See, Michael said it better than me.
At 10:25 -0500 6/1/06, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>It is easier to make money by providing video services.... which may
>include a videoblog/vodcast setup.
>So, making video can make you money, but not necessarily having a videoblog.
>If you are into making video... then offer your videographer services...
>People need video of events like weddings, seminars, training, local
>documentaries, local business commercials etc...
>
>Some of those can be intermixed with a vlog for the client. Some
>would allow/want you to post to your own vlog as well....
>
>your own vlog...... this is where it gets tough. you want to make
>money off a specific vodcast channel or however many you might have
>going. will not likely happen to any large extent.
>
>ask yourself- "How much do I want to make?"
>enough to not have to work a slave job for someone else?
>if so, then you need to make a daily video with great content that
>hundreds of thousands of people want to watch daily and do it for
>several months before you can decipher whether the following
>money-making options are viable:
> * ads
> * sponsors
> * sell merch
> * get syndicated on big media channels and/or TiVoesque services.
>
>yes, that sounds like rboom doesnt it? you need a theme/template to
>even begin to think about making money.... because audience niches
>exist because of themes and content genres.
>
>dontations and pay-per-view will always bring you minimum return.
>if you are ok with that, try it.
>
>
>rel=payment's, a technical bloggy spec to make it easier for
>bloggers to accept payments from people, has thus far had little to
>no adoption and is an example of many knowing that the liklihood of
>getting random donations for your content is very low, at least too
>low to spend time to set it up... that could always change as this
>space evolves and more learn about the spec.
>
>i have a few fairly unique ideas that i'm organizing in my head...
>will share in future.
>
>sull
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