I have been following developments at http://showinabox.tv/ and decided to give the pledge drive idea a go (I'm using fundable.org) to try and raise the funds to have the time and resources to edit a month (four) of videos. see www.overlander.tv
So far, the response has been fairly ordinary. A large majority of the people who have pledged are friends, and this wasn't the idea behind this experiment. I wanted to see if those who watch my vids, and have subscribed, would be willing to offer a small amount to see the vlog continue. Before resorting to this, I tried signing up tourism related businesses at each location, but this only had limited success. I think if a business wants to advertise online, they use google. Maybe I need to experiment with different pricing structures and time frames, as, over a period of time, each video does get quite a bit of traffic. But unfortunately, they also get dated! At the moment I'm a little jaded with vlogging, I think some formats work, eg comedy, but as for meatier stuff like documentaries, less interest. a porn comedy vlog, now that is sure to be the answer!! Mark --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> wrote: > > > > > I did read that Bill > > > and it still sounds like speculation to me > > > cold hard facts are what im after buddy > > > > correct, anytime we talk about ad sales, there's quite a bit of > speculation. > > if you get paid by a company to make videos, then youre just an > employee again. > > > > so here's an idea ive been floating around here lately... > > Do you think a videoblogger could raise money from his > community/viewers? > > This is media supported more like the American NPR model. All content > > is free to everyone, but there's an understanding that if money isnt > > raised from the public, then the programming will stop. The perception > > is that because its not corporate sponsored, it can be much more > > critical and take longer times to tell stories. (NPR is not perfect, > > just an analogy) > > > > So my point is. > > let's say I want $4000 a month to live and make a regular videoblog > on a theme. > > is it crazy to think he could raise $5 a month from 800 people? > > Its almost the great humbler because then you got to make a real > > connection with people. > > you have to really connect with a community, and they would really > > have to feel like youre a voice for them. > > > > Jay > > > > > > -- > > Here I am.... > > http://jaydedman.com > > > > Check out the latest project: http://politicalvideo.org > > 500 hours of George Bush speeches!! > > Search, download, remix!! > > > > I've revised my opinion on this topic. I don't think $5 from 800 > viewers is feasible, but I also don't think you have to go all the way > corporate with it. > > I think it's possible to split the difference IF you can get a topic > that's important enough to a lot of people to get those that have > money to sponsor you in order to enable the rest of the people to get > the message either for free or for whatever they wish to or can afford > to donate to the program(s). > > The benefit to the donors would be some kind of recognition or > advertisement. "This show has been brought to you by _________". I'm > thinking somewhere along the lines of what Rudy & Casey did with > http://Galacticast.com with credit given to donors & supporters. > Assuming one could come up with a show that was seen to be of great > use to a population, I would think donors would like to be affiliated > with the effort and potentially fund a videoblog to the degree that > they're not really losing out. With a broad enough group that's > benefiting, I can see several philanthropists picking up the slack for > many of the 800 people who can't afford to donate or just aren't > interested enough in your project to give you money for it. > > Of course, this is a chicken and egg situation where the more money > that's donated to your show, the better you can make the show because > you don't have to spend your time making money other ways. You can > devote all your work-time to filming content and making the show more > interesting, longer and more polished. This attention to product is > likely what's going to get the sponsors interested in donating, so it > requires a leap of faith on your part to start out making a quality > program and HOPING that the supporting donations start to roll in. > > Otherwise... It's back to the old school. Pitch it and if someone > offers you funding, go ahead and make the show. If not... Regroup and > pitch something else. > > -- > billcammack >
