What?! Mike Chapman, co-creator of Homestar Runner, made a MailChimp Customer Story?? Seriously?!

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Somehow the fact that I was staring at a hive of cranky bees through a camera lens kept me a little less worried about getting stung as I inched closer and closer to them. My lens was almost touching the little opening at the base of the hive when I got “buzzed.”

Bee careful! Click to watch the video.

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Yesterday evening we hosted our summer customer par-tay at 5 Seasons Brewing in Atlanta. Even though the temperatures on the roof deck were well above 90 degrees fahrenheit, we managed to stay cool with popsicles (courtesy of the King of Pops), banana flavored dippin’ dots, and refreshing beverages. Freddie even made an appearance, delighting everyone he hugged!

Even if you weren’t able to make it this time, hopefully these animated gifs will help you feel like you’re right in the mix.

View from the 5 Seasons Brewing roof deck

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We’ve been sending Josh, our video guy, around the world to do these mini-documentaries on MailChimp customers (here’s his explanation). The most recent story is for Vice UK. At first, I thought Vice was just another edgy, NSFW website (which I likey). Turns out it’s this huge CNN-like media company. They’re a record label, a magazine, a music venue, a creative agency, and an online network. They’ve got people in 30 countries, and serve clients like Intel. And they’re growing. Fast.

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For the past couple years MailChimp has been using video in many ways. Short tutorials within the app; educational series in the MailChimp Academy; promotional spots for our new features; and a few utterly ridiculous bits of nonsense that serve a darker, more dubious purpose which I won’t be going into here.

But this year, we’ve initiated a new effort for the VideoLab™, and that is the Customer Story…

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