> For those of us (you do dogs, I do horses) with narrow niche > educational material rather than "shows" for wider audiences
You do dogs & horses, I do old-houses; very, very "niche." Verdi writes: >>You could also try giving the videos away for free and make money from the opportunities that arise from that (that's what happened to a number of bloggers and some vloggers).<< I use that model. Right now people expect to see video on the internet for free, so I go with that flow (row, row, row your boat gently DOWN the stream)at my video blog: http://historichomeworks.phovi.com/ and at my no-cost live video conferences, where they can watch the video conference replays: http://historichomeworks.com/hhw/conf/vidconf.htm which they do by the thousands, world wide (to my amazement): http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/kmi_fm/replaymap.php?pwd=0f3ad1-5717 which helps people understand who I am and what I do, and attracts people to my website: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/index.htm where they buy my print (print on demand) publications: http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/reports/reports.htm and hire me for consulting: http://historichomeworks.com/hhw/office/consult.htm that includes onsite training, problem solving, etc. (of course all the onsite work and problems solving provides even more of the attractive content that I consult, write and vlog about. It's a vicious circle, and I love it!) As I build up more video series, I suppose I'll be able to sell them on DVD or subscribed website content, perhaps in a year or two. But right now their highest value seems to be promotional, and they really do well at that. A few of my colleagues are even hiring me to shoot video for them and help them get into video blogging! John by hammer and hand great works do stand by cam and light he shoots it right
