Video has killed the podcast star.
You still can, however, find life after the death of podcasting.
And no, it does not involve packing up and putting away your microphone.
In almost all the blogs you visit, you'll find the ubiquitous YouTube video embedded in numerous posts.
In most bloggers' conventions, you'll hear about someone trying to create a videoblog.
With the growing popularity of videos, is it time you forget about podcasting? On the contrary, now is the best time to forge onwards with even more podcast episodes.
Just remember to add this little twist: Create a video version of some your podcasts.
The soundtrack of your video will simply be your actual podcast episode.
The video portion will contain your podcast's title and web site URL, your photo, plus images and video clips related to the particular episode.
Why create video versions of just some of your podcast episodes? Let's face it.
It takes much less time to create a podcast than a video.
For example, it may take as long as four hours to produce a 3-minute video.
This happens because it takes a computer longer to edit and save a video versus a sound file.
In addition, you can use the video version to attract more subscribers to your podcast.
You can seed popular online video sites with those videos, and once the online video crowd sees your URL, they will head on over to your podcast site and subscribe.
Why will they subscribe? They will see that you have more podcast episodes than videos.
They will realize that the only way to quickly get more of your content is to subscribe to your podcast.
And that's how you can survive the podcast killer: use videos to attract people who otherwise would not have known about your podcast, because they're busy hanging out in places like YouTube.
So keep on podcasting and try a bit of videoblogging.
It's a fun, exciting, and mentally stimulating way to enjoy life after the "death" of podcasting.
Copyright © 2006 by Manuel Viloria.
All Rights Reserved.
You have permission to publish this article in its entirety electronically, in print, in your ebook, or on your web site, free of charge as long as no changes to the text or hyperlinks are made and you include my byline, copyright, and the writer's resource box below.
You still can, however, find life after the death of podcasting.
And no, it does not involve packing up and putting away your microphone.
In almost all the blogs you visit, you'll find the ubiquitous YouTube video embedded in numerous posts.
In most bloggers' conventions, you'll hear about someone trying to create a videoblog.
With the growing popularity of videos, is it time you forget about podcasting? On the contrary, now is the best time to forge onwards with even more podcast episodes.
Just remember to add this little twist: Create a video version of some your podcasts.
The soundtrack of your video will simply be your actual podcast episode.
The video portion will contain your podcast's title and web site URL, your photo, plus images and video clips related to the particular episode.
Why create video versions of just some of your podcast episodes? Let's face it.
It takes much less time to create a podcast than a video.
For example, it may take as long as four hours to produce a 3-minute video.
This happens because it takes a computer longer to edit and save a video versus a sound file.
In addition, you can use the video version to attract more subscribers to your podcast.
You can seed popular online video sites with those videos, and once the online video crowd sees your URL, they will head on over to your podcast site and subscribe.
Why will they subscribe? They will see that you have more podcast episodes than videos.
They will realize that the only way to quickly get more of your content is to subscribe to your podcast.
And that's how you can survive the podcast killer: use videos to attract people who otherwise would not have known about your podcast, because they're busy hanging out in places like YouTube.
So keep on podcasting and try a bit of videoblogging.
It's a fun, exciting, and mentally stimulating way to enjoy life after the "death" of podcasting.
Copyright © 2006 by Manuel Viloria.
All Rights Reserved.
You have permission to publish this article in its entirety electronically, in print, in your ebook, or on your web site, free of charge as long as no changes to the text or hyperlinks are made and you include my byline, copyright, and the writer's resource box below.
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