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网上晒血拼,“炫货”能致富

2013-07-17byReemaKhrais

疯狂英语·中学版 2013年5期
关键词:阿比美金凯特

by Reema Khrais

If you dont quite understand what haul videos are, heres a taste.

(sound bite of videos)

Girl #1: Hey guys.

Girl #2: Hi guys.

Girl #3: So I got this pair of shoes. I also picked up a few tops[上衣].

Girl #4: I got this 1)tank top.

Girl #5: So I got this 2)maroon 3)lace colored dress.

Girl #6: Look how cute this top is.

Girl #7: So cute.

Girl #8: Oh, yay.

如果你不太清楚什么是炫货视频,以下就是一例:

(视频录音片段)

女生1:嘿,各位。

女生2:姑娘们,嗨。

女生3:我买了这双鞋子,还挑了几件上衣。

女生4:我买了这件背心。

女生5:我买了这条栗色蕾丝裙。

女生6:看看这件上衣多漂亮。

女生7:真漂亮。

女生8:喔耶!

They call themselves beauty 4)gurus, and no detail is too minor for them to broadcast to the world.

Abigail Moscaritolo: This was on sale for $20 with 70% off, so you do the math, like 50% off is$10. So its less than $10.

Thats Abby Moscaritolo. Shes 19 and buys all of those 5)adorable tops out of her own pocket. In fact, her parents only recently found out about her haul videos and none of her close friends know.

Moscaritolo: Im a very, very shy person, not the type of person that would put themselves out on the Internet.

But clearly, shes not shy when it comes to fashion. Apparently, a lot of teens arent.

Lisa Green: Haul videos are big and they are growing.

Thats Lisa Green, head of industry, fashion and 6)luxury brands at Google.

Green: We actually now have over 700,000 haul videos on YouTube and thats up from only 150,000 in 2010.

You can thank hauler 7)rookies like Abby for those rising numbers. Theyre 8)emulating their favorite and most successful haulers, like this one.

(sound bite of video)

Caitlin Ellsworth: Hello, everyone. So today, Im going to be...

Thats Glamourista16. Her real name is Caitlin Ellsworth and shes been hauling for three years.

Shes actually one of Abbys idols. So I recently introduced the two. Caitlin, meet Abby. Abby, meet Caitlin. Moscaritolo: Hi.

Ellsworth: Hi. Nice to meet you.

Moscaritolo: Oh, Im a big fan, by the way. Like, I love your videos. It is so awesome to actually get to talk to you. Its so cool. Ellsworth: Oh, thank you.

Caitlin has tens of thousands of fans. So many trust her sense of style that now makeup and clothing companies ask her to do haul videos, and thats 9)snowballed to things like product deals and 10)sponsorship offers.

Ellsworth: You can definitely make a lot. And, you know, some girls are making six 11)figures. It can definitely be a really good job.

Caitlin works with more than 15 companies. In most cases, fashion and makeup 12)retailers 13)approach her with a deal. They say, hey, if you make a video a month featuring our product, well let you keep it and pay you X-amount.

Ellsworth: For me, its not an 14)incentive just to get free products. I love trying new things and I think its fun.

Lately, shes been trying a lot of new things from Windsor clothing. The fashion retailer doesnt pay Caitlin, but gives her 15)license to pick out and keep whatever 16)outfits she chooses. Evelyn Campos, with Windsor, says they started 17)relying on haulers as a marketing tool during tough 18)economic times. Evelyn Campos: We needed a way to reach out to our 19)customers without having a huge 20)marketing 21)budget. And we felt that this was right up our 22)alley with our 23)target 24)demographic. So we reached out to Glamourista16 and we started from there.

And it worked. Check out this 25)stat. According to a Google study, four out of ten people, 40%, who watch haul videos will end up 26)virtually or physically visiting whatever store is 27)mentioned. 28)Statistically speaking, thats huge, and its exactly what Caitlin needs if shes going to reach her big dream.

Ellsworth: Im currently working on, you know, expanding my name and I definitely want to have my own beauty business, whether that be with makeup or fashion or whatever...

Making it to the fashion big 29)leagues isnt impossible, but it wont be easy. Only a handful of haulers have 30)pulled that one out of the bag.

她们自诩为美丽教主,对她们来说,任何细节都是值得与全世界分享的大事。

阿比盖尔·莫斯卡里托洛:这件衣服正减价呢,20美金打三折。你们可以算一算,半价就是10美金,所以现在不到10美金就能买到。

那是阿比·莫斯卡里托洛。这位19岁女孩所有可爱的衣服都是用她自己的零花钱买的。事实上,其父母直到最近才看到她的炫货视频,而她的闺蜜当中没有一个人知道这件事。

莫斯卡里托洛:我忒内向,不是那种会将自己的事情一股脑全发布到网上去的人。

不过很显然,一旦谈及时尚,她就一点都不内向了。很多青少年似乎都是这样。

莉萨·格林:炫货视频数量庞大,而且还在不断增加。

这位是莉萨·格林,她在谷歌公司担任产业、时尚及奢侈品牌部总监。

格林:事实上,如今YouTube上的炫货视频已经超过七十多万条;而在2010年,这类短片只有十五万条。

这个增幅也多亏了阿比这样的炫货新手。他们模仿着自己喜欢的炫货达人,例如以下这位:

(视频录音片段)

凯特琳·埃尔斯沃思:大家好。今天,我准备……

这位是“魅力斯塔16”,她的真名是凯特琳·埃尔斯沃思,炫货史长达三年。其实她正

是阿比的偶像之一,于是我最近介绍她俩认识了。凯

特琳,这位是阿比。阿比,这位是凯特琳。

莫斯卡里托洛:你好。

埃尔斯沃思:你好,很高兴认识你。

莫斯卡里托洛:喔,顺便说一句,我是你的铁杆粉丝。我很喜欢你的视频,能真正和你聊上天实在太棒了,真是棒极了。

埃尔斯沃思:噢,谢谢。

凯特琳有成千上万的粉丝。她的时尚感备受信赖,以致现在有多家化妆品以及服饰公司请她录制炫货视频。然后就像滚雪球一样,(很多商家)纷纷上门提供产品,争当赞助商。

埃尔斯沃思:你确实可以从中大赚一笔。你知道,有些女孩能赚到六位数。这确实是一份很棒的工作。

现在有超过15家公司正与凯特琳合作。大多数情况下,时装美容零售商会带着合约来找她。他们表示,只要你每个月制作一个介绍我们一款产品的视频,那款产品就归你了,我们还会给你多少多少钱。埃尔斯沃思:对我来说,促使我(这样做)的不仅仅是可以享受到免费的产品。我喜欢尝新,这对我来说就是一种乐趣。

最近,她试穿了许多温莎服装公司的东西。这家时装公司并没有给凯特琳付钱,不过无论她挑中哪些衣服,都可以留为己用。温莎公司的伊夫琳·坎波斯表示,在经济困难时期,他们开始依靠炫货族作为营销工具。

伊夫琳·坎波斯:我们需要一种无需庞大的营销预算就能接触到消费者的方式。我们觉得(炫货)这种现象针对的就是我们的目标消费群,与我们目标一致。于是我们联系到“魅力斯塔16”,合作由此展开。

而这种合作确实有效。看看以下的数据吧:一项谷歌调查指出,在炫货视频的观众当中,每十个人中就有四人——也就是40%的观众——在看完视频后会在线上访问或者亲身前往视频中提及的店铺。从统计学上而言,这是一个很大的比例。如果凯特琳打算实现她那远大的梦想,这正是她需要的东西。

埃尔斯沃思:你知道,我正致力于扩大自己的名气,我很想拥有自己的装扮品牌,无论是化妆还是时装等等……

要成为时尚大牌并非绝无可能,不过谈何容易,只有一小撮炫货族能够在最后取得成功。

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