How'd you like to make $1000s simply by posting videos online?
Here's an interesting tidbit for anyone who has a video camera...
I was just checking out different video hosting sites for a newsletter I'm working on, and I noticed that a lot of the videos posted on www.metacafe.com had a little "Producer Rewards" graphic beside them.
I clicked on one of the graphics to discover exactly what a "Producer Reward" was. Turns out that if you agree to let Metacafe licence your video, they'll pay you $5 for every 1000 impressions (in other words, for every 1000 people who click on the video and watch it).
It doesn't matter if it's spontaneous or scripted -- if it entertains viewers, Metacafe will reward you for it.
When I read this, my first question was, "Yeah, but can you actually make decent money doing this?"
Well, it turns out that Metacafe's top earner has made over $62,000! Not a bad chunk of change, don't you think?
I'm sure it takes a while to earn that kind of money on a site like Metacafe... but if making videos is your hobby, you may as well post them on Metacafe and see what happens.
After all... even if you only end up making a couple thousand dollars -- that's still a trip to Mexico!
I was just checking out different video hosting sites for a newsletter I'm working on, and I noticed that a lot of the videos posted on www.metacafe.com had a little "Producer Rewards" graphic beside them.
I clicked on one of the graphics to discover exactly what a "Producer Reward" was. Turns out that if you agree to let Metacafe licence your video, they'll pay you $5 for every 1000 impressions (in other words, for every 1000 people who click on the video and watch it).
It doesn't matter if it's spontaneous or scripted -- if it entertains viewers, Metacafe will reward you for it.
When I read this, my first question was, "Yeah, but can you actually make decent money doing this?"
Well, it turns out that Metacafe's top earner has made over $62,000! Not a bad chunk of change, don't you think?
I'm sure it takes a while to earn that kind of money on a site like Metacafe... but if making videos is your hobby, you may as well post them on Metacafe and see what happens.
After all... even if you only end up making a couple thousand dollars -- that's still a trip to Mexico!
Comments
Thanks for the tidbit, Derek. How must does it cost you for Metacafe to license your video?
Wil G
WGF Enterprises, Inc.
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-wgf36cashcow
Posted by: Williams G. Ford | September 30, 2007 07:29 AM
Hey, Derek.
I started my website about a week ago and so far, I'm averaging 20 visitors daily (Google Analytics). Is this decent for the amount of time I've been live?
Also, I've tried some of my own marketing ideas. For example, I'll go to Wikipedia and add my link under "External Links" for articles that have to do with my content.
I think I've found a pretty good niche here, but I'm not sure what else I could be doing other than posting comments on peoples' blogs and doing the whole "social networking" thing.
Do you have any other ideas as to what I could be doing to generate a bunch of traffic? I bought your DVDs and I'm just trying to get traffic fast.
Let me know.
Leslie
Posted by: Leslie Halden | October 1, 2007 01:11 PM
I am so confused. How does all this work?
Regards
Shaman Singh
Posted by: Shaman Singh | October 4, 2007 03:51 AM
Derek - What are some examples of how your Internet marketing magic can benefit professionals such as engineers, accountants, lawyers, etc?
Posted by: Barry Sang | October 15, 2007 08:28 AM
Hi Derek,
I am responding to your request as seen below :
Do you have a challenge you'd like Derek and his team to help you solve?
I am a internet newbie and already spent some money on internet marketing with a shoe-string budget,however....it has no bring in my first sale yet for the pass three months ! Infact,I am lost,confuse and need some pointers from you.
Derek,can you and your team help me on this matter ?
I look forward to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely
Moneytree
Posted by: Moneytree | October 16, 2007 03:10 PM