--- In [email protected], "Mike Meiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, I think we're pretty much on the same page bill. > > In fact I think you've clarified the point. > > I should say that diversity is the key. Even though youtube doesn't > for example deliver loyal audiences it does provide for the visibility > to attract loyal audiences. Neither one end of the spectrum or the > other is good. Reaching a diverse audience is good, because you need > to be visible enough for your core audience to find you.
I like this idea... Core inside Diversity. Similar to panning for gold. :) -- Bill > In the same way sex sells. If that's all you have in this space > you've got sh*t. Why... because increasingly a host is going to have > to have a more and more shrewd personality... be more of a geek. Have > more knowlege of the subject matter. > > This is not a knock at all, but when Amanda started working at > rocketboom she new nothing about online culture. She was however a > quick learner. She didn't have much street cred though, nor did she > need it. Veronica on the other hand has tremendously geeky interests > and cred. She's not just a pretty face. > > This is the trend... more cred, more shrewdness, more substance, more > passion for the subject matter. Ultimately that will rule out over the > whole pretty face routine. > > I mean, look at Leo Laporte. ;) > > But that's another tangent... the tech curmudgeon, the non-threatening > host that makes everything safe for all the non-geeks... but that's a > whole nother' email. > > It goes with the maturity of the space. > > I didn't finish that last email the way i had intended either. > > Sex is definitely not everything in this space, but of course a little > sexiness never hurt anyone's numbers. > > -Mike > > > On 11/12/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Mike Meiser" > > <groups-yahoo-com@> wrote: > > > > > > And don't listen to Daniel McVicar. :) > > > > > > Sorry daniel. Sex sells is B.S. If you want a genuine audience... > > > an audience of makers, participators and creators... like maholo > > > fundamentally needs to survive... you're downplay the overt sexiness > > > of Veronica, and up-play her obvious street cred. Veronica should go > > > all out and be the geek and gaming girl she was born to be... not put > > > on the tight fitting shirt and dumb herself down. > > > > I agree, and disagree. :) > > > > First of all, *obviously* sex sells. It always has, and it always > > will. In LIFE. Not just in video blogs. :) > > > > Maybe we should make a list of the 'top' video blogs with female leads > > and the 'top' video blogs with male leads..... > > > > The part where I agree with you is that you need for the chick to have > > a personality, AND either be able to come up with cool dialogue > > herself or have the ability to deliver what the ghost-writers make up > > for her. > > > > Dan's not saying for anyone to "act like a bimbo" or "dumb anything > > down". The fact remains that if you remove chicks as the hosts on > > your shows, your views are going to plummet. > > > > In an ideal world, you can put anyone that looks like anything in > > front of a camera and have people tune in on a regular basis. Until > > then, attractive women will always be more in demand and receive more > > attention than unattractive women or guys in general. > > > > Please feel free to prove me wrong. :) If you can, I'll admit that > > you've changed my mind, publicly, in this same forum where I'm making > > these assertions. :D > > > > -- > > Bill Cammack > > http://CammackMediaGroup.com > > > > > > > > > This is much like the youtube issue earlier. Youtube courts a lot of > > > non-genuine traffic... people there for the crowd and spectacle... > > > people who leave assinine comments and wouldn't watch your show if it > > > wasn't the most popular video of the day. > > > > > > This is VERY often seen amongst many top youtube people. 500,000 hits > > > on one video 11,000 on the next. > > > > > > In the racing world you're only as good as your last race... in the > > > youtube world your only really as big as your least viewed video. That > > > is more reflective of your real audience. > > > > > > In order for maholo to survive it must tap into that culture of > > > creators, makers, participators... communicators. > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > On 11/12/07, danielmcvicar <danielmcvicar@> wrote: > > > > Hi Jason > > > > Your view level is pretty good, your show looks very good. > > > > > > > > If you want more views, put it across the board on multiple > > servers and hosts. You'd be > > > > surprised at how many you can get at Daily Motion. > > > > > > > > You may also experiment with short sweet and sexy promos. Across > > the board. > > > > > > > > Sex is what attracts attention the most, the hook is something > > that you have an instinct > > > > for. > > > > > > > > Then, as a daily show, you are a service, liek Rocketboom, more > > than a brand like French > > > > Maid TV. Your audience will find a certain comfort in watching > > the videos daily. > > > > > > > > What I enjoyed with The Late Nite Mash experiment was a surprise > > to me...coming from > > > > audience counting media. It was the collaboration that I found > > online and in the > > > > community. > > > > > > > > All the best with your show. > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Jason McCabe Calacanis" > > <jason@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > We launched Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont last week as some of > > > > > you might know. You can find the show at http://daily.mahalo.com and > > > > > on iTunes. We're hosting it at Blip.Tv (for now) but considering > > some > > > > > other options since folks have been pinging us. > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking for some advice on what we can do--other than make the > > > > > best show we can--to grow the view to 100k+ a day quickly. > > > > > > > > > > We did over 120k views in the first week (about 12-37k views for > > each > > > > > of the first four shows) which is much more than I thought we would. > > > > > We've got our iTunes page running and we're syndicating the > > videos to > > > > > YouTube and Facebook. We've also started a Facebook, Ning, > > Flickr, and > > > > > Twitter groups/accounts to compliment the program. They are getting > > > > > nice pickup. > > > > > > > > > > On a business level, I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who > > > > > can bring in 100-250k views a day for show, perhaps in exchange for > > > > > exclusive hosting rights/advertising rights or something (i.e. > > Yahoo, > > > > > AOL, YouTube, etc). > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have an distribution tips? > > > > > Has anyone done deals like this? > > > > > > > > > > Mahalo for any help... > > > > > > > > > > best J > > > > > > > > > > i blogged about this here: > > > > > > > http://www.calacanis.com/2007/11/11/congrats-to-tyler-and-veronica-on-an- > > > > amazing-first-week-for-mahalo/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
