12seconds.tv: 8 Tips for Creating Video Tips
A quick follow up on my last post about 12seconds.tv. I've been using the 12 second videos to create micro tips about business blogging.
Cramming a tip into 12 seconds is a challenge and I've frequently had to reshoot videos to get them shorter. Here are a couple of tips that have helped me:
- Make a list of tips you want to record. Use your blog posts to come up with a list of content for your video tips.
- Know what you want to say, before you record. I start every video with "Hi, Denise here from The Blog Squad with a quick business blogging tip for you." Then I give the tip.
- Record tips in advance. Rather than logging in each day (videos are posted as soon as you record them and I don't want to post more than one per day), I'm recording 3 or 4 at a time and saving them on my computer.
- You can upload videos to 12seconds.tv. You are not limited to recording directly on the site.
- BEWARE: even when you upload a video, it cannot be longer than 12 seconds. I did one that is 13 seconds and it got cut off!
- Be consistent. By filming several tips at a time, I'm leveraging my time and it takes only a couple minutes each morning to upload a video on the 12seconds.tv site. Then it's immediately pushed out to my Twitter followers and to my Facebook status.
- There's no pitch in my tips, just a tip on how to get more out of your business blog.
- Post your tips on your blog to get more visibility!
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