Thank you, Punisher! I also love the other guys that share the complete class videos as it gives me a chance to see iron and venues that I don't get to see because I'm busy with my own filming. The internet truly is a wonderful thing. John Murray Two-time Pedal Pull World Champion Let's Go Pulling, covering the sport of pulling in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Watch LGP on YouTube Like LGP on Facebook 
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One YouTube personality that I follow--not pulling related--figured his earnings on a multiple-million view video to be about $0.008 per view. John Murray Two-time Pedal Pull World Champion Let's Go Pulling, covering the sport of pulling in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Watch LGP on YouTube Like LGP on Facebook
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We were making about $0.0035 per view. Kind of jealous and John making $0.008. That is roughly $3500 per million views. And we have over 15 Million views and 50 Million minutes watched in 7 years. That is $43,000 on YouTube and about $35,000 on Facebook. For those of you who don't know I was a government contractor and now I am not. It cost so much to live here about 25 miles south of DC. We are Barely Getting By to borrow the name from one of our favorite Pro Stocks. We have 8 more years to get the kids sent off on their lives and then we can move and get into an easier cost of living literally anywhere in the world but here. I am a stay at home dad now and take the kids to school and pick them up afterward. I do anything pulling related I can think of to stay in this business. We have skipped meals, oil changes, going on anniversary trips, we stopped giving gifts to each other trying to save money. We give the kids a little something to let me know we think the world of them. But we have sacrificed a lot to be able to bring pulling to your living rooms.
I spend anywhere from $8,000 to 10,000 every year promoting events both of my money and promoter's funds I am entrusted with. It costs a lot to keep butts in the seats. And if the crowd isn't as big as you would like it to be, I am sorry. I film late sometimes until 1 or 2 o'clock and most crowds bailout by 10 PM. And I know I film on the same sides as the crowds. It isn't that there is a crowd, it is that the side I am on is the safest to be on. Will Whitt 703-626-4131 will@willwhitt.com WWPTV Video    
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For my Mid-South videos, I post every hook in the class--whether they go 30 foot or 300 foot--with distances at the end of every run.Then a complete rundown at the end of the video with a slow-mo replay of the winning hook. John Murray Two-time Pedal Pull World Champion Let's Go Pulling, covering the sport of pulling in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Watch LGP on YouTube Like LGP on Facebook
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I also enjoy a well put together class video, or winners video. But like Brent said in a previous post, trying to do complete class videos can take some serious time, especially when you start including drivers names, distances, etc.
It takes about 45 minutes to an hour for me to do a winners video. That's from importing the videos into a previously used template, typing out everyone's info and distances, getting transitions and everything lined up, previewing the video and making sure things are spelled right, and it flows correctly. Then, depending on video length, it can take up to 20+ minutes for it to render into the final product, and another 15-20 minutes to upload to YouTube or Facebook.. If I don't have any driver info or results, then I can whip out a class video pretty quick. Thank you to the other guys who like watching an entire pull through a 2" screen, it is appreciated by many! --- 
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Chris and his daughter Shayleigh joined the WWPTV team a number of years ago. Funny story, they have my very first camera a Canon G20. I told them I can upgrade him, but they don't want to turn it in. They had some weather issues this year and a lot of farming to do so they didn't get as much content as they would have liked. We will light a fire under them for 2020!
Thank you for these kind words. Will Whitt 703-626-4131 will@willwhitt.com WWPTV Video
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