Hmmm. A fancier title is needed:
Implementing ideas: avoiding brain candy / brain crack.
Time for me to share a little of what I am working on.
Vloggertising™ & Vloggertizing™ are one and the same at the moment. I have a vision that needs a staff, so for now I'll combine the two to make my life simple. Vloggertising is the place where the focus is on the community, it's movers, shakers and inovators. It will try very hard to stay abreast of the news, industry trends and emerging technology. It is for and about the users/contributors.
Vloggertizing is all about the word that many video bloggers avoided or cursed ... monetizing. I'll save my history for the coming bio but making money is part of it.
This could be the start of something...
Gone, but still good practice, is the "old school" days of video production. Big budgets, adhering to broadcast and technical standards, large crews, slick psychologically researched and targeted advertising are not as important or necessary. Why does Kerr McGee or Lockheed Martin advertise on television, when a majority of us will never buy anything directly from them? My guess, a little brainwashing and a little tax write off.
Just an example for starters:
Until recently average Jo/anne might make a home video. And that is where it stayed, home, unless copied or carried around. Suppose that home made video has footage of the day a swing set for a child was bought and assembled. Now that person has to move and wants to sell that swing set. We, vloggers, can assist and make money helping others. Monetizing? No, Vloggertizing!
I will be testing this very soon with my own items and will post them to a blog titled "on sale now".
I like cooperatives and barter groups. So once something I have doesn't sell, (either yard sale, craig's list or on ebay,) my next option is bartering.
Bartervlog™ is my solution. Within the Videoblogging group I have learned that several members have particular hobbies (or obsessions). I have items that my virtual friends might just want. Those items I'd post direct to Bartervlog. If no takers, then I will try to sell.
If no luck with selling or bartering then it goes to a cooperative or freecycle. Same video, just different links to it, targeted to a interested audience.
This will satisfy my urbancoop jones and avoid the brain candy/crack pit.
Big props to zeFrank for his Brain Crack piece, enjoyed it very much.
Well I think I have coined enough terms for the week. I plan on posting on my namesake site, the definitions of my new words, so be sure to check back if you have a future "Spelling Bee" champion in your house.
My (first) weekly nod to the node101:
Yaron posted a notice to the Yahoo group"Videoblogging," announcing a new monthly meet up group of New York-based Broadband video startups and video producers.
www.nyvideo.org
Hi Everyone,
I've started a new monthly meet up group of New York-based Broadband
video startups and video producers. If you're in the area, we'd love
for you to join. Our goal is to showcase and discuss emerging trends
in video creation, distribution, monetization and consumption online.
Group details here: www.nyvideo.org
Our first meeting is next week - Weds July 26th at 7:00pm. We're
meeting in the Screening Room at the Tribeca Film Center. blip.tv and
Dragonfly are slated to demo so far. If you're interested, please join
the group and RSVP at www.nyvideo.org.
If you have something you'd like to demo, email me at yaronsamid@yahoo.com Cheers,
Yaron
