trouble me
So... this is it. I'm coming down to the final push for something that's been consuming all my free time for about four months-
a 24 hour movie marathon. If this hits, it could fund our show for years. It could even fund the movie that we're in the embryonic phase on.
Or it could go down in flames.
Obviously, I want people there (more people buy tickets = more money for my show and better chance the theater will let me do other crazy things) but I'm also worried if things go wrong with all those people there. I know we have people coming in from halfway acorss the US (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Washington) and they've never been to our show before. They could show up and be "who is this loser hosting?" I have a small fanbase here but this is a chance to crack that base open and GROW... or it might show that nope, Dr. Bob is strictly for Columbus and that is it.
As much work as I've put into this show (editing & rendering 25 hours of video, creating that trailer, etc), I need this to grow. This isn't like a regular show where slow growing 1 to 3 new audience members per month is good. For this to be worth it, it needs to 1) make a profit and 2) raise the profile of our show to a new level.
Honestly, it could go either way. Our Patreon following isn't growing... in fact, it's shrunk to about half of what it was bringing in. Our new show on YouTube (Wild Eye Reactions) is actually generating a little income but it's seriously just pennies. We might make a dollar next month. woo. It's still more than we were making the first 4 seasons but it's a slog. We've made so many right decisions and grown slow but we need this gamble. It's time to expand ... "if you're not growing, you're dying."
Here's the new series-
Click to viewa 24 hour movie marathon. If this hits, it could fund our show for years. It could even fund the movie that we're in the embryonic phase on.
Or it could go down in flames.
Obviously, I want people there (more people buy tickets = more money for my show and better chance the theater will let me do other crazy things) but I'm also worried if things go wrong with all those people there. I know we have people coming in from halfway acorss the US (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Washington) and they've never been to our show before. They could show up and be "who is this loser hosting?" I have a small fanbase here but this is a chance to crack that base open and GROW... or it might show that nope, Dr. Bob is strictly for Columbus and that is it.
As much work as I've put into this show (editing & rendering 25 hours of video, creating that trailer, etc), I need this to grow. This isn't like a regular show where slow growing 1 to 3 new audience members per month is good. For this to be worth it, it needs to 1) make a profit and 2) raise the profile of our show to a new level.
Honestly, it could go either way. Our Patreon following isn't growing... in fact, it's shrunk to about half of what it was bringing in. Our new show on YouTube (Wild Eye Reactions) is actually generating a little income but it's seriously just pennies. We might make a dollar next month. woo. It's still more than we were making the first 4 seasons but it's a slog. We've made so many right decisions and grown slow but we need this gamble. It's time to expand ... "if you're not growing, you're dying."
Here's the new series-