Hey cool Winnipeggers – tired of answering that relentless question: Why do you live in Winnipeg??

Well, now you can tell all your friends, family and followers that even Hollywood (film and TV) producers realize that Winnipeg is one cool city, and worthy of name dropping.

Watch this fabulous YouTube spot called “Does Winnipeg really exist?”

The video was created by www.incrediblycool.ca a, website of Destination Winnipeg.

I discovered it at a workshop today (in Winnipeg, of course) called “Social Media Marketing: Get your Business on the Internet Grapevine,” presented by Murray Conron, a Toronto-based freelance writer.

According to Conron, online social networks are becoming the preferred source of news and market information (why get all that ink on your hands from a newspaper or magazine or face the inconvenience of waiting for the six o’clock news?), and communications via social media, texting and instant messaging are replacing the use of email. (Now your grandma will need to get on Facebook).

And if you are doubting the power and reach of social media, here are a few numbers to consider:Facebook has 320 Million registered users.

YouTube gets 1 Billion views per day (12,000 per second).

Twitter serves 5 Billion tweets.

Now that’s something to blog about.