The Traction Of Chris Crocker
You’ve probably seen the youtube video of extremely gay Britney Spears fan “Chris Crocker” crying his eyeballs out and looking like a nut job while he defends Britney’s super poor performance at the recent VMA’s.
And I’m sure many people watching him have simply assumed that this new “internet thing” allows people to get instant celebrity status - and - give people who would never get any air time the opportunity to get in front of the nation.
This is a GROSS misconception. And it reflects an EXTREME ignorance of society at large about the internet.
First of all, let me educate you about a “life reality”. And that is to get noticed by more than a few people, you have to be noticed by SOME people. To get noticed by a LARGE amount of people, a BIG amount of people must already know who you are. To get noticed by tens of millions, millions must already follow you. (OR you must have access to someone who HAS a following and will promote you).
Chris Crocker spent SEVERAL YEARS building a fan base of followers on the internet. He produced content RELIGIOUSLY, and experimented with different shot angles, story lines, and emotional appeals. He might LOOK like a nut job (and personally his stuff isn’t my cup of tea), but he’ is one hard working, intelligent, calculated mofo. For real.
His earlier video’s often involved his Grandmother, and him doing little skits and stuff:
His style was fairly outrageous then, as it is now. But he cycled through subject matters until he hit something which worked well for him.
My reason for bringing this to your attention though is to get you to understand that creating a FOLLOWING is the hard and important work. Once the following is big enough, you’ll get traction, and good things will follow.
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