Hi
First and foremost I want to say THANKS to everyone who subscribed to the Joe Blogs 2.0 channel in my hour of need and also to everyone who watched the videos in order to get the watch time up to the 3,000 hours needed by YouTube. The channel currently has over 25000 subscribers and I think it would be criminal to let it go to waste. As as result I am thinking of undertaking an experiment!
One of the most popular forms of video on YouTube is ANIMATION as it is easy and fun to watch. In my business life I have been involved with an animation business for the past 5 years and I think it is a really interesting area with lots of future potential, particularly on YouTube.
A couple of years ago I tried an experiment with a second channel (notionally called Joe Blogs 2) where I encouraged creators to send me videos that could be posted onto the channel. The idea was that JB2 would be a showcase channel for new and emerging talent however the concept never really got off the ground as firstly there was not much take up of the idea (I only received a small amount of interest) and secondly the content was too random and so the channel did not a clear theme to encourage viewers to subscribe.
I would now like to try a new experiment with Joe Blogs 2.0. The idea is to create a channel dedicated to amusing animation which will come from two sources:
The first is content created specifically for the channel. This will involve finding creative & talented people with ideas for videos or series of videos, script writers, animators & editors who will create unique Intellectual Property for the channel. If this is something that you are interested in and you would like to be with involved then please let me know by dropping a comment back.
The second is animated content that creators already own that they are happy to list on the channel. If you are a creator that owns the IP and are interested in this concept then please contact me. The idea is that the channel will quickly build momentum and subscribers and that the videos will gain traction and views. Any income earned from such videos will be split equally between the channel and the owner of the IP.
At this stage this is still just an idea but I wanted to run it past you to see what you think. I am thinking of documenting the journey of the channel with videos that share the step by step process of trying to build a YouTube Channel from scratch so it will basically be a video diary of how it goes.
Obviously it's a tough challenge and the odds are stacked against us but all channels have to start somewhere and if you don't try you will never know if it could have worked!
Please let me know what you think - although please keep the abuse to a minimum!
Cheers
Joe