From Admin (Posted 5/18/2010 @ 22:30:20, in Production, linked 241 times)
It' s incredible the amount of feedback a video can have.
I've always been reluctant to resort to videos because they always imply oversimplification. More, they are complex to build, especially if you do not have the money for a decent video editing sw, a professional speaker and you are not a native English speaker.
Anyway, I've been asked about it by a few people and, at last, I made it.
First I made the configuration video because many non techies users demanded for more clarity about. Now Viney@rd setup places a link to a specific web page that describes the configuration process in detail and hosts the video.
Then I made the query basics video that shows an appropriate, though partial, Viney@rd scenario and I placed it on the site home page.
What's amazing is not the number of visits, few tenths, but the amount of feedback I got from it. Many Tweeps and FB friends just spent few minutes of their time actually watching it and commenting about. I actually asked for a couple of opinions or three, but many commented spontaneously. Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for your attention.
Actually almost everybody complained about the sound (I know, but apparently I can't find a budget but decent microphone, I already tested four) and few about the overall impression. Many others liked the "authenticity" of me speaking.
At this point, I'm bought. I'm going to do a better demo asap and keep working on video tutorials and manuals.
A video is really worth 10000 words, but I said much fewer!