--- In [email protected], "Roxanne Darling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This thread has veered a little (though it's all been great - I'm just > now catching up on it) however I still wanted to add a couple little > things. > > !) re AFTRA: i think a rate card is useful but only on one direction - > in other words, it is a standard, use it as a reference point to help > build your own confidence to charge or when putting a proposal > together. But don't require us to pay it as so many people are doing > things for less than a 100% commercial goal. Union = opt-in not > required/ > > 2) Write short expiration dates on proposals. The marketplace is > changing very fast, and our skills/talent may be worth a lot more next > week. The less locked in, the more flexibility let our boat rise with > the tide. > > Aloha, > > Rox
Yeah, I agree with that. Expiration Dates on proposals, for sure. I just had a situation where a client was surprised that my invoice was different than it had been TWO YEARS AGO????? hahahaha :/ People need to know that your rates are for NOW and not in the future. -- Bill C. billcammack.com > On 6/22/07, unclealexx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> wrote: > > > > > > > I like the idea Jay, and everything is in place for it to work, > > but in my situation, I would still like the viewers to get the free > > ride, get the information and hopefully support the businesses that > > advertise at each location. > > > > The hard part at the moment is getting the businesses to sign up, > > and understand the potential of online video. In the end, Im still a > > small fish, having to compete with sharks like lonelyplanet.tv. who > > have the brand power to get advertisers on board. > > > > > > Until you can prove "Rocketboom" numbers, it just seems like > > > sponsorship/advertising is a dream. > > > Instead of the small fish begging for corporate sponsorship....reach > > > out to the community for modest support. if what you create needs > > > money, it should be important enough that a fair number of people will > > > pitch in to keep it afloat. > > > > I seems like this discussion is more about sponsorship before going > > into production, getting the funds to get set up and produce your show > > - but if you are already up and running, sponsorship and advertising > > doesn't have to be a dream; Revver maintains a network of sponsors to > > connect your content to advertisers so you don't have to. We know it > > can be hard getting an advertiser interested in your show, especially > > if they aren't videoblog savvy, so we help with that step. Just > > wanted to point that out, even though I think most of you are familiar > > with Revver and its model. > > > > Regarding Steve's interest in advertising that will follow the content > > as it moves around the web: > > > > > At this point in time we are embedding the sponsorship directly in > > > the video so it can travel with the video no matter where the video > > > goes. I'm interested in new technologies that will allow me to > > > attach the ad to the end of the video, like blip.tv is doing in beta, > > > but that will allow the ad to follow the video to other video hosting > > > sites. This also brings up the ad policies of Facebook, MySpace and > > > YouTube, which is another discussion... > > > > This is another thing we've tried to do with Revver, developing > > dynamic ad-serving and tracking technology that actually moves with > > the content. In a perfect world this would be limitless, but the fact > > is that retranscoding of the video by some hosts can result in > > striping of the ad. And then, of course, there are the ad policies > > Steve mentions. It's gonna be interesting to see how new technologies > > take on these issues, and how the ad policies of platforms evolve. > > > > > > > -- > Roxanne Darling > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > 808-384-5554 > http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > http://www.beachwalks.tv > http://www.barefeetshop.com > http://www.barefeetstudios.com >
