Bill, I think your points are all spot on, but the landscape is nonetheless going to experience dramatic change over the next few years. That doesn't mean the vlogging community will be the beneficiaries of that change. Big money and big media are no doubt already planning strategies and those strategies don't involve any of us.
I think that being a video blogger now and establishing a presence early on is risky in light of the good points you make, BUT - the very nature of change and the "winner take all" dynamics of it will make **some** of us very profitable. That's a *VERY* small percentage of us. I'm reading the "Black Swan" right now by Nassim Taleb (http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?ml_video=86522) and I really think that this next few years will see some black swans in videoblogging. I know I'd love to be one. :-) Chuck --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Markus Sandy <markus.sandy@> > wrote: > > > > Hey Bill, > > > > Long time no see. How's it going? > > > > On Aug 2, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Bill Cammack wrote: > > > > > > > I seriously don't know why people expect videos about uninteresting > > > (except to "the audience of ten") topics to EVER be monetized. > > > > > > sometimes things are of interest to an audience larger than expected. > > > > For example, wasn't South Park originally a "christmas card" sent by > > some ad folks to a few people but it went viral within the industry? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_park > > > > admittedly not your typical case, but it happens > > > > > > -- > > http://tools.ourmedia.org/blog > > http://SpinXpress.com/Markus_Sandy > > http://Ourmedia.org/Markus_Sandy > > Hey Markus. :) > > That's my point, exactly. Not that there isn't any hope for something > random to go viral or be seen as something worth funding... but rather > that it's an anomaly. > > To speak about these things as if they're "regular" or as if they're > definitely going to happen at some point I think does a disservice to > the community. I keep seeing these posts that imply that everyone's > going to get a piece of the pie, eventually... but even in the case of > YouTube, it wasn't EVERYBODY that landed "partnership program" deals. > > -- > billcammack > http://reelsolid.tv >
