Chris Melberger

I like this identity and I have somebody who's on my side and trying to take my career to the next level. I got that with Karen and never had that before.

I like this identity and I have somebody who's on my side and trying to take my career to the next level. I got that with Karen and never had that before.

you're at least going to have to fight you're at least going to have to fight I remember there was an inflection point where engagement just dropped so bad on the app and people stopped growing and I think towards that inflection point everybody thought it's either going to get really bad or really good and if it's really good I want to grow if it's really bad I want to squeeze all the juice and all the followers I can out of this

you're at least going to have to fight you're at least going to have to fight I remember there was an inflection point where engagement just dropped so bad on the app and people stopped growing and I think towards that inflection point everybody thought it's either going to get really bad or really good and if it's really good I want to grow if it's really bad I want to squeeze all the juice and all the followers I can out of this

Across the office on the creative development team, Chris Melberger had his ear to the ground, and the message he was getting was the same.

Across the office on the creative development team, Chris Melberger had his ear to the ground, and the message he was getting was the same.

not even internally but even like word of mouth people oh you still use vine oh you're on vine you could tell with instagram video coming out and then snapchat being a thing and people going to youtube and it felt very much like the same few people would just be on the popular page every day and it was like it didn't feel like there was a lot of like stuff going on it was very much just like the same old same old so you could kind of feel like the life draining slowly from it

not even internally but even like word of mouth people oh you still use vine oh you're on vine you could tell with instagram video coming out and then snapchat being a thing and people going to youtube and it felt very much like the same few people would just be on the popular page every day and it was like it didn't feel like there was a lot of like stuff going on it was very much just like the same old same old so you could kind of feel like the life draining slowly from it

Open bar, really cool spot in California along the beach.

Open bar, really cool spot in California along the beach.

It was, like, the first time some of the biggest Viners and some of the smallest ones and everyone in between were all in one area together, mingling and just talking to everyone. Like, you had Big Nick, you had, you know, Ariel Vandenberg, you had Courtney Miller, you had Matt Cutchell, Brandon Calvillo, like, Jason Nash, like, all these different people in one area.

It was, like, the first time some of the biggest Viners and some of the smallest ones and everyone in between were all in one area together, mingling and just talking to everyone. Like, you had Big Nick, you had, you know, Ariel Vandenberg, you had Courtney Miller, you had Matt Cutchell, Brandon Calvillo, like, Jason Nash, like, all these different people in one area.

It was, like, the first time where it felt like we were all kind of in this moment together where it was like, hey, we all do this shit, regardless of, like, if we ever made fun of each other or whatever. Like, we were all here right now, and it was cool. It was actually a really fun time, like, good camaraderie, and it was, uh...

It was, like, the first time where it felt like we were all kind of in this moment together where it was like, hey, we all do this shit, regardless of, like, if we ever made fun of each other or whatever. Like, we were all here right now, and it was cool. It was actually a really fun time, like, good camaraderie, and it was, uh...

It was a very cool moment, but you could definitely tell there was some sort of hesitation because like it did feel very much like we need to show love to these Viners, even though they hate us.

It was a very cool moment, but you could definitely tell there was some sort of hesitation because like it did feel very much like we need to show love to these Viners, even though they hate us.