tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post4994235736616562563..comments2023-10-08T12:40:01.752-04:00Comments on In the Mind of a Mad Man!!!: Transmedia is the future of business, EXCEPT for these two huge issues…LMPjr007http://www.blogger.com/profile/08789902828046077032noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-54945633665003489732010-05-13T15:07:10.806-04:002010-05-13T15:07:10.806-04:00@Gareth-Michael Skarka - $100K=$66K after taxes(in...@Gareth-Michael Skarka - $100K=$66K after taxes(in NY), and that is NOT a comfortable living + money to keep making things to sell to those 1000 "true" fans.<br /><br />And $100 worth of stuff per year is a TON of stuff, if you are dependent on the same people. I don't think that is viable in the long run.Markhttp://www.desperatecomfort.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-57657882546738368982010-05-10T21:36:08.380-04:002010-05-10T21:36:08.380-04:00"Fans tend to assume a level of ownership of ..."Fans tend to assume a level of ownership of the <br />object of their fandom — they view it as theirs."<br /><br />I am still reading through these and the big one that hits me as something we do with Patronage Projects, is we target those 1000 fans, and we give them a greater ownership of the product (they are even in the credits.). <br /><br />I was already looking into this with the idea of an iphone/ipad app for interactive storytelling and a kindle/ipad anthology novel, so I found this to be really cool. <br /><br />Steve Russell<br />Rite PublishingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09120212960358539072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306620386900409890.post-31305106301482258532010-05-10T12:36:20.061-04:002010-05-10T12:36:20.061-04:00Money: Yes, absolutely -- which is why I'm ai...Money: Yes, absolutely -- which is why I'm aiming this at existing RPG publishers, who should have an operational budget. Otherwise, why the fuck are they in business?<br /><br />Second point -- I strongly disagree. Kevin Kelly pointed out the "1000 True Fans" model (blog article here: http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php ). A creative only needs 1000 True Fans -- a true fan is, for the sake of this model, somebody who is willing to spend 100 bucks per year on your stuff. Find 1000 of those, and that's 100K per year -- a comfortable living. <br /><br />That's not Reznor-numbers, but nice.... and fairly easily doable. I mean hell, based on the sales data I get from RPGNow, Adamant's currently got somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 or so customers at that level, whose email addresses I see time and time again. And that wasn't with me particularly trying hard to expand our audience, using social media, etc. We just stumbled into it.<br /><br />You don't need Reznor numbers.Gareth-Michael Skarkahttp://www.gmskarka.comnoreply@blogger.com