Recorded Video Messages: 10 Reasons Why It’s the Ideal Communication

When people think about video communication, they usually think of Skype, Meerkat or Periskope -- all live-streaming video applications.

Little discussed is asynchronous video communication -- recorded video messages or comments that can be viewed by one or multiple people at once.

What are the benefits of asynchronous video communication?

1. It’s personal; you can see someone speaking and get a real sense of what they’re saying, much more so than written communication.
2. It’s time-efficient -- you can record videos on your own time and view those videos on your own time.
3. You eliminate the back and forth of having to schedule a time to speak and hear from one another when you’re both available.
4. You can easily get a sense of a large number of people in a short period of time -- e.g. recruiting and casting are one example -- video reviews are another.
5. Makes communicating with people in different time zones much easier, eliminating the difficulty of scheduling live video calls.
6. It’s ideal for when you’re both busy and want to get information quickly with a real sense of the person (e.g. video messages for scoping out potential dates).
7. It’s perfect for when you want to save those videos for posterity.
8. It’s for when you want multiple people to view videos at different times (e.g. in the recruiting sphere, colleagues in different offices can weigh in on a candidate).
9. With new technology, it’s now easy to record/play video messages on any device, anywhere in the world so those videos are viewable only by those with permission (see /).
10. It’s fun to view videos which adds a whole new dimension to communication.