Comments on: The *Real* Reason Video is Hard. http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video the continuing adventures of living my truth Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How to Get People on Your Bus http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-3396 How to Get People on Your Bus Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:19:46 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-3396 [...] Here’s another great article about building community with video. [...] [...] Here’s another great article about building community with video. [...]

]]> By: jeffdolan http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1922 jeffdolan Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:51:01 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1922 Great perspective! Thanks for sharing. Since we will all eventually be on camera when we step into the public anyway with the direction video surveillance is going, practicing with our video cameras shouldn't scare us too much. :) Great perspective! Thanks for sharing. Since we will all eventually be on camera when we step into the public anyway with the direction video surveillance is going, practicing with our video cameras shouldn't scare us too much. :)

]]> By: jeffdolan http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1857 jeffdolan Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:51:01 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1857 Great perspective! Thanks for sharing. Since we will all eventually be on camera when we step into the public anyway with the direction video surveillance is going, practicing with our video cameras shouldn't scare us too much. :) Great perspective! Thanks for sharing. Since we will all eventually be on camera when we step into the public anyway with the direction video surveillance is going, practicing with our video cameras shouldn't scare us too much. :)

]]> By: Donna Vail http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1837 Donna Vail Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:56:33 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1837 Elizabeth, Thank you! I am working on my first ever video for my website as we are redesigning it. You have really inspired me to be authentically me, which means I don't have to keep re-doing it til it's perfect, just be me. :) Looking forward to your tips and expertise. Elizabeth, Thank you! I am working on my first ever video for my website as we are redesigning it. You have really inspired me to be authentically me, which means I don't have to keep re-doing it til it's perfect, just be me. :) Looking forward to your tips and expertise.

]]> By: randomshelly http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1835 randomshelly Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:38:11 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1835 I love how life always comes at you at the right time! I just started a new blog to document a journey down the road back to sexy and I thought about putting video on there... I didn't worry AT ALL about the technical part of it.. I worried about the hair, the wrinkles, the fact that it would be me - like you said, no barrier! no pretty picture... just me! Scares me to death... I'm still not sure I will do it... but getting the mail about your post this morning really made me laugh! Perfect timing! :) I love how life always comes at you at the right time! I just started a new blog to document a journey down the road back to sexy and I thought about putting video on there… I didn't worry AT ALL about the technical part of it.. I worried about the hair, the wrinkles, the fact that it would be me – like you said, no barrier! no pretty picture… just me! Scares me to death… I'm still not sure I will do it… but getting the mail about your post this morning really made me laugh! Perfect timing! :)

]]> By: wickedlychic http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1704 wickedlychic Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:55:55 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1704 This is a good post because I just started making videos about a month ago. And yes, the reason why it was hard for me to start in the first place was because when I write...I can hide behind it. With videos, I'm always worrying about what I'm wearing, my hair, my makeup, my eyes...and how goofy I can really look. And then I worry that if people see me in video, they might not like what I have to say anymore. <br><br>I'm starting not to care (a little). Videos are fun (a little). Slowly but surely they will get better (I hope). But I think for many people, they're risky. Too risky. <br><br>But...they show who I am. Take it or leave it. :) This is a good post because I just started making videos about a month ago. And yes, the reason why it was hard for me to start in the first place was because when I write…I can hide behind it. With videos, I'm always worrying about what I'm wearing, my hair, my makeup, my eyes…and how goofy I can really look. And then I worry that if people see me in video, they might not like what I have to say anymore.

I'm starting not to care (a little). Videos are fun (a little). Slowly but surely they will get better (I hope). But I think for many people, they're risky. Too risky.

But…they show who I am. Take it or leave it. :)

]]> By: balemar http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1703 balemar Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:40:54 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1703 What I like most about videos is how not perfect they are. How they show that at the end of the day - you're a person - just like us. It's the little quirks that make you, well, you. What I like most about videos is how not perfect they are. How they show that at the end of the day – you're a person – just like us. It's the little quirks that make you, well, you.

]]> By: balemar http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1702 balemar Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:39:08 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1702 As someone who is sketching out the idea for my first video, I REALLY needed to hear it. I was worried that even if I came up with great content all the technical stuff would get in the way of the message. I was starting to psyche myself out of doing it. No more! Expect a video in the next few days! As someone who is sketching out the idea for my first video, I REALLY needed to hear it. I was worried that even if I came up with great content all the technical stuff would get in the way of the message. I was starting to psyche myself out of doing it. No more! Expect a video in the next few days!

]]> By: Lisa Robbin Young http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1698 Lisa Robbin Young Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:51:19 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1698 From one plus sized sister to another - the camera doesn't add 10 pounds, our egos do. I still look at my videos and cringe at my features, but I've not yet had someone say "OMG you're such a fat pig! Stop doing video!" <br><br>In fact, the only person that ever said that was the little remlin in my head - and he only spoke once. :-)<br><br>Why? Because it's the content that matters. When you're engaging, smiling, teaching, and enjoying what you're doing, people will forgive/overlook a lot of stuff - because most people don't watch online videos saying "I dare you to impress me". They are saying "what can I get out of this that will make this a valueable use of my time?" From one plus sized sister to another – the camera doesn't add 10 pounds, our egos do. I still look at my videos and cringe at my features, but I've not yet had someone say “OMG you're such a fat pig! Stop doing video!”

In fact, the only person that ever said that was the little remlin in my head – and he only spoke once. :-)

Why? Because it's the content that matters. When you're engaging, smiling, teaching, and enjoying what you're doing, people will forgive/overlook a lot of stuff – because most people don't watch online videos saying “I dare you to impress me”. They are saying “what can I get out of this that will make this a valueable use of my time?”

]]> By: Michael http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/online-video/comment-page-2#comment-1697 Michael Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:36:20 +0000 http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/?p=1181#comment-1697 Not at all. In fact, I see my cleft lip and palate as part of what makes me different + interesting. But more than that and to your very point, I figure that if people see me being a successful speaker (or video maker in this context), then they may go, "well I can probably do that too."<br><br>So I'm delighted you brought it up, Michael Not at all. In fact, I see my cleft lip and palate as part of what makes me different + interesting. But more than that and to your very point, I figure that if people see me being a successful speaker (or video maker in this context), then they may go, “well I can probably do that too.”

So I'm delighted you brought it up, Michael

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