Flying car clip on YouTube.
When we wrote about this a year ago it seemed rather special to get 4.5 million clicks with our little clip. But what a year it has been. We just broke through 12 million and counting. That's a staggering 7.5 million views in the last 12 month. Beyoncé, we are rolling in!
The clip of the Opel Astra flying outdoors now consistently ranks in the top ten results for the keyword 'car' on Youtube. A nice side-effect is that the clip is pushing our Youtube Channel to a wider audience. Take a look! It's basically content from our website, but worthwhile a visit for a quick overview.
Our flying cars weight average around 5kg while they are so realistic that you can put them in the parking lot and people will not realize this is some sort of mock-up. We produce them from the CAD/CAM data of the original car design. Fitted with our custom-built radio control system and brush-less motors they are maneuvered with precision. Our clients use them at car shows, media actions, TV shows and many other types of events. Our flying cars are without doubt our best selling flying event product. The list of car brands that have used this concept is quite long.
Flying Car Video on Youtube takes off.
When we uploaded this video three years ago the traffic was very modest, but then this outdoor clip of an Airstage Flying Car took off far beyond what we could ever have imagined.
Every day this video is watched by an average of 12.000 users around the globe and has received thousands of 'likes' and comments. It is our best horse to market our unique remote-controlled flying event technology to event planners and marketing executives on a very broad platform. We planned to talk about this for a long time, but now it seems the right moment to mention it: this amazing video is ranked around the top 15 search results for the
keyword 'car' on Youtube and is in the top three Google results for the search term 'flying car'. OK, it's a bit mischievous to call it a 'real flying car' in the
description, but then it is one
of our very real event products flying around in a village. The footage is actually from an experimental flight in ideal outdoor conditions.
Because of the high realism we achieve with car models the debate on Youtube (over 7800 comments so far) is quite fierce whether this is a real Opel Astra, a blimp, computer graphics or some kind of magical trick. Believe it or not, dozens of folks have contacted us and wanted to purchase one believing it's an actual flying car or wanted to order upgrade kits for their vehicles. Sorry, can't help there!
The new Youtube Live feature.
This new Youtube service should be an extremely interesting feature for event planners and their clientele. It's called Youtube Live and has been long anticipated in the event industry.
However, it seems to be still beta and the information Youtube publishes about it is more than cryptic. At present, all looks like a gradual launch to us which has been made first available to selected partners or high profile events. You need to become a Youtube partner to use the Live feature.
Youtube announced that they plan to make the service available to all partners in 2011. There is a lot of misleading information about how to become a Youtube partner on the web. This program is really an advertising program to place ads in videos and channels enabling Youtube partners (and of course Youtube itself) to make money. If you want to use Youtube Live, then there is no way around signing up for it.
Here is how it works:
There are a few things you need to know. Follow the below instructions and await a reply from Youtube.
- You need to apply first in the Youtube partner section. Please note that you cannot apply in all countries. If Youtube determines via your IP address you're not located in one of the countries in their list, trying to access the partner page only will link back to the Youtube home page without any further information why that has happened.
- Whether you will be approved as a partner or rejected depends on a couple of vague criteria: You need to have a Youtube Channel with decent traffic. Some tutorials mention a total view count of 200.000 and up. Don't forget that it is absolutely beneficial to use the provided toolbox to design and brand your channel. Users love a decent look!