--- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I did read that Bill > > and it still sounds like speculation to me > > cold hard facts are what im after buddy > > correct, anytime we talk about ad sales, there's quite a bit of speculation. > if you get paid by a company to make videos, then youre just an employee again. > > so here's an idea ive been floating around here lately... > Do you think a videoblogger could raise money from his community/viewers? > This is media supported more like the American NPR model. All content > is free to everyone, but there's an understanding that if money isnt > raised from the public, then the programming will stop. The perception > is that because its not corporate sponsored, it can be much more > critical and take longer times to tell stories. (NPR is not perfect, > just an analogy) > > So my point is. > let's say I want $4000 a month to live and make a regular videoblog on a theme. > is it crazy to think he could raise $5 a month from 800 people? > Its almost the great humbler because then you got to make a real > connection with people. > you have to really connect with a community, and they would really > have to feel like youre a voice for them. > > Jay
That's a great idea, in theory. It depends on everyone being connected, though. Perhaps connectivity is implied in your definition of 'community' in this instance, like not a community of people that live near each other, and have common interests, yet are not necessarily online. I don't think people would be inclined to support something they're not going to get use out of, so they would have to have computers and broadband and be aware of watching video content on the internet in order to potentially donate the $5, IMO. Having said that, if it were possible, it would be really fantastic. :) Aside from potentially being a 'humbler', it could also be an uplifiting experience, knowing that people trusted you to bring them the information and that they were willing to support your efforts with their hard-earned dollars so that you could concentrate full-time on producing content for THEM as opposed to doing it on the off-hours from your day-job. I would think it would be incentive for one to rise to the occasion and put one's best foot forward for the project. :D -- Bill C. billcammack.com > > > -- > Here I am.... > http://jaydedman.com > > Check out the latest project: http://politicalvideo.org > 500 hours of George Bush speeches!! > Search, download, remix!! >
