This week I took a challenge from online friend, Dani, on her Dani Nir-McGrath | Home Business Success Tips & Motivation, FB page to make a live video recording and post it to her page. Some participants did a business video (business as usual), some did a tour of their site as an introduction, and I chose to talk (vlog) about how we can avoid doing video by coming up with excuses – most of which are just insecurities and quite honestly unfounded and petty.

So that got me wondering … how many of you actually use video online? Is it live video or more of a screen capture video? Do you have your own insecurities that keep you from creating videos more often (or even EVER)? I for one know that if I’m looking to learn from someone online who’s “been there done that” and is even willing to take the time to record how to do something … I’m not terribly concerned about whether or not they’re having a “bad hair day” or if they’ve taken the time and energy to put on some makeup. What about you? Would that ruin your viewing experience or are you just happy to have the video to watch?

I’d love to hear your thoughts are on doing live video so please participate by posting a comment below … have you done them? Do you enjoy it? Do you feel insecure? If so, about what? Please, please, please … let us hear from you on this one ok? *SmiLes* Suzanne

P.S. And if you haven’t joined us over on my Facebook Page …. please do so (and invite me to your page too) http://www.facebook.com/suzannefrancodotcom

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As you may, or may not have noticed, some of the videos I have added to the blog take longer to load than others. This usually happens when I host the videos myself due to their size and/or length (as opposed to embeding them from YouTube for instance).

I’ve added several videos to my blog for the Blogging for Bucks BootCamp and I’ve never run into any problems while doing so. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot this and make sense of why this is happening.

I don’t know yet but one guess is that for the BootCamp I posted the videos on static pages as opposed to using a blog post type entry.

I’ve tried the same video format that I’ve used in the past and I’ve even played around with some other formatting and it’s pretty much the same result. I have always used the video upload button in the admin section (image below) and I use .swf format like I’ve always used in the past) so I’m not sure why this is causing so many problmes.

I have posted the last video lesson/tutorial (Keyword Research) onto a static page and then I’ve link over to it … and we’ll see if we have better luck with it this way.

I have edited the post here: http://www.suzannefranco.com/keyword-research-my-tactics-and-formulas-video-tutorial/ and I’ve placed an image of a player there so that when you click on the player it will take you to the static page with the actual video. Here’s a direct link to the video page if you want to check it out: http://www.suzannefranco.com/keyword-research-video-tutorial/.

I’m hoping this will cut down on the load problems we’ve been experiencing, as well as, the problems with the RSS emails that go out when I post.

Meanwhile, I will be searching high and low for some answers so we can all learn from this. Thanks for your patience. *SmiLes* Suzanne

P.S. Did you have any problems loading the posts that had video in them? If so, which ones? What browser were you using? Do you use video on your own site/blog? What format do you suggest I use? Any feedback and/or help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. To create the videos … I’ve used both Camtasia screen capture software and I’ve used my Flip Ultra camera and then imported the file into Camtasia to edit and product it.

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Video Blogging, Vblog, Vlog … New here on the Blog!

I’ve been wanting to bring you some of my messages via video … known as video blogging, vblogging, or vlogging … and that day is finally here. I really enjoy visiting blogs that have video messages. I personally learn a lot that way and I know many others do too. As the lessons progress I will start to add more and more video learning tutorials with screen capture so I can give you great instruction on how to make money online.

I know sometimes it’s not convenient to watch a video so I will add a transcript for the video whenever possible.

I really value your feedback so please leave me a comment about how you feel about video blogging in general, let me know if there’s something I could do to make my videos more enjoyable, and be sure to let me know if you also do vblogging so I can come check you out too!

I will be doing a video shortly on how to actually do a vblog, as well as, the benefits of using them and how to use them to market your blog effectively. I hope you give it a shot with me. It’s really fun and it’s actually pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

 
Thanks for reading (and watching) and please post your comments below. *SmiLes* Suzanne

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