Yes, skiing through a terrain park is a lot like owning business. You look at the various obstacles with initial fear but then once you go through them a few times, you realize how many of those obstacles are not so bad after all. And, sometimes they’re even fun.

Not only do I have a company to run at HereNextYear.com and more than 50 of my own websites to manage, but I’m going to attempt to prove by example that every busier-than-hell (like me) business owner, author and speaker can and MUST get involved with web video for their website.

It’s not about something cool anymore. It’s not only for those big companies that can afford $10,000 to $500,000 production budgets anymore. It’s not about “too technical for me” anymore.

This is about absolute essential…

Yes, you read that right. Video is absolute essential. And, you’re either going to embrace it or get left behind. It’s just one of those things.

So, my mission with this website is to become a resource center for everything I discover about video over the coming year. Bookmark the site, sign-up for the rss feed or get blog post notices by email, whatever is best for you to check back on this site often.

Expect in advance that I’m going to be having affiliate links all over the place. As I “spend money” to try things, I will be expecting those who benefit from my findings to be okay with me getting a few bucks when they take advantage of those recommendations. It’s only fair and, hey, it’s just business.

Specifically, when it comes to my 365-day video challenge, I will be focusing on 5 types of videos:

1. Educational videos where I pick a topic and attempt to share something I know
2. News videos where I will be reporting on something related to the video industry
3. Interviews of other people using video
4. Entertaining videos where I do something out of the ordinary just for the heck of it
5. Demonstration videos where I will show how something works

So, no video today, because on Friday, January 1, 2010 I will need to launch my first official video for this site. It will be far from the first video I’ve ever created, but will be the first using my system that I’ve outlined in the Free 51 Web Video Tips document that you really should sign-up for.

Have a great New Year’s Eve and Happy New Year to you! Check back by the end of January 1 for my first video and remember my new saying…

“You’re not an Internet loser if you’re a video camera user.”

All the best,
Marty Dickinson
VideoCameraUser.com