I do event videos for fun. Other than anything I make off of advertisements on YouTube I don’t make anything (I really don’t make much through the advertisements). I want to make that clear before continuing. When I do video work for a client I do am very cautious about timelines (way more than if it is a video for myself/my own YouTube).
In November I ran a Point 5K (not a 5k, but a .5k). My intentions were to run around and record people and some of the different customs or whatever is going on and do a quick event video. I know a video like this needs to be put up right away to get views. However I was getting ready to move the following week and had a lots to do.
With events, people only search for them when they are fresh on their minds (no duh, I know). It is most fresh when it just happens or (and this is where views pick up) is when it is being brought up before the next or similar event. Some of my event videos don’t get views until people are trying to figure out whether or not to go to the next one or a similar event.
Back to this Point 5K run. this video is now almost a month past the event. It is no longer newsworthy. This event was part of a radio show so there is some hope they the hosts could promote it, but that is unlikely because they have their own official video.
I am curious to see how this video does. Now I’m off to edit my Star Wars Ep 7 Premier video before that is a week old . . . .
(update 1)
Even weeks after the event the video made it to a local newspaper’s site.
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/12/22/entertainment/doc567978de02483241971767.txt