A bit of a break from the normal posting pattern here, so bear with me. All this week, I’ve been repeatedly nagged by Max, the co-owner of a start up blogging resource called BlogGears.com. Basically, it is a collection of user-submitted videos that are used to promote individual websites and blogs in an open arena. It’s all completely free, and could potentially grab a few hits over to your website. But for me, I was a bit hesitant to spend time making, editing and uploading a video for TheNetFool.com on the new and unproven website.

Everybody has there breaking point, so rather than block my buddy Max from any hope of communication with me in the future :twisted: , I decided to go ahead and make a video because I had some free time on my hands.

Why Blog Gears Is Destined To Fail
We can’t all be the next YouTube, and despite receiving videos from the likes of John Chow and Uber Affiliate (among others), this website has yet to take off. This further confirms my original bet with the owner that you cannot make a website that provides no incentive for any organic visitors!

This is nothing against the owners, Max and Simon, who are both great guys. I just feel that the concept is fundamentally flawed because about 90% of the traffic is going to be coming from blogs like mine that have a post or two saying “check out my video.” I don’t see why anyone else would decide to go to BlogGears just to watch other people talk about their blogs. It could happen, but my bet is negative. ;)

Bloggers Make Some Pretty Darn Boring Videos
I’m a bit amazed in the lack of enthusiasm that a lot of bloggers show in videos. If I’m going to get a camera out, I’m going to make sure that I at least have a cup of coffee in my system and a clean shave before putting out a publicly available clip! I would say that about 85% of the videos featured on BlogGears are people holding the camera up and talking in a very monotone. boring. voice.

Here’s your standard video: “Hello. My name is _____. My blog is _____. I like to blog. My blog is about money. My blog is fun. Visit my blog. I do lots of things on my blog. You should visit my website. Thanks.”

But hey, not to discount the field, there were a lot of cool videos put out. My favorite was the one by ImageGuy.com, which was really innovative. You have to love the videos that ImWithJoe.com puts out, so that’s basically a given. But so many these videos were a complete waste of time in my opinion. I never like to name names, but you’ll figure out exactly what I’m talking about if you have a look around.

The Net Fool’s BlogGears Promo Video
So basically, on account that I was somewhat forced into making a video… I decided just to have fun with it and post something entirely nonsensical. Let’s be honest, nobody is going to visit your website if you put out the same old video that nobody wants to see. I’m into the “dry humor“… and while I wish I had enough time to make it a bit funnier, I feel that it came out pretty solid in the end. If I can catch enough people browsing the videos off guard with my promo video… I’ve done my job well.

Check Out My BlogGears Video!

The video is called “The Net Fool – Make Me Rich” and is a 100% factually accurate chronicle of my blog. Okay, maybe that’s not true, but check it out. I’d love for your to comment on the video and tell me what you think. Also, “upping” the rating on it will definitely help me get a few more views… so any assistance is much appreciated. :D

-The Net Fool

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