If I have a public fear it is videos and pictures. Ask
me to speak to a live audience on the fly I am there front and center with
bells on.
Seek to take my picture and you will find me hiding or end up talking
to the hand. So yes indeed perhaps I have issues.
Where is the balance?
Before we
can find it our images can be blasted all over the globe. This is what we call
going viral.
When something you post or worse something you do in the normal
scope of your life becomes whatever oodles of people are eager to talk about, Google
and share.
For those who seek fame and those working on trying to
amass a fortune through the internet this is usually seen as a godsend.
Bad
deeds also go viral but then it usually seems a person is not thinking about
their image or how their actions might be viewed by a larger audience than
their pride or wounded ego in the moment.
To capture the positive attention of the world at large
it usually takes something cute or funny. Other times it is something kind of
sweet that pulls on the heartstrings.
For the bold among us the newest craze in the blog
world is the video blog. Either in place of or in conjunction with the words
and pictures we have gotten used to posting.
I love the idea of video blogging. I am
just not confident enough yet. I have a web cam but the couple of videos I have
experimented have as usual been too dark.
For those who really want to step
into the world of YouTube fun for embarrassment or enlightenment, savvy users
can hook an audio segment of theirs with pictures of themselves, or other things
to engage their audience without having to feel totally over exposed.
I need some techy friends to help me get over that
hump. For now I am content to be an observer only.
There is the idea that
uploading a personal glimpse into your life and the animations of your face
bond and connect you with an audience.
My only caution would be “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
If you are going to go live be prepared. Put a flower in your hair, pluck your
nose hair etc. It is ok to go bare and show yourself relaxed.
Just show people
that you put some thought into connecting with them face to face. Props are
nice, back ground and off camera noises matter.
Preview and maybe have an
honest friend look over a video before you share it with the world.
Do you recognize the three recent images that were all the craze and rage via social media? Let me know...hahahaha
i have yet to try vblogging...there is so much to master if you want to grow your blog!
ReplyDeleteWell the title might be misleading. I needed it to make sense and wanted it to have direction.
DeleteI do not think vblogging is all about growing a blog. I also know video is not the way to grow all blogs.
Posts have been going viral since blogs started but as technology moves forward there is just more to see.
I'm not quite interested in being THAT casual. I'm trying to visit all the A-Z Challenge Blogs in April. My alphabet is at myqualityday.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteWow that is ambitious. I determined to A) keep up & B) visit the blogs with titles or subjects that seemed interesting to me. lol
DeleteSo far so good for me. How about you?