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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
As a businessman if I find a great source of sales, models, money. I don't share it. I certainly don't campaign for others to come and get some of what I'm getting. Because it can only produce a downside. Eventually there will be more "Amateur" niche sites feeding from the source of traffic you're sourcing now. Are they will try it "get it wrong" and lose money.
Successful = you lose customers.
Failure = your campaigning cost them money.
Or do you think more Amateur niche sites submitting to the Tubes will bring Homegrown more customers? 
Employees of a Tube site need more submitters. More videos = more surfers to sell as clicks. |
Yes, more people that claim to have "amateur" standing in stark contrast to what we offer does bring us biz, the same way it is not unusual to see McDonalds and Burger King right across the street from one another. Take the content you produced and call "amateur" for example. I would be happy for people to see your version of amateur and compare it to Homegrown Video's and let the fans/buyers/surfers decide.
Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and scores of other billionaires share their advice readily and even invest heavily in their competitors as well. Do they worry that it will hurt them? No, they realize how it helps them.
You claim your market was killed by cheaply produced inferior product. I claim my success is based on cheaply produced superior product and excellent service and a strong community.
I have to ask because you are making so many big assessments about everything and I find myself disagreeing with so much of it... How is your paysite doing these days? How many DVDs did your company manufacture and distribute last year? How many licenses did you do with cable and satellite? It would be a big help to separate the first hand knowledge from the hearsay and hyperbole.
