Having a fresh video blog is just like being the new kid at school — you'll want to make a few friends and then branch out from there. Or maybe your style is beating up a bully, in order to win some allies (this is just a metaphor, don't think about it too hard).

Finding a group of established and/or related video blogs can sometimes prove tricky, but is generally a worthwhile endeavor.

The MITV Wiki has a list of video directories, guides and hosting services that you can search through. Use keywords that might pertain to videos in your feed, and if you can't find anything specific, work out to more general terms.

There are a lot of ways to start a conversation with a fellow video blogger, the simplest being a comment on a video post — just make sure you include a link back to your video blog (there is often a specific space for this).

You can also create a video in response to another video blogger's post. There are a few ways to do this, one being to post a video response in your own blog and then leave a comment under the original video with a link back to your response. Some video services allow you to specifically post video responses as comments.

Send Viewers Away for More Traffic

Referring your audience to a great video, that someone else posted, has the possible side effect of generating mutual traffic between both blogs.

It might seem like sending viewers away from your site (to a potential competitor) is a bad idea, but in reality it is one way good material floats up. The author of the video blog can see where the traffic is coming from, check out your work, and might send viewers your way.

Additionally, when you refer people to stuff they love, they will come back to see if you have any other good recommendations.

Most blogs and video services have the ability to give and recieve comments. Something unique to a blog is the ability to give and receive pings.

A ping (Wikipedia link) is created any time someone else creates a blog post that points (links) to one of your blog posts. This is a great way to know when people are talking about your work — you can see who said what, and respond in their comments.

When it comes to engaging viewers, no one does it like Ze Frank's The Show (Warning:The Show contains language that might be considered offensive or inappropriate).

We will soon have a case study, dissecting Ze Frank's The Show.

From here if you still have questions, or or want to learn more about how you can make internet television, we encourage to explore the Make Internet TV Wiki.