Not too big of a believer about people paying for most content, however, I am a believer in varying levels of service. Perhaps basic functionality for the publisher (vlogger) is free, with more advanced features being a small premium.
Naturally, we do something similar at Audioblog, which in part, pays for our tremendous infrastructure and bandwidth from revenue. There's no such thing as "Free". Someone is paying a bill someplace. Is it gonna be you? One more thing. Do _not be discouraged_ by the cries of "I know how to do that myself, why would I pay for it?" that pop up from time to time. For every person that says that, there are ten people who don't. And some of those people are those that don't _want_ to do it themselves (I can install blog software, setup databases, etc., but for the longest time, I didn't _want_ to do it--- I went with a hosted service). Hope my .02 helps! ER --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "petertheman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to start an intelligent conversation about money. Right now, > I am moving Mefeedia to a dedicated server. That costs some money. And > more imnportantly, I am spending a lot of time on it. So I'm thinking > about ways to perhaps turn it from a hobby into a business. > > The same issues arise for blip.tv, ant and other businesses, so feel > free to add to this conversation guys. > > I think if we can have a conversation here, then perhaps the vloggers > can steer the future into a path that they like. So that'd be cool. > > So here's 1 idea I am playing with. Let's say Mefeedia can get your > vlog accessible on the PSP, and through the PSP users paying a fee or > something we make some $$, and give you a % of that, maybe half. Only > if you opt-in of course. That way you get more viewers, and make some > $$ of it, and Mefeedia makes some $ too for making the deals and the > software to make this possible.. You would still have you videoblog > wherever you want, nothing would change, all you need to do is opt in > at mefeedia to allow this. > > Would that make sense? Good? Evil? This is just one crazy idea, I'm > just trying to see what people think about things like this.. > > Cheers, > Peter > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> 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/
