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I confess, I have never been much good at seizing the opportunity...
Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: Inexpensive Money-Making Idea? (Tom Brownsword)
Date: Sunday, November 5, 2006, at 6:42 a.m.(pst)
but I've been having fun learning to take videos on my new little digital camera, so I ran right over and read all about it.
I know YouTube is supposed to be the latest, greatest money-maker, but I think it's crazy (at least for the "average" video).
He says it's going to become an on-demand video encyclopedia on how to do everything.
I looked for videos about "how to groom a cat" and came up with zero.
So I looked for "groom cat" and came up with a bzillion.
Then I tried "how to brush a cat" and found zero.
Again, half a bzillion for "brush cat."
I made the stupid mistake of watching a coupla dozen of them -- and I have never been more bored in my life. One idiotic video had 3,759 views and it was some guy lying on the floor with his face on the carpet while a cat licked his head.
Almost 4,000 people have watched this stupid thing???????????????
Far be it for me to doubt the story -- 1,209 visitors and $437 in affiliate revenue in less than a week -- but I simply can't imagine such a thing...
but then, why would he make it up?
No reason I can think of.
But I do wish he'd provided a link to his video because I simply don't have enough time in my life to keep searching for it.
The "get a life" kind of people who sit and watch cat after cat after cat do mostly nothing must be big spenders.
Having said that...
I imagine this will be just another one of those money-making opportunities that passes me by because I don't have the sense to jump on the bandwagon.
Luv,
MaaMaw
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