Rhett and Link are a huge YouTube sensation today with thousands of dedicated followers and their own merchandise. This comedic duo has been together since first grade and still remain the best of friends now. What started out as their own website in 2005, Rhett and Link made hilarious videos, usually satirical songs that had perfect harmony and humor. However, when YouTube started, their videos became more viewed. In 2007, the duo gained over 800,000 views in just a few months (a feat that is extremely impressive, considering that this was the really early days of YouTube). This video, The Facebook Song, proved to be their most popular video (now at 17 million views today). In addition to them being one of the first viral videos, they also are one of the few channels that has been around for the entirety of YouTube’s life. Another part of their lucrative business is their daily show, Good Mythical Morning, which is a 20 minute long morning talk show filled with crazy food taste tests and lots of competitions.
What makes Rhett and Link such amazing millennial entrepreneurs is their dedication to their customers, and their desire to keep being creative with their skits. Additionally, they have found a way to create something they love and that pays the bills for them and their families. With that in mind, they also have gained a large fan base, giving them the ability to sell merchandise and write books (both of which fly off the internet shelves). All through the process, they remain humble about their success. With their success, they promise to increase their humor and quality, both of which have definitely improved. Rhett and Link truly are national treasures and deserve recognition for all of their hard work. With classic (and mostly clean) humor, they are a joy to watch and laugh at.
I think more and more today we can find people becoming successful through social media. Whether it is You Tube, Vine, or Instagram many people are finding their big breaks in entertainment and business through these platforms. I think millennial entrepreneurs are thriving because they best know how to utilize these new tools and use them in a way that gets people attention.
I love these guys. They show how sometimes it doesn’t require a lot of money to be successful. Also that just doing the thing that you love can be rewarding and you can make a business out of it.
Wow, these guys were really YouTubers before YouTubers were a thing. Excellent example of how you can figure out ways to make money just by being personable and authentically yourself, as eccentric and weird as that might be. Definitely a sign of new avenues for making profit.
These two were among the first you tubers I had ever heard of. They have been on the platform for a very long time now and a diverse amount of content to entertain. Youtube has been shown to work out for people in the past and definitely will continue to to that throughout the future.