{"id":923,"date":"2008-12-06T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T17:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=923"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:54:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T22:54:05","slug":"online-video-viewers-not-very-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/online-video-viewers-not-very-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Video Viewers: Not Very Patient!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Tube Mogule.com, online video viewers are some of the most impatient people imaginable.\u00a0 After a mere ten seconds of watching, 10% of online video viewers have clicked out of your video.\u00a0 By the one-minute mark, over 50% have clicked out of it.\u00a0 Yup, after one measly minute, only 46.44% of people who were interested enough to watch your video in the first place are still watching.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n It gets worse.\u00a0 For those who do hang around past one minute, most of them don’t hang around for long.\u00a0 A paltry 9.42% are still watching your online video at the five-minute mark.\u00a0 That means 90%<\/strong> of people decided they had something better to do than watch your video<\/strong>.\u00a0 OUCH!<\/p>\n These people have itchy mouse fingers!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Obviously, this means your video had better be dynamite right off the top.\u00a0 Don’t save your good stuff for last!<\/p>\n Trying to decide how long to make your video is one of the most FAQ of all video FAQ.\u00a0 The best advice is shorter is better.\u00a0 Add “start with a bang” to that. \u00a0 If you don’t, your precious video will not do well with impatient online video viewers.<\/strong><\/p>\n As video producers, most of us are in love with our videos. <\/strong> We want them to pack in every detail of information and ten minutes doesn’t seem like long enough.\u00a0 Obviously, viewers feel differently.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some of the best advice I can give you is listen to your viewers!<\/strong> You are NOT making online video to satisfy yourself, you are making it for other people.<\/strong> I really am sorry to be the one to shatter that relationship for you.\u00a0 Being an “experienced gal.” (old curmudgeon) I remember the heartache of learning the same lesson myself.<\/p>\n While editing, keep the pace going quickly.\u00a0 Three 5-second shots are usually better than one 15-second shot.\u00a0 Have your narrator speak fairly rapidly. \u00a0 Add upbeat music.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Online video viewers are a fickle bunch.\u00a0 Why shouldn’t they be?\u00a0 They have 50 gagillion-billion-zillion videos to choose from.\u00a0 (Give or take.)\u00a0 So your video has to start with a bang, keep on banging, and then end with a bang.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks for reading video production tips.<\/p>\n Lorraine Grula<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOOD FOR THOUGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How long should your online video production be? Shocking statistics from a leading online video site tell you short and sweet rules. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,127,363,1],"tags":[74,185],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tv-eye-buwNcqu4dS31ZkjRd6UK-1-sgzux.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19976,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/19976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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