A very short story. In early 2007 I 'met' Briana online. A few months later she got the role of Andie in "Step Up 2 The Streets". The very same day I set up BrianaEviganOnline. Today, a few years later, I am still here (to my own surprise :P), celebrating the site's 5th! birthday today - July 20, 2012. The End :)
Some of you may not be a BEO visitor from the beginning, which is why I wanna make this post today and briefly review those last few years.
Why did I decide to create a fansite for Briana. Very simple. I considered "Step Up" a hit, I loved the movie and I obviously expected "Step Up 2" to be equally successful. That being said, I set up BEO because I believed Briana would "make it" and I wanted to be the one to "document" her career from its very beginning.
Since the release of 'Step Up 2' Briana:
- shot 11 movies and 1 tv episode (+ filming her 12th movie right now)
- released 1 single ("I Don't Think When I Dance") + 3 songs for her movies ("I'm Free" - Burning Bright, "Better Than Yesterday" - Mother's Day, "Night & Day" - S.Darko)
- won the Best Kiss award at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards (with Robert Hoffman for Step Up 2)
- won the 2009 ShoWest Award for Female Star of Tomorrow (with her Sorority Row co-stars)
- was nominated for Choice Movie Breakout Female at 2008 Teen Choice Awards (for Step Up 2)
- got 8,831 likes on her official Facebook page (the page was created on June 18, 2010)
- got 15,541 followers on Twitter (since September 2009)
What have we done with BrianaEviganOnline over the last 5 years?
- 4 Birthday project where you sent Briana their wishes, messages, photos and videos
- 2 Christmas projects
- 2 Christmas projects
- 4 Q&A sessions where you sent in your questions and Briana answered them
- we covered releases of 8 movies & 1 TV episode so far (IMDb)
- helped promote Briana's 2008 single "I Don't Think When I Dance" (Go buy it now!)
- helped promote "Subject: I Love You" prior to its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2011
- moved from brianaevigan.sblog.cz to our own domain brianaeviganonline.net in October 2011
- 3,820 likes on Facebook
- 1,963 followers on Twitter
Five years is not nothing :) so I just wanna say THANK YOU to all of you for visiting the site (whether it's daily or once a year, doesn't matter). What would the point of this fansite be if you, fans, didn't actually use it? So thanks for the visit numbers. They sure make me smile!
Of course, a giant fat THANK YOU to Briana! Thank you for trusting me and supporting this site. I, as well as the fans, appreciate everything you do for me and them! I say it all the time, I'll say it again - You're awesome ;)
Last but not least, THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me (in any way) over the years or encouraged me to keep going when I wanted to quit; to everyone who finds me capable and reliable enough to help with whatever they need help with (promoting, research, you name it); and to the whole wide world basically :) I'm having a great time keeping Briana's fans updated on what's going on. Here's to another 5 years ;)
Cool - Happy "Birthday"... =]
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