A viral video is paying off for a 20-year-old Colorado Springs man.
Ian Smith, 20, filmed numerous cars crashing as they attempted to climb a frozen, icy hill in Colorado Springs last Thursday.
Smith had a phone that could shoot high-definition video and had received some training at the multimedia Full Sail University.
The YouTube video of the chaos, called the “20 Car Pile up on South Carefree and Powers In Colorado Springs” soon received thousands of hits. And Smith signed a contract with Tapia Advertising on Colorado Springs, who is now working as his agent.
Phillip Tapia, the agency’s president, said in a news release he is current working on licensing deals for Smith with ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX News, the BBC, the show “Top 20 Most Shocking Videos” and at least one other show that runs on the all-reality network TruTV.
He said Tapia Advertising is also in negotiations with a few national tire companies that are interested in the video for a TV ad and is earning Smith some revenue through a link to , owned by Nevada Auto Sales.
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