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Motorsport Videos http://TireBiterZ.com/ Vlog Razor... Vlogging News... http://vlograzor.com/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am more interested in the idea of 1000 true supporters. > This applies to non-entertainment as well. > > It would be nice to see more passion around issues that need to be > addressed in this world. > Recruit, gather, empower 1000 people to help make change. > > Put that on a t-shirt and sell it. > Sorry, just had an urge. > > To the point of the article, to get 1000 fans, believe me it is NOT easy. > Fans. Fanatics. Even the article explains that a fan is the one who > will buy everything and dirve anywhere. > To put this in perspective.... and far from accurate.... but still a > perspective..... When I helped to run DavidBowie.com (BowieNet), the > official community for Bowie fans (fee-based memberships), Their were > not as many subscribers as you might assume.... with Bowie being a > legend and having a large global fan-base. I wont reveal the numbers > here, but I can assure you that if you knew them, you would look at > 1000 fans to sustain your work as being a far more difficult > achievement than maybe you would otherwise be lead to believe. > > Let's face it folks, net video consumption is a different beast. 1000 > fans verses 100, 000 subscribers. Two very different things. > > Sull > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Andrew Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The idea is that a videoblogger could make a living from just 1000 > > "true" fans: > > > > "what can an artist do to escape the long tail? > > > > One solution is to find 1,000 True Fans. While some artists have > > discovered this path without calling it that, I think it is worth > > trying to formalize. The gist of 1,000 True Fans can be stated simply: > > > > A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, > > performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author - in other > > words, anyone producing works of art - needs to acquire only 1,000 > > True Fans to make a living. > > > > A True Fan is defined as someone who will purchase anything and > > everything you produce. They will drive 200 miles to see you sing. > > They will buy the super deluxe re-issued hi-res box set of your stuff > > even though they have the low-res version. They have a Google Alert > > set for your name. They bookmark the eBay page where your out-of- > > print editions show up. They come to your openings. They have you > > sign their copies. They buy the t-shirt, and the mug, and the hat. > > They can't wait till you issue your next work. They are true fans." > > > > http://tinyurl.com/32zzlp
