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Hi everyone, this is Gillian. If you like the video, after you've voted, please send an email to ten friends asking them to vote. It will help me win!
Cute video! GREAT site!!
Cute if a bit silly video. Kids are terrific! I hope you win!
This was completely DARLING! Go Gillian!!! And Hailey & Jacky too!!!! I sure hope you win!!! Mary
Very inspirational story. Liked your video.
Great...the video is awesome and the site is even better. Thanks WeightCircles :-)
Great Video ~ On the spot reactions ~ She has had quite the journey with Weight Circles ~ and we have all been priviledged to watch and learn from her. Great, Great, Great work everyone who was involved! I especially liked that Gillian got her two girls involved in this.
Cute video. Site is even better! Good luck, Gillian!!
Hi, Jill!
Great video, and nice to see the girls- getting so big!
I love it that in this video you take your own advice:
(2) Don’t overdo it. If simple technology will do the job, don’t spend a lot of money on fancy widgets that just distract from what your customers need.)!!!
Good luck!
If your program is as imaginative as your video, you provide a fun alternative to other "diet" plans. I vote for you!
If your program is as innovative as your video you have added some fun into getting healthy. Congratulations!
Great job, girls! Good luck with the contest, Gillian! Loved the video! You rock!!
Linda V.
what a funny and inspirational video. go weightcircles!
great video Gillian, loved it!! Hope you win!
Original and honest. The story is pretty impressive.
This video has changed my life. I am so inspired by it.
I want to join this group! Sounds awesome!
This video was so gosh darn funny-I gotta big kick outa it!
Such cute children. Hot mamas in video.
Motivational, inspirational, funny. Made me laugh. Made me cry.
Im going there to join now so I can be in there next vedeo
This has chnaged my whole outlook on weightloss. I know now that there's support for free available and I'm aiming to get some.
I luv it!
My name is Amber. I'm planning a diet embarquement on June 1 and look foreward to associating with y'all. You seem mighty nice.
Such a beautiful family Miss Jillian.
My son told me to me to look at this. If some chick can loose all that weight, I can to. No chicks gonna beat me. I got 85 pounds to loose and now I'm gonna do it. Nobody get in the way of this big fat man. I gotta lotta luvin and a lotta will power and I'm gonna make it.
Such a special special movie. Makes me prone to weep. So inspirational. So moving. So lovely.
Great video Great Kids!!!!!
I love this video...how inspiring, how real. Made me totally want to join. Plus I thought the video was fun!
Very funny video. You know, we're used to those commercials promising us great results with no effort. All lies! It's great to see real people like "the star" of your video, who shows better results than those "advertised on TV" products. It's great to see that people behind Weightcircles put so much passion on what they do. Good luck, really!!! BTW, actually I think the stars are your kids :)
Wonderful Video. Not only Inspiring. but funny and really does get to the reason for the website. Way to go Shell_Belle!
This video made me smile :) Very inspirational!!
I hope you win Gillian
Finalist story from Weightcircles:
When I had the idea for Weightcircles, in summer of 2006, I thought I’d be striking it rich. Little did I know that those riches would come in the form of love and appreciation from the community I created.
The idea came from two national trends and my own experience. I kept reading about MySpace – social networking – the wave of the future. Other articles were about the obesity epidemic and how Americans need to lose weight. Combining those two concepts – into a social network for healthy weight loss – seemed a stroke of genius. I had just lost 20 pounds myself – so I knew how important emotional support is to weight loss.
I found a fabulous partner, Amy, and together we set out to build the site on a shoestring budget. Our first release was simple, if a little cheesy – but we got it out fast. We believed in releasing new features early and listening carefully to user feedback. We worked hard, and were careful with every penny.
Along the way we learned how hard it is to stand out, both in social networking, and in the weight loss industry. Our tiny budget didn’t allow for much marketing or advertising. But we also found that people were impressed with how much we had built with our small funds. Some of our competitors had millions in funding and weren’t much bigger than us. And our loyalty statistics are outstanding – people keep returning to the site.
I believe our success is due to the efforts we’ve made to create connections between members. They need support, and our community can give it to them – with some encouragement from us. We welcomed new members and showed them around. We talked to them and got to know them – and to love them.
In return, they love us back. We’ve made friends we really care about. Our members have given us a lot of our best ideas – our weekly challenges, our Weightcircles wristband, our articles section. Most important, they tell us how much they appreciate Weightcircles – they leave us comments like these:
“I am so inspired by all the positive things I am reading on this site!”
“Joining has made such a huge difference in my life. “
“You guys rock and I appreciate all of the support and encouragement more than you know.”
So we grew. Not like MySpace. Not like Facebook. But on our tiny shoestring budget, we made a thriving community. All right, it hasn’t made us financially rich – not yet anyway. But our community creates a lot of love, and we know we are making a difference in people’s lives. That’s riches in itself.
1) Love your customers! Your customers are your most valuable asset. Get to know them, listen to them, follow their suggestions, and appreciate them.
2) Don’t overdo it. If simple technology will do the job, don’t spend a lot of money on fancy widgets that just distract from what your customers need.
3) People want to make connections. If they connect with you, or your company helps them connect with each other, they’ll keep coming back.
Great video! :) Very funny! Very inspirational!