[Robert Krampf]

Thanks! I am very familiar with Izzy’s video tutorials, but was not aware of this one. Things are progressing nicely. They could not afford my price for the full 95 videos that they wanted, so they are licensing 30 videos, non-exclusive, for a short, trial period of time, at a much more reasonable (at least from my perspective) price.

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[Robert Krampf]

Well, I got back their first offer. $100/video for 95 of my videos. That is about 70% of the entire video content for my site, for a total of $9,500. He said that the original budget was just for stock footage to support their articles, and that he found my site after the budget was set.

There is no way I can even think about taking that. If even one of my district subscribers switched to their service, I would lose money on the deal. From your experience, is it worth making a counter offer? They are a major encyclopedia, and I really expected them to have more of a budget. Or maybe they do, and they just wanted to see if I was hungry and desperate. Any thoughts?

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[Robert Krampf]

Yes, I am willing to walk away if the deal is not right.

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[Robert Krampf]

I have run into the same thing. Glad to know that I am not hallucinating. Thanks for the info on the firmware update.

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[Robert Krampf]

Thanks for the compliments and the great advice Ron and David. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your help with this. David, I will definitely be calling.

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[Robert Krampf]

Great advice! It is incredibly exciting to have a “big name” in the education world so interested in my videos, and I am trying to keep a level head so I don’t jump into something that I will regret later. No offer yet. They have asked me for a price instead. I am still waiting for them to nail down which videos they want to use, and exactly what rights they want to license. It would be MUCH easier if they had made an offer, so I would at least have a starting place.

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[Robert Krampf]

Thanks Rich! I am still very much a noobie, learning new things with every video. I started out working with a small production company, but at video #47, I got a call saying that old debts had caught up with them, and they were out of business. Overnight, I went from just writing and being the talent to doing everything from setting cameras and lights to postproduction. I am having a blast.

June 1 is the first anniversary of my subscription site. Before that, it was all free, to build readership. It is making some money, with about 2000 individual members and 6 school district subscriptions. The business is pretty much paying for itself, but not enough to live on yet.

Still, since I am not a “name”, it is tough to get a foot in the door. Most people don’t expect much from an amateur videographer, especially a one man show.

What the client really wants is long term or permanent rights to use my videos on their website. They don’t mind me continuing to use the videos on my site, but don’t want me to license them to anyone else. They are a big name, which could give me good exposure and open some doors. An infusion of cash would also let me do more location shooting,

I don’t want to give my work away, but I also don’t want to give them a quote that is so high that they shake their heads and walk away. I am wondering if there is a standard for this type thing, or is it just a “get what you can” with each new client?

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