Entertaining as always

Great conversation here, guys. Thanks Steve for sharing. To address a few points:

-Vimeo does not advertise in your videos. period.

-As opposed to other sites with lots of "crap", Vimeo is targeted and built for creators, not viewers. You see what you want to see and we only promote the creative side of video.

-With a very nominal fee for Plus, you can remove our logo and your clients will never see what service you are using (unless they recognize our player).

Just wanted to touch on these point so people realize why Vimeo is the bestest :)

Mike makes a good intro about how a network of sites is needed to take on the bigger boys in town - essentially thats the basic model for social networking. Bringing people together.....
The idea of building communities is in human nature, people like being around people. If you can do that without leaving your sofa then even better.

Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and all the social sites really are the future of marketing and advertising. Forums were just the beginning, the increased interactivity that these sites offer will only be ignored for so long by the big networks. I think we might even see movie premiere's on sites like Facebook in years to come. Imagine having 10million people all watching a new film for the first time and only paying something like $2 to watch it because its online! We're at a huge turning point here....

I have experienced such a dramatic traffic increase from the use of social networking sites. Content alone doesn't build communities very quickly at all! But the idea that most people on facebook are friends with like-minded people already, means that 80% of the community building work is already done for you. Most of the content i put out will get shared on Facebook around 20 times by different users. But that will generate upto 5000 unique views just from the 'web' of friends that the content reaches. If you can get your head around the integration then sites like facebook are work their digital weight in gold!

Once again guys you have brought issues to the table that some are considering a taboo. This series is one of the best yet because it talks about things that are in the hands of all of us - we can all go and manipulate these tools right now if we put the work in.

Looking forward to the next one....

THis is really great. Nice conversation. The bottom line is the change is coming, and all the talk of five years and ten years up the road is over. It's next year and the year after and unless people think way out the box like these guys, they're just gonna sit around and do a lot of whining in the next five to ten years....

Mike

Jokeyphone.com

yup. this is really the stuff we should all be thinking about, and fast!

Is Anish allowed to speak? why was he even there?

Great conversation! I find it funny that the ad agencies don't want to embrace the future. Thanks
Jems

Interesting topic, but the edit is annoyingly pretentious.

Great conversation and insight. It's nice to see that other people are also trying to figure out the best model for monetizing video content on the web. We've enjoyed the past several episodes with the new cast. Keep 'em coming!

what a waste of food.

Ya know, I must say that typically I think these shows are pretty weak. A couple of guys sitting around droning on about some random topic it seems. But this one I must admit, was cool. I like how engaging and controversial this was. What I'd like to see is (and maybe this is up here and I just haven't found it yet), but as a beginning film company, I'm looking for ways of finding funding for our films. I want to hear about stuff like that.

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I think the editing on this takes away from what the person is saying. That fast pace switching angles every 2 second seems like there trying to cover up how boring it really is. The cutting for Dinner of Five is wayyy more justified.

This video was really great to hear. I write and direct a show out of Portland OR called "The Free Box". We've made twenty episodes over the last nine months and are just now trying to educate ourselves on web marketing. We had so much fun making the show, trying to get people to watch it has been the furthest thing on our minds. I really need to put the show on Vimeo the player here looks amazing compared to Youtube. If you got ten minutes, check out an episode at TheFreeBox.tv

Hi there!

Nice conversation! Love the fast editing!
Am i missing the 180 degree rule?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/180_degree_rule

Keep up the good work!

I like your show! I watch all from the end and to the first show.