My Masthead is Cool

Maybe it's the margaritas talking, but I really like my little masthead above. The video camera looks like I stole it from clip art, but it's actually my little camera sitting on my black desk. I lucked out with the flash and reflection- it's the first photo I've taken in a while that's not totally…

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A Message to Online Video Sites- What Do You Need?

Dear online video sites. Thanks for giving us free access to online videos, as well as absorbing the costs of hosting and serving the videos. Unfortunately, that's become a commodity. I think you know this, but in case you don't… what attributes do you need to ensure that you're not a "Pets.com" of the online…

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Another Way to Get Ad Revenue on Your Videos

Revver until now has cornered the market on pay-for-content. Two firms have offered similar models, though. And a new entrant has arrived. 1) Jeukersz (aka www.MillionDollarVideoJukeBox.com) 2) Motion.tv 3) Now Blip.tv is getting into the revenue-sharing space according to this article from CNet. Here's what CNet says, and if you register you can read more…

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Promoting Your Online Video Content

Since there's no model that has high traffic (YouTube) AND pay-for-content (Revver), this has been my strategy for making money through online video. Use it as your own risk. Create good stuff. I'm hit or miss, and still experimenting. Since I'm not interested in making sexy videos, I focus on humor. Sometimes topical, sometimes corny,…

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How Will Amateurs Make Money from Online Videos in 2007?

Right now there are only two ways for an amateur to make money on short online videos, but this will soon change. Provide a website or network exclusive rights and get a one-time payment. We've seen certain amateur content creators already stop producing content for YouTube because they've been presumably approached by "content scouts." Remember…

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Help Starving Video Blogger Win Prize

Okay, the competition for the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang contest is better than I expected. Which means I need to blog a desperate plea for votes. If you have a second, please give the following three short videos "5 stars." You don't even have to suffer through them or click the ads. And if I…

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Sprint and Verizon Stalk Film-Festival Circuit

It would appear that the Howard Stern & XM Radio deal has scared the hell out of cell-phone providers. Cingular has partnered with HBO, and Sprint and Verizon are hunting for "short films suitable for the size-challenged cell-hone screen," according to Newsweek. Nokia is setting up a tent at the Los Angeles Film Festival to…