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This was fun.
Fall Catch-up. Let’s go.
This blogging thing is fun, but it’s been taking some diligence to keep up with it ;)
Quite a few awesome things have happened this Fall. Honestly the best thing is Fall itself. I love it. There’s no unbearable heat or annoying snow, and the frequent rains of Spring are a distant memory. What I don’t understand is why I always start to care more about fitness in the Fall. Strange right? Perhaps it’s because the air is cooler and less sweating happens (and less sweat stays due to one’s lack of A/C at home…)
Now let’s talk about what’s going on.
- KO Cancer // I’m honored that I have been asked to participate in the KO Cancer Celebrity Boxing event this year. My opponent will be none other than my very good friend and STATUS CREATIVE co-founder, Jeff Barrett. It should be a pretty good match-up. The event is the brainchild of Frank Perez, who is presenting the event under Frank’s Knockout Fitness. You can buy tickets to attend the November 19th event at the JW Marriott Grand Rapids by clicking right here.
- TOP 40 UNDER 40 // Now this is a crazy-huge honor for me. My business partner and fellow GR LipDub Executive Producer, Rob Bliss, nominated me for the Grand Rapids Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40. They decided to recognize me and it’s so cool. The reception event is tonight, and if you want to go click here. You can browse through the special issue below and read about 2011’s coolest West Michigan business people Under 40:
- IDA President’s Award // This is older news, but it’s still really cool. The D.C.-based International Downtown Association honored the Grand Rapids LipDub Video, along with the Grand Rapids Downtown Alliance, with its President’s Award on September 24th. GR Downtown Alliance Executive Director, Sharon Evoy, and I flew to Charlotte to accept the award. She’s such an awesome lady and we had a lot of fun in North Carolina that weekend. (mLive.com / GR Press write-up).
Grand Rapids LipDub: (Updated) Detailed Aftermath
We released the Grand Rapids LipDub Video, via YouTube. So far, we’ve amassed an amazing 2.4 Million views. On our release date, we ranked #9 on the Top-Viewed videos on the YouTube charts. Our method? Grass roots via social media. The link to our video has been shared on Facebook almost 254,000 times.
But it’s important to note that these YouTube views don’t arrive alone–they have all been accompanied by rave reviews, thumbs up, and most importantly: praise of Grand Rapids. There’s no arguing. The true success of this video is that of Grand Rapids. Where else would something like this been possible. Sure, I smile to myself when I think about what we accomplished–and how deliberately we did it, but in the end I say to myself, “man, I love Grand Rapids!”
And as many know, this video was–in part– a response to the Newsweek article that listed Grand Rapids as #10, in a top-10 list of “dying U.S. cities.” Our fans stated bombarding the Newsweek Facebook page, and–almost immediately–Newsweek responded, (story here).
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The international media has been very kind, too. Roger Ebert went so far as to say that the GRLipDub was “the best music video ever made.” The band OK Go, famous for their elaborate one-shot music videos, posted it to their Facebook wall, and Rachel Maddow posted us on her Blog, as her choice for “the Friday Awesome.” Our former Governor of Michigan, also tweeted our video link and tweeted Director Rob Bliss personally.
Our story was also featured on ABC World News, as the residents of Grand Rapids were named People of the Week.
NPR picked us up from Michgan Radio, and aired a story about us on All Things Considered.
We were also covered, embedded or reposted by Inside Edition, New York Magazine, The Daily Mail (London), The Dennis Miller Show, CBS News, Yahoo!, Sports Illustrated, MSNBC, Mashable.com, Business Insider, Adweek.com, Gawker.com, and The Detroit Free Press.
The story has been picked up by major media outlets in Germany, New Zealand, China, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Brazil, Australia, and countless other countries across the globe–including dozens and dozens of local TV stations and newspapers.
Being a bit biased, my favorite was being interviewed by indieWIRE.com, one of the oldest and most respected web-publications in the Independent Film and Film Business community.
All-in-all, it’s been a great week so far. Many people congratulate me, my mom is proud of me, and I’m a happy camper. Nevertheless, I’m still stricken with–what I call–entrepreneur angst. I have a feeling that this feeling will pass soon. Very soon. Why am I confident of this? Let’s just say a STATUS update will be coming next week.
And it’s an exciting one.
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Welcome to the official website of Scott Erickson, a recognized leader in entertainment and the Executive Producer of The Grand Rapids LipDub Video--called "The Greatest Music Video ever made," by the late Roger Ebert.
Scott Erickson founded corporate video production company "SEF video" in 2010 and independent record label "Diligent Music" in 2011. In May of 2013, "Renovation Raiders" airs on HGTV--created by Scott Erickson and Kevin Budzynski.
Scott considers himself a "professional goofball," and works regularly as an actor/host, speaker, writer, exec. producer/producer, comedian, lyricist/songwriter (ASCAP) and performs as the rapper "Due Diligence," as well as memberships in "The Bookends" and "The Hipster News." This professional goofball also holds the world record for the "highest basketball free throw from a helicopter."
Reporters and editors at CBS News, CNN, Daily Mail, Der Spiegel, ESPN, Fox News, Gawker, Good Morning America, Huffington Post, Mashable, Tech Crunch, The Today Show, INDIEwire.com and more were either fired or instantly promoted for including Scott in their work. Click these words to see press featuring Scott.
Here is a list of people / groups that have recognized our professional goofball for stuff:
- Grand Rapids Business Journal: Top 40 Under Forty for "Top 40 Under Forty Business Leaders" (2011-2012)
- PRNewswire: Earnie Award for "Best use of video in social media" (2011)
- International Downtown Association: President's Award for "Most Creative Use of a Downtown" (2011)
- ABC World News Tonight: Person of the Week with the City of Grand Rapids Michigan, for "GR LipDub" (2011)
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