Getting Started With Vlogging

July 11th, 2011 | Guest Contributor | 72 Comments

vlogging can be child's playGuest post by Erica Allison

Video Blog Posts. Vlogs.

Everyone seems to be doing them now. But are they doing them in the best way they could?

Are there some tips out in the blogosphere that can be shared in order to make your foray into vlogging a more enjoyable, productive experience?

Image: BenSpark via Flickr, CC 2.0

I say, “Yes!”

In addition to the video embedded here in the post, I’ll offer some additional tips, guidelines and rules of thumb that I’ve found to be quite helpful in my vlogging experience.

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What 10 Seconds Of Silence Can Do For You

February 4th, 2011 | Shonali Burke | 5 Comments

Like v. like

There are videos you like, and there are videos you really like. There are very few videos I really like.

An exception is this one from my friend Jill Foster.

For those of you who don’t know Jill, she’s the founder of Live Your Talk, and her business is training and empowering women entrepreneurs to voice their opinions in a public forum.

She’s a speaking coach with a difference.

Now, I haven’t had that many speaking coaches (after all, I went to drama school, so I’ve had lots of training in hamming it up), but I was able to experience Jill’s coaching and style firsthand when I was preparing for Ignite DC last year.

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Video Basics For Your Blog

December 10th, 2010 | Shanan Sorochynski | 3 Comments

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series

Reevaluating relationships

I’ve been in a loving, committed relationship with print for the majority of my career, but the lure of video has me reevaluating my options.

Image: Federica Olivieri via Flickr, Creative Commons

Here’s why.

Use what your community has already made.

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