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Not sure about Philip, he had a bad injury to his back which took him out of production on the Wonder List CNN. He may be posting more about this on his website.
 
Eric Coughlin said:
CNN bought Philip Bloom, which is why we rarely see blog posts or camera reviews from him anymore.
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I don't know Eric, I just clicked on his sight and he had write ups about brand new stuff like the Sony A6500. http://philipbloom.net/blog/ But perhaps he is not doing all of the videos and in-depth stuff as much? Philip gets a lot of flack but I have met him, and had conversations with him, he was nice and he has managed to make equipment demos into a lucrative career. I'll never forget walking into a Frys Electronics and seeing him on a 70" television doing a demo for Samsung or LG or someone like that. It was weird to walk into a big electronics store and the first thing you saw was Philip. I've not seen his CNN work since I cut the cord and don't have CNN.
 
puredrifting said:
I don't know Eric, I just clicked on his sight and he had write ups about brand new stuff like the Sony A6500. http://philipbloom.net/blog/ But perhaps he is not doing all of the videos and in-depth stuff as much? Philip gets a lot of flack but I have met him, and had conversations with him, he was nice and he has managed to make equipment demos into a lucrative career. I'll never forget walking into a Frys Electronics and seeing him on a 70" television doing a demo for Samsung or LG or someone like that. It was weird to walk into a big electronics store and the first thing you saw was Philip. I've not seen his CNN work since I cut the cord and don't have CNN.
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Yeah, looks like he does have more stuff up recently. If he's still out with his back injury then he probably has more time to blog. Back when he was doing The Wonder List he didn't seem to post as much, and often had guest people posting instead.

I'm a fan of Bloom's, so no flack from me.
 
His camera reviews were the best. He always mentioned they took a lot of time and work doing them (and they were done well), but I don't know why he exactly stopped. I did get the feeling he was annoyed Vimeo retired the 'Tip Jar'.
 
Not that he ever made much money from the Tip Jar, from what I heard. I gathered that while he enjoyed doing camera reviews, he got tired of doing all that work for free.

Though, the camera reviews probably profited him indirectly a lot by giving him exposure. I do wonder though how much his exposure in the video community helps him with getting actual clients. I don't know if for example CNN heard about him because of his camera blogging fame, or just because they needed a good DP and he was in the right place at the right time, had the right connections, etc., as is the way most DPs get hired.
 
The tip jar was still convenient because even if 200 people out of thousands donated a dollar or two, he could buy a few cups of tea for his time...
 
Eric Coughlin said:
... Though, the camera reviews probably profited him indirectly a lot by giving him exposure. I do wonder though how much his exposure in the video community helps him with getting actual clients. I don't know if for example CNN heard about him because of his camera blogging fame, or just because they needed a good DP and he was in the right place at the right time, had the right connections, etc., as is the way most DPs get hired.
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The way this seems to work is that, first, one gets the name in the photo-video community; then, s/he converts this into either influence with the camera manufacturers. The third step is to then convert the influence with the camera manufacturers into paying gigs. But this also depends on the individual aim. Some will work directly with the manufacturer; others will only use that as a line on a resume.

Just scanning the "famous vloggers" universe. Andrew Reid sells video equipment guides. Bloom landed big time shooting gigs. Dan Chung has gathered a lot of sponsors, though probably earns his income through the ENG jobs. Matt Granger runs photo-safaris. Tony and Chelsea Northrup sell equipment guides and run an own photo studio. DigitalRev is a major Hong Kong based internet store. The Camera Store tries to do the same thing out of Calgary, Alberta. Max Yuriev does weddings and corporate. Et cetera, et cetera.
 
I admire anyone who can turn gear reviews into a living, or a even a worthwhile sideline, it's not easy. I used to write a ton of on-line reviews, articles, how to's and shoot outs for several websites. This was all writing and photography, not YouTube videos and I worked my ass off for a few bucks. But I enjoyed doing it, learned a ton and built some good relationships with the manufacturers. I used to spend sometimes 40-80 hours for usually between $1,000.00 to $2,500.00 for my big articles, not a great hourly rate. I would be curious how much some of the better YouTubers make for their reviews. I hate being on camera and find the sound of my voice annoying so I passed on even trying to tranlsate my writing, knowledge and opinions to YouTube, it's not for me. The days of writing for our industry are almost over, people are too lazy to read, they want to be entertained by YouTube and Vimeo reviews.
 
Some of the YouTube stars that have 4-5-6 million subscribers appear to be millionaires, but who knows. Some of them really get into the YouTube logistics and it's a fascinating world. Forget about TV or film, everyone wants to be a YouTube star these days.

And it all starts with daily vlogs, lol.
 
YouTube pays out about $3,300 for one million views. I remember Luke Newman writing on NFS as a regular poster that he was making about $400/mo off his channel.

Philip Bloom has 254 videos. These are his last ten hits, from the most recent :

9471; 10,795; 28,200; 18,097; 47,800; 20,828; 142, 253; 18, 810; 19, 872.

So, if his 250 videos average 20,000 hits per clip, he'll have made around $17,000 over his nine years of YouTub'ing.

And the UK taxes will take half of that.

Edit : The most popular video of all time is "Gangnam Style" with over 2.6 billion hits. If the payout rate holds, the video owner made about $7M off it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_viewed_YouTube_videos
 
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Yea, I'm talking about YouTube stars...different world. Some are making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year without a doubt.
 
I'd guess it's easier to make a million dollars a year producing or directing Hollywood films than it is to make a million dollars a year off of Youtube ad revenue as an individual.

Yet people still seem to think there is good and easy money in Youtube ad revenue, and constantly cite the same old tired cliche of a success story, PewDiePie, since it's the only millionaire example they can think of, though they treat it like his situation is commonplace.
 
I was just reaffirming PewDiePie's status on top. I included a list and also mentioned two other millionaires in that post.

But it's not only about making money. It's also about building a brand and company and finding other opportunities in life and business through the potential success. The lifestyle, the celebrity status, being your own boss and working from home (depends), etc.

Maybe it's easier to make a million dollars when you're already on top in Hollywood, but the path there is borderline impossible.

It's much easier to start a YouTube account and dream big.
 
Gangnam Style made 8 Million USD from youtube within the first one billion hits. The 8 million was officially acknowledged by Youtube. So lifetime total would have been more. Also, he made a lot of money by licensing the song. I know of one instance when he licensed his song to be used in one Indian film for some 0.8 million usd. He also became a much sought after personality outside south korea and charged accordingly for specific events. At that time, you can see him teaching Paris Hilton how to dance Gangnam style as well as do all kinds of celebrity events. No one knows how much he made from that.

These days brands seek out youtube channels for advertising. So if you have a couple of million subscribers, then it is cool.

I met some youtube channels in an event and for them equipment doesn't matter. Canon 600D/ 650D etc. One of them was saying that he is going to buy a 7D II. One lady cooks and talks about it and she has got several million subscribers. Another fellow is creating tutorials for school kids. The youtube fellows go and create content, howsoever crazy it might be, but are able to find an audience. Remember in a 7 billion + world, one can find enough crazy fellows as followers. If you guys want to earn hell lot of money through youtube, then there is a narrow path. As a filmmaker you may not love it. Decide what you want to do.

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