How to Make Money With Videoblogging? Ask Ask A Ninja

Posted by: Heather Green on January 25

The folks at Ask a Ninja are pretty excited. I spoke with Kent Nichols today and he says that he and Douglas Sarine, the other madman behind the year-old video blog, just signed a deal with blog network Federated Media that guarantees them a contract for sales in the low seven figures this year.

Basically, the two have agreed to work together in wooing advertisers. In exchange for the right to sell ads for Ask a Ninja, FM promised the video blog it would bring in a certain amount of revenue. Whatever FM sells, the two split, with Ask a Ninja taking the majority, Kent says. And if FM doesn’t sell that much? Well, Ask a Ninja then simply can walk out of the contract.

At the very least, it shows that FM believes it can make a pretty penny on a video blog and that’s a big statement. While Andrew Baron at Rocketboom recently said the show raked in a little over $247,000 $272,000 last year, this is a good deal more. But for this to reach more than just a few video blogs, I think this will have to be the year of metrics. Kent says that that each show is viewed between 300,000 and 500,000 times. I have to believe that advertisers will demand to know more about their audiences.

For Ask A Ninja, it’s a really encouraging turn of events. Especially since the Kent says he seriously didn’t know how the market was going to develop after the Rocketboom co-owners, who were considered the pioneers, split up last year.

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Reader Comments

Hamida

January 28, 2007 06:25 AM

I would like to start online business and make money at home, I live in Afghanistan , Kabul.
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Jim E

January 29, 2007 11:55 AM

How about selling those really cool hats they wear over in Afghanistan. Start an export business.

chuck

January 30, 2007 06:56 AM

ka-CHING!

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Ask a Ninja makes that in, what, 5 minutes? Back to the drawing board. :-)

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February 3, 2007 07:20 PM

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greg.org

February 3, 2007 08:33 PM

hmm, and this is different from FM's typical deal how, exactly? a guarantee would seem to supercede the "if they don't sell it, I'll just walk away" standard adnetwork terms, no?

LonelyBloggers.com

February 6, 2007 08:09 PM

The truth is that the entire market is exploring all advertising/sponsorship opportunities for video to succeed. FM will continue to see great growth and blogging/video ad inventory will continue to flourish in 2007 - no doubts about it.

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April 15, 2007 10:19 AM

Very good idea, looks interesting. I think in future it really with grow big.

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July 30, 2007 07:44 AM

If you are looking to make money Hamida, try fund raising. Read more at http://makemoneyfundraising.blogspot.com and learn how Bedzzz Inn, Inc raised more than $92,867 in capital in 90 days online without the need for banks, investors, and grants using creative financing. This can work for you too Hamida... just set a goal and follow the plan. You can even use some of Heather's Ninja Videoblogging tips. Good luck!

Varicose Veins

August 14, 2007 02:08 AM

Hi Heather,

Have you heard of any firms that specialize in either videoblogging or vblogging advertising for the medical field?

Im curious if this has caught on in that arena. Usually, healthcare is far behind technology.

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Alexis

March 27, 2008 04:37 PM

Hi,
There are many ways to make money from your videos, as there are a lot of video sharing sites out there, each not-so-big player trying to get new fresh content to beat up the number one (well, Youtube), and even that one is going on the route of sharing the revenues. For example, you can embed your video with Revver (which will add an ad to it), and then post it on another video sharing site that will share its revenues with you. That way, you get two times more revenues from the same video! I've compiled a list of programs that pay you for that on http://www.ilikesharingvideos.com/making-money/en/ so you can get a better idea of what I'm talking about (btw, I'm not affiliated with any of them).
I hope it can help.

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