Video Blogging and the Future
Video blogging, aka Vlogging, have many things that are better than traditional text-based blogs. It’s not surprising that more and more people are moving to this form of blogging. These new types of blogs are much better for getting and holding the attention of your browsers. People are even more likely to become drawn to the video content of a vlog over that of an ordinary written posting on a the typical blog.
It only makes sense that the more viewers you can get excited about your site, the greater the likelihood you’ll have word of mouth spread, which will ultimately lead to more visitors and then more money in your pocket if you’re monetizing your site.
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.
If you want more control and don’t want to use those services you can use a service like Amazon’s storage service called S3. It’s a small fee on a per GB used basis for the size of file and bandwidth used. The fee is very reasonable at about .10/GB to upload and then .17/GB for bandwidth usage. For complete control it is a very small price to pay.
Another disadvantage is that it can take more time to process and upload a video file than it does to dash off a quick bit of text. This means that running and updating a video blog can be quite a bit of work if you’re not really familiar with shooting and editing video.
Although, it’s a fact that when you get used to to using video, it really is pretty easy. Creating the videos tends to be the most difficult part for most people.
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.
Most people have a fast connect an updated software to handle videos, but keep in mind the market that you are sending to your blog. If they are older folks who don’t know much about the internet still, a video blog might not be the best choice. Just keep your market in mind before you decide.
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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