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YouTube Rival Has Killer App (Advertising Age)

ByNalts

Advertising Age writer Beth Snyder Bulik called Revver.com a TouTube rival with an model that’s a “kill app.” She describes the $30K profit Steven Voltz and Fritz Grobe made through their infamous “Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment.” Revver advertisers include Microsoft, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and American Apparel. Larger content creators are contributing to…

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Marquisdejolie Reviews Pay-For-Content Sites

ByNalts

One of the highest productivity video creators is also the most experimental with various sites and blogs to promote his work. Here’s his comment about some of the pay-for-content sites. To see his blog, click on the link on the right (I have a perpetually link to his video blog. Revver is king. I’ve made…

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Wall Street Journal Covers New “Pay for Content” Video Sites

ByNalts

Highlights from a recent Wall Street Journal article on the pay-for-content online video sites… New Web Sites Pay for Clips By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO July 12, 2006 In his spare time, Patrick Sell, a 31-year-old marketing analyst, enjoys shooting short videos of well-dressed women strolling along New York City streets, then posting them on the…

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Eefoof Compared to YouTube… Like Revver Doesn’t Exist

ByNalts

Interesting that Eefoof — a relatively new site that pays creators for content — is getting billed as a “YouTube competitor.” Check out this CNBC story and this Digg.com post, which raises the question as to whether it will be a YouTube killer. Mashable challenges the business model and calls the site ugly. I give…

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IDoNothingAllDay and Revver Get National Coverage

ByNalts

This Wall Street Journal article gave Patrick Sell (creator of Idonothingallday) a dramatic spike in traffic to his website packed with short videos of beautiful women in NYC. Patrick has been doing this for a while, and he’s as humble as they come. Not what you’d expect in a voyeuristic video maker. Good press for…

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Any Theories on Why More Online-Video Sites Aren’t Sharing Revenue With Content Owners?

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I’m really perplexed about why more online video sites aren’t sharing revenue with creators. Revver has been around for 6 months or more, even if it hasn’t officially launched yet. If you had asked me in February, I would have told you there would be several imitations and at least one popular site (YouTube, Yahoo,…

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Making Money on Your Amateur Videos: Comparing Revenue-Sharing Websites

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Now that we’re seeing several online video sites that share revenue with video creators, it’s time for a comparison grid! For now I’m starting with Revver vs. Panjea vs. Eefoof, since they’re the only prominent sites that share revenue. I’ve also included YouTube and Google Video since they’re popular and give us a comparative base on some non-revenue…

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Creating the Perfect Online Video Site (Frankenstein Style)

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I’m planning on doing a thorough review of the major online video sites, but here’s my first attempt at creating the perfect online video site: It would have the traffic and community of YouTube. It would have Revver’s advertising-sharing model It would have Metacafe’s ability to sift the best content It would have that cute…

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First Interesting Article on Online Video (in a While)

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I’m getting so tired of the hype articles, or the latest story about an instant viral video classic. Finally, here’s an interesting piece. Source: The Ultimate Middle East Business Resource. Go figure. On YouTube: “But this bandwidth is expensive. It’s estimated that bandwidth costs YouTube US$1 million per month. But the investment – YouTube has…