Are these Vloggers just a scam? SOL or Shmee etc? (Vol. 3)
Discussion
t.WarrenB said:
SOL's latest video featuring freestyle football...
Also mentions that his first road trip is coming up at the end of March and he needs to find a supercar. Surely his Lambo must be near enough done by now?
Yeah surely the plan would be to use the supercar you bought unless you're so worried about the milage...Also mentions that his first road trip is coming up at the end of March and he needs to find a supercar. Surely his Lambo must be near enough done by now?
JontyR said:
So yes you can go for an analogy of mass selling, and it worked for Cabbage patch kids or Tamagotchi but where are they now?
Dunno about Cabbage Patch Kids, but Tamagotchis were made by Bandai, now Bandai Namco, who are now the largest toy company in the world and worth several billion quid.
johnwilliams77 said:
WarrenB said:
SOL's latest video featuring freestyle football...
Also mentions that his first road trip is coming up at the end of March and he needs to find a supercar. Surely his Lambo must be near enough done by now?
Yeah surely the plan would be to use the supercar you bought unless you're so worried about the milage...Also mentions that his first road trip is coming up at the end of March and he needs to find a supercar. Surely his Lambo must be near enough done by now?
Patrick-Peter said:
Doesn't Sol still have the Ferrari 458 as well as his Lambo?
Who knows anymore. There's no continuity in the videos. This year we've had a tie in with a gym, then an Aventador he'd buy (but can't), an electric car challenge that was as exciting as cardboard, a comparison between a Focus RS and an ST, a boat in Dubai and now a football keepie uppie video. I really want him to get back into the groove again, he was one of the first automotive YouTubers I subscribed to years ago and it's not good to see the channel go the way it is. He did say he's going for quality over quantity video wise, but at the moment I don't think there's either.
WarrenB said:
Patrick-Peter said:
Doesn't Sol still have the Ferrari 458 as well as his Lambo?
Who knows anymore. There's no continuity in the videos. This year we've had a tie in with a gym, then an Aventador he'd buy (but can't), an electric car challenge that was as exciting as cardboard, a comparison between a Focus RS and an ST, a boat in Dubai and now a football keepie uppie video. I really want him to get back into the groove again, he was one of the first automotive YouTubers I subscribed to years ago and it's not good to see the channel go the way it is. He did say he's going for quality over quantity video wise, but at the moment I don't think there's either.
jayemm89 said:
I really feel for Paul - I desperately wanted him to get proper usage out of that Lambo, and knowing the history of it a few thousand miles extra on it couldn't have hurt. I'd have been tempted to do it before the respray too and leave that until he sold it!
I do hope he can get it back soon and make some content with it. When he does stuff he’s passionate about he makes great contentCatchpole. Singer 911. Cali roads.
https://youtu.be/ogsV9LbDgOM
Content like that is so good, it doesn’t make me want to give up YouTube, it makes me want to be better. Improve. It inspires.
https://youtu.be/ogsV9LbDgOM
Content like that is so good, it doesn’t make me want to give up YouTube, it makes me want to be better. Improve. It inspires.
Beefmeister said:
Catchpole. Singer 911. Cali roads.
https://youtu.be/ogsV9LbDgOM
Content like that is so good, it doesn’t make me want to give up YouTube, it makes me want to be better. Improve. It inspires.
Amazing. Doesn't get better than that car on those roads.https://youtu.be/ogsV9LbDgOM
Content like that is so good, it doesn’t make me want to give up YouTube, it makes me want to be better. Improve. It inspires.
Shmee said:
This has of course been discussed at length here and elsewhere, however it can't get more simple than this analogy.
If you have a high street shop selling two different types of products; item A that you personally like and item B that you don't care for. Your customers are flocking to buy item B and they are selling like hotcakes, yet nobody really wants to buy item A despite your efforts other than a few really vocal tyre-kicking customers.
Do you: 1) Stick to your guns and only excessively stock up on item A because it's what you believe they should be buying even though they aren't. Or do you 2) Put as much of item B on the shelves because you can make huge sales and your business will make much larger profits. Or 3) Listen to forum users of Pistonheads because how could data and analytics possible be correct
It's easy to forget that Shmee is the character that I, Tim, choose to present for the optimisation of the business that I am running. Of course that is never going to be to everybody's tastes, but nor is it supposed to be, and the general demographic of Pistonheads is far and wide from what I am going for. The content is carefully calculated, planned, scripted and published to find the balance that my team and I choose as the route to go down which is more one of informed entertainment and not one of being a technical car journalist. The stats don't lie, we have a very good idea of who is following and watching on a global scale. The world does not revolve around purely the users of PH, or even just the UK, it is a much, much bigger place and fortunately it's proving to be very successful the way it is.
Love these insights, Tim, thanks for posting. I've found that when you run a highly visible enterprise, outside commentators often think they could be doing it better. It just seems to go with the territory. As you have proved over the last decade, you have turned what I guess was probably more of a hobby at the start into a full time, highly successful business. Congratulations, I find your work-rate impressive, if slightly bewildering to be honest, there's no way I could keep that tempo up for so long! I hope you find time to enjoy the spoils along the way..If you have a high street shop selling two different types of products; item A that you personally like and item B that you don't care for. Your customers are flocking to buy item B and they are selling like hotcakes, yet nobody really wants to buy item A despite your efforts other than a few really vocal tyre-kicking customers.
Do you: 1) Stick to your guns and only excessively stock up on item A because it's what you believe they should be buying even though they aren't. Or do you 2) Put as much of item B on the shelves because you can make huge sales and your business will make much larger profits. Or 3) Listen to forum users of Pistonheads because how could data and analytics possible be correct
It's easy to forget that Shmee is the character that I, Tim, choose to present for the optimisation of the business that I am running. Of course that is never going to be to everybody's tastes, but nor is it supposed to be, and the general demographic of Pistonheads is far and wide from what I am going for. The content is carefully calculated, planned, scripted and published to find the balance that my team and I choose as the route to go down which is more one of informed entertainment and not one of being a technical car journalist. The stats don't lie, we have a very good idea of who is following and watching on a global scale. The world does not revolve around purely the users of PH, or even just the UK, it is a much, much bigger place and fortunately it's proving to be very successful the way it is.
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