--- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I realise there are people making money from commercial shows - and > some of you are being funded by people like Podtech to produce a > certain number of shows per month in a certain genre. Probably not > enough to pay the rent by itself, but it's great. > > For me, I just don't see the numbers stacking up for videoblogging as > a rent paying gig.
You may have a very good point there. There may not be anywhere to go monetarily in videoblogging past the "hobbyist" stage. Of course, there are anomalies like Ze Frank and Ask A Ninja that receive critical acclaim and then advertising interest. On the other side of the spectrum, there are the viral video hits that make money off of revenue-sharing There are lots of videoblogs in between there, though. You may be right that the best way to go is to do whatever you want to do and express yourself through videoblogging while getting your money in other, faster, reliable ways. Initially, I used post-roll ads on my videos, but A) They were eyesores and B) I wasn't getting enought click-throughs for it to be worth anything. I would have been better off walking the streets looking down on the ground to see if anyone dropped some change! :D So I ditched the ads and immediately felt better for it because it wasn't ruining the end of my expression through video. Meanwhile, I'm noticing more and more production companies getting involved in making videos for the internet. The videos are like series of pilots, if that makes sense. :D Not like actual television shows... there's something "off" about them, but they're clearly using high-end equipment and putting A LOT of man-hours into their videos. The cost of each of these episodes has to be well into the thousands. We'll see what their plan is on getting their money back, or whether they're just high-end hobbyists. :D -- billcammack
