I'm not sure spending money on advertising here is the way to go for such a small operation. I assumed the intent of this channel was to reach a new audience and bring them to our playground. Considering it's basically a promotional tool for the forum, maybe considering asking for something like a grant and free advertising from bitcointalk would be a better approach.
I would also support this idea. I think that at least we could try to grab a free advertising slot in the existing ad space of the forum since it would get a tremendous amount of exposition as theymos recently published[1] data on the 345 round of ad slots shows us. We would benefit from both reaching out to fellow enthusiasts and we could have a compound effect on that since those new "leads" would most likely speak outside of the forum and thus increasing the possibility to extend our reach to other not so well BTC enthusiasts (but willing to be!). I do reckon, however, that a slot for "us" would mean one less slot to auction, and that may eventually make a dent on the forum revenue, but we can balance it out each week / monthly to balance things out.
On a serious note, I'd prefer to see a polished video that's a few weeks behind schedule, as opposed to a bunch of videos that were rushed for the sake of uploading content on the channel
I actually think a video a week is a little optimistic. I think I'd rather see monthly content, at least to start. I think this is how most people start out on Youtube, and other video production websites. Bring out the best quality possible, don't go in making schedules that will be hard to keep too, and keep it consistent.
I mighty be wrong on this one, but this also seems to be the method that is being employed by Cyrus and his team. I believe that they probably already have the next video ready (perhaps they are finishing up the editing effects) and perhaps they are already working on the next one (draft mode, filming some scenes already?). Thing is, the first few videos will be really important for whoever is running the channel - it will tell them which regions we are getting, the scope and reach within the Youtube Ecosystem and how well received (and how organic) or views are. This data will be essential for setting up a strategy and have a feel how the overall user reaction is. With a team of the size that Cyrus told us, I would also focus on very timed, but precise and incredible well craft content, just to pass on the message that we are building something really good.
On a not so related note, I've decided to jump ahead - perhaps to generate interest in other members?
- and I've made a personal vow that
I will create both English + Portuguese subs for the teaser within this month. Cyrus and the team are free to eventually attach them to the teaser or simply ignore it / put them into the bin, but I really feel that it it adds a bit of "polish" on it (if we may call it that) even if we're just talking about a teaser. If anyone reading this thinks that I shouldn't do this until we have a reply from Cyrus regarding this topic please let me know and I won't go ahead - I'm not trying to push things further, I just think that at least English captions would be great to have on the teaser. Anyone for sure could take a jab at it (perhaps even someone who is a natural English speaker).
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https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adstats
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