EXPERTVILLAGE.COM
BUDGETS $2M TO PRODUCE 75,000
INTERNET-FRIENDLY HOW-TO VIDEOS IN
THE NEXT EIGHTEEN MONTHS VIA
FREELANCE FILMMAKERS
New Content Will
Be Available Either Direct To
Consumers Via The Internet, Download
Onto Portable Video Players, Or Via
Corporate Partners Seeking To
Package Content Into Broader Service
Offerings
AUSTIN, TX August 28, 2006 --
ExpertVillage.com, the largest
producer of how-to videos for the
Internet, today announced it has
budgeted $2 million to produce
75,000 new Internet friendly how-to
videos over the next eighteen
months, using freelance filmmakers/videographers.
With the dramatic increase in
availability of Internet video,
consumers have become accustomed to
getting information on the Internet
in video form. ExpertVillage.com
currently has over 1300 high-quality
expert-based Internet videos
available online, and plans to
significantly expand its catalog of
content available either direct to
consumers via the Internet, download
onto portable video players, or via
corporate partners seeking to
package content into broader service
offerings.
"The
how-to category is uniquely suited
to be delivered through video on the
Internet, allowing consumers to
actually see how to do everything
from repairing the garbage disposal
to folding an origami swan," said
Byron Reese, CEO of PageWise, the
publishers of ExpertVillage. "We
have had a tremendous response to
our current catalog, and feel these
next 75,000 videos will give us the
definitive library of how-to advice
from experts."
ExpertVillage Filmmaker Program
To
reach its goal of producing 75,000
how-to videos in eighteen months,
ExpertVillage.com today officially
launched its Filmmaker Program
located at
http://www.expertvillage.com/submit,
where new filmmakers or pros with
downtime from their day jobs can go
to find details on needs
requirements, submission formats,
and how they can earn $300 per video
shoot. The Filmmaker Program taps
the collective expertise of the
community of independent freelance
filmmakers around the world. After
setting up an account at
ExpertVillage.com, they are able to
claim assignments from thousands
presently posted. The filmmaker then
locates a qualified expert in the
assignment topic and begins
production of ten to fifteen short
how-to videos.
ExpertVillage plans to recruit up to
5000 independent filmmakers via
postings on
www.craigslist.org and other
resources. Response from filmmakers
has already been promising -- the
first day the site went into beta,
over 400 filmmakers signed up.
ExpertVillage.com is published by
Austin-based PageWise Inc., a
leading online media company, which
publishes such online properties as
HappyNews.com. Offering a mix of
text and video content,
ExpertVillage.com currently features
over 12,000 how-to articles, and
over 1300 short-format how-to videos
based on interviews with leading
experts in six categories: Home &
Gardening, Health & Beauty, Money &
Finance, Sports, Hobbies, and
Travel. PageWise currently has
online over 80,000 how-to and
informative articles that receive
over 50,000,000 visitors a year. For
more info on ExpertVillage.com visit
the Web site.
