Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
I'm with you Richard. I suggest Jason have lunch with Andrew Baron and relive the worst TWIT ever. JCH --- Richard Bluestein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to puke. Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Craic and Cocktails www.jchtv.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
[videoblogging] Stats, blip.tv, and self hosted wordpress
Hello all, I am working on the final details of my new blog and video show. It is crucial for me to get accurate usage stats. I've built the site the following way: 1. my videos are hosted on blip.tv 2. I use a self hosted wordpress as a part of showinabox installation. 3. I will have in the near future an audio podcast as well 4. Each video episode is linked to textual blog posts hosted on the same wordpress blog. 5. I will have a combined RSS feed via feedburner What is the best way to gather stats of the afferent info sources? thanks! K www.pravdam.com
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Jason, don't you know this was a self promotion by Jason? He knows all to well what it takes to get 125k views per day. To quote Charles Barkley, he's playing you like a cheap guitar jjc danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/ Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Craic and Cocktails www.jchtv.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
Jay, I have only used firewire with a mini-dv camera in the past, so I'm wondering, with the xacti how do you get the video into the computer? Do you need some sort of device on the computer to read the sd card? Does the camera have usb or firewire ports that can be used to capture the video onto the computer? These are issues, since the computers already have usb and firewire ports in the lab, but no special devices for reading the sd cards presently. ... Richard On Nov 8, 2007 5:55 PM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have about $1000 to get two video cameras for students to check out and use for a multimedia class I'm teaching. Therefore they need to be under $500 each (complex math). The videos don't have to be pro quality or anything, but it would be good if: a) There was an input for an external mic, and b) If you could download the data via usb or firewire, since the computers in the classroom don't have readers/ports for memory cards. if its just for fun web video, i say get the Xacti E1. these are the water proof cameras...but they are also tough as hell because of the hard casing. i like the mpeg4 cameras because its easier to get the video from the sd card to the computer. Mini DV is cool...but more work IMHO. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Twaaang. OK, here's a summary of my advice. Jason, show us your tits. Dan the cheap guitar --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis jason@ wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 9:52 am, danielmcvicar wrote: OK, here's a summary of my advice. Jason, show us your tits. Yeah, lots of people will hit you if you show your chest without warning ... Now if you'll excuse me, I need to bleach that mental image from my mind :-o -- Brian Richardson - http://whatthecast.com - http://siliconchef.com - http://dragoncontv.com - http://www.3chip.com
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 9:42 am, Richard (Show) Hall wrote: I have only used firewire with a mini-dv camera in the past, so I'm wondering, with the xacti how do you get the video into the computer? Do you need some sort of device on the computer to read the sd card? You can use a cheap SD card reader via USB to copy the videos from the card ($10-20). Some of these flash media cameras also have USB cable connections built in. I still think the $500 per camera range is a good excuse to step up to a descent miniDV camera. The flash media cameras are convenient, but they will limit you in some areas as well. The problem with $500 for a miniDV camera is you're right on the edge of the pricepoint where microphone jacks are available. Circuit City will sell you a Panasonic GS320 for about $600, which has a mic jack 3CCD sensor ... Nice camera for the money. One possible solution: buy that Panasonic and spend the remaining money on a $200-300 flash media camera. You might even have a few bucks leftover for SD cards tapes. Then you have both cameras for different types of projects, and students can see the advantages disadvantages of each device . -- Brian Richardson - http://whatthecast.com - http://siliconchef.com - http://dragoncontv.com - http://www.3chip.com
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
- Original Message - From: Richard (Show) Hall (snip) These are issues, since the computers already have usb and firewire ports in the lab, but no special devices for reading the sd cards presently. Pretty much a non-issue to me. A card reader that plugs into a USB port sells for about $30 or less these days. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Jason Wow ... I just caught up with the whole thread ... damn you! Damn You Jason ... LOL Well I stand by my ideas, but must give you a big nod for self promoting in such a sly way ... Of all of the crap I threw your way ... and having learned this AINT your first BBQ ... I would work the Thank You angle. Thanks for letting me play Dave
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Whit is the true value of getting 100,000 views in a day? Is it so you can get sponsors to be interested in your show? If you do what Rupert and Bill say about getting featured then sure you will get those views but what true value does it add to Mahalo Daily? Was and is your goal just to make money with Mahalo Daily? Beyond what Jan said, which also would get you viewers, I know that building a community of genuinely interested people would be the best way go get valuable viewers. The better the community, the more interactive, the more viewers you will see come. I have ideas, contact me and we can talk. Lan www.LanBui.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
- Original Message - From: Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast? (snip) The problem with $500 for a miniDV camera is you're right on the edge of the pricepoint where microphone jacks are available. (snip) Not even close. The entry level Cannon has a mic jack and is *way* below the $500 point. Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
On Nov 12, 2007 9:42 AM, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you need some sort of device on the computer to read the sd card? No you don't. You can plug the camera directly into the computer via USB cable. The videos can be accessed directly from the camera. (The camera has a 'card reader' mode when plugged into a computer an turned on). Not all xacti cams have a mic jack though ... so if thats a required feature be sure to check that closely. - Dave -- http://www.DavidMeade.com
[videoblogging] Re:Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Hi Jason, welcome to the vblog group, we met briefly at VON Boston I guess I'm one of the minority here who are creating content that has commercial potential, though Gardenfork.tv does promote organic practices. Just from reading your post and the subsequent replies I learned a few things about getting the word out about gardenfork.tv and RealWolrdGreen.com. am working on a ning site as we speak. Thanks for posting your note, please post more. eric. www.gardenfork.tv www.realworldgreen.com ..
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:06 am, Richard Amirault wrote: Not even close. The entry level Cannon has a mic jack and is *way* below the $500 point. Please send me more information on that camera (model number, link, etc.). That's useful to know. -- Brian Richardson - http://whatthecast.com - http://siliconchef.com - http://dragoncontv.com - http://www.3chip.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
You've successfully launched and sold several media properties, Mr. Calacanis. You've also got a company, Mahalo, that has a marketing budget. In my opinion, folks in your league should pay for advice instead of getting it for free. It's not like you're a Rocketboom or a Epic--FU/Jetset, starting from the ground up on a shoestring, in the community with the rest of us, and including us in the conversation by asking one or some of us join you at Mahalo on a contractural or full-time basis to help you gain subscribers. You are a not a regular participant on this list, and I've seen nothing of value come from you since I've been subscribed. While it doesn't break any rules for you to come ask this question, I find it rather insulting for you to do so without offering a gig or valuable advice to one or some of the people in this community. At best, you're getting free consulting that devalues the hard-earned expertise of people here. At worst, you're using this medium as a gimmick to start conversation about Mahalo Daily. Both are pretty gross. And here's my question to the group: When does community-based advice to peers end and when does free consulting to professionals begin? Or, in other words, when do we start devaluing our own experience and expertise by giving it away gratis to people who could afford to pay for it? This is my biggest question as social media rises and communities help more and more with building of companies. On 12/11/2007, bordercollieaustralianshepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Wow ... I just caught up with the whole thread ... damn you! Damn You Jason ... LOL Well I stand by my ideas, but must give you a big nod for self promoting in such a sly way ... Of all of the crap I threw your way ... and having learned this AINT your first BBQ ... I would work the Thank You angle. Thanks for letting me play Dave -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Offering free advice to people who are getting going with this is just giving back to the community. That's a good thing. Offering free advice to well established entities could be a good thing if that well established entity has an inclination to use the one giving the advice for future paid employment/consultations. I made the mistake of offering free advice to one such entity. Now they are finding issues with me wanting to be paid for future free advice. Free is in quotes there because I am no longer offering free advice to that company. I guess in the case of Mr Calacanis coming and posting on this list his question could be construed as rather tasteless when the majority of people here are pretty happy with getting single or double digit page views. David http://www.taoofdavid.com http://www.davidhowellstudios.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've successfully launched and sold several media properties, Mr. Calacanis. You've also got a company, Mahalo, that has a marketing budget. In my opinion, folks in your league should pay for advice instead of getting it for free. It's not like you're a Rocketboom or a Epic--FU/Jetset, starting from the ground up on a shoestring, in the community with the rest of us, and including us in the conversation by asking one or some of us join you at Mahalo on a contractural or full-time basis to help you gain subscribers. You are a not a regular participant on this list, and I've seen nothing of value come from you since I've been subscribed. While it doesn't break any rules for you to come ask this question, I find it rather insulting for you to do so without offering a gig or valuable advice to one or some of the people in this community. At best, you're getting free consulting that devalues the hard-earned expertise of people here. At worst, you're using this medium as a gimmick to start conversation about Mahalo Daily. Both are pretty gross. And here's my question to the group: When does community-based advice to peers end and when does free consulting to professionals begin? Or, in other words, when do we start devaluing our own experience and expertise by giving it away gratis to people who could afford to pay for it? This is my biggest question as social media rises and communities help more and more with building of companies. On 12/11/2007, bordercollieaustralianshepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Wow ... I just caught up with the whole thread ... damn you! Damn You Jason ... LOL Well I stand by my ideas, but must give you a big nod for self promoting in such a sly way ... Of all of the crap I threw your way ... and having learned this AINT your first BBQ ... I would work the Thank You angle. Thanks for letting me play Dave -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: TV as we know it is dying (no shit)
Hi Jay, Thanks for the link - great to see the writers writing about the situation. I pass by both NBC and Disney on my way to the office, and there are even more people picketing this week than last week. Does anyone know of any advertisers who have pulled their campaigns because of the strike? If this starts happening, we will surely see more movement on the studio side. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a good op-ed by one of the writers of LOST. http://tinyurl.com/3xevtc This group knew that the traditional concept of TV was obsolete several years ago. With the Writer's Strike (http://twitter.com/writersstrike), entertainment workers are discussing all the economics of how it'd going to play out. Now that money is involved, everything we are doing is very for real now. If you are able to make quality video, you will be wanted. Question we got to ask ourselves is: do we want to become employees again? or can we do it differently this time? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] Re: TV as we know it is dying (no shit)
I don't know of anyone that voluntarily pulled their advertising but with several Late Night TV shows not in production Movies Studios are going to have a tough time promoting their Holiday releases to late night viewers. Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV The Viral Video of How Tos by French Maids http://frenchmaidtv.com Subscribe for FREE at: http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes MY BLOG: http://1timstreet.blogspot.com/ On Nov 12, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Frank Sinton wrote: Hi Jay, Thanks for the link - great to see the writers writing about the situation. I pass by both NBC and Disney on my way to the office, and there are even more people picketing this week than last week. Does anyone know of any advertisers who have pulled their campaigns because of the strike? If this starts happening, we will surely see more movement on the studio side. Regards, -Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia http://www.mefeedia.com/user/franks - What are you watching? --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a good op-ed by one of the writers of LOST. http://tinyurl.com/3xevtc This group knew that the traditional concept of TV was obsolete several years ago. With the Writer's Strike (http://twitter.com/writersstrike), entertainment workers are discussing all the economics of how it'd going to play out. Now that money is involved, everything we are doing is very for real now. If you are able to make quality video, you will be wanted. Question we got to ask ourselves is: do we want to become employees again? or can we do it differently this time? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 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/
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've successfully launched and sold several media properties, Mr. Calacanis. You've also got a company, Mahalo, that has a marketing budget. In my opinion, folks in your league should pay for advice instead of getting it for free. It's not like you're a Rocketboom or a Epic--FU/Jetset, starting from the ground up on a shoestring, in the community with the rest of us, and including us in the conversation by asking one or some of us join you at Mahalo on a contractural or full-time basis to help you gain subscribers. You are a not a regular participant on this list, and I've seen nothing of value come from you since I've been subscribed. While it doesn't break any rules for you to come ask this question, I find it rather insulting for you to do so without offering a gig or valuable advice to one or some of the people in this community. Well, all the advice coming in is 100% transparent and open so we all benefit from it. It's not like I'm asking folks to tell me in a private email and hoarding the information. Also, I think folks have the option of NOT answering. In the other businesses I've run (i.e. Weblogs, Inc., Netscape/Propeller) I used the same process of being 100% transparent and giving out MORE information then I got in. Check my sharing of AdSense learnings on calacanis.com over the years. I gave out all our secrets and got rewarded with advice and good will over the long term. If something works I feel like sharing it is the best way to maximize value... At best, you're getting free consulting that devalues the hard-earned expertise of people here. Really? How so?!? I actually think it gives folks the chance to showcase their talent (if they want to). On LinkedIn Answers I got over a dozen responses and many of those were very good (ones here were better on average). Those folks all get to look smart and I think they would get more work from it. When does community-based advice to peers end and when does free consulting to professionals begin? Or, in other words, when do we start devaluing our own experience and expertise by giving it away gratis to people who could afford to pay for it? This is my biggest question as social media rises and communities help more and more with building of companies. Well, I think everyone can answer this for themselves by either giving or hoarding information. It's an individual decision... some folks do blogs giving tons of advice understanding that they will get increased consulting gigs from it, other folks have enough consulting gigs and decide to hold their advice close to their vest. Different strokes.. best j
[videoblogging] Re:Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, eric gunnar rochow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason, welcome to the vblog group, we met briefly at VON Boston I guess I'm one of the minority here who are creating content that has commercial potential, though Gardenfork.tv does promote organic practices. Very cool... not sure you're the minority, you might be the silent majority. :-) Just from reading your post and the subsequent replies I learned a few things about getting the word out about gardenfork.tv and RealWolrdGreen.com. am working on a ning site as we speak. Thanks for posting your note, please post more. The four things that have come up most in advice on how to grow audience are (in order): 1. Make great product on a consistent basis (duh). 2. Use a super distribution method (i.e. put your video on every single service you can think of). 3. Use social services like Facebook (groups), Ning, Twitter, Pownce, MySpace, Delicious, Digg, Propeller, etc. to build community and showcase your work. 4. Use SEO-friendly titles to get search traffic (i.e. if you're doing a show about the new Tesla don't name it something clever like driving into the future but rather something people will type into a search engine like Tesla test drive). best j
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
In the long run, I think you will get to the same end quicker by asking a different question: What can you do to make the show better?
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
- Original Message - From: Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast? On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:06 am, Richard Amirault wrote: Not even close. The entry level Cannon has a mic jack and is *way* below the $500 point. Please send me more information on that camera (model number, link, etc.). That's useful to know. -- The Cannon ZR800$199.00 at B H Photo. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/478924-REG/Canon_1880B001_ZR800_Mini_DV_Camcorder.html Richard Amirault Boston, MA, USA http://n1jdu.org http://bostonfandom.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hf9u2ZdlQ
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lan Bui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whit is the true value of getting 100,000 views in a day? Is it so you can get sponsors to be interested in your show? If you do what Rupert and Bill say about getting featured then sure you will get those views but what true value does it add to Mahalo Daily? Was and is your goal just to make money with Mahalo Daily? The goal of Mahalo Daily is to entertain, inform, and sometimes even help folks. We look at it as a stand-alone property that will also, on a secondary basis, sometimes inspire folks to use Mahalo for what it's good for (searching, research, how to articles, etc). So, at the bottom of each Mahalo Daily blog post we post a bunch of related links. Today we have a couple of articles including How to use Dopplr and how to book a cheap flight linked under the blog post. So, after watching today's show (which is very funny fyi... good job team!) a certain percentage (5-10%) of the audience might want to go deeper into the topic area a certain percentage of those might become regular Mahalo users (say 10% of 10%, or 1%). In terms of sponsorship we would consider a sponsor if they were in sync with the audience and Mahalo brand, but we don't need to have a sponsor because if we can get to 100k views a day the traffic from the searches would pay for the show (a... cue the sinister Calacanis/Darth Vader music). Yes, page views/search traffic at 50,000 a day range would pay for enough of the show to break even. Beyond what Jan said, which also would get you viewers, I know that building a community of genuinely interested people would be the best way go get valuable viewers. The better the community, the more interactive, the more viewers you will see come. Sage advice... we've got the core audience already thanks to Veronica's past work and a core audience of 70-125k folks coming to Mahalo.com every day. So, I guess the advice of slow growth is the best we've seen here. best j
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm with you Richard. I suggest Jason have lunch with Andrew Baron and relive the worst TWIT ever. I think you're referring to Rupert Murdoch?!? ;-) TWiT 57 is legendary now... Leo talks about not pulling a 57 or let's not 57 this one.. in the pre-interview. Very funny. j
[videoblogging] Advanced Tools for User Generated Content
Dear Sir/Madam, I'm a researcher at the Foundation of Politecnico di Milano, a non-profit organization that promotes applied research in ICT in tight cooperation with the faculty of Politecnico di Milano (see http://www.fondazionepolitecnico.it/pagine...D=HomeL=EN ). I'm working on the Knowledge Management 360° - Web Networking research project. My research investigates users' adoption of advanced functionalities for video sharing. I would appreciate your help if you decide to participate in my research doing a short survey, hosted by a server of the Foundation: http://www.fondazionepolitecnico.it/pagine..._Pr001L=IT This survey is completely anonymous. I'm looking forward to receiving your feedback. Yours sincerely, Dario Fuzibo
[videoblogging] NaVloPoMo - the 12th
Hi folks, long time no talk! I'm still around. Made a new video each of the past 3 days, in fact... you've got to check out the one called SAT, I've been wanting to do that for a long time. http://vlog.kitykity.com Anyways, I know this is NaBloPoMo, and I know this Ning site has been set up... http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers ...and forgive me if I'm dense, but that site is SUPER confusing to me. Has anyone thought of posting their videos here? Maybe just reply to this post today, and give us a direct link to your video for this day, the 12th... Here's mine... http://www.kitykity.com/vlog/?p=412 Susan
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Whats really so bad about twit 57 anyway? I tried to listen to twit once and couldnt take it, but I just watched the video version of twit 57 all the way through. Sure, there were some moments where too many people talking at once wasnt good, but I found the show interesting. Unless the video version is edited, I didnt spot any legendary row, just a mildly spirited discussion, which was fairly revealing and thus interesting. And the Murdoch comments were nothing compared to the brief moment at the end of 2006 and start of 2007 where a few 'would be media moguls' stated their aspirations in even more ott fashion, only for those plans to wither away without much fanfare or explanation. I got rather passionate about such things at the time, disgusted by the idea that a new breed of gatekeepers were trying to bring themselves into existence, because that seemed like it would destroy some of the things that make blogging and vlogging have such potential. So whilst I admired the fact that rocketboom didnt seem to be selling out in the usual sense, for money, I became disturbed by some possible signs that Mr Baron was seeking to achieve a different sort of power. In a strange way Im sort of sad that nothing much has happened, I was looking forward to seeing what would occur. I imagine to witness the emergence of a potential mogul of the new media world, we need a far more ruthless character with an iron will, and a plan that is more detail than dream, to give it a go. None of the a- list/controvertial/opinionated/whatever characters, or your confrontations, live up to the hype. Perhaps the new media dominator must also have a good sense of timing, and will wait till things grow, and a lot of people do the hard work, before making their move. 2007, not what was expected, and as I said before I think the wobbly economy could make 2008 a year of shattered dreams, for those who couldnt keep their dreams to a realistic size. Long live the sustainable ones, with their feet on the ground! Regarding Mahalo and promotion, I would like to know stuff about promotion options that are well beyond the reach of the individual or those with more modest funding etc. Do you ever consider advertising in traditional mass media? I know that back in 2005 or whenever the year was that some bvloggers got a lot of mainstream press, some were surprised how little difference a story in the NYT or wherever, would make to their stats. And here in the UK Ive not seen anything like the number of TV adverts for dotcoms as I did during the original bubble. But Im also not convinced that web-only promotion works on a huge scale all that often, seems very hit miss, and I even wonder whether the notion of mass marketing will stand the test of time. What if everybody is on the race to the bottom, the only way is down, etc? Still taht would probably fit well with the needs of plnet earth, the end of 'god is growth' and a return to saner scales in all things? Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, John Coffey jimmycrackhead2000@ wrote: I'm with you Richard. I suggest Jason have lunch with Andrew Baron and relive the worst TWIT ever. I think you're referring to Rupert Murdoch?!? ;-) TWiT 57 is legendary now... Leo talks about not pulling a 57 or let's not 57 this one.. in the pre-interview. Very funny. j
Re: [videoblogging] Stats, blip.tv, and self hosted wordpress
I am working on the final details of my new blog and video show. It is crucial for me to get accurate usage stats. I've built the site the following way: 1. my videos are hosted on blip.tv 2. I use a self hosted wordpress as a part of showinabox installation. 3. I will have in the near future an audio podcast as well 4. Each video episode is linked to textual blog posts hosted on the same wordpress blog. 5. I will have a combined RSS feed via feedburner What is the best way to gather stats of the afferent info sources? others may have better solutions, but you really have to add up the video views yourself from the different sources. If you are only hosting your videos on blip, then that should be your total views no matter if people come from other links or through RSS. some people are using that new service (forgot the name) that upoads to multiple places at once. anyone know if that service now tallies up all your views from around the web? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] Stats, blip.tv, and self hosted wordpress
Tubemogul Tim Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV The Viral Video of How Tos by French Maids http://frenchmaidtv.com Subscribe for FREE at: http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/itunes MY BLOG: http://1timstreet.blogspot.com/ On Nov 12, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Jay dedman wrote: I am working on the final details of my new blog and video show. It is crucial for me to get accurate usage stats. I've built the site the following way: 1. my videos are hosted on blip.tv 2. I use a self hosted wordpress as a part of showinabox installation. 3. I will have in the near future an audio podcast as well 4. Each video episode is linked to textual blog posts hosted on the same wordpress blog. 5. I will have a combined RSS feed via feedburner What is the best way to gather stats of the afferent info sources? others may have better solutions, but you really have to add up the video views yourself from the different sources. If you are only hosting your videos on blip, then that should be your total views no matter if people come from other links or through RSS. some people are using that new service (forgot the name) that upoads to multiple places at once. anyone know if that service now tallies up all your views from around the web? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 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/
Re: [videoblogging] xacti cameras for class
I have only used firewire with a mini-dv camera in the past, so I'm wondering, with the xacti how do you get the video into the computer? Do you need some sort of device on the computer to read the sd card? Does the camera have usb or firewire ports that can be used to capture the video onto the computer? These are issues, since the computers already have usb and firewire ports in the lab, but no special devices for reading the sd cards presently. others have answered your questions in detail. (you can plug in the Xacti through USB...or use an inexpensive card reader) Ultimately use what you're comfortable with. i like the SD cameras since they fit in my pocket. But if you want a bigger camera experience with tape backup and the extra extensions...then definitely go with the mini-DV. in 5 years, they'll be giving away these cameras with keychains when you get a new bank account. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
[videoblogging] Re: Stats, blip.tv, and self hosted wordpress
tube mogul www.tubemogul.com is one site that lets you upload to multiple sites at once and track stats...other people really like vidmetrix www.vidmetrix.com for multiple uploads and statsmany ppl prefer their stats --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am working on the final details of my new blog and video show. It is crucial for me to get accurate usage stats. I've built the site the following way: 1. my videos are hosted on blip.tv 2. I use a self hosted wordpress as a part of showinabox installation. 3. I will have in the near future an audio podcast as well 4. Each video episode is linked to textual blog posts hosted on the same wordpress blog. 5. I will have a combined RSS feed via feedburner What is the best way to gather stats of the afferent info sources? others may have better solutions, but you really have to add up the video views yourself from the different sources. If you are only hosting your videos on blip, then that should be your total views no matter if people come from other links or through RSS. some people are using that new service (forgot the name) that upoads to multiple places at once. anyone know if that service now tallies up all your views from around the web? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo - the 12th
Anyways, I know this is NaBloPoMo, and I know this Ning site has been set up... http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers ...and forgive me if I'm dense, but that site is SUPER confusing to me. Has anyone thought of posting their videos here? Maybe just reply to this post today, and give us a direct link to your video for this day, the 12th... i think we chose to just stick to the Ning site for the NaVloPoMo project so we didnt clutter this group. Some people may not want an update of every video posted. you guys should go check out al the videos being made: http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers these are the people who are active on this list. i usually dont get to see the actual people who I read all the time. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo - the 12th
Ning is terribly disorienting and confusing, it's true. Even reading topics is difficult - something about layout? Navigation? Who knows. But I think posting all of our videos here would overwhelm the videoblogging group. Brook On 11/12/07, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyways, I know this is NaBloPoMo, and I know this Ning site has been set up... http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers ...and forgive me if I'm dense, but that site is SUPER confusing to me. Has anyone thought of posting their videos here? Maybe just reply to this post today, and give us a direct link to your video for this day, the 12th... i think we chose to just stick to the Ning site for the NaVloPoMo project so we didnt clutter this group. Some people may not want an update of every video posted. you guys should go check out al the videos being made: http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers these are the people who are active on this list. i usually dont get to see the actual people who I read all the time. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
Re: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo - the 12th
Hey Susan, Hurray! Great you're in, too. It's been amazing, so far. Sorry you found it confusing, but I think it will get pretty confusing and fragmented if we post here. Just go to: http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers There are discussion threads that say: Navlopomo Day 12 Videos or Navlopomo Day 11 Videos or Navlopomo Day 10 etc Click on those and post your video for that day in that thread. You'll see that everyone else has just posted their videos for that day there in a big scrolling list. Use the Blip share code for Myspace to embed your video into your message, and give your post link so that people can comment. Can't wait to see - but am already so far behind in my viewing... Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ On 12 Nov 2007, at 21:25, Susan wrote: Hi folks, long time no talk! I'm still around. Made a new video each of the past 3 days, in fact... you've got to check out the one called SAT, I've been wanting to do that for a long time. http://vlog.kitykity.com Anyways, I know this is NaBloPoMo, and I know this Ning site has been set up... http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggers ...and forgive me if I'm dense, but that site is SUPER confusing to me. Has anyone thought of posting their videos here? Maybe just reply to this post today, and give us a direct link to your video for this day, the 12th... Here's mine... http://www.kitykity.com/vlog/?p=412 Susan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] political videoblog
This site has been around since 2005: http://bloggingheads.tv/ It's a split screen with two people debating a political issue. There's some good info about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BloggingHeads.tv What's interesting is that they are now featured in the nytimes website as they expand their VIDEO section: http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=a158279cf5a7bbcb24cd60e1da3c9dd57a3daad4 Interesting how videoblogging is spreading. I would not have predicted the NYtimes getting in on the action. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
[videoblogging] blip.tv new 16:9 settings
As you all know there is a new player for blip.tv when you are on your profile for the video. Some of you may have seen black lines on the side of your videos. Well that is because your videos are not in 16:9. Those of you that are using the 16:9. What compression settings are you using? Mpeg4 720x480 with H.264? Nick
RE: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo - the 12th
Glad youre in, too, Susan. Watching all the videos everyday is more difficult than making a video and uploading it everyday. Its been cool, though, to get to know the people participating. Keep it up! Dennis P. _ From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rupert Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 4:48 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] NaVloPoMo - the 12th Hey Susan, Hurray! Great you're in, too. It's been amazing, so far. Sorry you found it confusing, but I think it will get pretty confusing and fragmented if we post here. Just go to: HYPERLINK http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggershttp://nablopomo.-ning.com/-g roup/videoblogg-ers There are discussion threads that say: Navlopomo Day 12 Videos or Navlopomo Day 11 Videos or Navlopomo Day 10 etc Click on those and post your video for that day in that thread. You'll see that everyone else has just posted their videos for that day there in a big scrolling list. Use the Blip share code for Myspace to embed your video into your message, and give your post link so that people can comment. Can't wait to see - but am already so far behind in my viewing... Rupert HYPERLINK http://twittervlog.tv/http://twittervlog.-tv/ HYPERLINK http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/http://feeds.-feedburner.-com/twit tervlog/ On 12 Nov 2007, at 21:25, Susan wrote: Hi folks, long time no talk! I'm still around. Made a new video each of the past 3 days, in fact... you've got to check out the one called SAT, I've been wanting to do that for a long time. HYPERLINK http://vlog.kitykity.comhttp://vlog.-kitykity.-com Anyways, I know this is NaBloPoMo, and I know this Ning site has been set up... HYPERLINK http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/videobloggershttp://nablopomo.-ning.com/-g roup/videoblogg-ers ...and forgive me if I'm dense, but that site is SUPER confusing to me. Has anyone thought of posting their videos here? Maybe just reply to this post today, and give us a direct link to your video for this day, the 12th... Here's mine... HYPERLINK http://www.kitykity.com/vlog/?p=412http://www.kitykity-.com/vlog/-?p=412 Susan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1126 - Release Date: 11/12/2007 12:56 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1126 - Release Date: 11/12/2007 12:56 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 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/
[videoblogging] Re: writer's strike - what can we do?
I dont know what to do, but I did just stumble upon this: http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-media-money-keynote-interview-with-michael- eisner/ I suppose I shouldnt be surprised at Eisner's view, coming from Disney or wherever it was, but as he's involved with Veoh, and so talks about things from the 'there's no money in it yet' perspective we know so well, it seemed sort of interesting. Not that I think that argument holds too much water, if theres no money in it right now that shouldnt affect the ability to set a %age, eg 5% of nothing is nothing, but later it could be something, and that would be fair? Is the only time companies reverse their ype about how well they are doing when those who do the work come asking for a fair share? Pt. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Rein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey what can i tell people to do anyway - to try to help the writers? Write to the big media companies demanding they give them a percentage? I like to let people know how to get involved and help, if they wish. Here I'm not sure what to do. thanks! lisa
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Not the kind of show most people would subscribe to IMO, it is the kind of show that has to be up an in the forefront of bored surfers, like the way that Yahoo presents The 9 show. hey i'm bored she looks ok... click i don't know of anyone that religiously watches entertainment tonight, not a 'have to watch it' kind of show, just it is there and convenient. To get the kind of viewers you want, hundreds of websites with click on pics of veronica in a bikini in every possible site that tween and teens gravitate towards. everyday, repeat, renew ads, expand site lists and links, until she is on every site in the entire world and cannot be escaped even on a National Geographic site translated in Punjabi.
Re: [videoblogging] Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Well said rupert. On a side note, I just caught an episode of the latest Epic Fu, btw. It's amazing to see how far it progressed. When it started it was trying to hard to aim at a young audience, definitely not for me. Now that it's matured I think it reaches that same audience, but it's also much more paletable and likeable for an older audience as well. Quite simply it has matured, it's definitely one of the most well produced and best targeted general audience video podcasts / blogs out there. I've see litterally thousands upon thousands of GA (general audience) podcasts, from a whole slew from former techTV people, dozens from Revision3/ the digg crew. Hundreds from mid level newspaper and magazine publishers from NYtimes, regional ABC affiliates, Washington Post, lifestyle magazines... and pretty much across the board they ALL completely fail to connect with their market. Quite simply put they're either throwing content up that hopefully people will watch... or alternatively... talking at you... without any real understanding of what their audience is. The one thing that makes a great blog, vlog or audio podcast a great audio podcast is a well defined, well connected, recipricating relationship with an an audience and a community. Rocketboom, ask a ninja, Epic Fu, Wallstrip, most obviously Ze Frank you see this over... there are some very specific keys as to how they connect but I'm not going to spend my time laying them out for Jason. The bottom line is if you want a mass audience you have to earn it. The only advice I will give him is the same things that work in blog space... boingboing to engadet, are the very same things that work in vlog space. BTW, I'm a fan of Veronica's, but I did not care for and still don't care for any of those CNET videoblogs.. I'm sure they have their market, but the bottom line is they fit right into that category of what all the other mainstream newspaper and lifestyle magazines are doing. It's as if they want to be TV. You can't just flip on the camera and talk into it. They're as blank and impersonal as the thousand yard stare. They're not looking at me, they're not talking to me. P.S. I forgot to mention Mobuzz and Webalert as two other examples of better shows on the net, but then there's a bunch I've missed. -Mike On 11/11/07, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Jason, This might not be the right place to ask those questions. Most (not all) of the producers here are working organically and personally with much smaller audiences and are creating uncommercial content. Directly commercial How Do I Get Rich/How Do I Get Famous/How Do I Get A Million Views questions from new contributors can be met with a bit of a backlash. But here's my two cents: You want regular six figure viewing figures, I'd say the only guaranteed way to do it from a standing start is to get featured on Youtube every time. I would imagine, given your profile and Veronica's, and the quality of your show, you could probably get a chat with them. Get a meeting in Palo Alto. Ask them how featured status is decided. Play whatever game they outline. Get Veronica to interview Chad Steve ;) However, the value of those views - and how interested the viewers are in your show or your brand - is another matter. My feeling is that to get any value or meaningful response from your viewers, you need to build audience and loyalty organically. All the social network/social media groups you've set up are a good start. But they're not a quick fix. Or a road to instant viewer riches. Youtube featured status IS a quick fix. BUT - beware of the quick fix. You need friends and passionate advocates, not 100,000 people calling Veronica a stupid bitch for no good reason or telling her to take her clothes off in the Youtube comments section. You take the shortcut, that's what you're courting. It can get pretty brutal there for featured shows. I advise you to look at EpicFu (formerly Jetset) - Zadi and Steve have done it about as right as possible, I think. They've been developing their show and their fans for a long time, and are now getting 1m views per week. They cover a lot of ground, screen on multiple networks as well as their own site and work very hard at it. They have their own social network, which is integral to their show. Seems to work well for them. I also advise you not pay any attention to my advice. I'm a videoblogger. I'm happy with a two or three figure audience, not six. I want to keep personal contact with my viewers. I have nothing to sell and no intention of making it my business. None of my opinions are based on any experience of building a promotional show with a big audience. Good luck with it. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://twitter.com/ruperthowe/ On 11 Nov 2007, at 19:55, Jason McCabe Calacanis wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Jan, you're burtal. Mean. Brutal... but thanks for saying it. Someone had to. Just so you know... it's not always true btw... and it'll get better... after it gets worse. It'll probably have to become a complete cliche before we evolve beyond it. Then again, it's already a cheap cliche. Excuse me, I'm going to go hire a hit chick now and start a popular videoblog. Writers who!? -Mike On 11/11/07, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know Veronica from sunshine, but I'm guessing she's got a good rack. You don't need much more than that and some low-cut, tight blouses and a bevy of good writers and guests to make the numbers you describe. Lots of writers out of work this week. Jan [Who's kinda sorry for the flip if true response] On 11/11/07, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This might not be the right place to ask those questions. Most (not all) of the producers here are working organically and personally with much smaller audiences and are creating uncommercial content. Got it. Thought that discussions about distribution channels might be in the mandate since I've seen them here before, but if not please do delete! But here's my two cents: You want regular six figure viewing figures, I'd say the only guaranteed way to do it from a standing start is to get featured on Youtube every time. I would imagine, given your YouTube has come up a lot so I guess we should talk to them about distribution. I agree about the value of those viewers and the horrible behavior. In some ways I guess it's like getting on the front page of digg: you get some traffic but you also get abusive comments from the kiddie/anonymous coward contingent. My feeling is that to get any value or meaningful response from your viewers, you need to build audience and loyalty organically. All the social network/social media groups you've set up are a good start. Agreed. We're getting a great response from Ning (http://mahalodaily.ning.com), Facebook (600 or so memebers), and Twitter. But they're not a quick fix. Or a road to instant viewer riches. Agreed again. I think they are good at creating a space for your existing users to get together. I advise you to look at EpicFu (formerly Jetset) - Zadi and Steve have done it about as right as possible, I think. They've been developing their show and their fans for a long time, and are now getting 1m views per week. They cover a lot of ground, screen on multiple networks as well as their own site and work very hard at it. They have their own social network, which is integral to their show. Seems to work well for them. Will do... those guys certainly know what they're doing and have been at it for a long time. I also advise you not pay any attention to my advice. I'm a videoblogger. I'm happy with a two or three figure audience, not six. I want to keep personal contact with my viewers. I have nothing to sell and no intention of making it my business. None of my opinions are based on any experience of building a promotional show with a big audience. Good luck with it. Actually, I think your advice is sage... focus on the organic and stick to your knitting. The goals of our podcast and a personal podcat are certainly different, but the passion is the same. LinkedIn has like a dozen answers including a VERY funny one from Leo from TWiT. http://www.linkedin.com/answers?viewQuestion=questionID=128692askerID=24171 best j Yahoo! Groups Links -- The Faux Press - better than real http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS http://fauxpress.blogspot.com http://wburg.tv aim=janofsound air=862.571.5334 skype=janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
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--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Steve Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whats really so bad about twit 57 anyway? I tried to listen to twit once and couldnt take it, but I just watched the video version of twit 57 all the way through. Sure, there were some moments where too many people talking at once wasnt good, but I found the show interesting. Unless the video version is edited, I didnt spot any legendary row, just a mildly spirited discussion, which was fairly revealing and thus interesting. The audio version was a disaster... the amount of noise was crazy. Some folks like the spirited debate between me the Baron, some folks didn't... i thought is fun! :-) And the Murdoch comments were nothing compared to the brief moment at the end of 2006 and start of 2007 where a few 'would be media moguls' stated their aspirations in even more ott fashion, only for those plans to wither away without much fanfare or explanation. No comment. I got rather passionate about such things at the time, disgusted by the idea that a new breed of gatekeepers were trying to bring themselves into existence, because that seemed like it would destroy some of the things that make blogging and vlogging have such potential. So whilst I admired the fact that rocketboom didnt seem to be selling out in the usual sense, for money, I became disturbed by some possible signs that Mr Baron was seeking to achieve a different sort of power. I actually think he's a hard working, smart guy... he created something unique at a unique time. I admire him for having big aspirations and who knows, some day he might become Murdoch. I mean, it could happen. That being said, I think the folks who got in blogging and podcasting first got to grab a lot of land and look really smart when the value went up myself included. When there were only two gadget blogs it was easy to be #1 or #2... today? Well, today there are 500+ gadget related blogs. In a strange way Im sort of sad that nothing much has happened, I was looking forward to seeing what would occur. I imagine to witness the emergence of a potential mogul of the new media world, we need a far more ruthless character with an iron will, and a plan that is more detail than dream, to give it a go. None of the a- list/controvertial/opinionated/whatever characters, or your confrontations, live up to the hype. I think you'll see some of the video network folks make a go of it... Rev3 and NextNewNetworks seem to have solid models of controlling show costs while keeping value high--and publishing on a regular basis. Regarding Mahalo and promotion, I would like to know stuff about promotion options that are well beyond the reach of the individual or those with more modest funding etc. Do you ever consider advertising in traditional mass media? I don't believe in buying advertising for startup companies... I've always believed that if you make the best product in your space the world will find it. I'm probably making a mistake in that belief, but it's worked for me for a while now so I'm going to stick with it. When I have someone call me and say buy a $200,000 advertising buy and we'll send you 10,000 folks a day for the next six months I think to myself... hmmm... maybe we could find someone uber talented and put a couple of talented people around them and make a show that will bring in 10x. Plus, if you own the show it grows forever... so, it's much better deal for us to build a great show then give the money to some radio station or website to send us some transient traffic. If we do 250 shows over the next year and they each get 500 views in the archive on average that's like 100k+ people a day visiting the site. That's really cool... the asset value of archives is going to be great I think. Own your master tapes if you're going to do a deal with PodShow or PodTech or Rev3 if you can :-) best j
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I disagrey respectfully with Tim Street. Promos my butt. Let the content speak for itself. Don't push promos everywhere, syndicate the content everywhere. Making promos for 3 minute shows is backwards. Instead just put the whole thing on youtube... yeah you'll never make a dime through youtube, but screw it... use them like they use you. Brand yourstuff like crazy. Build your brand. This is exactly what shows like Ask A Nija and Wallstrip have done. Don't give youtube users cheap seconds... that would be treating youtube exactly the way all those lifestyle mags, newspapers, regional news affiliates and the rest treat the online world... he's some show clips from the NBC... wait... nope we don't want them on Youtube anymore... come to our site. It's B.S. Give them the whole show, make it ontime... make it a great experience... and just let them know who it's coming from, brand well. Then just hope when push comes to shove you've developed enough of a core following that they'll follow you to itunes, your domain, or subscribe to your RSS feed with a real open network aggregator like fireant, democracy, mefeedia, or dare I say iTunes.. though quite frankly itunes sucks for video. -Mike On 11/11/07, Tim Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't argue with Jan. You might also try starting a video podcast and create some promos for it and post them everywhere you can. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -Original Message- From: Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:34:48 To:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)? I don't know Veronica from sunshine, but I'm guessing she's got a good rack. You don't need much more than that and some low-cut, tight blouses and a bevy of good writers and guests to make the numbers you describe. Lots of writers out of work this week. Jan [Who's kinda sorry for the flip if true response] On 11/11/07, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:jason%40calacanis.com com wrote: --- In videoblogging@ mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This might not be the right place to ask those questions. Most (not all) of the producers here are working organically and personally with much smaller audiences and are creating uncommercial content. Got it. Thought that discussions about distribution channels might be in the mandate since I've seen them here before, but if not please do delete! But here's my two cents: You want regular six figure viewing figures, I'd say the only guaranteed way to do it from a standing start is to get featured on Youtube every time. I would imagine, given your YouTube has come up a lot so I guess we should talk to them about distribution. I agree about the value of those viewers and the horrible behavior. In some ways I guess it's like getting on the front page of digg: you get some traffic but you also get abusive comments from the kiddie/anonymous coward contingent. My feeling is that to get any value or meaningful response from your viewers, you need to build audience and loyalty organically. All the social network/social media groups you've set up are a good start. Agreed. We're getting a great response from Ning (http://mahalodaily. http://mahalodaily.ning.com ning.com), Facebook (600 or so memebers), and Twitter. But they're not a quick fix. Or a road to instant viewer riches. Agreed again. I think they are good at creating a space for your existing users to get together. I advise you to look at EpicFu (formerly Jetset) - Zadi and Steve have done it about as right as possible, I think. They've been developing their show and their fans for a long time, and are now getting 1m views per week. They cover a lot of ground, screen on multiple networks as well as their own site and work very hard at it. They have their own social network, which is integral to their show. Seems to work well for them. Will do... those guys certainly know what they're doing and have been at it for a long time. I also advise you not pay any attention to my advice. I'm a videoblogger. I'm happy with a two or three figure audience, not six. I want to keep personal contact with my viewers. I have nothing to sell and no intention of making it my business. None of my opinions are based on any experience of building a promotional show with a big audience. Good luck with it. Actually, I think your advice is sage... focus on the organic and stick to your knitting. The goals of our podcast and a personal podcat are certainly different, but the passion is the same. LinkedIn has like a dozen answers including a VERY funny one from Leo from TWiT. http://www.linkedin
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Ok, that was funny John and Richard. I'll give you that. There is some inherent irony in even participating in this thread... I don't know how i got so sucked in... it's not all bad though is it? We're not doing jason any real favors... not giving away any subversive keys to skip having to learn... the points all come down to the fact that the show has got to be honest, personal and they've got to work for it. What's so damn wrong with that kind of advice? I can say this... jason is not ABC... and I can pretty much guarentee Mahalo won't be some cheesey *ss version of CNET's other video podcasts. I'm pretty much sure that Jason's efforts will be positive for videoblogging the way they've been positive for blogging. In fact I still read many of the blogs on his old network. We can either push this change away, live in the past and have no say in the future... or we can embrace the change and have a hand in shapping a better future. -Mike On 11/12/07, John Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm with you Richard. I suggest Jason have lunch with Andrew Baron and relive the worst TWIT ever. JCH --- Richard Bluestein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to puke. Jimmy CraicHead TVVideo Podcast about Sailing, Travel, Craic and Cocktails www.jchtv.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links
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And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it wasn't the most popular video of the day. This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits on one video 11,000 on the next. In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That is more reflective of your real audience. In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of creators, makers, participators... communicators. -Mike On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/ Yahoo! Groups Links
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One technique might be to sponsor the coolest videoblog awards ever... ;) -- Robyn Tippins Community Manager, MyBlogLog - Yahoo! Sleepyblogger.com | Gamingandtech.com On Nov 12, 2007 7:55 PM, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it wasn't the most popular video of the day. This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits on one video 11,000 on the next. In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That is more reflective of your real audience. In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of creators, makers, participators... communicators. -Mike On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED]danielmcvicar%40yahoo.com wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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The problem is not that Clacanis should be paying for such advice. The problem is this industry is so little estabished that there's no one he can call to pay for such advice. Where's the new media consultants section in the yellow pages.. or even online. Most people who could be consultants aren't because they're doing it... most people who say they're consultants are therefor full of sh*t or they'd be doing it. The very fact that jason is here... is I think proof enough of his genuiness. After all if I wanted to get something done and I had several million dollars the last thing I'd be doing is sitting around with all of you... I'd go find myself an expert and hire them. Time is money, sex sells, and you can't buy good advice. Now go hire Lan Bui. He's wise. Wit, especially sharp wit is really the cornerstone of all that is righteous in this world. Why... because this space is so full of B.S. and irony. Peace, P.S. this will be my final comment ... no more for me on this subject for a while... it's a fun thread though. -Mike On 11/12/07, Jeffrey Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've successfully launched and sold several media properties, Mr. Calacanis. You've also got a company, Mahalo, that has a marketing budget. In my opinion, folks in your league should pay for advice instead of getting it for free. It's not like you're a Rocketboom or a Epic--FU/Jetset, starting from the ground up on a shoestring, in the community with the rest of us, and including us in the conversation by asking one or some of us join you at Mahalo on a contractural or full-time basis to help you gain subscribers. You are a not a regular participant on this list, and I've seen nothing of value come from you since I've been subscribed. While it doesn't break any rules for you to come ask this question, I find it rather insulting for you to do so without offering a gig or valuable advice to one or some of the people in this community. At best, you're getting free consulting that devalues the hard-earned expertise of people here. At worst, you're using this medium as a gimmick to start conversation about Mahalo Daily. Both are pretty gross. And here's my question to the group: When does community-based advice to peers end and when does free consulting to professionals begin? Or, in other words, when do we start devaluing our own experience and expertise by giving it away gratis to people who could afford to pay for it? This is my biggest question as social media rises and communities help more and more with building of companies. On 12/11/2007, bordercollieaustralianshepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Wow ... I just caught up with the whole thread ... damn you! Damn You Jason ... LOL Well I stand by my ideas, but must give you a big nod for self promoting in such a sly way ... Of all of the crap I threw your way ... and having learned this AINT your first BBQ ... I would work the Thank You angle. Thanks for letting me play Dave -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
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--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. I agree, and disagree. :) First of all, *obviously* sex sells. It always has, and it always will. In LIFE. Not just in video blogs. :) Maybe we should make a list of the 'top' video blogs with female leads and the 'top' video blogs with male leads. The part where I agree with you is that you need for the chick to have a personality, AND either be able to come up with cool dialogue herself or have the ability to deliver what the ghost-writers make up for her. Dan's not saying for anyone to act like a bimbo or dumb anything down. The fact remains that if you remove chicks as the hosts on your shows, your views are going to plummet. In an ideal world, you can put anyone that looks like anything in front of a camera and have people tune in on a regular basis. Until then, attractive women will always be more in demand and receive more attention than unattractive women or guys in general. Please feel free to prove me wrong. :) If you can, I'll admit that you've changed my mind, publicly, in this same forum where I'm making these assertions. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it wasn't the most popular video of the day. This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits on one video 11,000 on the next. In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That is more reflective of your real audience. In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of creators, makers, participators... communicators. -Mike On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis jason@ wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/ Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
No, I think we're pretty much on the same page bill. In fact I think you've clarified the point. I should say that diversity is the key. Even though youtube doesn't for example deliver loyal audiences it does provide for the visibility to attract loyal audiences. Neither one end of the spectrum or the other is good. Reaching a diverse audience is good, because you need to be visible enough for your core audience to find you. In the same way sex sells. If that's all you have in this space you've got sh*t. Why... because increasingly a host is going to have to have a more and more shrewd personality... be more of a geek. Have more knowlege of the subject matter. This is not a knock at all, but when Amanda started working at rocketboom she new nothing about online culture. She was however a quick learner. She didn't have much street cred though, nor did she need it. Veronica on the other hand has tremendously geeky interests and cred. She's not just a pretty face. This is the trend... more cred, more shrewdness, more substance, more passion for the subject matter. Ultimately that will rule out over the whole pretty face routine. I mean, look at Leo Laporte. ;) But that's another tangent... the tech curmudgeon, the non-threatening host that makes everything safe for all the non-geeks... but that's a whole nother' email. It goes with the maturity of the space. I didn't finish that last email the way i had intended either. Sex is definitely not everything in this space, but of course a little sexiness never hurt anyone's numbers. -Mike On 11/12/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. I agree, and disagree. :) First of all, *obviously* sex sells. It always has, and it always will. In LIFE. Not just in video blogs. :) Maybe we should make a list of the 'top' video blogs with female leads and the 'top' video blogs with male leads. The part where I agree with you is that you need for the chick to have a personality, AND either be able to come up with cool dialogue herself or have the ability to deliver what the ghost-writers make up for her. Dan's not saying for anyone to act like a bimbo or dumb anything down. The fact remains that if you remove chicks as the hosts on your shows, your views are going to plummet. In an ideal world, you can put anyone that looks like anything in front of a camera and have people tune in on a regular basis. Until then, attractive women will always be more in demand and receive more attention than unattractive women or guys in general. Please feel free to prove me wrong. :) If you can, I'll admit that you've changed my mind, publicly, in this same forum where I'm making these assertions. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it wasn't the most popular video of the day. This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits on one video 11,000 on the next. In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That is more reflective of your real audience. In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of creators, makers, participators... communicators. -Mike On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis jason@ wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I think we're pretty much on the same page bill. In fact I think you've clarified the point. I should say that diversity is the key. Even though youtube doesn't for example deliver loyal audiences it does provide for the visibility to attract loyal audiences. Neither one end of the spectrum or the other is good. Reaching a diverse audience is good, because you need to be visible enough for your core audience to find you. I like this idea... Core inside Diversity. Similar to panning for gold. :) -- Bill In the same way sex sells. If that's all you have in this space you've got sh*t. Why... because increasingly a host is going to have to have a more and more shrewd personality... be more of a geek. Have more knowlege of the subject matter. This is not a knock at all, but when Amanda started working at rocketboom she new nothing about online culture. She was however a quick learner. She didn't have much street cred though, nor did she need it. Veronica on the other hand has tremendously geeky interests and cred. She's not just a pretty face. This is the trend... more cred, more shrewdness, more substance, more passion for the subject matter. Ultimately that will rule out over the whole pretty face routine. I mean, look at Leo Laporte. ;) But that's another tangent... the tech curmudgeon, the non-threatening host that makes everything safe for all the non-geeks... but that's a whole nother' email. It goes with the maturity of the space. I didn't finish that last email the way i had intended either. Sex is definitely not everything in this space, but of course a little sexiness never hurt anyone's numbers. -Mike On 11/12/07, Bill Cammack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser groups-yahoo-com@ wrote: And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. I agree, and disagree. :) First of all, *obviously* sex sells. It always has, and it always will. In LIFE. Not just in video blogs. :) Maybe we should make a list of the 'top' video blogs with female leads and the 'top' video blogs with male leads. The part where I agree with you is that you need for the chick to have a personality, AND either be able to come up with cool dialogue herself or have the ability to deliver what the ghost-writers make up for her. Dan's not saying for anyone to act like a bimbo or dumb anything down. The fact remains that if you remove chicks as the hosts on your shows, your views are going to plummet. In an ideal world, you can put anyone that looks like anything in front of a camera and have people tune in on a regular basis. Until then, attractive women will always be more in demand and receive more attention than unattractive women or guys in general. Please feel free to prove me wrong. :) If you can, I'll admit that you've changed my mind, publicly, in this same forum where I'm making these assertions. :D -- Bill Cammack http://CammackMediaGroup.com This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it wasn't the most popular video of the day. This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits on one video 11,000 on the next. In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That is more reflective of your real audience. In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of creators, makers, participators... communicators. -Mike On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar danielmcvicar@ wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to
[videoblogging] Rebuilding Hollywood in Silicon Valley's image
An article by Marc Andreessen: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/11/rebuilding-holl.html What would a new entertainment media company, producing original content, look like in the age of the Internet?
Re: [videoblogging] Rebuilding Hollywood in Silicon Valley's image
An article by Marc Andreessen: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/11/rebuilding-holl.html What would a new entertainment media company, producing original content, look like in the age of the Internet? I didnt really think of this till I read his post: Obviously, the less scripted television and film content that's being produced, the more alienated consumers will shift over to all the new activities -- and the less likely they will ever go back. Commercial TV and Movies still draw huge numbers because it's scripted...which means its about often good storytelling...which trumps most everything. We all love good stories well told. As the Writer's Strike continues and the studios keep adding reality TV and cheaper programming to their schedules, the difference between them and web video becomes less and less. The big question is whether Hollywood writers and producers will go back to their cells, or realize that distribution is wide open to whatever they have in imagination. There is money for good ideas well sold. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9
Re: [videoblogging] Rebuilding Hollywood in Silicon Valley's image
oh i am itching to produce about 5 new shows and they are nothing like the reality shows on tv On Nov 12, 2007 10:21 PM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An article by Marc Andreessen: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/11/rebuilding-holl.html What would a new entertainment media company, producing original content, look like in the age of the Internet? I didnt really think of this till I read his post: Obviously, the less scripted television and film content that's being produced, the more alienated consumers will shift over to all the new activities -- and the less likely they will ever go back. Commercial TV and Movies still draw huge numbers because it's scripted...which means its about often good storytelling...which trumps most everything. We all love good stories well told. As the Writer's Strike continues and the studios keep adding reality TV and cheaper programming to their schedules, the difference between them and web video becomes less and less. The big question is whether Hollywood writers and producers will go back to their cells, or realize that distribution is wide open to whatever they have in imagination. There is money for good ideas well sold. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: xacti cameras for class
what you are looking for is a USB memory card reader (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_reader) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jay, I have only used firewire with a mini-dv camera in the past, so I'm wondering, with the xacti how do you get the video into the computer? Do you need some sort of device on the computer to read the sd card? Does the camera have usb or firewire ports that can be used to capture the video onto the computer? These are issues, since the computers already have usb and firewire ports in the lab, but no special devices for reading the sd cards presently. ... Richard On Nov 8, 2007 5:55 PM, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have about $1000 to get two video cameras for students to check out and use for a multimedia class I'm teaching. Therefore they need to be under $500 each (complex math). The videos don't have to be pro quality or anything, but it would be good if: a) There was an input for an external mic, and b) If you could download the data via usb or firewire, since the computers in the classroom don't have readers/ports for memory cards. if its just for fun web video, i say get the Xacti E1. these are the water proof cameras...but they are also tough as hell because of the hard casing. i like the mpeg4 cameras because its easier to get the video from the sd card to the computer. Mini DV is cool...but more work IMHO. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Video: http://ryanishungry.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv
[videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
Hi Mike I was flip, but sex is what does sell, in advertising, etc. However, once it is sold, what are you bringign. Not just sex, but a service. You must give some nutrition with dessert, and once you bring people into the community, listen, get involved, and ultimately lead. This is a good discussion D --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it wasn't the most popular video of the day. This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits on one video 11,000 on the next. In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That is more reflective of your real audience. In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of creators, makers, participators... communicators. -Mike On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis jason@ wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/ Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Advice on how to get to 100-250k views a day (quickly)?
yep robyn jason was the first person i thought of since he had justhired my friend veronica around the time i decided to go thru with the winnies i emailed him but did not get a response On Nov 12, 2007 8:01 PM, Robyn Tippins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One technique might be to sponsor the coolest videoblog awards ever... ;) -- Robyn Tippins Community Manager, MyBlogLog - Yahoo! Sleepyblogger.com | Gamingandtech.com On Nov 12, 2007 7:55 PM, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]groups-yahoo-com%40mmeiser.com wrote: And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it wasn't the most popular video of the day. This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits on one video 11,000 on the next. In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That is more reflective of your real audience. In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of creators, makers, participators... communicators. -Mike On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar [EMAIL PROTECTED]danielmcvicar%40yahoo.com danielmcvicar%40yahoo.com wrote: Hi Jason Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple servers and hosts. You'd be surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across the board. Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something that you have an instinct for. Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more than a brand like French Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching the videos daily. What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise to me...coming from audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found online and in the community. All the best with your show. Daniel --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.comvideoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jason McCabe Calacanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering some other options since folks have been pinging us. I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for each of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the videos to YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, Flickr, and Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting nice pickup. On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, YouTube, etc). Anyone have an distribution tips? Has anyone done deals like this? Mahalo for any help... best J i blogged about this here: http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] ffmpeg for audio
is there a ffmpeg like program for audio (command line based)?
