Yakezie.com - Topic: Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Jason@LiveRealNow on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/page-2/#p54561 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/page-2/#p54561 Eric - NarrowBridge.net said:

I click on a video but never audio. I only use podcasts for music. One downside to video/audio is that Google does not pickup the text unless you transcribe it.

 

That depends on the video.  Google's gotten pretty good at reading captions in flash video.

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:05:10 +0000 Jeff @ Sustainable Life Blog on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/page-2/#p54558 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/page-2/#p54558 I prefer text, usually because I dont have access to sound to watch videos so I dont bother clicking them.

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:23:44 +0000 Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54538 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54538 I click on a video but never audio. I only use podcasts for music. One downside to video/audio is that Google does not pickup the text unless you transcribe it.

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:17:20 +0000 The Single Saver on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54522 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54522 I prefer text, mainly because it is usually not convenient for me to do much video watching while I am surfing the web. 

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:51:03 +0000 Hunter @financiallyc on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54521 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54521 Thanks Jeff, Mixergy is an interesting resource. It has a lot going on.

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:47:58 +0000 Jeff Rose on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54513 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54513 If you want a site that is doing it well, look at http://mixergy.com/homepage/?skip=yes. 

 

If you can streamline the process (most likely by outsourcing it) then why not offer across multiple channels?   Take an interview upload it to YouTube or Blip.tv, have it transcribed for your blog (adding a short intro and some headings to capitalize on SEO) and then upload it iTunes and create your own brand-able channel.   

 

 

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:14:31 +0000 Dave @ DebtBlackHole on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54502 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54502 Most of the sites I frequent use all of the above. If they do a video they also provide a transcript and MP3 version of the interview/post. They have every preference covered.

 

 

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:13:48 +0000 TightFistedMiser on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54432 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54432 I much prefer text to video simply because it takes ten times as long to watch a video compared to reading a post. With all the sites I visit each day a video just takes too much time. That being said there are times that having the visual of a video post would be helpful but most of the video posts I've seen haven't really added anything you couldn't get from the text.  If you do use video including a transcript is appreciated.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:30:18 +0000 Hunter @financiallyc on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54426 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54426 I can see the temptation of offering identical content in several channels, and perhaps this would be an efficient way to produce multiple blogs and leverage the content to to the max. Although, I don't think offering multiple channels for the same content on a single platform (blog) would work. Producing a blog is as much about packaging and delivery as content. Print, TV, and radio each have different programming strategies that appeal to their audience. Putting it all together is like Ford producing the Edsel; it had all the bells and whistles but appealed to no-one.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:57:06 +0000 Sunil from The Extra Money Blog on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54423 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54423 I second what Jeff is proposing here. Leverage the same existing content into multiple channels. Different learning/absorbing methods appeal to different people, so why leave any possibility of not capturing a potential audience who might benefit from your information?

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:36:53 +0000 Jason@LiveRealNow on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54415 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54415 I rarely do video.  I'm a bit of a speed reader and I tend to fall asleep when people read to me, which is how a lot of videos come across.

There was one video blogger a few years ago who did all of her video blogging in a bikini.  That kept my attention.  I'm just saying.

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:14:05 +0000 retireby40 on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54411 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54411 I almost never click on video/audio either. If I'm at work, then I can't watch or listen to these and I think it became a habit to skip them.

I have to remember to check the site again at home and that rarely happens. Sorry Jeff!

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:19:54 +0000 Jeff Rose on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54410 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54410 FrugalBeautiful said:

Wow, the responses are really a mixed bag!  I'm thinking I probably should provide both and just use my best judgement for what format I think is appropriate for the information I'm trying to convey.

 

In terms of interviews- are video interviews (you know, the ones that are done via webcam) weird or should I just do audio interviews?

 

Thanks for your feedback!

 

I prefer the video interview vs. audio personally.  Then again, if you do video interviews, you should be able to convert it to .mp3 and turn it into a podcast.    I know that with Blip.tv they can do this automatically.   Not sure how you do it on your own, but I'm sure it's possible.  Then if you get the interview transcribed, you got everything: text, audio and video.  Trifecta! Laugh

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:07:50 +0000 Shannyn @FrugalBeautiful.com on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54401 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54401 Wow, the responses are really a mixed bag!  I'm thinking I probably should provide both and just use my best judgement for what format I think is appropriate for the information I'm trying to convey.

 

In terms of interviews- are video interviews (you know, the ones that are done via webcam) weird or should I just do audio interviews?

 

Thanks for your feedback!

 

]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:19:48 +0000 Hunter @financiallyc on Video or Text? https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54398 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/video-or-text/#p54398 Video is a great addition to a blog. As a visual learner this appeals to me, moreso than a page of text.

Check out Seths Blog, Urban Velo, Wisebread, Money Crashers, Man Vs Debt, Smrt Passive Income... They're all highly visual. Text is important for the facts, and adding some personal color, but with so little time and so much to read, video makes it easier for readers. Check out CNN, and Yahoo, it's all visual. 

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