Comments on: A Different Small Business Newsletter http://www.home-office-guide.com/2006/01/07/a-different-small-business-newsletter/ Thoughts and ideas from our own experiences running small businesses Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stuart http://www.home-office-guide.com/2006/01/07/a-different-small-business-newsletter/#comment-51 Stuart Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:30:51 +0000 http://www.home-office-guide.com/?p=111#comment-51 Steve it's not something that I'm about to jump on board with either. Talking heads are fine in certain circumstances but I don't think that Vblogs are one of those circumstances. Stay tuned for a post tomorrow about why I don't think that Vblogs are necessarily the ideal tool for small business. Steve it’s not something that I’m about to jump on board with either.

Talking heads are fine in certain circumstances but I don’t think that Vblogs are one of those circumstances.

Stay tuned for a post tomorrow about why I don’t think that Vblogs are necessarily the ideal tool for small business.

]]> By: Steve Harold http://www.home-office-guide.com/2006/01/07/a-different-small-business-newsletter/#comment-50 Steve Harold Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:21:35 +0000 http://www.home-office-guide.com/?p=111#comment-50 It is still good to know the latest and still evolving marketing methods even though at the moment I don't feel the need to jump on board. Like most new methods it starts slowly and then suddenly takes off. Thanks for the info. It is still good to know the latest and still evolving marketing methods even though at the moment I don’t feel the need to jump on board. Like most new methods it starts slowly and then suddenly takes off. Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.home-office-guide.com/2006/01/07/a-different-small-business-newsletter/#comment-49 Stuart Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:10:14 +0000 http://www.home-office-guide.com/?p=111#comment-49 G'day Joe Thanks for replying - I'm not sure that Vblogs are really going to be the way of the future - I know lots of people think they're the best thing since sliced bread but I'm not one of them. Jakob Nielsen from Alertbox is running some interesting tests with people who are watching vblogs and his preliminary findings are well worth looking at. His suggestion that viewers find vblogs boring is worth thinking about. As a teaching tool I think an ordinary blog or a podcast has a much better chance of getting the message across than a vblog. As a marketing tool a vblog might be more successful but I think it would need some careful thought about how to use the space around the embedded player before a marketing vblog realised its potential. G’day Joe

Thanks for replying - I’m not sure that Vblogs are really going to be the way of the future - I know lots of people think they’re the best thing since sliced bread but I’m not one of them.

Jakob Nielsen from Alertbox is running some interesting tests with people who are watching vblogs and his preliminary findings are well worth looking at. His suggestion that viewers find vblogs boring is worth thinking about.

As a teaching tool I think an ordinary blog or a podcast has a much better chance of getting the message across than a vblog.

As a marketing tool a vblog might be more successful but I think it would need some careful thought about how to use the space around the embedded player before a marketing vblog realised its potential.

]]> By: Joe Chapuis http://www.home-office-guide.com/2006/01/07/a-different-small-business-newsletter/#comment-48 Joe Chapuis Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:54:27 +0000 http://www.home-office-guide.com/?p=111#comment-48 > I’m not sure that this idea is going to work for everyone - in fact I’m not sure that it is going to work for very many people at all I agree with you. It won't work for most people. At least not for now. Learning video production (for online or offline broadcast) can be an overwhelming task for many people. The learning curve may just be too steep. (It nearly was for me.) However, I expect that to change within the next few years. It will only get easier. In addition, it is no easy task to consistently make videos that can grab and hold attention, and then have the audience return for more. I hope to someday have it figured out. > anything that challenges you to think is worth looking at. One of my goals: challenging people (myself included) to think. And think differently. Think BIG. > Nice hype Joe but blogs are not a thing of the past and that line almost made me hit the delete button before I finished reading the rest of your message. I don't literally mean blogs are done. They're simply evolving. This will be the year online video finally goes mainstream. The technology is there. The pipes can handle the delivery. Now it's simply a matter of acceptance (and having something worthwhile to watch). This is a tremendous opportunity for those willing to take a chance and try something different. That's all I'm doing. Check back w/ me a year from now to see how it all worked out ; ) Best Regards, Joe Chapuis http://www.HotBizz.com > I’m not sure that this idea is going to work for everyone - in fact I’m not sure that it is going to work for very many people at all

I agree with you. It won’t work for most people. At least not for now.

Learning video production (for online or offline broadcast) can be an overwhelming task for many people. The learning curve may just be too steep. (It nearly was for me.)

However, I expect that to change within the next few years. It will only get easier.

In addition, it is no easy task to consistently make videos that can grab and hold attention, and then have the audience return for more. I hope to someday have it figured out.

> anything that challenges you to think is worth looking at.

One of my goals: challenging people (myself included) to think. And think differently. Think BIG.

> Nice hype Joe but blogs are not a thing of the past and that line almost made me hit the delete button before I finished reading the rest of your message.

I don’t literally mean blogs are done. They’re simply evolving.

This will be the year online video finally goes mainstream. The technology is there. The pipes can handle the delivery. Now it’s simply a matter of acceptance (and having something worthwhile to watch).

This is a tremendous opportunity for those willing to take a chance and try something different. That’s all I’m doing. Check back w/ me a year from now to see how it all worked out ; )

Best Regards,
Joe Chapuis
http://www.HotBizz.com

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