--- In [email protected], "Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bill, > > I think your points are all spot on, but the landscape is nonetheless > going to experience dramatic change over the next few years. That > doesn't mean the vlogging community will be the beneficiaries of that > change. Big money and big media are no doubt already planning > strategies and those strategies don't involve any of us. > > I think that being a video blogger now and establishing a presence > early on is risky in light of the good points you make, BUT - the > very nature of change and the "winner take all" dynamics of it will > make **some** of us very profitable. That's a *VERY* small > percentage of us.
I agree, Chuck. I'm not saying that people shouldn't do what they want to do and what they love to do and HOPE to get paid to do it. I'm just saying it's more of a longshot than I've seen discussed in this group. -- billcammack http://reelsolid.tv > I'm reading the "Black Swan" right now by Nassim Taleb > (http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?ml_video=86522) and I > really think that this next few years will see some black swans in > videoblogging. I know I'd love to be one. > > :-) > > Chuck > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" > <BillCammack@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Markus Sandy <markus.sandy@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hey Bill, > > > > > > Long time no see. How's it going? > > > > > > On Aug 2, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Bill Cammack wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I seriously don't know why people expect videos about > uninteresting > > > > (except to "the audience of ten") topics to EVER be monetized. > > > > > > > > > sometimes things are of interest to an audience larger than > expected. > > > > > > For example, wasn't South Park originally a "christmas card" sent > by > > > some ad folks to a few people but it went viral within the > industry? > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_park > > > > > > admittedly not your typical case, but it happens > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://tools.ourmedia.org/blog > > > http://SpinXpress.com/Markus_Sandy > > > http://Ourmedia.org/Markus_Sandy > > > > Hey Markus. :) > > > > That's my point, exactly. Not that there isn't any hope for > something > > random to go viral or be seen as something worth funding... but > rather > > that it's an anomaly. > > > > To speak about these things as if they're "regular" or as if they're > > definitely going to happen at some point I think does a disservice > to > > the community. I keep seeing these posts that imply that everyone's > > going to get a piece of the pie, eventually... but even in the case > of > > YouTube, it wasn't EVERYBODY that landed "partnership program" > deals. > > > > -- > > billcammack > > http://reelsolid.tv > > >
