Interesting post. I believe the only reason people hate video blogging is because they have a mug only a momma could love:)
Video is the killer delivery model. It is far more personable and people are so lazy that they would rather watch then read.
Now send me that Digital Flip....
Karen Swim
· 1 year ago
Jim,
The reasons noted for not video blogging are also the key to their appeal. Video bloggers are not news anchors with airbrushed make up, reading from teleprompters. Real people have the opportunity to connect with people in a medium that was once inaccessible. I resisted for years putting a photo with my online profiles or blogs incorrectly believing that people only want to see drop dead gorgeous models. I was wrong. People respond to being able to connect a voice with a real person. I happen to "hate" much of reality TV but I cannot deny it's popularity. Some may hate video blogging as much as the long (or really long) sales letter but both are effective for a reason.
Karen
Leather Sectionals
· 1 year ago
I enjoy reading more than watching TV. that is the simple reason that i would prefer to read a blog rather than watch a guy saying what he has to say. Also a lot of people are far more eloquent and articulate in print than in an extempore version of what they have to say. So unless someone has a real and exceptional talent in that direction, i think video blogging is best avoided.
John John
· 1 year ago
Watching boring fat guys talking crap for 20 minutes is so unappealing. Give me a concise witty blog post I can read in 1 minute anyday.
Jim Kukral
· 1 year ago
Check out some of the thoughts from Shel on this blog post, good stuff.
If you were to transcribe 20 minutes of ad libbing blogger, edit out all the "ums" and "ahs" , edit out any redundancy, tighten up the wording to make the points more clear, then what you have is a few good paragraphs (aka: a blog post). I can read it in a few minutes. I can skim it to see if I *want* to read it in a few seconds.
Or, I could spend that time waiting for YouTube to spool in the hope that the resulting video is something I might actually want to see, and 4 out of 5 times realizing halfway in that I've wasted my time...
I read because I'm lazy. To often it seems that video bloggers don't write because they're too lazy to edit.
fyc
· 1 year ago
I'm much like the previous comment authors - I'd rather read a well-written article than a lengthy video. Firstly, my laptop's almost always in the lounge, and the TV's almost always on. Having a video playing is distracting for others (sure, I *could* use headphones).
And, secondly, with a video playing, it's harder to multi-task (not really a good thing, but it's a habit of mine).
Anyway, most of the blog vids I've seen don't have much in terms of visual activity and are more suited as podcasts.
fyc
· 1 year ago
Oh, I also forgot to mention that I do believe that video communication is an important part of the future. But, at the moment, I just don't find it that important.
Internet Entrepreneur
· 1 year ago
I personally think video blogging has its advantages and disadvantages. It can be good for viewers to actually hear and see who is behind the blog and get to know the blogger a little better. However, video blogging can be seen as a quick way to update your site without taking the time to write an article. Its also not so good for SEO purposes...Google can't index video and rank you high...it needs content!
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Video is the killer delivery model. It is far more personable and people are so lazy that they would rather watch then read.
Now send me that Digital Flip....
The reasons noted for not video blogging are also the key to their appeal. Video bloggers are not news anchors with airbrushed make up, reading from teleprompters. Real people have the opportunity to connect with people in a medium that was once inaccessible. I resisted for years putting a photo with my online profiles or blogs incorrectly believing that people only want to see drop dead gorgeous models. I was wrong. People respond to being able to connect a voice with a real person. I happen to "hate" much of reality TV but I cannot deny it's popularity. Some may hate video blogging as much as the long (or really long) sales letter but both are effective for a reason.
Karen
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Or, I could spend that time waiting for YouTube to spool in the hope that the resulting video is something I might actually want to see, and 4 out of 5 times realizing halfway in that I've wasted my time...
I read because I'm lazy. To often it seems that video bloggers don't write because they're too lazy to edit.
And, secondly, with a video playing, it's harder to multi-task (not really a good thing, but it's a habit of mine).
Anyway, most of the blog vids I've seen don't have much in terms of visual activity and are more suited as podcasts.