The Big Vlog 2010 - Explained (sort of)

Hi All...

Well I guess I had better explain myself. Over the last few days you have been flooded with pseudo-blog entries devoid of much written word and I hope you have missed it. :P 2010 has been begun now, with a mammoth project that I intend to make a reality.

I decided at the end of last year to record a video for YouTube everyday during 2010. So far I’ve been successful – but hey, it’s only the 4th of Jan… Nevertheless, I have the bug back for making videos and I have realised what has been holding me back all this time. To start with I thought it was simply inspiration. I was constantly looking for that topic of discussion. For that video that would go viral. Needless to say, I haven’t found that magical meme.

My blog a few weeks ago talked about my digital presence, and I had some food for thought posted back on the comments which was great, but in order to honour that interaction I am required to do something about it.

Making a video every day this year sounds daunting, but when I realise that I can post a sound byte via a webcam should the worst happen I feel like I’m supplied with a safety net. Where ever I am in the world, whatever my health is at the time, I know I can speak to my subscribers on YouTube and keep my promise.

A few things have been said by my friends on YouTube that I need to be careful of two things:

1) Burnout.
2) Saturation.

I can sit here and pontificate what the likelihood is that these will occur or I can start to work on way to ensure they do not happen.

“Fail to Plan is to Plan to Fail”

I am approaching this project as committed as I can be, which helps when you have an addictive personality like I do. However, with this committal, I cannot ignore the need to be fluid, the need for dynamic thinking and the drive to ensure those daily vlogs are made.

Burnout is a concern, whether it be a lack of topic or getting plain sick of vlogging…! There may be times when I just don’t feel like talking to a camera. All of these scenarios need to be overcome if I am to achieve a full 365 videos this year.

A bigger concern for me is Saturation, but not for the obvious reason. If my content is good enough, then I think it should be possible to post everyday and not cause people to lose interest.

Aims for 2010

So…If you have read this blog, you will be aware that I have a desire to succeed in the digital space. I’ve had tastes of success which of course have helped with the work involved on YouTube, but there are many other avenues that I’m considering and will be announced once final plans have been made.

Although I will be posting a video everyday, (usually via a webcam upload) my goal is to have a daily vlog and on occasions I will have the time to post something more edited and ‘polished’. It’s important that I showcase what I can do as a comedy video as well as maintaining a relationship with the YouTube audience and most importantly, my subscribers.

Apologies for making this sound a bit like a mission statement, but I wanted something I could look back on and reflect when necessary.

This year will be fun but hard work. I need all the support I can get.

Til tomorrow,
Snare.