I was thinking about this again the other day...the real advantage of YouTube is when they allow anyone to start charging for premium content. Whether or not it has been announced, it's in the works, I can assure you.
The nice thing (depending on the cut they take) is that you won't have to worry about bandwidth limitations if your product/community does very well. Video bandwidth can get expensive quickly if you're dealing with thousands of users.
With that said, having even a semi-responsive channel/community of viewers is certainly an asset, now and downline.
If you have an idea, start shooting and testing things out. If I wasn't overwhelmed with clients and other projects, this (video production and community building) is probably where I'd be focusing some of my time.
The nice thing (depending on the cut they take) is that you won't have to worry about bandwidth limitations if your product/community does very well. Video bandwidth can get expensive quickly if you're dealing with thousands of users.
With that said, having even a semi-responsive channel/community of viewers is certainly an asset, now and downline.
If you have an idea, start shooting and testing things out. If I wasn't overwhelmed with clients and other projects, this (video production and community building) is probably where I'd be focusing some of my time.