Get paid for vlogging
Deaf people are very slowly taking to vlogging, which can sometimes be a time consuming effort.
deafread.com currently has a contest where it will select the best vlog, the winner will be in receipt of $100. Since the site has a USA bias, then this is going to be restricted to ASL content. However, an incentive to get people vlogging.
What about other revenue streams, or how could you make money out of vlogging. You could slap adverts all over your site, but out in the mainstream, there's products that allow you to get paid for video content. Instead of just hosting vlogs on your site, or an external site such as You Tube where a third party cashes in on your hard earned graft, why not consider alternatives and earn some cash for your efforts?
The main entrant to the mainstream market has been Revver, where funding is described as:
"When you upload your video to Revver, we attach an unobtrusive advertisement to the end of it. We call this "Revverizing." Whenever anyone clicks on that ad, you get paid. We host your video for free, give you the tools to share it with the world and split the ad revenue with you 50/50..
This is indeed how sites such as the captioning site Harkle makes its money.
The mainstream gets a new entrant to this market, Break.com. As the video or photo you submit must get published on their home page, vlogs featuring sign language are at an immediate disadvantage, since they are unlikely to be understood by the masses. The site owners make the decision on which content is worthy, but it pays $400 (up from $250) for original videos, $2,000 for original short films and flash animations, $25 for original photos, and on a sexist note $50 for "Girl of the Day" photo.
One wonders when such sites for the payment of vlogs will exist or indeed compete, as what techies would call the emergence of the long tail goes.