Answering this question may be slightly difficult as I do not have access to comparative data, but if intuitive judgment could be believed in the answer will be yes. Because of the growing reach of high-speed Internet connection and penetration of portable video viewing devices that can access the Internet more and more people are consuming multimedia contents as against text contents.
Why is it so?
Because multimedia content can be consumed passively, but to understand the core any text content one need to be involved actively. Another reason is people understand the stuffs more when they hear or see compared to reading.
How can I say so?
If the comScore Video Metrix service data is any indicator of the pattern then you will be confident to know that in December 2009, 178 million Americans watched 33.2 billion online videos. Isn’t it a lot! Of which, Google sites alone accounted for 13.2 billion videos, which is 40% of total videos viewed on the net. And YouTube accounted for 99% of videos viewed on Google sites. At number two was Hulu with 1 billion video views, and Microsoft Sites placed itself on number three position with 561 million video views (1.7%). (See image for complete result).
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In the previous post, we saw the 5 basic strategies Idiot Joe employed to build his gigantic list of opt-in e-mail. We will see some more strategies that Idiot Joe used to get where he is right now. As said, Idiot Joe is an utter idiot, who knows very little about online marketing and related stuffs. But he still managed to build his mammoth list of e-mail subscribers. I am sharing with you the strategies he used to build his list.
- Idiot Joe instinctively knew that networking matters a great deal in online success. Hence, he built a network of power online marketer, and cross promoted each other’s products.
- Idiot Joe took a clever decision of putting his URL, and a “Call to action” line at the back of his business cards, and at the bottom of his letterhead. He knew that if he can tap people in the offline world then he will succeed in tapping them in online world as well. Many people who got Idiot Joe’s business card went online to subscribe to his news letter.
- Idiot Joe also enlisted his friends and family, and requested them to talk about his e-mail newsletter with anyone they knew. This activity fetched a lot of e-mail addresses for his opt-in list.
- Idiot Joe instinctively understood the power of promotions in pulling e-mail addresses for his list. He used it successfully to get visitors give away their e-mails to Idiot Joe.
Idiot Joe used his common sense to build his list of opt-in e-mails. He may not be aware of the marketing tricks, but he was quite aware of how human being things and work. This knowledge worked in his favor and gave him a huge list of e-mails. Idiot Joe, after all, was never an idiot.
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By the end of the last post, if you thought that was the end of the journey then I am sorry to say my friend, the show is still on. There are still many myths that need to be busted, and there are many truths that need to be told. Let’s start busting some more blogging myths (lies).
The lies we are going to expose here are not related to blogging per se, but to the person who blogs. These lies are told to stop talented bloggers like you from becoming a lethal force.
Lie 1: A successful blogger knows what he wants lie
This is one of the most ridiculous lies told to the beginners. Man, there is no way of knowing what you want when you are starting out, for you are a newbie. How will you know what you should expect until and unless you know your terrain? And as a newbie, my friend, you have just started to explore the field. You will take time before you can gauge the possibilities offered by this medium and to know what you want from it.
Lie 2: A successful blogger knows what he is doing lie
No! Not by a long shot. This is a big lie. Man, you can’t know what you were doing until you are done. When starting out, no blogger knows what he or she is doing. Go and ask Seths and Darrens of the world and you will know the reality. Even they were not sure what they were doing until they tasted at least a drop of the sweet blood of success. Yes, at best, you can hope to know what you are doing, and you can be ready to evolve with the process. Read it loud:
It’s not just the blog that grows. It’s the blogger that shapes up with the blog!
And, if anyone tells you this lie again, hand the dictum over to him.
Lie 3: A blogger knows how to do it lie
How can you possibly believe it? And have you thought why someone else is painting the know-all picture for bloggers?
Man, if I were you, I would have kicked ass.
Just think like this: blogging involves at least coding, hosting, writing, promoting, networking, sharing, etc. Now tell me, which blogger, until and unless he is some blogging-god or something, can know all these stuffs (as pros of each of the fields will now) when they are just starting out? And, why would a successful professional blogger even bother to know all these stuffs, if they can outsource these works?
Tell these sweet friends of yours, there is something called focus, which if you lose can bring death upon your blogging career. The first and the foremost goal should be to know how you can add value, and then to focus 80 percent of your resources on doing that. You can devote the rest 20 percent on other related stuffs.
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