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How to Make Great Videos for Your Blog

7 December 2009 26 Comments

stuck For months now I have been looking at the cute little Flip I bought specifically to do videos for this blog. There it sits on the shelf, condemning me for dragging my feet on this issue, even though I heartily encourage others to do so.

Today I read a great blog article by John Jonas, How I Do Videos for My Blog. He has taken away every excuse I had – he gives away all his “secrets” to creating a great blog video, including what he uses (a specific camera), the perfect tripod, and the free software that all work together to make his videos look and sound great.

I’ll stick to my little Flip for recording, but I’m going to put all the rest of it together, get over myself, and start taping. Hopefully his blog post will help you get started too!

26 Comments »

Mike Bensonn said:

Thanks for the link. It answered some questions I had about video blogs.
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# 7 December 2009 at 5:45 pm

Adam Vestre said:

Video blogging is such a powerful tool to make your blogs different to others and especially useful in a saturated niche. I tried Flip awhile ago, but then came back to Jing (http://www.jingproject.com/) simply because of the ease of use. Have you tried Jing for making videos for blogging?

# 11 December 2009 at 7:31 am

Mobile Phone News said:

I think a great video is very good for getting traffic.
Once time, I’ve more than 3K UV from youtube via my video
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# 13 December 2009 at 6:53 am

S.Douglas said:

Thanks a lot for the link. I have also thought about adding video to my blog. Now I know how to do it effectively.

# 14 December 2009 at 6:22 am

Seo Diva (author) said:

No I haven’t – thanks for the tip!

# 14 December 2009 at 9:35 am

noviear said:

thanks for your share, and keep always give the honnest tips

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# 14 December 2009 at 10:20 pm

SEO Training said:

Thanks for sharing your beautiful thoughts to us.

# 15 December 2009 at 3:28 am

Gifts For Her said:

I’ve been on his email list for a while – he gives more useful info than most of the other lists I’m on. Well worth checking out

# 16 December 2009 at 12:12 am

Seo Diva (author) said:

I’ve been impressed with him too.

# 16 December 2009 at 10:42 am

joelchrist said:

Nice tips, Hope video marketing will grab more visitors to blog. Thanks.

# 17 December 2009 at 12:26 am

Bars and Night Clubs said:

I just link to Youtube content (call me lazy)… They have a video for everything it is just too tempting…

Mind you there is a risk, and that is the YouTube video getting deleted which does look unprofessional…

# 25 December 2009 at 4:37 am

Seo Diva (author) said:

Nothing wrong with YouTube videos, but a custom video adds a lot more personality to your site/blog.

# 26 December 2009 at 9:36 am

max shoes said:

I just link to Youtube content

# 26 December 2009 at 8:34 pm

Sally said:

I think that if a blog contains videos then it’s much more interesting to read it! Such blogs help to gain customers.

# 29 December 2009 at 6:24 am

online backup said:

That’s really good and interesting as videos are one good way to promote the blogs.

# 30 December 2009 at 4:34 am

Danny said:

Great post and thanks for sharing the link. Videos are a great SEO tool and great videos are even better. Sometimes it’s hard to muster of the strength to make a video (for whatever reason), but the link really does not give you any excuses NOT to create one. I’ll be using those tips for my search marketing local videos I need to create. Again, great post!

# 31 December 2009 at 1:33 am

Seo Diva (author) said:

Thanks Danny! My New Year’s resolution is to get a video made for this blog!

# 31 December 2009 at 9:04 pm

kolorowanki said:

Good job Seo Diva, thanks for sharing this link- How I Do Videos for My Blog ( very interesting) Good luck in 2010. Your blog Seo Diva is wonderful places to visit.

# 2 January 2010 at 10:03 am

Kai said:

I’m a little shy when it comes to video marketing, but I might have to give that a try besides doing SEO to switch things up a bit. I just took public speaking class this past fall semester so I might be better now
Kai´s last blog ..SEO

# 3 January 2010 at 1:20 am

Seo Diva (author) said:

Kai, that should help you a lot!

# 4 January 2010 at 9:52 am

Seo Diva (author) said:

Thank you kolorowanki!

# 4 January 2010 at 9:54 am

web information said:

realy nice way to creat good and stylish site to help of video blog..

# 7 January 2010 at 2:50 am

Engage Marketing said:

Good post. One of the benefits of blogging is that you’re able to present a more personable voice to your communication with the world. There isn’t anything better than Video for doing this and you’ll really stand out and look more professional and knowledgeable than other blogs in your area.

# 7 January 2010 at 10:34 pm