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WHAT'S INSIDE?
T H E S T O R Y O F
AND THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
TODAY'S
AGENDA
Who am I?
Share "What's
Inside?" story
What is the
power of
video?
Q & A
Husband, father to three amazing
kids, and avid BYU fan.
C R E A T O R O F
W H A T ' S I N S I D E
Grew up in Sandy, Utah
Served a two year LDS Mission in the Philippines 
Biotech Sales Representative for 11 years 
Graduated from Arizona State University with a
Bachelors in Global Business
DAN
MARKHAM
1,000
Subscribers
APRIL '15
$4 in one day
DEC '14
What's Inside?
is created
JAN '15
First Videos
Posted
JAN '14
H I S T O R Y O F
1K
JULY 2015
What's Inside Videos begin to go "Viral"
100,000
A U G U S T 2 0 1 5
S U B S C R I B E R S
NOVEMBER 2015
FIRST MILLION VIEWS IN 48 HOURS
5.5 MILLION VIEWS
What's Inside the
Silver Play Button?
“Easy the best opening sequence of any video
so far, and a title that delivers what it
promises. Even throws in a cute, non-
threatening father/son bonding storyline for
the masses. Everything a viral video should
be.” -GQ
THE #3 MOST VIRAL VIDEO OF 2016!
Got'em
March 2016
TODAY
4.9 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS
650 MILLION VIEWS
166 VIDEOS
#436 IN THE WORLD
Digital ad expenditures surpassed TV for
the first time in 2016, and the gap will
widen by roughly $10 billion this year.
Traditional vs Digital
Advertising Shift
BRANDS
S O M E O F O U R S P O N S O R E D P A R T N E R S :
C O M P A N Y . C O M
Brand Awareness
FIDGET CUBEYETI MUG
5.9+ million views 16+ million views
Amazon Affiliate Results
Clicks - 668,777
Orders: 16,369
Shipped Items Revenue:
$160,755.98
Amazon Affiliate Results
Clicks - 131,967
Shipped Items Revenue:
$36,520.92
What makes it work?
Edutainment: Educational and Entertaining
Family Friendly or "Brand Safe"
Authentic
Optimized for the Algorithm
What's Inside the Gold Play Button?
C A S E Y N E I S T A T &
W H A T ' S I N S I D E
COLLABORATION
INSIGHTS
Results
Launched June 21 2016
13.3 million views vs 4.3 million views
Long Runway
OUR
SNAPCHAT
GEO FILTER
FOR VIDCON
2017
We spent $250 dollars and
reached over 540,000 fans.
YouTube Tips:
Post Regularly
SEO: Title, Description, Captions
Be Authentic
Try Different things to find what works.
Collaborate to Bring in New Audiences
GIVE CREATORS
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
AMAZING CONTENT.
POSITIVE RESULTS WILL
FOLLOW.
@@@WhatsInsideThings
@WhatsInside
@WhatsInside
My Email: Dan@Whatsinside.It
Q&A

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