Re: [videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-27 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Jan McLaughlin wrote: Feel a bit like a broken record but if you advertise things you really like - dare I say 'love' - you can't really go too far wrong. Advertise your fave internet cafe, fave restaurant, mom-n-pop hardware store, fave soft and hardware. Think hyper-local. Hyper-local

Re: [videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-27 Thread Pete Prodoehl
Irina wrote: again, i have NOT earned enough money from advertising to pay my rent (not even close really) You could probably make enough working in the Bay Area to pay rent and live in the Midwest. But then... the commute would kill you. :) Pete

[videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-27 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read this good blog post: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070923-barrier-bustin-internet-may-lead-to-a-music-industry-middle-class.html The premise is that there is a burgeoning class of musicians are

[videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-26 Thread Milt Lee
This notion of making a living doing your VLOG is fascinating, and I believe - doable. But in order to do it, and still be the creative person you want to be - I suspect that you really have to think about different ways of present - or positioning your material. If you use the Public Radio or

Re: [videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-26 Thread Jan McLaughlin
Feel a bit like a broken record but if you advertise things you really like - dare I say 'love' - you can't really go too far wrong. Advertise your fave internet cafe, fave restaurant, mom-n-pop hardware store, fave soft and hardware. Think hyper-local. Hyper-local to the vlogspace. Folks you

[videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-25 Thread Heath
I'm not sure there will be a video middle class I think the model of independent music can and will work, social networking, grass roots, etc. But for video? Who would pay to see my stuff? Realisticly, no one. And I am sure that is true of most people. Heck, I don't even want to pay 1.99

[videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-25 Thread Heath
I see a ton of passion too, and sometimes you get paid in other ways, like for me I am making some internal commercials for where I work. Now, they are not cutting me a check, butI have filmed on the clock and I am going to get comp time for the time at home editing (that was my choice I

Re: [videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-25 Thread Irina
bill streeter said it for me i just recently had some experience recently where i saw that my expertise lies in content production not in deal making (contrary to popular belief) i dont see my advertising friends (the quality guys, not the scam guys) as experts in a field i do not need to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-25 Thread Jay dedman
I see a ton of passion too, and sometimes you get paid in other ways, like for me I am making some internal commercials for where I work. Now, they are not cutting me a check, butI have filmed on the clock and I am going to get comp time for the time at home editing (that was my

[videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-25 Thread Heath
Very true that some people are stuck in an old modelbut I am not sure how much it can/will change.mainly because those that HAVE the money, time resouces, etc still MAKE the rules, we have not reached a tipping point yetI hope we do, but old meadia is not going to change easily and

[videoblogging] Re: A Video Middle Class?

2007-09-25 Thread Shawn Carpenter
Interesting! I am actually out a few of my musician friends by making videos for them. It kind of blend the two worlds together. As far as independent film makers getting away from the middle man, I feel that now more then ever people are able to promote their videos without a middle man at