Stage fright is a common fear and that doesn’t stop when the stage is in your home and in front of a video camera. 90-something percent of us have that phobia about being out there on video or standing up there on that stage. So, how do you get over it? Come to Videosocials. Practice with us. In this video, Videosocials.net Co-founder, Mark Bullock, explains how Videosocials can help you get over your fear of public speaking in a safe, collaborative space.
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So, you’re going to stand on stage, and you’re going to present to an audience. What’s the difference if that audience is five people that you know, and 100,000 people that you don’t know?
Hi, I’m Mark Bullock. I’m the co-founder of Videosocials.net and phone Blogger.net. And the difference, once you’re trained — once you’re practiced — once you’ve done it a number of times — is just the amount of energy, the volume of energy from that crowd. That’s really the only difference. It doesn’t seem like that. And I think what most people do when they think about being on video, they may be perfectly comfortable to sit in a conference room and have a conversation with five people, but they think that when they’re getting on video — ”Wow! This might go out to YouTube. That’s hundreds of thousands — that’s a million people that could see this video!” No. You’re not going to come onto Videosocials and record something and get 100,000 views, I can just promise you that right up front.
So, that being said, it’s just you being comfortable in your own skin on video. Why is the ”on video” such a big deal? It’s the same thing as — the same fear, the same phobia — as public speaking. In other words, you’re concerned about what others think of you. You’re concerned about — you’re not good enough. You’re concerned about — you’re not smart enough. You’re concerned about getting every word perfect and a myriad of a thousand other things that can get in the way.
The reality is is that nobody wants to watch you read from a teleprompter, something that you wrote, and you practiced over and over again. What people are watching on YouTube is real people having a real conversation providing real value. That’s all you need to worry about. Little logistics, lighting, things like that we’ll handle in the meetings.
But your main crux that I want you to understand is is that whether you get two views to your video or you get hundreds of views to your video, the fact of the matter is is if you’re adding value — if you’re saying something that is of value to that audience — they’re not going to worry about whether you tripped over a word. They’re not going to worry about whether or not you’ve got perfect structure or perfect diction. They want the information. If it’s valuable to people and you’re not doing video, frankly, you’re being stingy.
It’s understandable because 90-something percent of us have that phobia — that fear — that concern — that trepidation about being out there on video or standing up there on that stage. So, how do you get over it? Come to Videosocials. Practice with us. Have a small little group. It’s your recording. Do with it what you want. If you don’t like it, throw it away. If you want to try it again, go for it. If you want to try a different topic, that’s fine, too. Videosocials is a safe place to practice and experiment, amongst others just like you that are practicing and learning how to do this. You can do it.
Again, Mark — Videosocials.net, phone Blogger.net . Come as our guest. Have a great day.