#but the jist of it is that some of the most popular youtubers have almost exclusively content of them fucking around with their friends

[hearties-circus]

I am once again emotional over humanity

#gamer txt. #if i went into full detail explaining what im thinking about i would be here so long #but the jist of it is that some of the most popular youtubers have almost exclusively content of them fucking around with their friends #thats all their videos are! #they play the same few games all the time and people love it because them and their friends are always having such a good time #i mean think of how often it is than one of the best moments in a video is a really funny laugh #that only happens bc someone else is enjoying themself! and everyone loves it! #think of all the reoccurring jokes that still make everyone lose it because its just a group of friends having fun together #and thats some peoples primary entertainment! we love seeing other people happy #(and jic the wrong people see this‚ this isnt about ds/mp. die)

[aclosetfan]

ask game number 10?

(ask game) thank you so much for asking!!!!

BUBBLE BAND ♥♥♥

YESSSS YESS haha yessss someone chose 10!!!!!! So pumped for this one. For new fandom members (lmao I’m like a damn fandom historian), battle of the band fics got really popular for half a second b/c of the punks. I outlined my own where the punks are included but with a twist. No powers au, multi chap fic.

My outline is really detailed because I know I’m going to be writing this one!! It’s just too much fun, but I’m only gonna give you the jist, I don’t want to spoil too much :))) I’ve got like six pages of notes and I’m still not done mapping it all out. It’s supposed to be goofy as well as a big s/o to everyone who watched cringy amvs on youtube in the early 2000s <3

BACKGROUND:

Brick (lead guitar), Butch (bass), and Boomer (drums) are three brothers with a shitty garage band. They think they’re hot shit. They’re not hot shit (not yet). They’re good at playing their instruments but they don’t have a big following (or any good songs). On a good night, Mojo (their adopted father) indulges them and brings the crowd to a stunning total of 1.

PLOT:

One day, Boomer gets it in his head that he doesn’t want to be a punk rocker anymore. It’s dumb, he’s bored, and obviously, he is the next Picasso, so he quits the band. Brick all but disowns him as a brother. Butch is like dude I’d be cool staying in the band and Brick goes “you don’t have a choice!” Butch is like “aight, but now that Boom’s gone, can we maybe play a song I wrote?” Brick’s like, “no!” Butch is like “aight. That’s fair it’s dumb anyway. No harm, no foul bro. How are we going to get a new drummer as good as Boomer?” Brick’s like, “we’ll find someone better!” They won’t because, to give credit where credit is due, Boomer is quite a good musician.

Butch is like well this still sucks though cause we just got all those t-shirts. Like we’re broke af and they’ve got Boomer plastered on the front of them too. We can’t just replace them. Brick’s like “we’ll find someone better and someone who looks like him nbd.”

Brick and Butch don’t know any other drummers and they certainly don’t know anyone who drums and also looks like Boomer, so they make flyers~  

“Annnd,” Brick chirped, grabbing the page from the printer, “done. There. Perfect. We just need to make like a thousand more of these and post them around the City.”

Butch yanked the flyer from his hand with a frown, his eyes jumping around it before he grimaced, “Man, I dunno.”

“What?”

“Must have blonde hair, blue eyes,” Butch looked up, “reads kinda neo-nazi-ish.”

Brick ripped the page from Butch with wide eyes, rereading the flyer. After a second he hissed, “Ah fuck. Fucking Boomer.”

“He ruins everything.” Butch solemnly agreed.

“Fascist can’t even be punk.” Brick huffed, glaring at the flyer.

Together they sat back in their chairs and regarded the flyer before turning their attention back to his cracked computer screen. After a few moments of hmm’ing and haa’ing, Brick snapped his fingers and leaned over his keyboard. He made the font big, bold, and red so it couldn’t be ignored at the bottom of the flyer:

‘CAN’T BE A FKING SKINHEAD’

“Dude,” Butch nodded, reading over his shoulder, “it’s beautiful.”

And then the boys post the flyers everywhere. Including their school, where most people ignore them regularly. Their flyers however become popular scratch paper for the art department where one Ms. Bubbles Utonium stumbles upon them. She takes it as a sign. She’s a bit of a drum hobbyist, but her dad has had enough of the racket and she needs to find a new place to play. She’s not practiced or anything, but she fits the four requirements to a “T”. She has blonde hair. She has blue eyes. She can play the drums. And she isn’t a skinhead! She thinks it’s silly they even had to clarify that. She’s not too into punk music but even she knows fascists can’t be punk! So on the day of auditions, she shows up with her drum sticks and gets in line!!

Brick and Butch are floored when Bubbles Utonium comes strutting in. They only know her because she’s a popular cheerleader at their school and shares an art class with Boomer, who only ever complains about the perky upbeat girl. Their first thought is to laugh, but when she starts playing, they’re like “oh?” She’s inexperienced, but she’s got a knack for it, and (as Butch points out) she is not a skinhead. Since she’s the best they’ve seen all day they offer her the position on the condition that she dresses like a dude when they play because of their t-shirt dilemma. She tells them that’s no problem, she likes playing dress-up, but they’ve got to work band practice around her cheer schedule. They agree.

The RowdyRuffs are a band once more.

Boomer btws is NOT AT ALL jealous. Not at ALL. Nope. (he totally is and he’s very obvious about it). In one of the early band practices that he barges in on to “check out the new drummer,” he’s ten shades of betrayed when he sees Bubbles of all people in his seat. He does not like Bubbles. Bubbles thinks Boomer is the bees-knees. He doesn’t like her because she’s good at just about everything he wants to be good at—except for drumming, which he proves then and there and is like “your new drummer sucks, later losers, you wish you still had me, by the way, dad wanted me to tell you he’s making tacos and they’ll be ready in ten.” Bubbles is not deterred by his behavior, thinks how he plays is really cool, and wants him to teach her, which he continuously refuses to do, but that doesn’t stop her from pestering him. (eventually, he does tho just a fyi; Bubbles is hard to resist)  

Jumping forward in time, Princess becomes involved as their PR manager and decided that Bubbles shouldn’t act as Boomer anymore. They need “horny old man money” and everyone’s like ooooh yeah, horny old man money, neat! So, in all her genius, Princess decides to make Bubbles “Brat.” And boom! Here’s our first powerpunk girl.

It’s a hit with the crowd that the band is slowly starting to amass. After accidentally hearing Butch goof around on his bass, Buttercup ((((Bubbles’ sister, who at the beginning of the story takes pity on Butch and Brick and volunteers to help teach her sister how to be “punk rock”. She is also forced to drive Bubbles to and from band practice (because Buttercup is being punished for failing math)))) encourages him to pitch his songwriting to the rest of the band. He refuses. Brick’s the guy who writes the songs, who’s very bad at it.

However, after another shitty song about some mystery girl Brick swears he doesn’t have a crush on, Bubbles has enough and assigns the boys some songwriting homework. Butch writes a banger and their little band gets more recognition. They’re now playing sizeable gigs, but wait! OH NO! Bubbles and Butch aren’t going to make it to the show on time. Boomer’s like, “shit Brick! The show must go on, dude, but where are you going to find two people who know how to play the exact same instruments as Butch/Bubs, know all their cues, and all the songs in the next ten minutes????” Brick looks at Buttercup (plays bass like Butch/almost at all the band practices/has a lovely voice despite what she says) and Boomer (who was Bubbles before Bubbles) and goes “huh, genius, I wonder.” Buttercup’s like “oh no, wait wait! I’ve got stage freight!” To which Brick says, “get over yourself and join my shitty fucking band!”  

And that’s how we get our Brute <3 (named by Brick). She’s a hit!

They just keep getting bigger and bigger as a band, and record labels are starting to take an interest, so after Brute debuts, everyone’s like welp, Brick needs his counterpart too. And it’s eventually Blossom, but that comes about in a roundabout way because Brick’s feelings are still hurt (she’s the girl he was crushing on, but she rejects him). Eventually, Bubs is like “listen, Brick, we need a Berserk (Butch name’s this imaginary person), and it's coming down to the wire. Blossom can do it. I know she can. It’s for the band.” So, he sucks it up and Blossom hesitantly accepts (she’s very much preppy pop to whatever Berserk is lol so it’s difficult for her at first). After a heart-to-heart with Brick, they make amends (I think I’ll leave it platonic for now tbh) and their first show altogether is a hit!

As always, there’s a happy ending :) They get their record deal lol.

I can’t write songs. I’m shit at poetry, but I was thinking about just choosing irl music and mashing them up, so the music is still “original” but people can also be like omg I remember that horrible song from my emo “phase.” I have to find a good song list first. If anyone’s still reading send me some recs. The music I like is too embarrassing.  

#my writing #my outlines #outline ask game #BUBBLE BAND #this one just makes me smile because I get to listen to all my music from middle school #don't get me wrong middle school was shit #but the music was top notch #ppg fic outline

[ask-the-friendly-red-cyborg]

[ 👀 hioioioioio]

((a very... viral boi

Has a rather popular YouTube channel dedicated to talking about vulnerabilities of modern tech and reviews of it, and a gaming channel on the side.

Has no way to connect with fans outside comments section, where he mostly trolls the trolls. Any mum jokes get a response of "lol my mom is motherboard grow up kid"

Changes place of filming if he feels like it, but no-one has seen the outside of his house or where it is situated. Probably there's a dedicated Reddit community that attempts to disclose his location.

Some say, he totally may be some dark web hacker and some claimed that saw him on "dark web YouTube". He jist laughs at these accusations and goes to the next question if one pops up in a q&a stream

Streams at weirdest times, sometimes several days in a row. Always shouts out countries where it's currently 7 am, 1 pm, 7 pm and 1 am, asking if people from these time zones and countries are watching. Always tells people from the places where it's night time to get into their beds because stream will be recorded, and he's gonna stream soon at a different time anyways.

The comments to the tune of "the most good looking tech guy" or "how do you stay so fab even though you seem to never sleep" get an answer like "guess I'm just naturally that fabulous"

If you are a minor, will gladly suggest easy extra ways to protect your privacy online. Has series of videos on apps not safe for minors, safe apps, videos to help parents to teach their kiddos online security, videos for teens going online.

Doesn't share almost any personal info, including the age and where he's from. Probably, the only question he answered definitely was "nah I haven't gone to college for this all, some things aren't learned that way".

Actually doesn't exist in corporeal form, as he's just a sentient virus that lives on the servers of several companies. As a side effect, has access to all data about all users using these companies' products

In case fans ask him if their devices have any holes in protection, he sends a part of his replicated code to gather the info on it and responds privately, sometimes freaking people out.

Can reprogram his code in full or partially. Mostly does it when bored. This is also the way to use different backgrounds and clothes in videos.

As PowerFX loids' theme was/is monsters, I generally hc Hio to be a computer virus, as his design is very cybernetics themed, so this is what I may have done for him as a stand-alone muse!))

#what-if musing #vkeihio

[listiqueblog]

How Explainer Videos Speed Up Conversions + 13 Examples of Ecommerce Brands Putting Them to Use

Even if you didn’t know what it was called at the time, you’ve almost certainly seen an explainer video before.

What are explainer videos?

You know them. You do.

Explainer videos are short online marketing videos, usually between 30 seconds to two minutes long, that explain your company’s product or service.

Explainer videos can be live-action or animated, but are always fast-paced, to-the-point, and usually feature a professional voiceover.

But what do they do?

Why have an explainer video?

The purpose of an explainer video is to explain something. Usually it’s your product or service.

It’s kind of like an ad, only it condenses your entire proposal or pitch.

Explainer videos cover:

who you are

what you do

what your product is

what its benefits are

And it does it all in a single, short, hopefully entertaining, video.

Types of explainer videos

There are 9 various types of explainer videos, and it will be important for you to know which kind you want, or which variations.

This can help you determine which agencies to work with or how to craft your message.

1. Live action videos.

Live action videos are an overall type of video and mean that these are not animated. Live action videos use people in real, live action –– often showing someone how to use a product or walking them through it.

2. Whiteboard videos.

Whiteboard videos are video recordings of someone drawing out ideas and concepts on a whiteboard. The whiteboard video is usually sped up to keep up with a voiceover.

3. 2d videos.

A 2D explainer video is an animation shown in only 2d. 2D videos look like drawings on a piece of paper and often have various aspects of the picture animation for interest.

4. 3d videos.

3D explainer videos are also animations, shown this time in 3D. 3D videos are helpful in graphic product breakdowns that show all angles of a product.

5. Stopmotion videos.

Stopmotion explainer videos are typically a variation of 2D explainer videos. Instead of the screen flowing seamlessly from one frame to another, the stop motion video adds in elements throughout the course of the video to build out a frame.

6. Kinetic typography videos.

A kinetic explainer video is one that uses voice over and moving text in a visually appealing way. The text usually tells a story and moves along to a voiceover and/or music.

7. Infographic videos.

An infographic explainer video is a breakdown of an infographic into rectangular frames. They use a combination of text and graphics (typically icons) to tell a story. There is occasionally voiceover.

8. Screencast videos.

Screencast explainer videos are ones with a voiceover walking you through an actual product. Screencasts are most often used for demos, but can also be useful in showing the ease and simplicity of a platform.

9. Testimonial videos.

Testimonial explainer videos are videos that use customers to tell a positive story about the brand. Testimonial videos are a variation of social proof.

Where are explainer videos found?

Anywhere you can embed a video. That includes your:

Homepage

Product page

Emails

Social media channels

YouTube

In fact, a lot of explainer videos live on their owners’ YouTube front pages, since having one there is a great way to introduce yourself to customers and potential customers in a format that’s easy to digest and share.

The power of explainer videos on your website

There are endless benefits to a well-made explainer video. You can use explainer videos to:

Increase conversions

Customer engagement

Customer acquisition

They even have the potential to go viral and increase brand awareness.

Explainer videos also work great on your landing page.

Studies have shown that landing pages which include a video, enjoy 80% greater conversions.

And for email, the numbers are pretty astounding, too. Including a video in your emails can…

Boost open rates by 19%.

Boost click-through rates by 65%.

Reduce unsubscribes by 26%.

And if you’re looking to increase your Google ranking (who isn’t?) then you should know this:

Embedding your own high-quality videos on your site can make you 53x more likely to show up on the first page of results.

A golden opportunity for any ecommerce business!

“Video marketing is exploding in popularity and will eventually be the most popular way to market a business. Because video is a visual medium, videos are extremely effective when it comes to improving people’s understanding of your product or service.”

— Neil Patel, Founder of KissMetrics & Co-Founder of Crazy Egg

And it gets better…

93% of businesses that use video believe that it has increased user understanding of their product or service.

36% of businesses believe that they’ve received less support queries as a result!

45% of businesses who use video say they have an explainer video on their home page.

83% say their homepage has become more effective

Increase conversions, build loyalty –– use an explainer video!

“Explainer videos prominently featured on the homepage can increase conversions significantly. You never want to overload a visitor with copy, but it’s hard to distill all of your features and benefits to images and quick blurbs of text.

Explainer videos allow you take the 300 words you can’t find room for and cut it down to a 30 second video that’s visual, helpful, and conversion-focused.”

— Sujan Patel, Growth Marketer & Co-Founder at WebProfits 

Pretty incredible, right? So…

Where in my sales funnel should I use an explainer video?

Anywhere you’ve got something that needs explaining.

Most often, explainer videos are made to communicate a complex or lengthy idea, even an entire business.

You don’t need an explainer video for every single product in your catalog.

But, if you’ve got a particularly complex product or idea — something like #TeamCatMojo — which would be better explained with a video, then an explainer video could be for you.

Thinking about your sales and conversion funnel, there’s almost always some way to work an explainer video in at any stage.

Take your basic 4-stage sales funnel…

You could apply an explainer video to every stage of this funnel to help potential customers understand your offering and move them onto the next stage.

How?

Awareness Stage

Somebody is still unaware, or has just become aware that you exist. Maybe they stumbled upon your YouTube channel or your website, or maybe they clicked on a link shared by a friend.

Most likely, they saw your explainer video promoted or advertised on Facebook.

This kind of explainer video introduces your business. Specifically, the problem you’re out to solve.

It’s okay to get into product specifics here if you only have one main thing that you make, but think of this as your elevator pitch.

This is your first time with a potential new customer, so make it count by making it clear how your product can solve the problem or fill the need they’ve got.

Interest Stage

By now you’ve got their attention. They know who you are and what you do.

Here, your explainer video might be focused on a particular product or category of products.

In your first explainer, you talked about how your business can help out at high, not too complex level. In this explainer, you can go into a bit more detail.

What do you talk about? Here’s a few ideas:

Testimonials, features, benefits, are all great to include at this stage. You want to create more of an emotional connection.

Make the Emotional Element Pop

“Explainer videos are a great opportunity for any business to introduce or explain their products/services within context. A product page on its own can certainly get your message across but using video will elevate your message to include an emotional element which is one the foundations of sales & marketing.”

— Aldrich Obach, Inbound Specialist at HubSpot

Decision Stage

Alright! They’re getting closer to hitting that BUY button. Now’s the time to really pile on the benefits. Get them excited about the specific thing they’re interested in.

Here, your explainer should include as much high-quality footage and images of your product as possible, with every single feature and benefit clearly explained and demonstrated.

Action Stage

They’re either about to click BUY, or already have.

This explainer is all about closing the deal for those last-minute, possibly hesitant shoppers.

Heavy on the visuals and benefits, this is as close as it gets to holding your product in their hands.

13 ecommerce explainer video examples

Your explainer video covers all the bases at once. It’s the perfect means to turn cold prospects into leads, and leads into customers.

Why Explainer Videos Work

“There are two kinds of people, one that goes with verbal learning and others that go with visual learning. Explainer videos have both powers, which allow more people to engage with it and thus, have more power to convert visitors into leads.”

– Moosa Hemani, Founder & CEO of SETalks

OK, so let’s see some already!

1. Everything Orgo.

At six seconds, Orgo’s explainer is proof that you don’t have to get fancy to be effective.

  2. Biaggi.

Biaggi’s folding luggage explainer uses real people and product demonstrations. No fancy cuts or edits, but you get the jist of what they’re selling.

  3. Tommy John.

Tommy John clothing is made to eliminate bunching, stretching, riding and all that other annoying stuff.

Their explainers are slick, lively and use top-quality animation –– and prove their brand promise.

  4. Native Union.

Native Union has done a great job of growing their business over the past few years, thanks in no small part to their attractive, high-quality explainer videos.

  5. Rand McNally.

Just because a product isn’t consumer-focused, doesn’t mean it can’t benefit from an explainer. In fact, these kind of technical products are often the best to equip with an explainer.

  6. BombTech Golf.

BombTech Golf has been wildly successful over the past couple of years, and while they might not throw a ton of money at their explainer videos, they certainly work!

In fact, these videos prove that you don’t need fancy cuts or expensive videos in order to sell product using this strategy.

  7. The Human Solution.

When you’re selling something like a standing desk, a product demonstration video is essential. The Human Solution’s explainer is a great example of a demo done well.

  8. Fugoo.

Another excellent example of how voiceover, some great camera work and cool music can really help to elevate a simple product demonstration.

  9. New Chapter Vitamins and Supplements.

You don’t need a huge budget to make an effective explainer video, either. A single camera, some music and few graphics can help to boost engagement and conversions.

  10. Spinning.

Spin bikes aren’t cheap, so having an expert walk you through the benefits to help you choose the right one, that’s perfect for an explainer video.

  11. Training Mask.

Training Mask uses top notch animation to introduce their latest line of performance training masks.

  12. RockTape.

Ever wondered what that tape is that you see athletes wearing? RockTape’s got an explainer video for that.

  13. DiBruno Bros.

You can present your explainer video, too. It doesn’t have to be a voice over.

  Alright, but wait a minute…

How do I make an explainer video & how much does it cost?

The real beauty of an explainer video, is that it costs as much you want it to cost.

You’re not limited by your budget, but by your own team’s creativity. Some of the examples above were made with next to zero budget.

If you have a camera, a product and the time to write a script (you can even wing it if you know your customers’ pain points well enough), you’ve got everything you need for a great explainer video.

But, if you did want to pay for something, and you need some ballpark figures, we’ve got you covered.

How much explainer videos cost

Basic 2D animation videos: $1k-$5K

High-end 2D animation videos: $5K-$10K

3D animation videos: $10K-$30K

Live action videos: $5K-$50K

Whiteboard animation videos: $2K-$6K

Stop Motion videos: $5K-$25K

Kinetic typography videos: $5K-$10K

Infographic video: $1K-$5K

Screencast video: $1K-$4K

Screencast video: $1K-$4K

Testimonial video: $50-$3K

As for how paid explainer video are made. It’s a six-step process.

How explainer videos are made

Brainstorming and concept planning: The first stage is to get down as many ideas as possible. Loose ones at first, just let your creativity flow. This is the basis of your explainer.

Scripting and storyboarding: Once you’ve narrowed down your idea, it’s time to storyboard it. Storyboarding is the process of drawing out individual scenes (how product features will be shown off) to help visualize the final result.

Styling: It’s important to style up your explainer before going into production. This might include getting mock-ups done of characters and graphics, so that you’re happy everything matches your brand.

Voiceover: A great voiceover can make or break an explainer video. A bad voiceover, one that isn’t clear, confident or well-produced, can be distracting. Animation: The cost of animation varies a lot depending on the style you want. Take a look at the costs outlined in the image above for guidance.

Sound design: Choosing the right soundtrack for your explainer is important, too. Just like your voice over, a bad backing track can be at best distracting, or at worst a complete turn-off.

The explainer video production process, WowMakers

Of course, if you’re making an explainer video with live actors, the animation and voiceover stages might become shooting stages, but it’s still important to style your explainer beforehand, so that everything you’re doing matches the tone and appearance of your entire brand.

The Time for Explainer Videos in Omnichannel Marketing is Now

“Video advertising is something your competitors are sleeping on. Because of YouTube and Facebook, video unlocks a brand new channel of conversion volume that can’t be tapped otherwise. In addition to that, explainer videos are the most powerful way to generate conversions for products/solutions/services that don’t have a lot of demand already.

They can educate and explain complex topics in delightful ways that not only bring sales, but can help build your brand equity over time too.”

— Jonathan Dane, Founder & CEO at KlientBoost

Final Word

Phew! That’s a lot to take in. Let’s wrap this up with a few solid tips for getting the most out of your explainer video.

How to create high-converting explainer videos

Nail the script — If you can hire a professional, do so.

The shorter the better — Under a minute is great (don’t go over three minutes)

Benefits over features — Focus on the benefits your products can bring first, rather than how cool its features are

Great lighting and sound — You don’t have to go pro if you can’t afford to, but uphold as high of a production value as you can

A clear CTA — Let people know where they can visit for more information, or where to buy

Create for your audience — Don’t create content for the sake of it and then try to find an audience. Find out what’s bugging people, and make content to address it

Have fun — Making videos should be fun, so don’t let the process become a grind.

And if you’re still not convinced that video is worth the effort, we’ll leave you with this kicker…

YouTube is the second most popular search engine in the world.

How about that?

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