November 2008
Beginner
304 pages
8h 26m
English
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Chapter 15. Interviews with Other YouTube Rock Stars
Alan is an expert on all things 'Tube. But different experts have different ways of doing things. So, we had Alan go out on a virtual field trip, imaginary microphone in hand, and hunt down some of the really big YouTube rock stars, corner them, and ask them how they do things.
The following people are interviewed in this chapter:
Lisa Donovan (LisaNova)
Hank Green (vlogbrothers)
Michael Buckley (WhatTheBuckShow)
Kevin Nalty (nalts)
Liam Kyle Sullivan (liamkylesullivan)
Note
You can find more of Alan's interviews with other interesting YouTubers by going here:
http://viralvideowannabe.com/interviews (URL 15.1).
Interview with Lisa Donovan (LisaNova)
Figure 15-1. Lisa Donovan.
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/LisaNova (URL 15.2)
Website: www.lisanovalive.com (URL 15.3)
LisaNova is the 24th Most Subscribed channel of all time on YouTube (as of this writing). She became a MADtv cast member as a result of her videos on YouTube. She has been featured in the New York Times, AdWeek, and Wired magazine.
Alan Lastufka: When and why did you start making videos for YouTube?
Lisa Donovan: I first started making videos on my LisaNova channel in June 2006. I had already been in Los Angeles for a couple of years and had ended up working in production on the MTV show The Osbournes along with other random production jobs. I eventually teamed up with director/producer ...
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