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RichardGaleFilms is October’s YouTube Partner On The Rise!

Congrats to Richard Gale from RichardGaleFilms, which is YouTube’s “On The Rise” spotlight partner this October. Richard’s channel is featured today on the YouTube homepage, thanks to your support and his strong channel optimization efforts.

A three-time Emmy award winner, Richard has been writing, directing, and producing films and TV shows for decades. His work spans a variety of genres including documentaries, suspense thrillers, parodies and comedy, as well as horror. Richard’s most recent project, the comedic horror short film, ‘The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon,’ has received multiple film festival awards and driven his YouTube viewership as well. The short film’s legacy lives on in a YouTube mini-series about the main character, Jack, and you'll just have to check out the channel to see how the story evolves.



Here are a few words from Richard himself:

I became a YouTube partner almost by accident--as a filmmaker making shorts for film festivals, I had a 10-minute comedy about a killer with a spoon (Horribly Slow Murderer) that had completed its festival run, and I uploaded it to hopefully give it some additional exposure. To my astonishment, the short went viral, and was seen by more people in one day than in a year of film festivals. So we expanded the story into a series, and it continues to develop a dedicated following. We are extremely grateful to all of our awesome fans and supporters, who voted for our channel and continue to enjoy our films. Thank you!!!!! We've got exciting things on the horizon, so stay spooned!

If you’ve enjoyed this monthly On The Rise blog series and want to see more rising YouTube partners, check out our On The Rise channel. Keep an eye out for next month’s blog post, as your channel may be the next one On The Rise!

Christine Wang and Devon Storbeck, YouTube Content Partnerships, recently watched “Please Move The Deer Crossing.”

beach pumpkins

I come from a surfing family (and I am married to a surfer) so for my final fall pumpkin project I couldn't resist creating a few whimsical beach themed pumpkins! 








For those who have asked what I do with my pumpkins- I actually use them through November in home decor, I will also use them as a center piece on the table and even give them away to friends and family. 

For those who have asked if its sad to throw them out when the time comes- the answer is no. I actually love creating art/craft that is temporary. There is something quite beautiful to me about a creative project that have a shelf life!


Here is run down of all the pumpkins tutorials over the years. Its been a blast getting creative with such a simple materials and I can't wait for more fun with pumpkins next year!

1. black and white pumpkins 2. finger painted pumpkins 3. pattern pumpkins 4. geometric pumpkins 5. sketchbook pumpkins 6. messy pumpkins 7. pretty painted pumpkins

Ads Worth Spreading

I’m often asked what makes an ad great. For anyone managing a business, they will often tell me a great ad is one that drives sales for the brand.  And while driving sales is usually the business objective, I think many of us would agree as consumers, that a lot of the ads we see are effective but they are not truly great and worth spreading. At times, we discover an ad that helps build the brand, helps drive sales and inspires something deeper and more meaningful in the world in which we live. One of my favorite examples right now is this ad from Coca-Cola.

Clearly, something deeper than just sales must be considered.  How can you get people to truly take notice your brand?  Rally a community around your ideas?  How can you shape a movement that is both commercially successful and adds value to the world?  In the words of TED curator Chris Anderson, how do you create ads so good that people choose to watch and share?

TED Ads Worth Spreading exists to bring clarity to these questions, and award those that transcend typical advertising by developing content with a greater purpose - ads that can spark change, raise awareness or create new ways of thinking.

For the third year, YouTube has teamed up with TED to support their Ads Worth Spreading initiative, a global search for the 10 most compelling ad campaigns of the year.  The challenge reinforces TED’s overall mission of “ideas worth spreading” and YouTube’s belief in connecting brand’s ads with the people that will love them the most.

To help answer the question of what makes ads great, today TED released a report summarizing the findings from Ads Worth Spreading to date.  

For some great examples of what ads can be, check out this playlist  of the 10 of the winning ads from last year’s program, as well as interviews with the winners.  We are very excited to be part of this program again, and look forward to sharing the 2013 winners when they are announced at the annual TED conference in February.

Lucas Watson, VP Video Sales, recently watched “The Donation Army”.

after the rain

The election seen around the world on YouTube

Throughout the 2012 election, we’ve been bringing the most important events of the political calendar to you on YouTube, no matter where you are in the world or how you’re accessing the internet. As we enter the final days of this election, people across the U.S. -- and the world -- are watching.

Live streamed on YouTube for the first time in 2012, the Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates of the past month were viewed live by people in 215 countries and territories around the world. In total, the four debates drew 24 million views on YouTube.

While the U.S. was the clear leader in live stream views, people from Portugal to Paraguay, Australia to Austria watched Obama and Romney go head to head live on YouTube. Below is the breakdown of countries with the most viewership of the debate live streams: 

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Australia
4. New Zealand
5. United Kingdom
6. Mexico
7. Brazil
8. Singapore
9. Japan
10. France

The worldwide interest didn’t stop with the live streams. The New York Times’ uploads of the first three debates have seen close to 13 million views, making them the most-viewed videos on their channel ever. Outside the United States, these videos have been viewed most heavily in the U.K, Canada, India, Germany, Australia and France -- with almost half the views coming from outside the U.S.

From the beginning of the 2012 election, we’ve seen people from all corners of the world watch and comment on the race. Now, as the final moments tick by, it’s becoming even clearer that no matter where you live, you can access the most important moments of the election on the YouTube Elections Hub. Tune in on Election Night (November 6) during primetime for real-time results and full live coverage from eight different partners including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Phil DeFranco, Al Jazeera, Univision, ABC News and Larry King.

Ramya Raghavan, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched “Complete Third Presidential Debate.”

What I Learned from Ann Voskamp at Allume Last Year

Early tomorrow morning I'm returning to the Allume conference so if my blog is a little quiet over the next few days you'll know why. Last year it was called Relevant 11, but the name has since changed.

I just got back from the pharmacy where I picked up a few travel-sized items. I'm finishing up a few things on my to-do list including a few loads of laundry, and tonight I'll head to bed early to catch an early morning flight to Pensylvania!

This year, I'm excited about meeting a few new friends including Gina from Keepin' it Real, Lisa from Club 31 Women, Fawn from The Happy Wives Club, Sheila from To Love Honor and Vacuum, Angela from Good Morning Girls (who I'll be rooming with) and last but not least, my agent Matt Jacobson! Oh, and the writers at The Better Mom and Roo Mag--so many wonderful friends to catch up with!

Here's a photo from us last year. This was minutes after I got off the plane, and I was wiped out. Can't you tell? LOL

From left to right: Janelle (Comfy in the Kitchen)
Clare (Peak 313 Fitness)
Ruth (The Better Mom)
And me (I had just stepped off a plane and I was exhausted and hungry!)
Obviously I was also thirsty, as you'll notice I have 3 drinks! LOL

Allume is a conference for Christian bloggers. Me along with several hundred other women gathered together in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to meet online friends, listen to some incredible speakers and eat some amazing food.

After travelling for about nine hours, the three girls above picked me up from the airport and we stopped in for dinner before heading to our hotel. This was the first time that I had ever met these women, and they were exactly the way that I imagined they would be.

There were six of us in two adjoining rooms, so the way I see it, I was blessed with five roommates for those few days: Janelle, Clare, Courtney, Ruth, and Joy (Gracefull Mama). Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of myself with Joy. Ugh--so disapointed!

From left to right: Me with my glasses on :)

Janelle (Comfy in the Kitchen)

Clare (Peak 313 Fitness)

Courtney (Women Living Well)

Me with my long-time blogging friend, Ann Voskamp from A Holy Experience

One of the highlights of my weekend was seeing Ann Voskamp again. As some of you may know, Ann and I used to write together at Christian Women Online magazine. I also attended a writing conference in Seattle with her about four years ago at which time we shared a bedroom. It's a fond memory that we both cherish. At that time neither one of us were published yet. Now Ann has gone on to be a NYT Best Selling author with her incredible book, One Thousand Gifts. I'm not surprised that God has blessed her in this way.

While at Relevant I took away an important lesson from Ann. I asked her how she managed to keep up with all of the email and inquiries from readers, while balancing her family life well. Her response is wise advice that I will definitely take to heart, "Each time we say "yes" to one more thing, we are saying no to our family."

Those words solidified the work that had been stirring in my heart for weeks already. Answering email is one thing, but what I really needed to do is to pull back from some of those projects I love in order to lend my attention to the few things God has given me to do--family and my ministry here at Time-Warp Wife are a part of those things.

I came away with a definite focus for my writing. I write to minister to the hearts of women and encourage them in their marriage, and I write to sharpen the skill the Lord gave me.

Please pray for me as I'm traveling over the next few days: that I will remain focused on The One I write for, and that He'll continue to sharpen my focus.

More of you Lord, less of me!

Me with Janelle and Clare.

You are loved by an almighty God,



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