Internet Reaction to Larissa's Difference Video

This video created quite a stir since it was posted on January 23, 2008 the past three days.

Here is a list of the blog posts encouraging people all over North America to view this 107-second video. The discussion that this short video sparked is nothing short of incredible.

UPDATE: This video was viewed more than 8,500 times in the first week and ore than 45,000 times in the first year. It is featured on more than 30 credit union industry blogs and websites and has spurred more than 200 comments. Not bad for a 19-year-old young woman who had been a credit union member for less than two weeks when she created this video.

Linking blogs

• The Best Education Piece Ever – Currency Marketing Blog
• Larissa Explains It All – Open Source CU Blog
• What’s Wrong With ThisVideo? – Ron Shevlin's Whims Blog
• How are Credit UnionsDifferent? – Piedmont Credit Union Blog
• Do You Know The Difference? – The Boardcast Blog
• Credit Unions are Like Macs – The CU Loop Blog
• WOW! Young & Free is Amazing – CUES Nexus Connection Blog
• What is a Credit Union? – Mount Lehman Credit Union Blog
• Credit Union Difference – A Renaissance Man Blog
• The Difference Between Banks and CUs – That Credit Union Blog
• The Difference Between Banks and CUs – Otto Radke Blog
• What's Really Wrong with This Video? – CU Skeptic Blog
• Of Rorschach and "The Video" – CU Communcator Blog
• Obsession With The National Silver Bullet – The True Story Blog
• On the CU Tube: Touting the CU Differnce – CUNA News Feed
• A Case Study, Not a Silver Bullet – The CU Loop Blog
• Check Out This YouTube Video – Bruen/Bensley CU Blog
• The Video That's Got People Talking – Payment Industry Insider Blo
• World Council of Credit Unions – Home Page Feature
• Notes from New York City – Verity Credit Union Our Voices Blog
• David Ogilvy on Advertising – A Clear Eye Blog
• The Difference Between Banks and CUs – T&C Federal CU Blog
• The Best Cooperative Video Ever – Sask Co-op Youth Program
• Dallas Ad Exec Won’t Hire Millenials – Unmassed Blog
• The Difference Between Banks and CUs – Things Big & Little Blog
• The Difference Between Banks and CUs – Key Point FCU Blog
• Congratulations CUs on a Century – Everything CU Blog
• Kids, Teens and Students Page – Carolina Postal Credit Union
• The Difference Between Banks and CUs – Sobey School of Business
• The Credit Union Difference Part 1 - Eli Lilly FCU Blog
• Difference video featured on home page - Central 1 Credit Union Careers

YouTube Honours Day of release

• #4 - Most Viewed (Today) - Education - Canada
• #2 - Top Favorites (Today) - Education - Canada
• #14 - Top Rated (Today) - Education - Canada
• #77 - Top Favorites (Today) - Education - World
• #89 - Most Viewed (Today) - Education - World

In the first week

• #2 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Education - Canada
• #5 - Top Favorites (This Week) - Education - Canada
• #13 - Top Rated (This Week) - Education - Canada
• #74 - Most Discussed (This Week) - Education - Canada
• #5 - Top Favorites (This Week) - Education - Canada
• #11 - Top Rated (This Week) - Education - Canada
• #73 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Education - World

In the first month

• #9 - Most Viewed (This Month) - Education - Canada
• #21 - Top Favorites (This Month) - Education - Canada
• #52 - Top Rated (This Month) - Education - Canada

All time

• #89 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Education - Canada