Okay, so we just hit the 1000 view mark on YouTube. Not bad for a new show with the only marketing being of the grassroots nature through Myspace, this blog and word of mouth.
The show is also on the aforementioned Myspace and the video sharing site Revver, and the main "PINK" website too - so between all the sites we've had just shy of 2000 views.
Revver has contacted us and loves the project, so they are "featuring" us each week in their Editor's Picks section and in their "Featured" artist section. Hopefully this will help build more of an audience too.
The cool thing about this distribution model is the number of folks who can see your work so quickly - and so easily. For instance, my last feature film has really only been seen by some festival audiences (so far). The DVD is not out yet, so in reality only five or six hundred people have seen it in the past year and a half.
To compare, in the past week and a half nearly 2000 people have seen "Pink". That's really amazing. And I do believe those numbers will continue to grow as the show is released over the next 8 weeks.
Now, if we can just figure out how to make money at this.... :)
-Blake
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3 comments to "1000 Views for "PINK" on YouTube"
Eugenia Loli says:
I wrote a forum post about such a potential business case a few months ago, with quite a few replies from professional and indie directors. Some ideas might be useful there, or might not. :)
Also, I think that you should also approach youtube and become "partners". They share advertisement in that user level. They have about 200 partners so far, including LonelyGirl15 etc.
Blake Calhoun says:
Hey Eugenia,
Do you know how to contact YouTube about such a proposal? They seem so "big", not sure where to start.
Thanks!
Eugenia Loli says:
Email me (I don't have your mail) so I can give you two email addresses I have from personal contacts of mine at Google/youtube (I live in the Bay Area).