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On Aug 13, 2005, at 1:31 PM, jmedakev wrote:
> Verdi,
>
> You're off in la la land.
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> You know more then anyone video blogging takes money and time.
>
> So what if this guy wants to work out a business model to get some
> compensation.
>
> You keep selling yourself short and working for free. In the mean
> time, others will figure out ways to bring fresh creative content to
> the world and make some money to continue their work at the same
> time.
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> Mike,
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> I've had a lot of luck finding sponsors. It helps when they agree
> with your message. Find the people who are looking to contact your
> audience and approach them.
>
> I've also had luck finding a TV station to air my stuff. This helps
> tremendously. There are small TV stations everywhere that are looking
> for fresh content to sell to advertisers.
>
> Don't listen to Verdi. Clearly he's an unrealistic idealist.
>
> Jamie
> thekeverreport.com
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>
> --- In [email protected], Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> 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 Mike,
>> This is pretty much a flame. Don't take it personally, I don't
> even
>> know who you are. Your email though brings up what I think is a
>> really important point that I didn't want to let slide.
>>
>> Personally, I think that quote above tells me your looking at this
>> whole thing as a means to make a buck. In my opinion this dooms
> you
>> to a life of producing complete and utter bullshit. Listen, if
> your
>> stuff hit the right demographic and was bland enough you'd be on
> the
>> radio or TV already. Since it's not, you must be looking to be a
> low
>> budget imitation of bland, mindless crap. That doesn't seem like
> a
>> very good business plan.
>>
>> Here's my suggestion: you and your colleague should go get
> yourselves
>> on the radio or TV if that's what you want. If, on the other
> hand,
>> what you really want is to podcast or videoblog, I have a few
> places
>> to start: 1. Brainstorm some good ideas about content and forget
>> about good ideas for underwriting. 2. Better yet, fuck
>> brainstorming, if you're creative you probably have some stuff
> you're
>> just dying to do - do that instead. 3. Quit lurking around and
> just
>> get started. Then get better at it.
>>
>> Peace
>>
>> --
>> Verdi
>> http://michaelverdi.com
>> http://freevlog.org
>> http://graymattergravy.com
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