--- In [email protected], "Deirdre Straughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suspect that, in real life, you'll have to turn that question around: how > much is someone else willing to pay for you to videoblog what you love? And > that, in turn, depends very much on what it is you love to videoblog and how > interesting that is to others.
Absolutely. That's the next level of the question. The first level is how much money would you want/need. The next level is "who's going to give that to you, and why?". It may very well be the case that videoblogging, in its current state, doesn't command enough $$$ for people to make that their full-time and only job. As Rupert said, he doesn't WANT his videoblogging to become a job, so he's out of it altogether. Then you have people that do videoblogs with no specific or consistent topic or that for some other reason aren't marketable to advertisers. Then, you have those few fortunate people whose hobbies are marketable and get paid to do videoblogs about what they would be doing anyway. That leaves the situation in the hands of the buyers/funders, like you say. Someone might be willing to pay you to do a videoblog about Caterpillar Tractors. :D The question is.... do you REALLY want to DO that? :D > Yes, my job is mostly about marketing (and always has been, though I mean > marketing in a far wider sense than most people). As it happens, I love > hearing people's stories, and if I can hear them on video and share them, so > much the better. That can include stories that also have a marketing purpose > such as showing why a particular person loves to work for Sun Microsystems. > It's about Sun, but it's also about the person, and that fascinates me. So > we're all happy. I was noticing something like this about all those "first to buy an iPod videos". There was really NOTHING going on in them, but people were interested in the hubbub and the "show" of the line-waiters bursting into the Apple Stores to get their long-awaited iPhones. There WAS no show... but the show became the collection of instances of people buying iPhones...... -- billcammack > On 6/25/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just saw this, so I'm responding late. :) > > > > "Imagine that there was something that YOU LOVED to videoblog about... > > How much money would you need in order to do that videoblog full > > time?" I think Vergel's (http://lx7.ca) answer was a good one "My > > expenses plus a percentage for extracurricular activities". What > > you're talking about is closer to what Jeffrey's issue was. A company > > wants you to promote their business. To me, that's like any other > > business deal. They need someone to promote them... You have the time > > and a camera. It's a match. > > > > > > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > living & travelling in Italy > (and other Countries Beginning with I) > www.beginningwithi.com > Check out my latest blog post: > Bersaglieri<http://www.beginningwithi.com/italy/travel/leccoevents2.html> > ----Blogsigs.com <http://www.blogsigs.com>, Link your own blog posts. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
