Here’s what you need to know about Video blogging. It’s also known as Vlogging and has many things that are superior to the normal form of text-based blogs. It’s not uncommon that more and more folks are taking up this more attractive way of blogging. These new video blogs are the best way for attracting and keeping the attention of your audience. Individuals are more likely to become interested in watching videos on a vlog over reading an ordinary written blog.
The more people you can get coming to you site and keep them coming back, the better chance you’ll have the best form of advertising, word of mouth, take place. This will ultimately then bring in more traffic to your site and of course, more money in your wallet if you’re monetizing your site, which you should be doing!
Now, there can also be some disadvantages to video blogging. However,these are easily overcome. Hosting can be a problem and can require quite a bit of server space, which can make it difficult to get started. That’s only if you decide to do the hosting yourself. The great way to host for free is to use a service like YouTube, Google Video or Viddler. Then just take the embed code and copy and paste it up on your site. Let the big boys handle the bandwidth issues and costs for you.
For more control you can use a service like Amazon’s storage service called S3. You pay a small fee based on the size of file and bandwidth used. The fee is extremely affordable at about .10/GB to upload and then .17/GB for bandwidth usage. This is the best way to host your video if you want complete control and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg either.
Another difference is the time it takes to process and upload a video file rather than just writing a fast text article on a regular blog. Running and updating a video blog can mean a little more work, especially if you’re not that familiar with filming and then editing your video.
The fact of the matter is that after you get accustom to using video, it really is fairly easy. The most difficult part for most is just going through with the filming process.
Some also get frustrated with computers and slow connections, which will cause some individuals to get sick and tired of uploading or playback issues from time to time.
Now a days most people have a DSL or cable connect and the most recent software in order to properly watch online videos, but you still need to think about your market that you’re directing to your blog. For example, older folks who aren’t very familiar about the internet yet, a video blog probably is not the way to go. You need to think about your market before you decide what type of blog to do.
No matter what blog you decide to go with, a traditional or video blog or even a combo of the two, like I do, just be sure to give your viewers solid content that will always help them. And make sure that you have a good time and always be true to yourself!
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