How to Add Video to a WordPress Blog the Easy Way is slowly turning into a very popular post. A reader left an excellent question in his comment, and I wanted to write a post about it instead of just reply in the comments. Rich asks: I want to add my own video clips (aka…
Category Archives: Video Blogging
Flipping Myself On
Readers have asked me how I’ve been making my videos, lately. I’ve been “Flipping!” The Flip Video Ultra is the new camera I recently bought. I’ve been using it to record all my videos, lately. Web cams, which I recommended before as a cheap start to video blogging, ain’t got nothing on the Flip. Because…
What Makes a Great Video Blog?
In case you hadn’t noticed, video is kind of a big deal on the interwebs, now. It may have put the thought in your mind to do a video blog or start adding videos to your current blog. I’ve already written about how to get started video blogging, so what I want to do with…
Spotlink: Zo’C – Great Overview on Social Multimedia Tools
My buddy Guilherme has written an excellent introductory article called Podcasting, videoblogging, and social screencasting tools and ideas. It’s a gem because it really delivers on both counts: tools and ideas. It’s more than just a list of links with some descriptions (cough, Mashable, cough cough) put together by virtual assistants (okay, that’s just a…
LIVE VIDEO TONIGHT – Join Me for a live video session at 11:00 pm EST
Update: well, that went about as I expected. In other words, not too many people showed up on a Friday night! But that’s cool, because it gave me a chance to really take Ustream for a test drive, so it was well worth it. Tonight I’m going to experiment with some live video streaming using…
Attention Video Bloggers: YouTube to Offer Live Video Streaming
Pop17‘s Sarah Meyers got the scoop by asking Steve Chen (founder of YouTube) when they were gonna do live video. The answer is: 2008, this year. Check it out below: The question and answer is shortly after the 3:00 mark. What do you think? Any takers? Will YOU ever do live video? I definitely will…
Niche Video Clobbers Competitors: Twice the Traffic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRlDLOO7TL4″>Watch
Watch on YouTube Beet.tv has a wonderful small-dog story about a New Jersey wine merchant who has been creating daily wine-tasting videos. He outranks big names like Wine Spectator and gets twice their traffic. Really shows the power of niche video! Here’s the kicker: he’s been doing this for two years. That’s a lotta video.
Is Live Video Blogging the Future of Journalism?
Found via Beet.tv, which you want to subscribe to if you want to keep up with what’s happening in online video. At the beginning of the year, I predicted that live mobile video blogging is going to be big (not that it takes a genius or anything to figure that out). How big? How about…
Start Video Blogging in Five Easy Steps
This straightforward (and long) post will tell you step-by-step how to get started video blogging with a simple webcam. Video blogging is growing in popularity as the tools for it become easier to use and less expensive. You don’t need expensive equipment to get started. In fact, you can get going for less than $40…
Attention Video Bloggers: CuePrompter is Your Online Teleprompter
Mashable reports there is a new “teleprompter” application online, called CuePrompter. And just in case you didn’t know, a teleprompter is a machine (computers, nowadays) that scrolls the text a person reads when giving a speech. They’re used by everyone from politicians to talk show hosts to news anchor people. I’m big on video, and…
Do You Need a .mobi Domain for Your Blog?
I’ve said that mobile blogging will be big in 2008. That means that more folks will be both creating and consuming blog content via mobile devices. So the question has come up: Do you need a .mobi domain for your blog? There is a lot of .mobi FUD and madness out there, and the combination…
