When you specialize in one field for any length of time, it becomes easy to spot trends in other people starting out in that same field.<\/p>\n
For example, a martial arts instructor will see people always making the same mistake with kicks.\u00a0 A chef will see people making the same mistakes in a kitchen.\u00a0 Or a golf pro will see people making the same mistakes with their swings.<\/p>\n
In my field…video…I see the same types of common mistakes.\u00a0 But one sticks out above all.\u00a0 And ultimately, it’s the biggest reason why people fail to find success with online video.<\/p>\n
What is it?\u00a0 Fear<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Fear of making a mistake.\u00a0 They want everything to be perfect from the get-go…they want to make sure they have the perfect camera, the perfect script, the perfect equipment setup.\u00a0 And as a result, they rarely end up ever<\/strong><\/em> actually making a video<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 How can you find success if you never show up for the game?<\/p>\n By comparison, the people who do find success with web video always dive right in, make a thousand mistakes, learn from those mistakes, make corrections and keep moving forward…constantly.<\/p>\n And that’s the exact mindset you must have to be successful with web video<\/strong>.\u00a0 You see, web video is never perfect.\u00a0 Never.\u00a0 Things go wrong all the time…lights suddenly flicker, microphones cut out, cameras go haywire, computers lock-up…or that masterpiece you envisioned comes out looking ridiculous.<\/p>\n In fact, just last week, an unexplained technical glitch ruined 2 hours of video footage for me.\u00a0 But rather than spending half the day trying to figure out what went wrong (or spending the other half of the day being mad) I just said “that sucks” and re-shot everything.\u00a0 It seemed the simplest way to achieve the end result I was after.<\/p>\n And that’s the attitude you have to have with web video.\u00a0 You have to understand that you are not going to become an expert overnight, you’ll rarely get what you want on the first try and yes, from time to time even the best equipment money can buy will fail you.\u00a0 It’s like that for everyone<\/strong><\/em> (there’s a reason why a 90 minute Hollywood movie can take a year to make).<\/p>\n So if you want a guaranteed recipe for success with web video, here it is; stop worrying and start doing.\u00a0 Then never stop<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is the same recipe followed by everyone who has found success with web video.\u00a0 They simply start making videos (regardless of fear, time or experience)…then never stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you specialize in one field for any length of time, it becomes easy to spot trends in other people starting out in that same field. For example, a martial arts instructor will see people always making the same mistake with kicks.\u00a0 A chef will see people making the same mistakes in a kitchen.\u00a0 Or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[16,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webvideouniversity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}