Who is this guy and why should I care?

Good question.  I’m one of those people who seeks fame.  Why?  I just love it and always have.  I remember as kid watching TV and dreaming about being in a commercial.  In elementary school I would write and skits and ask my teacher for a few minutes to act them out in front the class.  My favorite thing about school was the annual talent show where I’d always choreograph my own dance routine.  I loved performing and everything that came with it.  And that’s never changed.

I’ve tried all kinds of things over the past few years to become famous. I’ve taken all kinds of dancing classes, acting class, singing classes, improvization classes, and more.  I’ve been in community theatre, musical theatre, dinner theatre, children’s theatre, and any other theatre I could find.  I’ve been an extra in movies and TV shows, had small parts in commercials, and big parts in independent and student films.  I’ve had agents, been interviewed in newspapers, magazines, radio, and on TV.  And I’ve taught classes to kids on how to do act, sing, and dance.

But I still wasn’t famous. So I decided to create some of my own work and create my own opportunities.  The year before YouTube started I produced my own TV show with my brother as co-host.  We paid for a late night infomercial spot on a local TV station and aired it for 6 months.  Suddenly people were recognizing me in the street.  Strangers would approach me and make a comment about my show!  People knew my name and wanted their picture taken with me (not many, but some). :-)  And I wanted more!

I started to hear stories of people getting famous through YouTube. I had resisted joining the site as I didn’t really get it and thought it’d be too hard to stand out among everyone else on there.  And I didn’t really see the benefit, until it started opening doors for other actors.  So, planning to use it as temporary tool to get noticed, I created a profile/channel and was on my way.  Little did I realize that it would actually change the entire path of my preconceived notions on how to get famous.

I had thought that TV and film were the only way to go. Only once I was in a TV show or in a movie would I be where I wanted to be - making a living performing and being famous.  Then I started to realize something - people were getting famous on YouTube, and staying there! This wasn’t just a path to something else, it was an industry unto itself.  YouTubers were getting huge legions of fans, expanding into blogs and live shows online and other social media.  They were making a good living at it and enjoying the flexibility to set their own rules and do their own thing without having to please producers or worry about where the next gig would come from.  And YouTube was just the beginning for all kinds of other places online to showcase myself.

So now, that’s my focus: to become famous online. I’ve spent countless hours researching how to do it, testing out different things that have or haven’t helped, and learned all kinds of things along the way while slowing achieving my goal.  And now I want to share it with you!

Have you ever wanted to be famous?  Want to know how people get noticed online?  Interested to find out how you can apply this to yourself or your business?  Or just curious to see if I can actually achieve my goal and really become famous online? Then subscribe to my rss feed and sign up for my newsletter (both at the top right) to keep track of my progress and what I’ve been doing to make it happen.

Because mark my words, I will be famous online!