works as a certified nurses aid. He is in
the processes of receiving his degree as a RN (registered nurse). Ryan said and
I quote “I love to help people and make them happy.” He told me over the years
he has found laughter to be the best way to make people happy, he said “if you
make them laugh, their happy.” Ryan found by making funny videos he could make
the laughs live on a lot longer. In six grade Ryan got his hands on his first
camera and the legend was born.
Ryan continued his video making through high school and in
to college. While in college Ryan begun
posting some of his videos to Facebook. He received a ton of positive feedback
that was shown through likes and shares. In June of 2013 Ryan was introduced to
Vine. His first major video was posted on July 4th of that year. The
video depicted Ryan holding an American Flag and his grandmother wearing a 49ers
hat turned to the side and throwing the piece sign. In the back ground the rap
song by ASAP Rocky (feat. Drake, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar) called “Fuckin’ Problems”
was playing. This video received 10,000 likes in the first day, Ryan knew he
had something. One of Ryan’s best videos to date depicts him dressed up as
Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz dancing
and singing the rap song by Nicki Minaj called “Boss Ass Bitch.” This video
received over 300,000 likes and over
340,000 re-vines. A re-vine is when someone reposts your video on his or her
Vine Page.
After the success of his Dorothy video Ryan watched his
followers grow by 100 a day, then 200 a day, then 300 a day, and now his
followers are growing at a rate of about 2000 a day. His total followers are
now over 240,000 and he receives at least two emails a day from companies
offering him to advertise for them. These companies have included the likes of
Vitamin Water and Hot Pockets. Ryan has now signed a contract with Collab
Creators out of Los Angeles, California. Collab Creators is a YouTube Creator
Development company founded by James, Tyler, and Will McFadden.
Ryan
told me he is amazed everyday that something he has does just to make people
smile has turned in to such a big thing.
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Very interesting!!
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting read! I personally don't watch vine videos or use it that often, but this was a pretty good read, and wow does he have a lot of followers
ReplyDeleteAwesome, I've actually seen some of his Vines.
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