Creating some content

I'll be making some videos on SNGs from the $3 regular games, $6 turbos, $10 regulars and $16 turbos. I'll probably also make a classrom type session with SNGEGT.

For some reason I am visualising a set of scales....

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Hey guys, sorry been a bit busy lately, working 40hours + a week, only getting paid for 20 of those hours lol... things you have to do for uni..... anyway...

I was going to post a similar post to David about getting some direction going. I am also happy to let Ed take the role of director and basically tell us what to do etc.

This is how I perceive what we have going at the moment.

• All of us can create video content on poker right now.
• Marty can whip up a site or structure to a web page that the content can go on. And Marty can do this with not too much effort, as long as he has everything he needs to make the site provided (content, Title, domain name, logo, structure to web page etc).
• We need a name.

How about this, I know we don't all visit this page regularly, lets say we deadline the name. In ONE WEEK we are going to decide on the name. A logo can follow and can be named and can be altered at any point etc, but the name needs to be decided and needs to be something we stick to. "... you just watched how to exploit micro stakes, this is JJSquared for ummm errrr see ya" As you can see, even for simple things in video content we need to have a name to refer to.

One week guys. Today is the 24/9/2009 lets say October 1st is the deadline. Within that time, just spew as many names on this page as possible. Even if its the gayest name in the world.

Once that is done, then I think what we should all do is just work on individual content. Lets say we all make 1 or 2 videos and any thing else that might accompany that. Just content. That way we can go to Marty and say, "Look this is what we have, what can you do with this and what else do you need from us to get the site up"

My poker name spew: "Win @ poker" "CrushPoker" "HeroPoker" "Fish in a Barrel" "Enlarge your BankRoll" (lol ok THAT is ridiculous)

I like I have about 2 weeks left of this internship then will have a lot of time. I will probably start to work on making videos and maybe articles that could help fill web space.

GL

Take the lead

I am happy to manage this project. As long as everyone is happy with it.

If you have any name ideas just post them.

Indexpokerclub.com

Index reffering to money markets ect and a proffesional sound.

I think everyone should be allocated areas of expertise. It is pretty obvious what we will be doing. Even if we cannot get Coop to post here. I am sure we can get him to do a few videos even if he does not have a primary contribution.

Assigning early roles

OK, I think we now have everyone except Coop (David).

The wheels seem to be spinning a little bit at the moment, which is probably fine, and probably to be expected.

If we take 3 months to come up with a name then we will take 3 years to come up with the content and the translation is we will end up nowhere.

My suggestion is to assign some rolls / fields of responsibility. I am totally handcuffed to work for the next month or so, and accordingly, I will be of no use to anybody.

Marty has said he will follow which is a darn sight better than "observe" and we are going to absolutely need him down the track. But he is not going to lead

My suggestion is to look to the youth for leadership. Ed... I nominate you and I doubt anyone will object.

If you accept, your first job is to come up with a bunch of names, bringing in all previous suggestions if you like and putting those to the vote.

We can at least get that task done inside of a week or two if you take the bull by the horns.

After that we can start to build some content for internal review and comment. Coop must have a gazillion MTT wins he can provide a video commentary of and the same goes for Raz and SNGs.

I don't think its a good idea to be too selective about topic discrimination at this early stage. For example, anything from Raz would be good. We don't need to say "Raz, you should start with ICM" or any other SNG specialty topic. Whatever Raz wants to do. The aim is to get a bunch of videos ready for launch and then we can start to worry about topics.

As for the cash game grinders, there are a tonne of us. We are going to have to be careful not to completely duplicate content, although differing styles will lead to different takes on similar situations which will all be good.

Whilst I have my own ideas on who could produce great vids on particular content, I think the same "anything goes" rule should apply for cash game content. Lets just get some videos together on whatever we want to cover.

So I don't know how much I really covered in any of that. The main point was to get a leader to take a leadership role. Its Ed's brainchild and I reckon he would have more time than the rest of us to take on the responsibility

Dave.

Finally got here

Hi guys, good to see some discussion going on. As for the name, Red Hot Poker was pretty cool but if its taken we'll have to look elsewhere.

I don't really like the idea of aiming the name towards 'noob' or anything associated with being bad. Mainly because our target audience wants to get better. They want to play like the pros they see on TV so taking a much more professional angle on the name would be better imo. As for suggestions....I suck at that kind of thing. The best I can think of off the top of my head is www.pokerpath.com

Whats our main focus at the moment, is it going to be creating the brand? stockpiling content? I'm really no use on the marketing side but whenever you want some content made up I'm happy to do it.

I will follow.

I suppose I am trying not to take the lead here, as I certainly have enough on my plate right now. On the other hand it doesn't take much to set up a site so I feel I could do the mechanics rather quickly.

I do agree with having a good name and logo to start professional looking anyhow. I can commit to a certain level of contribution, and believe me - I have 1,000s of video hands to discuss. Its a matter of time vs money. Monetization seems to be a challenge here as well as long term commitment from suppliers. If we offered a free membership to start, we would certainly need an affiliate program set up or at least some kind of ADv revenue.

Even though I like Red Hot Poker, the name is taken and I am not sure how it would "fit" with a concept. Since this might be for a small beginner community, why not figure a good name, then just add "club" at the end. PokerMiceClub.com, PokerNoobClub.com, InternetPokerClub.com etc. Just a thought.

I am always busy, so I cant lead this parade, but would surely contribute on a equal level in terms of content and getting early interest.