Comments on: Look Mom, No Hands!

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:28:43 +0000

Hey Mason – Check this out – Sherman Hu from http://www.shermanlive.com has a video posted where he explains exactly how he goes about syndicating his video content in different video formats, and also makes just the audio portion available and then also makes the content available as text – very cool process – I definitely saved this video to my harddrive:
Boost Results Publishing Text, Podcasts & Video On Your Blog
http://www.shermanlive.com/2008/02/13/publish-text-podcasts-video-on-blog/

cheers, Megan

By: Garry Conn

Garry Conn — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:34:44 +0000

Yep! Thats my motto… type it up and ask questions later.

You got to expel the material that is stuck in your brain as quickly as possible, from there you can go back and clean things up. LOL!!!!

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:36:27 +0000

I applaud your ingenuity, Mark. I also like your roadmap idea. I’m not typing challenged, but I do have trouble getting what’s in my head onto a post. I think the key is to just let the words flow and stop thinking too much about it (that’s Garry would advise, I know).

By: Alex at Net-Entrepreneur.com

Alex at Net-Entrepreneur.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:18:28 +0000

@Megan: Indeed, the biggest advice I have to give to vloggers is to make a transcript for the video. That should solve the problem you’re talking about.

Not saving the precious time Mark is talking about though…

@Mark: The simple answer is YES!. People watch those and love’em.

A few guidelines to remember though, such as the length, shouldn’t be more than ~10 minutes. Not too short though… The transcript thing, which is a good idea to add. And a few more (lighting, angle, other tech stuff) that you can find easily in the ‘sphere.

I was researching this for a while, but then got wound up in a few projects. But this has a big priority on my list.

Btw: Check out this free screen capturing software: http://camstudio.org/

Cheers,
Alex

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:37:26 +0000

@Alex — interesting idea. Do people really watch those? Do you like blogs with a mix of video posts?

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:48:38 +0000

@Alex – Hey – I was just checking out my other blogs that I read to see what was new and DailyBlogTips has a post on Video Comments on WordPress Blogs
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/video-comments-on-wordpress-blogs/
Megan

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:43:42 +0000

@Alex – Video posts are great if a person is comfortable with that but then there would be no text for google to index, no words for google adwords, no way to link to other posts like you can from within the textual content … maybe if there was the video plus a transcript it could work ~megan

By: Alex at Net-Entrepreneur.com

Alex at Net-Entrepreneur.com — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:36:43 +0000

Mark,

How about just making video posts?

This way you’ll be able to increase your productivity, and reach additional readers. And, it adds a new dimension to the blog.

Cheers,
Alex.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:38:36 +0000

@Megan — LOL. That is awesome. As an engineer, I really appreciate things like the water pump you reference.

I am not sure how widely voice recognition is used, but I am glad that you liked the post. Regarding secrets, I can only tell you what my girls tell me:

“Secrets, secrets are no fun, unless you are a part of one!”

Thanks!
Mark (the transparent friendly blogger) LOL

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:34:18 +0000

Wow! Mason – that is Brilliant! what a great, yet simple idea. All the best ideas are simple it seams to me – like that child’s merry-go-round attached to a water pump that provides clean drinking water to people in Africa (see http://www.playpumps.org/waterproblem)

I wonder how many bloggers use this as their “secret” ;P

thanks, Megan