Before we can learn the specifics of how to create high quality web videos, it’s helpful to take a few minutes (4 to be exact) to review some pitfalls to avoid. Things to avoid are:
- No hook in the first 10 seconds
- Huge file size and slow buffer time to start playing
- Video is a download-only file
- Content is too long and doesn’t deliver in the end
If you have any tips or questions about this web video, please post your comments below.
October 16th, 2009
I think that this video was a good ground-breaker for amateurs and a good reminder for pros to not forget the few simple techniques you need to consider when doing video on the web. Nothing too technical and you put it in lament terms. Good job. I like your website.
October 18th, 2009
Thanks Jamal! It’s always good to hear from fellow video producers. Please use the comments section chime in if you ever want to add something that I might’ve forgotten in any of my web video tutorials. Best! -Jeff
October 19th, 2009
Very informative. Although most of it is common sense, these are things that can easily be overlooked as an ameteur. You made this video very interesting to watch. I like that I was not only learning something but that I laughed a few times through the process. Thanks for the tutorial!
October 19th, 2009
Correction on spelling: Amateur
October 24th, 2009
Hi, I just did a short write-up mentioning betterinternetvideo.com after seeing you at the BlogWorldExpo ‘09. Great site and love the video back-packs!
October 24th, 2009
Sweet! Thanks Chris. I’m honored to be mentioned alongside the Blubrry Plug-in. From the looks of it, that thing rocks!
November 18th, 2009
I got a chance to check out your site. This video was real nice and very informative.BASIC/Theory/Biggest-Mistakes-of-Amateur-Web-Video It made me want to know more. So nice work.
Mark
November 18th, 2009
Thanks Mark. Feel free to post comments any time of
what you’re wanting to learn more about so I can plan it into my upcoming videos.
January 1st, 2010
Dear Jack,
You may wonder how I found you. Well, it was from a post you left on a review of Traffic Geyser. That shows that leaving comments works.
I am here to learn about video things you may have to teach. BTW, how do you get that nice grouping of the social media buttons for subscriptions on the top right?
I need to know how to do that. Thanks
January 2nd, 2010
Thanks Evan, good to have you! And I appreciate you saying how you found me. It is good to hear that leaving comments can help people find you. I like the content on your blog too. I subscribed to the feed and noticed that you don’t have a favicon that shows up in my RSS reader. That’s something I just fixed with my own blog. Here’s a link to an article on how to fix it: http://beckism.com/2008/04/custom_favicon/. As for your question on the share buttons, my site BetterInternetVideo.com is a combination of 2 different Wordpress themes: “blogsimplified” and “bluesensation”. I can’t remember where we downloaded them but my web designer helped me combined them together and the share buttons were built into one of the themes we used.
-Jeff