Quiver & Quill

With over 300,000 profile views and 3,400 subscribed, Caitlin’s channel is one of the most popular on You Tube. As a Power User, she’s one of the most recognized video bloggers. I interviewed her via email and asked her to share key insights.

Q&Q: Why did you start video blogging?
Caitlin: I started video blogging, because I had been visiting YouTube for a few months just to look at other members like Brookers and LonelyGirl15. Then one day, I really wanted to respond to one of LonelyGirl15’s video about her and her friend Daniel having a fight. I clicked on the Directors account, got it straight away, and then posted a couple of videos. I was mainly just bored though

Q&Q: Why do you use You Tube as your video blogging platform?
Caitlin: I had posted a few random videos on my Buzznet account, but the site didn’t accept many kinds of video files, and YouTube accepts all the ones I have, so it worked better than Buzznet.

Q&Q: What’s your favorite vblog entry that you’ve produced?
Caitlin: My favourite vblog entry? The one I’m working on at the moment. Somebody asked me to tell them why I chose my Sign-In name TheHill88…but I got distracted as I was telling the camera about it, and started dancing and doing ballet tricks. It just seems to be showing the real me, finally…not rapping, not making soppy movies…just being me.

Q&Q:What other video bloggers do you read?
Caitlin: I have subscribed to quite a few. I love the awesome ones like Lonely and Brookers…but some of the coolest people, that others dont see to much of is arrwctchr and showmanROT, Arrwctchr is an excellent film maker and showmanROT is hilarious!

Q&Q;Your video blog has been viewed over +300,000 times. What makes people want to watch tune in to your vblog?
Caitlin: Well, it was featured, so that helped get views. I think so many people view my channel because of the rap video and my lonelygirl video - they are pretty popular, so people will see their video first (the one they really wanted to see) and then see me. People view it also because for some reason they either love me or loathe me. They enjoy tearing me to shreds and others enjoy posting nice or sleazy comments.

Q&Q: How do you feel about name brands using You Tube to distribute their commercials?
Caitlin: I don’t like brands using YouTube…they must of realised that people are on YouTube because it is more interesting than TV, but they can’t let people escape the ads on 24/7 and have to follow them to YouTube as well. It’s really just pathetic. This is a place where the little people can escape the big people of everyday life and become big themselves in their own right…we don’t need more product placement than we already receive every day.

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