I almost missed this! Hi! I thought you'd vanished from the vlogosphere...
I really recommend checking out and talking to Rox and Shane from http://www.beachwalks.tv Which seems to me to be closest to the kind of thing you're talking about. They are incredibly professional, and have a regular simple formula for most of their episodes, which they repeat with great regularity and success - but they also do special episodes on local things. And they have a local (Hawaii) community that they've built up, with local businesses and citizens involved. They have an active Ning social network called the Reef, focussing on the show but also on Hawaii things. They organise Podcamp Hawaii, too. Another great local vlog/network is Bill Streeter's Lo Fi St Louis at http://lofistl.com Similarly, he has a Ning network called The Circuit, which is art & music based. And it's though not a local show (though they're local to you) Steve and Zadi have done amazing things building up Epic Fu http://www.epicfu.com Building business & sponsorship relationships, and running their very successful network Mix (again Ning based) Steve Garfield has just written a book called Get Seen - Online Video Secrets to Promoting Your Business http://www.facebook.com/pages/Get-Seen-by-Steve-Garfield/86657051226?_fb_noscript=1 which might help you out, too. Good luck! Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 27-Aug-09, at 5:08 PM, adammerc...@att.net wrote: > Hi Videobloggers and new media creators > > I am in pre-production for a podcast I have been wanting to do for > many months. Finally decided to get off my butt and do something about > it. But I need some assistance or guidance in getting started. I have > been creating media for many years but this is my first attempt at > producing my own. Not having a TV or radio background like many of the > successful show creators out in podcastland, this is all a bit > different territory. > > The show will be non-fiction local news/lifestyle to a niche audience. > I hope to get local business involved in the show, and hopefully that > may lead to sponsorship of some kind. In approaching potential > partners and collaborators to the venture my concern is to not to look > amateur or unprepared. I want to present them with a media kit of some > kind, ideally a one-sheet outlining the show and a pilot episode. I > don't know if this is typical, I'm just guessing. > > Can anyone recommend a good book, blog or other that serves as a > primer on show producing. What kind of data should go into the one- > sheet? How should one approach businesses and collaborators? At what > point do I mention sponsorship; do I ask up front and risk a negative > reaction? So many questions and not sure where to look for answers. > > If any one has any experience in this area I'd love the benefit of > some advice. I'm not looking to shirk the groundwork, just need to be > pointed in the correct (read: most efficient) direction. > > Thanks > Adam Mercado > Creative Director > Influxx Media Production > http://www.influxx.com > 714 928 9896 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
