Fiesta Movement

I feel so behind! I'd been checking out the Fiesta Movement page and found that almost everyone has created or tweaked their current blogs to revolve around the Fiesta Movement.

Wait...wait. What am I talking about, you say? I'm talking about the contest I joined back in the middle of March. This contest topped it all in my opinion. 100 "agents", they called 'em, had a chance to test drive and promote a 2011 Ford Fiesta for 6 months. Free gas. Free insurance. It's just you, a free car, and a mission each month to go out and promote the vehicle.

But the agents sounded the most interesting of all. Ford wasn't looking for TV celebrities, nor were they looking for the common people of the world. They were looking for top notch social networking internet stars. They needed people that could tell a story to their following online of their adventures and experiences with the car, no matter what they be.

Tia told me about the contest in February but I was still a bit iffy of the whole thing. We had to create a 3-5 minute YouTube video explaining yourself and why you would be a good agent for the Fiesta Movement, along with filling out an application online. There were about 10 videos already "favorited" on the site and after watching them I felt a bit nervous. How could I create an awesome submission video in the time alotted? The videos were good!

Then it hit me. Remember these videos?























Champura had helped me with these videos. I thought they were pretty awesome so I got him to join me on this mission to become an agent. We went and created the best video I'd ever submitted to YouTube. Take a gander.



It took about 2 straight weeks to prepare for. I had to get up early on my days off to record, get my business speech class to help record, stay up late on Skype calls, and drive my sister everywhere so I could get all my recording clips in as quickly as I could. It was quite a relief to have it finished that I almost forgot to actually apply for the contest.

As the deadline started gaining, fiestamovement YouTube vids started accumulating. 300...400...500...all the way up to almost 600 videos submitted by the deadline. In all there were about 4000 submissions, including straight applications without a video. This got me extremely nervous. Only 100 agents in the United States were going to be picked. The percentage was getting lower and lower by each passing day.

March 30, 2009


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We were going to have a training conference in Austin but that shortly after got cancelled due to the small amount of winners in the southwest region of the US (there were 3 of us down here) so they told us to choose another conference region. I chose Seattle. I'll be leaving May 1 for the 2-day conference and flying back May 2. I know the conference is going to be awesome but I still don't know what all to expect and what will be in store for me in the next 6 months!

So look forward to it! YouTube, Justin.tv, and Twitter are going to be my main mediums for this adventure. The car is awesome and I can't wait to meet others sharing the same experience!









Have comments/questions/concerns regarding me or the Fiesta Movement? Email me at jane.ds.tv[at]gmail.com. Thanks!