Re: [videoblogging] Publicity and Spreading the Word

[Randolfe Wicker]

Great question!  I've printed up little fliers promoting both vlogging and my own site.  I print these on Day-Glo pink paper and leave them at art gallery openings, community centers, etc.   I've thought of just standing out and giving them out for a couple hours to see what impact they have on hits to my vlogs.   This is the tiny leaflet (twelve to an 8 1/2 by 11 inch page--very cheap really):   JOIN THE NEW MEDIA REVOLUTION  Now, you can post your videos on the Internet and become part of our societal archival history. It is free!  All you need is any kind of video camera, a computer and access to the internet. Find free videoblogging tutorials at: http://www.FreeVlog.org Twelve hundred vloggers share information at: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com You can add vlogs to your blogs like I did: http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/                Randolfe Wicker [EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess in a few weeks, this is a dated "promotional" item since we now number 1,600 going toward 2,000!   Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJ http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280     ----- Original Message ----- From: wtrainbow To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:39 PM Subject: [videoblogging] Publicity and Spreading the Word I am curious to know if anyone is doing anything innovative to promote your videoblog or vodcast. Apart from listing in the various directories and link swapping, I'm wondering what other techniques people are using to promote their work. It seems to me, from the short time I've been doing this, that most of the audience for most videoblogs is other videobloggers and friends.  I think this is great. The support and feedback within the community is valuable and it great to see all the creative _expression_,  but I'm also interested in discovering ways to expand the audience to people who may not have an interest in producing but would still enjoy the content. Also are there metrics out there on how many subscribers a site has?  I'm thinking of Technorati's Top 100 which lists the number of links to a Web site to determine it's popularity ranking. Is there anything analogous for videoblogs? Is feedburner the only place to track subscribers apart from a custom solution? Will http://www.tiny-tube.com new upisode just went up! YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.