Comments on: Create your own value. They can generate their own revenue. http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/06/create-your-own-value-they-can-generate-their-own-revenue/ Make Shit Break Shit belongs to Rob Robinson and is based in Chicago, IL. © 2002-2008 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:21:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Detrus http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/06/create-your-own-value-they-can-generate-their-own-revenue/#comment-297 Detrus Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:32:30 +0000 http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/06/create-your-own-value-they-can-generate-their-own-revenue/#comment-297 Wow this just gave me an idea. Lets say you're a participant on a respectable forum like yayhooray, and constantly posting interesting content there. What if you got some revenue from the ads posted on this forum, since you're one of them active participants driving it. It would be easier than a blog, no need to find an audience, it's already a big forum. I think that's the future. Have an account on myspace that's attracting ridiculous traffic? You should be the one to choose which ads show up, and make some of the money from them. It would be an excellent incentive for people to spend their whole lives on forums and myspaces. Wow this just gave me an idea. Lets say you’re a participant on a respectable forum like yayhooray, and constantly posting interesting content there. What if you got some revenue from the ads posted on this forum, since you’re one of them active participants driving it. It would be easier than a blog, no need to find an audience, it’s already a big forum.

I think that’s the future. Have an account on myspace that’s attracting ridiculous traffic? You should be the one to choose which ads show up, and make some of the money from them. It would be an excellent incentive for people to spend their whole lives on forums and myspaces.

]]> By: nat http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/06/create-your-own-value-they-can-generate-their-own-revenue/#comment-244 nat Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:37:57 +0000 http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/06/create-your-own-value-they-can-generate-their-own-revenue/#comment-244 There are some consumer revenue sharing success stories already: a few minutes on <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/producer_rewards/" rel="nofollow">Metacafes producer rewards page</a> will turn up videos with badges showing that the author has already earned <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/user/2586896/reel_stunts/" rel="nofollow">several thousand dollars</a>. I've also heard that <a href="http://www.videoegg.com" rel="nofollow">Video Egg</a> is doing a good job with rewarding their top publishers via advertising revenue shares. Of course for every hit video capable of generating ad revenue, there are thousand of stupid or copyright infringing videos getting a free bandwidth ride. Some videos are dumb enough that the bandwidth Youtube or whoever else is giving the publisher is reward enough. The real trick with user generated content isn't in rewarding those that deserve it, but simply weeding them out of the mass that don't. There are some consumer revenue sharing success stories already: a few minutes on Metacafes producer rewards page will turn up videos with badges showing that the author has already earned several thousand dollars. I’ve also heard that Video Egg is doing a good job with rewarding their top publishers via advertising revenue shares.

Of course for every hit video capable of generating ad revenue, there are thousand of stupid or copyright infringing videos getting a free bandwidth ride. Some videos are dumb enough that the bandwidth Youtube or whoever else is giving the publisher is reward enough. The real trick with user generated content isn’t in rewarding those that deserve it, but simply weeding them out of the mass that don’t.

]]> By: jp http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/06/create-your-own-value-they-can-generate-their-own-revenue/#comment-243 jp Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:26:06 +0000 http://www.makeshitbreakshit.com/2007/03/06/create-your-own-value-they-can-generate-their-own-revenue/#comment-243 I hear you. That's the most I can say about this, though, as I'm going to do the same with my blog and don't want to drop any cash-cow knowledge in here for free. I hear you. That’s the most I can say about this, though, as I’m going to do the same with my blog and don’t want to drop any cash-cow knowledge in here for free.

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