Demonstrate Your Credibility

Demonstrate Your Credibility

Make Eye Contact With the Lens

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Make eye contact with the lens

It’s like you are looking viewers in the eye. It shows confidence and also conveys the feeling that you are interested in them and their reaction to your message. Doing this can seem strange and feel empty because you cannot see another person’s eyes as you look into a lens. I find this to be especially obvious during a video chat.

Easier said than done

The truth is that it is impossible to look someone in the eye during online video conversations using today’s ordinary technology. This is because the camera is a separate element than the monitor. You have to choose between looking at the image of their eyes or giving them the opportunity to look at yours.  The only way I can think of doing both at the same time would be by using a monitor that has a camera lens built right into it at eye level.

I admit that I have trouble imagining how that would be possible because eye locations change depending on how you and the person you are chatting with each have your device angled, how far you are from it and where you are positioned relative to the camera lens. I guess you’d need a lens that tracked the movement of the person looking into it and that would introduce a whole other set of problems.

One semi-solution

When you can (like on a desktop computer), move the monitor window as close to the camera as possible.  It may help to size it a lot smaller than usual to close the gap between the lens and the monitor.

Conclusion

Aside from delay and media compression issues, not being able to look someone in the eye when talking through the Internet is the most awkward thing about it. Two-way, real time video conversations are marvelous although they fall short on the warmth factor. However, when you record a video to be watched at some time in the future, you can at least give the impression that you are making eye contact by looking into the lens and (whenever it is appropriate) smile.

Who I am:

I’m Philip Quintas and I make it easier for customers to trust you before and after they buy from you by creating simple videos that help you help more people.

If you want one-to-one help with making better videos, I can answer your questions and even write, shoot, edit, upload and promote videos for you or any combination of these services.  Sign up using the Email Address* and First Name* form on this website to get direct access to me, my experience and offerings.

One Win Makes A Big Difference

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The effect of a challenge is as substantial as you make it.

When MamaRed Knight invited me to make 31 SocialSnaks (short quotes or tips turned into graphic content) in 7 days, I jumped on the opportunity. I have been slack in my efforts to promote my business well and have noticed how much success other people have had with daily posts. By condensing a month’s worth into a week, I could see how this strategy could motivate me to do what it takes to get the results I desire.

I have to admit that I have signed up for many more things than I have actually participated in. This I hoped would be different…and it was. The difference was a combination of how it was presented and my eagerness to do the work required to finish the challenge.

There was a sense of urgency created by a definite deadline (the first to finish got a coaching session with an expert business consultant.) The instructions were clear and the lessons were delivered in small enough chunks that I could fit them into my schedule without having to sacrifice my client work and the timelines involved in that current project.

Make it simple to do well.

Having a step-by-step set of instructions in not only the actual event but also the pre-launch got me geared up to dive in and make fast progress.

Even though there were a few snafus along the way (a recommended site was responding too sluggishly for me to get satisfaction with it and I had a big edit that I was working on at the same time), I managed to get to the meat of the challenge and set myself up to crush it a day early. Once I realized that it was possible for me finish all 31 graphics before I had to quit for the weekend, I set about finding a rhythm to move along the task at hand.

Here is how I did it: Save to a new name first, copy and paste the text, adjust to fit on the canvas, save and open a background image, insert the background image, size background, tweak, save, save as .jpeg. Over and over again.

The two most difficult things to keep straight were:

1) Which background images did I use already? (I tried to avoid using the same one twice) and

2) breaking the text into lines that made sense and seemed to be easily readable (fast comprehension is important with these things.)

I believe that the next time I do this I will improve on my method so that those issues are pre-resolved and I can do 50 or even 100 in a day.

Thanks to a great idea, some brilliant facilitation by the author, MamaRed, I am now equipped with a complete set of SocialSnaks and the confidence to make a habit out of posting these effective little content bits regularly.

I highly recommend you check out what she has to offer and sign up the next time she hosts a challenge like this one.   Oh yeah, take it seriously to get the maximum out of it and your business will be impacted most positively.

Who I am:

I’m Philip Quintas and I make it easier for customers to trust you before and after they buy from you by creating simple videos that help you help more people.

If you want one-to-one help with making better videos, I can answer your questions and even write, shoot, edit, upload and promote videos for you or any combination of these services.  Sign up using the Email Address* and First Name* form on this website to get direct access to me, my experience and offerings.

Integrity

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Tell Me A little Bit About Yourself

Let me know if you have anything that you’d like me to share with the people I care about. I’d like to see what you are doing and if there is anyway that I can help, I’m willing to consider it.

I make it a point to only share media that I believe in whole-heartedly. If I agree with what you are trying to promote and it isn’t going to take a lot of my time to do so, I will.

However, if I cannot see the benefit or it directly conflicts with my values, I won’t pass it on. That is how I am working to maintain my integrity.

I believe that is important, how about you?

Why I Am Grateful

I am fortunate in that I not only enjoy my hobby of playing guitar, singing, writing and recording songs, I also enjoy the work that I do as a profession. I am certain that my efforts will bear good fruit, because my motivation (the condition of my heart) is pure. I am in business because I believe that what I offer helps other people.

My New Project

Today I had the opportunity to work on something that is near and dear to my heart, my new website. I’d like to share it with you for two reasons. The first reason is because I am working to improve my delivery and marketing skills and your feedback will help me to do better in the future. The second is to actually promote what I offer.

Fort Worth Video Marketing

If you know any business owners in the Fort Worth area who are thinking about using video to market their business then please share this with them and help me help them grow their businesses, thanks.

I hope that you are in good health and enjoy life to the fullest.

Who I am:

I’m Philip Quintas and I make it easier for customers to trust you before and after they buy from you by creating simple videos that help you help more people.

If you want one-to-one help with making better videos, I can answer your questions and even write, shoot, edit, upload and promote videos for you or any combination of these services.  Sign up using the Email Address* and First Name* form on this website to get direct access to me, my experience and offerings.