Video Blogging as Media Tool

Video Blogging as Media Tool

Video Blogging as Media Tool

Video blogs, also known as "vlogs" are becoming popular media tools that almost anyone can create to show rather than tell others about who they are and what they have to offer. make. Video blogging is exactly like regular blogging a cyberspace journal or column - with one major difference. Video blogs have visual content in addition to or instead of text. The most common approach for those who want video on their blog is to record a video, post it onto YouTube and then link to the YouTube video from their blog.

Video Blogging can require more effort than regular blogging does. Specific equipment will be necessary: a computer compatible camera with microphone (or stand alone microphone) to capture the video and video editing software. I have provided resources at the end of this article.

Video blogs are a great way to reach people who learn by looking and watching. It's an ideal format for people who do not want to read a great deal of written material. As a result, a video blog, like a regular text blog, can also broaden your prospective cyberspace client base.

Entreprenuers and business owners often use a video blog to position themselves as experts. As a video blogger you can talk about what your business is doing. Press release can be read aloud and you record tips that are vital to your followers (subscribers). The video blog format also allows you to interview others who can, by association, either lend credibility to you as an expert or can provide testimonials about how your work has benefited them. The video blog interview can also be a vehicle to connect your service and expertise to that of someone in a closely related. If done properly this could also expand your audience.

For those in the entertainment industry, this is an ideal way to showcase a few moments of a new song or recent performance. If promoted properly, including to members of the media, this could be a golden opportunity to let others know how well you do what you do.

A video blog can also lead to secured news coverage. For example, media personnel may need to know before a radio or TV interview what you actually look and sound like. This provides them with real information about how you come across with your topic.

Video blogging is the wave of the future. Become familiar with its multi-media appeal. Much like the boom of TV broadcast, it has the ability to educate, inform, and introduce the cyberspace public to your experience, expertise, and services.

So get started with your video blog today.

Video blog resources:

Open source video editing software: http://www.sourceforge.net

Free (but limited video editing): http://www.cellsea.com/media/vindex.htm

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