All that tells me is that nobody is going to get rich off this stuff anytime soon.
Actually there is another thing to consider that doesn't translate directly from the standard web ad space. Length. How much for a 10 sec ad? How about a minute? Makes a difference. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "LeanBackVids.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So all this legal talk about music brings me back to sponsors... > > $25-50 CPM (cost per thousand) is an average price for video > sponsorships. (Disclaimer: I used to work for a major sports website > and am going by what they charge for various video advertising. And > the per 1000 makes the price relative to popularity.) > > The big difference with RSS-based media is that the sponsorship would > be embedded into the movie and exists for as long as the movie does. > > Assuming that the CPM is $25 and a single video gets downloaded 10,000 > times in the first month and 2,000 times each month thereafter... that > would make the value of a single video sponsorship at $250 for the > first month and $50 for each month afterwards. > > Of course, there is an exponential decline in viewers since the video > gets pushed further down into the feed/archives. So maybe the sponsor > only is charged for 6 months... $250 the first month and another $250 > for the remaining 5 months... Bring the total to $500 sponsorship per > video. (Up-front payment of course.) > > Seems realistic to me, but wanted to check how others feel about this. > > -Matt > ----------------------- > http://vlogmap.org > http://leanbackvids.com > http://ridertech.com > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
