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For those of you who believed that Rocketboom was on vacation this
week, Amanda has made a post this morning on Amanda Unboomed
explaining the real story:

Quicktime: http://blip.tv/file/get/Unboomed-amanda_unboomed_s509.mov
MP4: http://blip.tv/file/get/Unboomed-amanda_unboomed760.mp4
Original post:
http://amandaunboomed.blogspot.com/2006/07/amanda-unboomed_05.html

Good luck, Amanda, in everything you do!
Casey

http://www.galacticast.com/







Wed Jul 5, 2006 12:14 pm

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Jul 5, 2006
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Jul 5, 2006
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I have just learned of this myself from watching Amanda's video. I guess it is in fact over. I'm not sure what I will do - I have no one else to take Amanda's ...
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Thanks for the vote of confidence, Susan........the 20 is in the mail..... ;) The man, the legend, THE Batman Geek....accept no subsitutes ...
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Okay, now I'm really confused about what happened, but I suspect there will be details you can't talk about. I'm sorry for whatever it was, as you two seemed...
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Jul 5, 2006
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This is a very strange response Andrew; Amanda makes a video claiming that Andrew has made the call to end the partnership and is able to do so because it's a...
Josh Wolf
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Jul 5, 2006
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Thanks for bring us back on track Josh... What does all this say about the often hyped business model of Rocketboom? A daily vlog takes a ton of work to...
Matt Savarino
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Jul 5, 2006
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Business partnerships are notorious for ending in such a way, so I don't think its fair to blame it on their business model. Any unproven venture is a risk to...
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Jul 5, 2006
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It is very fair to question RB's business model - they are the poster child for sustainable (profitable) vlogging. Many people don't realize the amount of work...
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http://digelog.typepad.com/digelogrocori/ David http://www.davidhowellstudios.com...
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thoughts: - vlogging is probably more logical as a 'part' of a business model and not THE business model. - it always comes down to numbers. if you have good...
Michael Sullivan
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Jul 5, 2006
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Good points Michael... Here is a post from my buddy Mike Davidson (CEO of Newsvine)... http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2006/07/rocketbust ...
Matt Savarino
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Good blog by Mike, I add... ....and less than the 250,000 daily viewers the show drew with Amanda. What Andrew and others are about to get is a hard and tough...
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(Will's talking about Andrew's big stick...)...
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Amanda is dating Mario Librandi (http://marioscope.blogspot.com/), I can't imagine her taking _anyone_ as a secret lover with a handsome man like that, so you...
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Anticipation... like Jerry Time! But wait... he's just one guy... or cardboard cutout, or whatever......
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Before I get flamed for my opinions, let me clarify... I have yet to see a vlog be a sustainable business in itself. Of course vlogging offers a great return...
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Hi, First, I am sorry as I didn't mean to flame, just offer criticism. And I should explain that I do view vlogging as an extention of my company's marketing...
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I agree Mike. It's clay to do with whatever we so choose. Very young clay at that. ... -- ~Devlon http://loadedpun.com | http://mefeedia.com ...
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Hi Mike! I totally agree. I was writing in the context of our company, where we view each effort as a separate "business unit" -- thus I too see vlogging as...
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AMEN! Well said, Zennie. This isn't vlogosphere-wide failure as the paranoid masses keep saying! Casey http://www.galacticast.com/...
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