Apparently My Videos suck... thoughts?

You ramble a bit. Shoot your video head-on to the whitboard
and try to minimize the glare on it. Then when you edit (which
I think you aren't doing) you can zoom in on the whiteboard in
the software for most of the video. You can also cut-out
extraneous talk and things like getting another marker.

With a few tweeks to your approach you can help people
understand what you are teaching better and increase
perception of you as a pro.

Great Tips! Thank you!

hi blaineglynn

you teach with a smooth approch but
it would have been better looking over
your shoulder at on screen examples

to your success;-)
nana

Great Tips Everyone Thank you so much! I will update with my new and Improved videos soon.

i would have 5 sec welcome note from you, (showing you) then, directly move to focus on your handwriting on the board.

And whenever you need to stressed out an important point, just animate to make the word appear on the bottom of the video 'lower-third'.

Anyway Blaine, the most important thing to me, your training is valueable! Great job man

I'me an offline salesman, so i always have to deliver my pitch verbally, let me give you some tips - vary the tone and volume of your voice (it can even be random) e.g... HI! my name is eric AND! i'd like to talk to you about the NEW! product etc...also i would stand behind the board so you dont have to look away from the camera (lower the board), talk with your hands and talk to the camera as if you were talking to a friend (lean forward confidentially etc., in direct sales (which i think video kinda is) your not selling a product your selling yourself, in other words MAKE THEM LIKE YOU!!! Make them laugh and they will buy a bag full of dog turds from you, you have to sell your personality, I bet you're a cool guy in real life...so be a cool guy on video! Good Luck !!

Dear Blaine,

Here's my humble two cents' worth.

You present your stuff well, you know what
you're talking about, and you're not talking
down to your viewer.

Your video does not suck. It could use a little
spit and polish, but I've seen worse.

The following points might help:

1. If you're going to continue with live action
video, consider working from a script. Learning
your lines will mean you'll ramble less, which
helps increase credibility, and with it, belief in
your ability on the part of your prospect.

2. Your shot's a little too wide.

There's you and your sweater and your arms and
the wall and a teeny, weeny white board and honestly,
if it wasn't for your voice over, I couldn't tell what the
hell you're drawing. Consider zooming in or open a little
tighter.

3. At around the one minute mark you stoop down
to scratch something. I don't know what (too much
information), and frankly, I don't want to know what,
but it was a little distracting.

4. Dropping (or switching, I'm not sure which) your
pen, switching from one side of the screen to the other,
and some pretty deep shadows again all add extra
distractions.

5. When your website is spread across the screen,
writing it on the whiteboard isn't necessary. Besides,
I can't read your writing from where your camera's set.

6. Have you thought of screen capture solutions?
Camtasia (or camstudio.org, which is open source)
might offer greater scope for clarity.

You've got a great speaking voice, and with screen
capture, a script, and a decent microphone your final
product would positively gleam.

Hope this helps.