Interesting points Bill, of course as you stated you have been making this point for quite a while ;) What's more interesting to me, is that without a way for people to make money, well let me rephrase that, without a company who is hosting video content online, like a YouTube, Blip, etc without a way for them to make money, they eventually go away....cause sooner or later they gotta pay for all that bandwith, now, YouTube is probably in a better position but as the possible sale or non sale of Rever is showing us, anything can happen. At the end of the day it's about turning a profit for companies even those that we love, like blip...that's what scares me, all these companies folding cause they can't figure out a way to make money AND support independent content.....
Heath Professional http://heathparks.com personal http://batmangeek.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While I respect what he's saying, because he's the one with the > company that deals with the business end of making money off of people > that make videos, I don't think "lack of content" is the problem here. > > The problem *now* is what I've BEEN saying the problem is, which is > that without a way to figure out whether suburban males with lawns > that are likely to buy a lawnmower are tuning in to your show, you > can't sell advertising to lawnmower manufacturers. > > To say that there isn't enough content for companies to advertise on > doesn't take into account that there's tons of content that NOBODY > wants to advertise on because of lack of perceived ROI. > > That's what's so funny about this video "boom". People are rushing to > make a site where people are going to get on the bandwagon and upload > UGC and they think they're going to make all this money from it, when > in reality, they don't know JACK about video, they don't know JACK > about building, growing and maintaining an audience, they don't know > JACK about creating, advertising or moderating a social site... All > they know is that "there's gold in them thar hills"! :D > > Get them a pan. > > There's CONTENT being made every single day, just on youtube alone. > The point is that none of it's monetizable because you can't tell > who's clicking on it, and unless you're willing to do some form of > shotgun advertising where you know a show gets 200,000 views per week > and you're willing to take a chance on them, it's not CONTENT you > want, but GOOD content, NICHE content and content you're likely to see > ROI from. > > Bill Cammack > http://BillCammack.com > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Renat Zarbailov" <innomind@> > wrote: > > > > Here is Hilmi Ozguc (of Maven Networks) talking about the future of > > video advertising. > > > > http://wbztv.com/consumer/technology/MITX.Social.Media.2.584567.html > > > > Enjoy! > > >
