[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-11 Thread liza jean
thanks for the address, jay. guess what - we are both in southwest michigan! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, liza jean dared...@... wrote: your email address is not available and your websites don't have a contact page - unless i have to have an account with you . . . --- In

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-11 Thread Ron Watson
I've got to move my contact us from the homepage menus. You're not the first to miss them. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:15 AM, liza jean wrote: thanks for the address, jay. guess what - we

[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-10 Thread liza jean
your email address is not available and your websites don't have a contact page - unless i have to have an account with you . . . --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: Liza Jean, I guess the profit sharing could work both ways. As a production company, you

[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-09 Thread liza jean
there are two of us at dyna-flix.com and after a year and a half of hard work and 50 fifteen minute chapters on the market as $5 downloads or 3 on a DVD for $20 we were up to $100 a day in sales. average. down a little with all the fear out there about money. most pay sites in our niche sell

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-09 Thread Ron Watson
Liza Jean, I guess the profit sharing could work both ways. As a production company, you are killing yourself with the presentation of your site. It just doesn't look serious. (just being frank here...). I think I could help you with the presentation of dyna-flix.com. There is no reason

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Ron Watson
most of my passions don't make any money (wrt video) but I'm ok with that and they're not related to your project in any case Neither do mine, but they are all related, if your passion is video. There are stories to be told about all kinds of things - dog sports, outrigger racing,

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Rambos Locker
-locker.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:videoblogg...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Watson Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 7:12 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews most

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Ron Watson
[mailto:videoblogg...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Watson Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 7:12 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews most of my passions don't make any money (wrt video) but I'm ok with that and they're not related to your

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Rambos Locker
: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:videoblogg...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Watson Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 8:08 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews There are tremendous opportunities with this kind of stuff, Rambo. I'm already

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Jan McLaughlin
All right. I'm getting it. Let's just say - for instance - my dad's one of the top border collie working dog kinda trainers on the planet. Or was when he was doing it full time. He's got a lotta knowhow - having studied for years with Grand champion Highland Shepherd Jock Murray - and I could

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Ron Watson
yes. Most definitely. Profits split down the middle. That's a great angle, Jan, having a family member trip your awareness about the stories sitting around you, but it's doesn't just have to be those angles. I could see conferences and expositions being good content for this kind of gig.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Jay dedman
I don't want to beat a dead horse, though, and I can see that there's little interest on the list in entertaining the concept of making money through profit sharing with community developers and small businesses. It's a bummer though. It could be the big thing that makes producing

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Ron Watson
I don't care about people doing this for me, it's not about dog sports. It's not about me. My stuff was only an example. This is about the concept of profit sharing with producers and supplementing income of video producers and giving much needed help to community developers. It's the idea

[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Steve Watkins
My opinions, for the one thing Im not short of is opinions: Training videos that are useful to a niche are one of the more likely sorts of videos that some people will pay for. I did not like the example prices you gave at all. Depending on the subject matter, training dvds and suchlike

RE: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Rambos Locker
@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews My opinions, for the one thing Im not short of is opinions: Training videos that are useful to a niche are one of the more likely sorts of videos that some people will pay for. I did not like the example prices you gave at all

[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Steve Watkins
Well, it all comes down to what people think something is worth to them I guess. I cannot really tell Ron what his particular prices should be because Im not a potential customer, I dont know what the stuff is worth. I was meaning to say that when talking about the wider theory of selling video

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread Ron Watson
...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Watkins Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 9:13 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews My opinions, for the one thing Im not short of is opinions: Training videos that are useful to a niche are one of the more

[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-07 Thread rambos_locker
[mailto:videoblogg...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Watkins Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 9:13 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews My opinions, for the one thing Im not short of is opinions: Training videos

[videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-06 Thread liza jean
we use e-junkie.com for our digital download provider. monthly rent for your library no matter how many (or few) you sell. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Ron Watson k9d...@... wrote: I'm kicking around an idea for a pay to play jam session video application. World class disc dog

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-06 Thread Ron Watson
we use e-junkie.com for our digital download provider. monthly rent for your library no matter how many (or few) you sell. Thanks, I'll check it out. Does nobody see what I am seeing here? If you, as a video producer (shoot, cut, encode) were to hook up with people like me and create 50

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-06 Thread Kath O'Donnell
how many people are paying to view a video on the internet? even with micro payments. can't say I ever have. I don't know what all this is: World class disc dog events are held in every region of the country several times per year. The same can be said of agility and flyball tournaments as

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-06 Thread Brook Hinton
There is a major omission in your budget here Ron - the COST of making the videos. I think this works out to far less than minimum wage for the video producers in the equation once cost and time are factored in. Assuming you want something of moderate technical quality. Also, I suspect most of

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-06 Thread Ron Watson
how many people are paying to view a video on the internet? even with micro payments. can't say I ever have. I don't know what all this is: World class disc dog events are held in every region of the country several times per year. The same can be said of agility and flyball tournaments

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Profit sharing for film crews

2009-01-06 Thread Kath O'Donnell
2009/1/7 Ron Watson k9d...@mac.com: Well, have you found something that is your passion that is for sale? most of my passions don't make any money (wrt video) but I'm ok with that and they're not related to your project in any case maybe ask people on the dog lists - the true fans in your