The other day I was reading a forum post on the Warrior Forum. Someone brought up how much it costs to host video files for their membership site. They were paying far more than I had imagined anyone would for a service like that. It never really occurred to me that a video streaming service would be an expensive part of a membership site. With all the bandwidth videos consume, it’s actually not a huge surprise.
As a small business owner, I often times have to put together instructions for using our Virtualmin server interface or simply to show a new client how to login to an FTP account. I use screencast software to create instruction videos that I blast out to clients having trouble with a particular feature of our hosting solution. Video for small business with Viddler will be a solution I look into in the future for doing more beefy tutorial broadcasts, and if I ever develop my own video product.
AOL Video has grown a lot since I last visited their site. I was looking for a video for another web property earlier today and stumbled up on their service. I hadn’t been there for a while, but realized just how much of a selection they have to offer too. I’m a bit tired of some other websites video selections.
In creating a business with online components, video will be taking the place of spoken word. In my hosting business, it’s allowed us to remotely assist customers who have a problem doing anything with our services. I’m a hands on kind of guy, and while my business may be small, I love to give big support.
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