Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-16 Thread Pete Prodoehl
andrew michael baron wrote: On Aug 13, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Frank Carver wrote: Its always better to make money doing things you like. I'm not so sure. Over the years, I've made money doing a whole range of things, some I really liked, and some I didn't. Sometimes I worked for myself,

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-16 Thread Randolfe Wicker
choose the path right for you and prosper! - Original Message - From: Pete Prodoehl To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc. andrew

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-16 Thread Frank Carver
Tuesday, August 16, 2005, 4:26:51 PM, Pete Prodoehl wrote: andrew michael baron wrote: Can you give a specific example where it is better to spend your life  makeing money doing things that you don't like to do? And spending  your life not making money doing the things you like to do? It's

RE: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-15 Thread Rick Short
://rickshort.blogspot.com -Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Yirchott Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 9:45 PM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:50:53 +0200, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My last professional writing assignment was to go down to a bank and write a story about how the bank communicated to its new employees that it was genuinely concerned about his or her welfare. Doing that made

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Charles HOPE
Andreas Haugstrup wrote: On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:50:53 +0200, Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My "last" professional writing assignment was to go down to a bank and write a story about "how the bank communicated to its new employees that it was genuinely concerned about his

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Randolfe Wicker
tunities to have yourself seen and heard. - Original Message - From: andrew michael baron To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Andreas Haugstrup
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:02:05 +0200, Charles HOPE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/gdrmain.htm I've been introduced in a more contemporary context with organizational communication through Lars Thøger Christensen and George Cheney. Auto communication and the

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Jay dedman
What the blogosphere did not have at its outset was the infrastructure this community has created / creates. That and a strong sense of community set us apart. To what end? I can only imagine that it will be positive. agreed. we may disagree and come at videoblogging from different

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Blogging infrastructure built over time. We're standing on the shoulders of giants. Let's not forget that. We're not any more or less special because we have video in a blog. But, I do think there are opportunities here to build tools and services that specifically relate to media

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Beth Agnew
I think it's fair to an extent to turn up the heat a little on people's ideas and put their feet to the fire about what it is they are really doing. If they are passionate about their ideas, that heat is not going to deter them. Our devil's advocates shoot flames at these ideas to see how

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Jan
] To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc. Blogging infrastructure built over time. We're standing on the shoulders of giants. Let's not forget that. We're not any more or less

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Chris Baudry
Hi Jan: what is the address of the podcast list? Is it a Yahoo group? Christian SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Explains

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-14 Thread Chris Baudry
David, As a follow up towhat you say about sponsors, avery practical question: after identifying a list of potential sponsors that might be interested, how do you contact them? Do you contact their marketing dept. and what type of person are you trying to reach? Or communication agencies?

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread Michael Verdi
I'm in the middle of writing a response to all of this and Frank's email comes in. Thank you. Frank, that's one of the best written and clearest responses I've read in a while. I completely agree. -- Verdi http://michaelverdi.com http://freevlog.org http://graymattergravy.com

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread Joshua Kinberg
One of the great things about vidoeblogging as opposed to film or television is that here you can just begin producing your ideas without first figuring out the business models. Just do it. Make what you want to make. See what works. Understand your own process. Build an audience. You can do

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread andrew michael baron
Here's my suggestion: you and your colleague should go get yourselves on the radio or TV if that's what you want. Ok god damn it. This is just the most depressing thing to hear at this point. I feel like trying to talk about TV and radio as being something otherly is just a crock.

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread andrew michael baron
I think the point is to raise the bar. My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://apperceive.com http://app.etitio.us http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ http://spinflow.org http://spinsummer2005.blogspot.com

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread andrew michael baron
A personal reflection on my response (sorry in advance): Right now with Rocketboom, for instance, we are stuck. I feel like we have pretty much hit a ceiling and its a miserable and terrible place to be. In my head, I have a list of 1000 things I want to do with Rocketboom. The list is

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread Clint Sharp
Michael Verdi wrote: Anyway, I just firmly believe that when you sit down to think about what to do in the world and the first thing that comes to mind is what's going to make money? that you're dooming yourself to failure. That failure may take different forms - artistic, monetary,

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread Michael Verdi
On Aug 13, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Clint Sharp wrote: What I object to is people deciding what people's motivations are. It's not up to us to determine people's motivations for doing this. I'm just calling it like I see it. If you read my email, and I've said it twice now, this isn't about him

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread Randolfe Wicker
be co-opted and used as insertions into web advertising on a regular basis in the very near future. - Original Message - From: Michael Verdi To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponso

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-13 Thread David Yirchott
Responding to this offline. Will cc Verdi. -David From: Markus Sandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc. Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 08:00

[videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-12 Thread RadioMike Perazzetti
Dear Podcasting and Videoblogging comrades, I have been mostly lurking on these lists (mostly to utilize your individual and collective expertise to compile it all into an Internet Bookmark Database which is still growing daily) until the eventual time that I will begin podcasting again,

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-12 Thread Michael Verdi
On Aug 12, 2005, at 8:25 PM, RadioMike Perazzetti wrote: My colleague and I have been brainstorming podcasting ideas and we figure the best way to do it and do it right is to obtain underwriting, sponsorships, and the like with advertising coming in at a close second or third. Hey

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-12 Thread David Yirchott
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc. Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:43:51 -0400 On Aug 12, 2005, at 8:25 PM, RadioMike Perazzetti wrote: My colleague and I have been brainstorming podcasting ideas and we figure the best way to do it and do

Re: [videoblogging] Questions Regarding Sponsorships, Underwriting, Ads, and Rates, etc.

2005-08-12 Thread Kunga
I think Radio Mike is asking questions only a consultant getting $200 an hour should answer. It is not appropriate to ask for free marketing business plan advice here. You should offer to pay for such advice not expect to get it for free. I do not think you can get money in advance of