Video Thoughts That Make Sense

Posted by RP

March 9, 2008

I’ve had a rather extensive "dos and don’ts of video" post in the "draft" box for some time now. I came across this one from Stuart over at Pimp My Page Rank recently and Stu said everything I was going to say and more. Here’s one of the most important main points:

… It takes too long - I just did a little testing, and it appears that I can scan text at a rate of about 800 words a minute, but only talk at a rate of around 260 words a minute. That means that for a 1,000 word post/video, I can read it in around one minute 20 seconds, where I have to sit through you talking for around four minutes (and this doesn’t even take into account buffering time etc). I’m a busy man with little free time, so this is a real negative. …

If I were you, and interested in making your blog "sing" and had a lot of video thoughts in mind? I’d read the rest of Stu’s video points and do some serious thinking.

Video posts are great for an occasional spice in the cake. Or as a neat adjunct that increase your blog’s value … part of your "Unique Selling Proposition" that differentiates your blog from everyone else’s.

But vids as you "main fare", day after day, post after post? Nope, I can’t agree. Video

Takes too long, even on fast connections … and not everyone has one.
Takes too frickin’ long to get to the point … TV is a time waster, not an information tool.
Is inaccessible to more people than you think … Universities, government offices and many businesses and more routinely bock or restrict video .. and people who work there, and surf from their cubicles, are the very people who make money and have it to spend … your target audience, Duh.

So if you are bound and determined to move your blog to video … don’t make it your prime method, or you’ll lose me, and likely lots of other subscribers.

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Comments

Thanks for the kind words Dave!

Comment by Stu on March 9, 2008 @ 10:15 am

Stuart, you’re more than welcome. As Tony Soprano would say, “it’s an honah” to have you drop by and comment. If just one blogger with something to say reads and heeds the warnings on the continual video bombardment, it will be worth both our times.

Comment by RP on March 9, 2008 @ 10:58 am

Not sure about the honah thing, I think my wife would beg to differ….

Actually, you might be interesting in a conversation which I think might get interesting over at 45N5.com

Comment by Stu on March 9, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

Tell your dear wife she has to agree, Tony is “unpracticed in not getting his way”

I’ll take a look at 45n5 … while I admire Mark’s efforts and on particular his diligence in putting out a video per day, I have to admit I ‘read’ 45n5 a lot less often than I did last year. It’s all good though, I don’t want people _not_ to video blog, just to think through all the spaects of what they offer. be well.

Comment by RP on March 10, 2008 @ 9:09 am