GoPro YouTube Case Study | YouTube Advertisers Brad: Our first video hit, which was the base-jumping one. Even now I still feel my stomach hung up, turn when he flips the camera around behind him. It made us all go, "Wow." It's going to change everything. Stephen: GoPro got started in around 2003. Nick Woodman had been on a surf trip and was looking for some different ways to be able to capture he and his friends. Suzanne: This camera is the original GoPro. At the time, it was a point and shoot camera. We've evolved from there. But the whole principle inside is still the same which is really capturing life's most exciting moments and sharing them with others. We have a fanatical fanbase that will love using GoPro cameras. Stephen: Almost every week we come across a new video on YouTube that opens our eyes to a new area that we hadn't thought of. Lee: You can't ignore the amount of GoPro content that's being published on YouTube. It's crazy. Brad: Those moments are so genuine. It isn't just sports. It can be used for so many different areas. That's the part that's exciting. That's the part that's really showing where GoPro can expand. Suzanne: Whether it's sending our GoPro cameras up in the space, or it's a simple moment. I saw a woman share a hula-hoop that had a GoPro attached to it. It's really neat to see people's passion coming forward and people sharing how, when they watch that video, it inspired them to get outside and do something big with their life. Brad: What we realized through YouTube, was the best way of advertising what our camera could do was showing the content. Stephen: A lot of the consumers out there were very early on, sharing their content while tagging it as GoPro. Customers were marketing the brand for us. Brad: That is what built that momentum. We made sure that all of our videos were GoPro HD. And everyone knew exactly where it came from and what the camera was. Lee: As our views increased, we immediately saw lift in direct sales. Stephen: The YouTube has been so proactive in looking at how to work with us, truly as a partner. Lee: We've become curious about what's possible with our videos. We'll reach out and we'll initiate a strategic conversation, and they've been really receptive and supportive of those ideas. Brad: The YouTube analytics. That's something we watch all the time. We love watching our videos and watching to see where people's interest starts peaking. YouTube is a production tool, not just a viewer. Stephen: I can't imagine a world without YouTube. It's been an instrumental platform for GoPro's success. Brad: We have a following audience that is much bigger than, say, a restricted snowboarding brand or a surfing brand, and it's because of our exposure with YouTube. Suzanne: I'm a big believer in things coming together. The world's aligned. And right now, YouTube and GoPro are very much aligned. Brad: It's a surreal story. To go from a little Disposable Kodak to meetings with Shaun White, is a dream. It's unreal.