YouTubers + Books = Broke Kelly

If you can’t tell by now, YouTube has recently taken over my life. It is currently my favorite social media platform and I find myself checking it more than Facebook. I subscribe to a bunch of great YouTube channels. My favorites are Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, Miranda Sings, SuperFruit, and Rhett and Link.

The only bad thing about watching these channels is that about half of the people I subscribe to are writing books. And I feel as though I need to buy all of these books. And I’ll probably end up buying all of these books.

This is exactly what YouTubers are after- my money and my support. I understand that YouTube is each of these people’s jobs and they make money posting web videos. Any other source of income is more than welcome. This is also a great way to build their brand as an individual and an online presence.

I am so glad that YouTubers are getting popular enough to write books and I can’t wait to support them and buy their books. However, I just can’t afford to spend money on seven or eight books right now! But since I am such a huge fan of these people, they sucker me in to buy their books.

Here is a list of YouTuber books that I want to buy:

Hannah Hart

Mamrie Hart

Joey Graceffa

Miranda Sings

Connor Franta

Dan and Phil

Josh Sundquist

YouTuber books I have already bought:

Grace Helbig

So, I have a long way to go, but my birthday is coming up : )

Also, check out this insightful blog post about the same subject.

Weekly Wrap Up (Talk Show Edition)

So this week all my picks are from late night talk shows. Enjoy!

Nathan Lane- Late Night with Seth Meyers
Nathan Lane laments Zayn leaving One Direction, as did I.



Alan Cumming- Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
Alan tells a funny story about Helen Mirren and Crocs.



Grace Helbig- Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
YAY GRACE! YouTubers are breaking into talk shows!! Here Grace talks about her new show.



Katie Couric- Late Late Show with James Corden
Katie Couric got James Corden GOOD with this hilarious April Fool's Day prank. 

(Two) Week Wrap Up

Here are my video picks from the last two weeks!

Catchprase on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon- This is hands down the most exciting game of Catchprase I've seen on The Tonight Show.


Are You Gonna Eat That?- Rhett and Link- This is Rhett and Link's new song after a few month long break on their other channel. They have come back in full force with this hilarious song!

Will it Shoe?- Rhett and Link- On Good Mythical Morning this week, Rhett and Link went on the journey to find out if different materials will 'shoe.' I love when they pretend they are 80 years old and have to hold each other up. 

Behind the Scenes Photo Shoot for "On the Town"- When I went to New York City over Christmas, my family saw "On the Town" and it was one of my highlights of the trip. Broadway.com did a special photo shoot with the three male leads and four dancers in the show. I loved seeing this behind the scenes footage!



Ew! with Ariana Grande- Another Jimmy Fallon original and classic- Ew! This time, Ariana Grande joins him. My favorite part is watching her and Jimmy 'break' and laugh. 

St. Patrick's Day Bonus- Seth Meyers gets drunk at a bar in NYC. Hilarity ensues. 

Weekly Wrap Up

Happy Saturday!
To try and keep up my blog, I'm going to start doing a "Week Wrap Up." This will include any number of YouTube videos, songs, funny websites, and anything interesting I've come across during the week. Here are my YouTube-heavy picks this week! Hopefully I'll come up with a better name for this too...

Hozier-Acoustic Take me to Church 

I know, I know. We all know and love and are kind of getting tired of this song. But, this video gives it new life and is definitely worth a listen. 

Buzzfeed's "Mexicans try Taco Bell for the first time"

I love a good Buzzfeed video, and I love this series that they do. Also check out the "Chinese people try Panda Express." 

Miranda Sings- Thinking Out Loud 

I've just recently become a "Mir-fan-da" and gotten hooked on watching her videos. She has a very different type of humor that's not for everyone, but I think she is just hilarious. Here is her cover of Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud."

Bonus: The real Ed Sheeran music video. Also a great watch. 

Check in next week for my picks!

Hello Again + Infographic

Hello again! 

Sorry I've been away for a while! Since my class ended, I haven't really kept up with my blog. But, I thought a good "coming home" post would be the revealing of the infographic I just made! Check it out!

Ferguson and Twitter

A very informative BuzzFeed article illustrates how Twitter was used during the Michael Brown grand jury decision.

These are geotagged tweets that either mentioned Ferguson or used #Ferguson. BuzzFeed points out that the usage significantly increases around 8:30 when the decision was released. “There were over 3.5 million tweets about the Ferguson decision Monday night.”

I think it is incredible to put this Twitter use into an illustration. Of course, Twitter is still used to share opinions about Ferguson, even after this grand jury decision. I see at least one tweet on my timeline every day about Ferguson. It will be interesting to see the role Twitter plays in this current event.

Universities: Who is their target audience?

That’s a trick question! Universities have target audiences. Reading Chapter 14 of “Measure What Matters” by Katie Payne made me stop and think about just how many audiences colleges have to think about.

Payne lists the following as the “typical audiences” (211) of higher education:

Faculty, staff, deans, alumnae, students, parents, prospective students, parents of prospective students, donors, federal government, state government, local elected officials, local community, local media, national media and trade media

That's a pretty hefty list. I can't think of a company that has this many different groups of people to target.

I never stopped and thought of all these audiences, their different “needs, wants, expectations and desires” (210) and how the university must respond to them. Each of these groups are different ages, have different levels of education, varying salaries, etc.

Identifying these groups is the first step in measuring programs at the higher education level. After identifying, the college must prioritize the audiences. All of these audiences mean measuring their responses as well. No wonder college PR departments are so busy!