Yay! thanks Terry - in a beautiful synthesis of threads, I have just subscribed to you BY EMAIL, using rssfwd.com :)
Rupert http://twittervlog.tv/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ On 5 Jul 2007, at 18:58, terry.rendon wrote: My blog gets very few views and I would lying if I didn't say that I wish had more visitors. But I've learned to take my success where I can. For example, I have about two people who leave a comment in a semi-regular basis and I didn't have that last year. It makes me happy that I have someone who I don't know that regular visits and reads (I only do video every once in a while that I why I say read)what I have to say!!! I think there is SO much content online and it is difficult to draw people to your stuff when others are demanding their attention. I have spent the last four months out of work and have spent that time blogging. Perhaps I could spend more time job searching. But I enjoy creating and writing so I don't regret a moment of it; even if no one is watching! Terry Ann Rendon www.terryannonline.com --- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm on a roll, today. > > I'd like to suggest that more of us should try to be open about how > many views we get. I mean, not *all* of us, obviously. There are > those of us who won't want to say for commercial or other reasons. > > But I keep hearing people worrying about how few views they're > getting. And I'm sure that part of their worry is that other people > are getting far more. And I'm not sure that that's true. I'd bet > any money that 99% of the people on this list get two figure views > for all their videos combined per day. And I'd bet the majority get > single figure views per day. > > This is important in the discussion of monetizing videoblogging, too, > perhaps. > > I think Youtube has distorted expectations - by its nature, it > attracts clusters of people to feast on certain featured & popular > videos in a way that's quite different to what a lot of us are > doing. And as Mark Day said last week, even on Youtube the really > big view numbers are rare. > > Personally, I don't think that getting just a few people per day or > per week is bad at all. Your films are still being seen by more > people than they would if you were taking them to a local film night, > or showing them in a local gallery, which was the only forum for them > before the web. > > And you're actually connecting with the people who are watching them, > in a way that wouldn't happen otherwise. And probably in a more > profound way than you would if you had 1000 people all wanting to > talk to you. > > You don't have to join in this game - it's not Truth or Dare! - but > to get the ball rolling, here are my own stats. > > They're a bit weird compared to most, probably, because I only > started Twittervlog 3 months ago, I've made 89 videos in that time > and I pimp it all the time on Twitter - that must be where I get most > of my views. > > I feel it's been successful on a personal level - I've met all sorts > of great people and it's been a lot of fun. But featured status on > Youtube - or even on Blip - it ain't. > > I have posted 89 films. With 14,000 views in total. That's an > average of 150 per film. I figure - what? - half of those have > actually watched the video to the end? > > 25 videos ( a third of them) have less than 100 views in total > > another 57 videos (almost two thirds) have between 100 and 250 > > and only 7 have more than 250 - all of these have been featured > somewhere, like The End of Pixelodeon, or the Vlog Deathmatch video. > > The Vlog Deathmatch video is the most popular, and has topped out at > 765 views. Which is a fraction of what Irina and The Burg's total > votes were, I'm sure! At the end of the Deathmatch, I think it'd had > 350 or so views. > > The only Youtube context I can give to this is the Flashmob video, > which has had 13,000 views on Youtube, and 746 on my site. > > Oh, and I now have around 50 or so subscribers (Feedburner number). > > I don't know - maybe I'm wrong and you're all getting thousands and > thousands of views for every film you make... but my heart tells me > that's not so... and if it isn't, do we average non-commercial > videobloggers need to readjust our expectations? > > Is getting 100 views on a video after it's been out there for a few > months really so bad? Imagine those 100 people in your local bar or > in your house! That's quite a lot of people. And then add all your > videos together. You've made 50? And they average 100 views in the > end? That's 5000 in total! And 5000 was a big number for Jesus... :) > > I remember a time when we complained about people's Feedcounters, and > the pressure of popularity that comes with people talking about > statistics. I hate that. But on the other hand, it's terrible if > everybody thinks that they can't say how many viewers they have > because they'd be perceived as unpopular and unsuccessful. > > I'd be really interested on your thoughts about this. > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > http://feeds.feedburner.com/twittervlog/ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
