Tuesday, April 8, 2008

The Webolution Will Be Monetized...

Have you seen all the amazing new social media / social networking websites that are proliferating lately? I mean, we are already starting to see 'Son of YouTube' and the "outer limits' of MySpace.

Justin.tv is the 'You Tube' of LIVE video streaming. You can easily start your own account, sync up your web cam and bam - you have your own web channel quicker than you can say 'Ted Turner'. It's definitely worth checking out - especially if you have a camera and something to say- travelers - foodies - politicos - business owners - philosophers - I'm talking to YOU.

I happen to be very bullish on live web video ( gee I wonder why? ) and the channel concept that Demand Media is promoting via their Me.TV approach. In fact, unlike some of my friends in the domain industry, I think the .TV domains are greatly undervalued - though they have been getting more attention lately...though not enough to warrant a steep climb in their value.....
yet ( still a good time to invest in them ;-).

Finally - One of my hippest clients - Danny Keith of Skateboards.com - turned me on to Yuwie a website that could turn social networking on it's head. Think FaceBook meets MonaVie. The spin Yuwie brings is the ability for members to make a % of the advertising revenue on page views their content / posts generate. The video spokesperson on Yuwie asks...and I'm paraphrasing...why post on FaceBook or MySpace and make them rich on advertising when you can make yourself some extra money by creating content on Yuwie? Why indeed? There's a 'white hat' multi-level marketing facet to this as well apparently. I'll let you know if this new concept of literal networking is for real or not so.....'STAY TUNED' ( look for our latest Webcast One Video posted next week ).