12 Jan 2010  •  How to, Internet Marketing, Realtor

Vlogging Tips

Jan
12

Vlogging is an actual word on dictionary.com. It basically stands for video logging. So instead of just typing in your words to tell your story, you can actually add videos to tell your story or to compliment the story you’ve written. Either way, vlogging is becoming as popular as blogging in general.

I recently attended Wordcamp Atlanta 2010. One class I attended was “The Secrets of Mobile Vlogging” by Amani Channel. Amani has broadcasting education and experience and shared some tips on vlogging with us. Although he uses video to provide a news information of source of something, you can use videos to help you sell your homes.

Here’s what I learned about video logging:

  1. Plan your video process.
    • Get an idea of what you want to shoot, where, etc
    • This is referred to as preproduction.
  2. Shoot the video.
    • This is referred to as production.
    • Make sure you have these 3 things when shooting the video:
      1. Lighting
      2. Tripod
      3. Connection to an external microphone
  3. Edit the video
    • This is referred to as post production
    • Programs for editing your video:
      • Windows Movie Maker (Free on PC)
      • iMovie (Free on Mac)
      • Pinnacle
      • Final Cut Express / Pro
      • Adobe Premier
  4. Compress
    • Compressing your video is a must for posting to the internet.
      • Free software: mpeg stream clip
  5. Distribute Online
    • Free places to distribute online videos
      • YouTube.com
      • Zipvo.com
      • Facebook.com
      • Homeumentary.com
      • RealeFlix.com
      • Realestateshot.com
      • Blip
      • Vimeo

Good luck with your Vlogging!
Let me know what you think in the comments section below!!

4 Responses to “Vlogging Tips”

  1. Britt Amtower says:
    January 13, 2010 at 1:03 am

    Kim,

    I was just thinking about how I could do something like this. It’s a great idea !!!

  2. Kim Wolfe says:
    January 13, 2010 at 1:19 am

    Thanks Britt! The possibilities are endless. Feel free to share your results here as well. It will be nice to see some videos in action!

  3. Randy Barnes says:
    January 15, 2010 at 9:22 am

    great notes – I was in the room but thought Id get this in a ppt which I cant find.. but I really only was looking for one thing which you nailed. big thanks.

    fyi – you [Kim & Britt] need to see this vlog post and get a Gravitar for your commenting juice:
    http://www.pro1pr.com/blog_gravatar -

  4. Kim Wolfe says:
    January 15, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    Thanks Randy.

    Excellent for the Avatar link. I just hadn’t made this a priority and can easily now with your link!

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