The folks at Liquid Web are already the talk of the Capital region’s online social media world, but the Lansing-based web hosting company has caught the eye of the MTV producers as a potential candidate for their new weekly show, “Pranked,” to launch at 10:30 p.m. Aug. 27.
What started with Liquid Web’s infrastructure director, Chris Strandt, covering everything in the maintenance team’s office with aluminum foil, ended with a videoed payback posted on YouTube.
While Strandt was on vacation, the maintenance team drywalled over the door to his office, obliterating its entrance. The video had already grabbed 1,500 views. That’s the episode that MTV inquired about.
But there are more on the Liquid Web site, including the flying Ford truck, and the 500, three-inch Hero mascot dolls in a Domino maneuver. The dolls are named after the company’s service sector, called Hero Support.
The videos capture the relaxed environment at Liquid Web, says Travis Stoliker, spokesperson.
“This is where business is going," he says. "The stuffy culture is going away.”
To wit, three-inch Hero dolls have been mailed to Liquid Web’s customers with a note asking them to Tweet a picture. The little muscled guy is already captured standing on the shoulder of a statue of what appears to be Bill Cosby. He has 9,771 followers.
Source: Travis Stoliker, Liquid Web
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All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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