I like you, am using the video I post to generate traffic and interest in my various websites, but there is a slight difference though.
The stuff you sell is not able to be taken from your video content. The stuff I sell is my technical knowledge of dogs, discs, and dogtraining. If I give away all that knowledge, I have nothing to sell. That's bad. Add to it that dog training is extremely simple (technically) and I am in a real bind. As I said, I have no problem entertaining, showing off, helping people out for free with our video blog, but I cannot just give all the really good stuff away, otherwise I have nothing left to earn a living off of at the end of the day. Ron Watson Pawsitive Vybe On the Web: http://pawsitivevybe.com http://k9disc.com http://k9disc.blip.tv On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:16 PM, johnleeke wrote: > > 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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
