--- In [email protected], "Mark Schoneveld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks! Yeah, getting sponsorship is great. I'm grateful, even > though it's not a lot of money. I know this: the next round of vids > will be worth much more. Probably double. My show is sponsored by > the well-funded Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation > (http://gophila.com) and their 'hip' what's-happening-now blog > http://uwishunu.com . For them it's all about image and promoting the > city as a fun place to be. We're getting money for 24 episodes.
Well, I think that's an important part of the "get paid to videoblog" equation. I think you have to do something that someone sees as an aid to their business so that they want to be involved with you. Doing it the other way wouldn't work, IMO, unless you lucked out and what you liked to do just so happened to be something that someone else could get visibility for their product or service from. Ability to attain sponsorship may be something for someone to seriously consider at the ground floor if monetization is a goal with their videoblog at all. > I'd say for anyone to videoblog full time, it depends on their > circumstances. Me, I'm a young (relatively!) starving artist. I'm > used to living on a super small budget. But I'm gettin' married to my > co-creator, Audrey in the Fall. I'm sure I'll need a bigger budget then! > > Ultimately, I'm looking to balance out what I'm doing professionally. > Video blogging is only part of that.... > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" <BillCammack@> > wrote: > > > > Hey Mark. I just watched your Episode #6 for reference. Cool, fun > > video. :D > > > > > <http://cheapdatesphilly.blogspot.com/2007/06/episode-6-historic-district.html> > > > > That's cool that you have sponsorship for your videoblog... Good luck > > with that! :D > > > > So how much MORE would you need in order to do your show(s) and > > nothing else to make money... IF that's one of your goals in the first > > place? > > > > --- In [email protected], "Mark Schoneveld" <mark@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Bill, > > > > > > Full time jobs? Eh. Who needs 'em. > > > > > > Good video is becoming more and more valuable as more people watch it. > > > Fan base, quality and regularity are still scarce in this world, but > > > the demand is high. The way I see it, those of us who are experienced > > > and savvy are going to make money. Good money. > > > > > > I started earning a couple hundred bucks a week through sponsorship of > > > the Cheap Dates Video Podcast: http//cheapdatesphilly.blogspot.com > > > > > > I also do my free stuff as a hobby: > > http://livemusicjournal.blogspot.com > > > > > > Even the free stuff is getting attention from record labels, for > > > example, who want to use it on their sites. It ain't gonna be free > > > foreva! > > > > > > The prosumer class is rising, friends. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Mark* > > > > > > http://thepovertyjetset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" <BillCammack@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > If you were entertaining offers to videoblog as your full-time job, > > > > how much money would that take you to make the leap? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Bill C. > > > > http://billcammack.com > > > > > > > > > >
