Over 180 million Americans watched more than 10 billion online videos in May this year. The number of online videos is expected to increase as more internet marketers plan to use videos to advertise their products and services. To compete with the billions of videos online, it is a must to implement these five well-planned video marketing strategies supported by effective video marketing tactics.
1. Post Videos to Your Own Site or to Video Sharing Sites
You can choose to host on your own site as well as submit to social network and video sharing sites such as: YouTube, Hulu, Google Video, Revver, Blip.tv, or Facebook and many more. Just make sure to comply with these sites' terms of use or face the possibility of having your online video rejected.
Most internet marketers don't host the videos themselves so that they don't worry about the operational side and just focus on ranking high on the site's search results.
2. Create High-Quality Videos with Interesting Content
There's one common reason why videos easily caught the attention of internet users - they have interesting titles and thumbnails plus people are just curious about videos. Here are the important video qualities to remember:
2.1 Keep videos short as most people lose interest after the first 2 minutes. Videos should be able to capture the viewer's interest within a few seconds of watching the video.
2.2 Use a catchy title that says something about the content. Include your URL in the video.
2.3 If the video will be used to market a brand, showcase it in various creative ways from the beginning to the end of the video. Include company information as well as your website's URL.
2.4 Make a clear call to action in your video that will encourage viewers to click on your link.
2.5 The audio must be clear enough so that your message is well understood by the viewers.
The right content depends on your target audience. For example there are very popular videos that are banned in some countries. Some interesting content are: answers to frequently asked questions about your products or services, how to use your product properly or case studies showing the benefits of using your product or services.
3. Promote Online Marketing Videos
Even if you're already on top of the search results, you should also call the attention of those who are not searching your products or services. They may not be aware that a product or service like yours exists and would benefit them a lot. Following are ways to promote your videos:
3.1 Submit your video to various social bookmarking sites such as Reddit, Delicious, etc. Spread awareness about your video through emails, blogs, forums and social media sites.
3.2 Provide URL or links in the tags or description for embedding and syndication.
3.3 Display a thumbnail that is interesting enough to make searchers click.
3.4 Include a transcript of your video if allowed. Transcripts will help viewers to fully understand your video as well as help it rank because it's also indexed the search engines.
4. Measure the Status of Online Video Marketing Campaign
Monitor the status of your campaign through various analytical tools and act accordingly. Number of views is a common indicator of the videos' popularity but you should also check other metrics to guide you in tracking the effectiveness of your video marketing strategies. After some time, the increase in sales can be one of the indicators of the success or failure of your video marketing strategy.
5. Consider the Use of User Generated Content (UGC)
There are many effective, inexpensive and credible ways to use UGCs. What could be more credible than a customer demonstrating the benefits of using your products or services? To promote the submission of UGCs, you can offer gift packs containing special editions of your products or coupons to try your services for free.
To create more awareness for your product or services, you can run a contest to choose the best UGC on YouTube or on Facebook. The winner could be the UGC with the most number of views or "likes" respectively. The video owners would most likely campaign to have many of their friends and acquaintances visit the site. The contest could be a good marketing tactic to increase your email list as well as increase traffic to your site.
There is no standard set of video marketing strategies to ensure success. Sometimes you hit it right way but sometimes you have to revise your strategy and try again until you come up with the most successful video marketing strategies and tactics.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Increase Your Traffic With Video Marketing: YouTube Loopholes
So you have decided to take the plunge and make some videos to put on YouTube? What can you make videos about? Well if you take a look at YouTube or other video sites you will see there is an unlimited choice. It would be a good idea to browse a while for suggestions and see what appeals to you. Decide what you feel is a good video, also take a look at the most popular to see what people want to view.
You can consider humour; if you can describe your idea using humour as you may have seen John Cleese do this could appeal to your audience. Or even involve animal behaviour that can be very popular. Look at videos with high viewing numbers and emulate what makes them popular.
End the video with a strong call to action, asking viewers to share your video, or comment on it or whatever you want them to do. Make it very clear or they will just watch it and do nothing. It has to be extremely good to motivate people without a strong call to action prompt.
This also applies to email marketing, articles etc. If they are to work hard for you, you have to give clear instructions such as 'Click Here', 'tell me what you think', or 'share this on Facebook / Twitter'.
If you are using video to promote your business you could demonstrate how your product would help your visitors and what the advantages of using it are. How easy it is to operate, or how much time it saves or whatever benefits it offers.
Have you seen the videos made by a young girl from her bedroom demonstrating how to apply make-up for a professional look? They are amazing, how she transforms the appearance with such ease. They are worth watching to see her competence, but they also demonstrate how a picture is worth a thousand words and how you can effectively and simply make videos.
Although training videos can be made using PowerPoint if you really cannot face talking on camera. Perhaps you could make a full face shot at the beginning of your video to introduce yourself and testimonials at the end with face shots of your customers.
Watching a video to understand a training technique makes it easier to follow as you are able to stop and start the video as needed on tricky tasks. Not everyone is as competent as others some people take longer to learn. Make sure you include all the stages or your less technical viewers could be left stranded wondering what is next and how you got there.
If you are making videos to sell you could also make a transcript to add value. Besides helping the less able you will certainly increase your revenue.
Videos are popular because they are easily viewable on mobile devices and also if they are training videos, they involve more of you senses which renders them more memorable.
There are techniques for promoting videos already on YouTube without making them yourself, this too can greatly increases traffic to your website. Even linking to highly viewed videos by embedding them into your website can help your Google ranking as Google owns YouTube. Videos on your website will make it more interesting and if they are popular will increase viewings, shares and stickiness.
You can consider humour; if you can describe your idea using humour as you may have seen John Cleese do this could appeal to your audience. Or even involve animal behaviour that can be very popular. Look at videos with high viewing numbers and emulate what makes them popular.
End the video with a strong call to action, asking viewers to share your video, or comment on it or whatever you want them to do. Make it very clear or they will just watch it and do nothing. It has to be extremely good to motivate people without a strong call to action prompt.
This also applies to email marketing, articles etc. If they are to work hard for you, you have to give clear instructions such as 'Click Here', 'tell me what you think', or 'share this on Facebook / Twitter'.
If you are using video to promote your business you could demonstrate how your product would help your visitors and what the advantages of using it are. How easy it is to operate, or how much time it saves or whatever benefits it offers.
Have you seen the videos made by a young girl from her bedroom demonstrating how to apply make-up for a professional look? They are amazing, how she transforms the appearance with such ease. They are worth watching to see her competence, but they also demonstrate how a picture is worth a thousand words and how you can effectively and simply make videos.
Although training videos can be made using PowerPoint if you really cannot face talking on camera. Perhaps you could make a full face shot at the beginning of your video to introduce yourself and testimonials at the end with face shots of your customers.
Watching a video to understand a training technique makes it easier to follow as you are able to stop and start the video as needed on tricky tasks. Not everyone is as competent as others some people take longer to learn. Make sure you include all the stages or your less technical viewers could be left stranded wondering what is next and how you got there.
If you are making videos to sell you could also make a transcript to add value. Besides helping the less able you will certainly increase your revenue.
Videos are popular because they are easily viewable on mobile devices and also if they are training videos, they involve more of you senses which renders them more memorable.
There are techniques for promoting videos already on YouTube without making them yourself, this too can greatly increases traffic to your website. Even linking to highly viewed videos by embedding them into your website can help your Google ranking as Google owns YouTube. Videos on your website will make it more interesting and if they are popular will increase viewings, shares and stickiness.
Planning the Best Video for Online Video Marketing
Online video marketing is now considered very effective in creating awareness about anything that you would want to be widely known in a very short period of time. Statistics show that billions of video advertisements are being viewed by internet users in a month. However, just like in traditional advertising, only a minority of those videos became so widely popular, with hundreds of millions of viewers.
What made those online videos stand out from the rest? Just like in any project or endeavours, planning is one of the major factors that determine success or failure in creating videos. Any successful video marketing strategies begin with good planning. There are important factors that should be included when planning to create videos such as the purpose of the video, the content, the schedule and logistics needed to produce the video.
Purpose of the video, Target audience
The bases of the overall plan are the purpose of the video and the target audience. All the succeeding plans will be in support of these two factors. So, you will also plan the following:
1. Suitable script for the video
The script will depend on the message you want to be shared according to the purpose of the video. If you are introducing a new product, the video should see the various benefits of the product to the buyers. The only goal is for the video to effectively convey the message to the viewers.
2. Equipment, Performers
Based on the purpose and the script of the video, you can determine the kinds of shots and the equipment that will be needed. Is an ordinary video recorder good enough, or will several cameras be necessary? Do you need to hire popular personalities or any good speakers will be fine?
Location, Schedule & Logistics
The location could be in your office, house or you may need to scout for it. After you have chosen your location, you can plan for the logistics needed to support the shooting of the video. You have to determine how many people you will need as well as their qualifications. You will have to determine the required logistics such as transportation and parking, power availability, food, lodging if the shoot location is out of your city and many other requirements.
Make a general schedule of activities to estimate your cost and duration of the project. Make sure to have alternate plans for the location if some unexpected problems like natural calamities happen.
3. Plan that shoot
You will need a detailed plan on how the shoot will be carried out. It will be a detailed plan on what you want to put on the video - frame by frame. Then evaluate your musical scoring or other sound effects.
Test if your talent will look good on your video before you start the shoot to give you time if you need to look for a replacement. After you have decided on more or less a complete plan, review if your cost is still within the budget. You might not be able to complete the video if you over shoot the budget.
As many people would advice, even the best plan is not an assurance of a trouble-free project. But think of how much trouble you would have if you did not plan. Online marketing is very competitive. You will need the best video marketing tactics to stand out.
What made those online videos stand out from the rest? Just like in any project or endeavours, planning is one of the major factors that determine success or failure in creating videos. Any successful video marketing strategies begin with good planning. There are important factors that should be included when planning to create videos such as the purpose of the video, the content, the schedule and logistics needed to produce the video.
Purpose of the video, Target audience
The bases of the overall plan are the purpose of the video and the target audience. All the succeeding plans will be in support of these two factors. So, you will also plan the following:
1. Suitable script for the video
The script will depend on the message you want to be shared according to the purpose of the video. If you are introducing a new product, the video should see the various benefits of the product to the buyers. The only goal is for the video to effectively convey the message to the viewers.
2. Equipment, Performers
Based on the purpose and the script of the video, you can determine the kinds of shots and the equipment that will be needed. Is an ordinary video recorder good enough, or will several cameras be necessary? Do you need to hire popular personalities or any good speakers will be fine?
Location, Schedule & Logistics
The location could be in your office, house or you may need to scout for it. After you have chosen your location, you can plan for the logistics needed to support the shooting of the video. You have to determine how many people you will need as well as their qualifications. You will have to determine the required logistics such as transportation and parking, power availability, food, lodging if the shoot location is out of your city and many other requirements.
Make a general schedule of activities to estimate your cost and duration of the project. Make sure to have alternate plans for the location if some unexpected problems like natural calamities happen.
3. Plan that shoot
You will need a detailed plan on how the shoot will be carried out. It will be a detailed plan on what you want to put on the video - frame by frame. Then evaluate your musical scoring or other sound effects.
Test if your talent will look good on your video before you start the shoot to give you time if you need to look for a replacement. After you have decided on more or less a complete plan, review if your cost is still within the budget. You might not be able to complete the video if you over shoot the budget.
As many people would advice, even the best plan is not an assurance of a trouble-free project. But think of how much trouble you would have if you did not plan. Online marketing is very competitive. You will need the best video marketing tactics to stand out.
How to Create Free Content for Online Video Marketing
Cost management is one of the important factors in planning video marketing strategies. You can manage your costs better if you know that you can produce effective and good quality videos for free. It means that you don't have to spend more for equipment and software. You just use your existing resources. Here's how you'll make your free videos:
1. Equipment, Tools
You'll need the following to create your video: computer and webcam, internet connection and you. Since you already have these, you have zero cost for equipment and tools.
2. Video Creation Software
There are various video creation software that can be downloaded and used for free. It depends on the kind of video you want to create. In this article, three video styles are discussed: Presentation, Screencasts and Talking Head.
For video presentations, PC users can use the latest PowerPoint version, Camtasia Studio, SlideRocket and many more if you'll search online; Mac users can use Apple Keynote. It's important to choose a program which allows you the option to control the movement of the slides or to move the video forward or backward as you discuss your presentation. You can then record the presentation with your discussion into video for sharing to various sites.
Screencasts is the preferred style in how-to videos as well as in videos showing solutions to problems. PC users can use Screencast-o-matic.com, CamStudio, etc while Mac users can use QuickTime X, Copernicus, etc. Jing is a software that can be used for both PCs and Macs.
To create Talking Head Videos, you need a software to record the images and audio from your webcam. To make your video interesting, add props or graphics to highlight important points in your presentation. Don't forget your own performance - smile and talk clearly. PC users can use Windows Live Movie Maker with Windows Live Essentials (for webcam option) while Mac users can use QuickTime X.
3. Video Editing Software
Edit your videos to make it fit your purpose in the shortest possible time. Don't forget to add the appropriate text, graphics and music to create effective content for online video marketing.
Add text below the speaker's face for added information such as: speaker's name, company name, or website but take them out after a few seconds. Add music to call the viewer's attention but turn it low when necessary to avoid distraction to the speakers. Emphasize your Call to Action with text to make it more powerful as well as to avoid any misunderstanding or confusion regarding the information you are sharing.
Both PC and Mac users can use YouTube and WeVideo Online Video Editor. Windows Movie Maker is for PC users only. You can search online for other free editing software.
Make sure your free videos have the following components: Short but effective introduction; Content that matches exactly with the video title and Call to action which specifically requests the viewers what to do. You can do a lot of video marketing tactics if your videos are created at zero cost.
Oliver Momeni is a serial entrepreneur and life explorer. Online video marketing and webinar marketing are Oliver's favorite topics to mastermind with you.
1. Equipment, Tools
You'll need the following to create your video: computer and webcam, internet connection and you. Since you already have these, you have zero cost for equipment and tools.
2. Video Creation Software
There are various video creation software that can be downloaded and used for free. It depends on the kind of video you want to create. In this article, three video styles are discussed: Presentation, Screencasts and Talking Head.
For video presentations, PC users can use the latest PowerPoint version, Camtasia Studio, SlideRocket and many more if you'll search online; Mac users can use Apple Keynote. It's important to choose a program which allows you the option to control the movement of the slides or to move the video forward or backward as you discuss your presentation. You can then record the presentation with your discussion into video for sharing to various sites.
Screencasts is the preferred style in how-to videos as well as in videos showing solutions to problems. PC users can use Screencast-o-matic.com, CamStudio, etc while Mac users can use QuickTime X, Copernicus, etc. Jing is a software that can be used for both PCs and Macs.
To create Talking Head Videos, you need a software to record the images and audio from your webcam. To make your video interesting, add props or graphics to highlight important points in your presentation. Don't forget your own performance - smile and talk clearly. PC users can use Windows Live Movie Maker with Windows Live Essentials (for webcam option) while Mac users can use QuickTime X.
3. Video Editing Software
Edit your videos to make it fit your purpose in the shortest possible time. Don't forget to add the appropriate text, graphics and music to create effective content for online video marketing.
Add text below the speaker's face for added information such as: speaker's name, company name, or website but take them out after a few seconds. Add music to call the viewer's attention but turn it low when necessary to avoid distraction to the speakers. Emphasize your Call to Action with text to make it more powerful as well as to avoid any misunderstanding or confusion regarding the information you are sharing.
Both PC and Mac users can use YouTube and WeVideo Online Video Editor. Windows Movie Maker is for PC users only. You can search online for other free editing software.
Make sure your free videos have the following components: Short but effective introduction; Content that matches exactly with the video title and Call to action which specifically requests the viewers what to do. You can do a lot of video marketing tactics if your videos are created at zero cost.
Oliver Momeni is a serial entrepreneur and life explorer. Online video marketing and webinar marketing are Oliver's favorite topics to mastermind with you.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
How to Make Money On Youtube Get Mоrе Wеbѕіtе Traffic
If уоu'rе сurrеntlу uрlоаdіng vіdеоѕ оntо YouTube for more potential buѕіnеѕѕ оr аrе lооkіng tо dо so, then thіѕ аrtісlе іѕ juѕt fоr you. Because іnѕіdе, you wіll lеаrn a vast аmоunt оf wауѕ to gеt trаffіс tо уоur wеbѕіtе frоm using Yоutubе.
Aѕ уоu аlrеаdу know, YоuTubе іѕ vеrу рорulаr. In fact, іt'ѕ ѕо popular, thаt іt'ѕ currently rаnkеd оnе of thе tор 10 ѕіtеѕ оn the internet іn terms of thе аmоunt of internet trаffіс thаt іt gets. Sо іf уоu'rе not mаrkеtіng on YоuTubе оr аrе uѕіng іt іnеffесtіvеlу, you're mіѕѕіng оut on a tоn оf nеw сuѕtоmеrѕ thаt уоu соuld be getting оn a dаіlу bаѕіѕ.
But first, let's tаlk about whу уоu would want tо mаrkеt оn Yоutubе. I'm ѕurе you're hеаrd оf thе tеrm "ѕосіаl nеtwоrkіng" or "social mаrkеtіng". Wеll, YouTube іѕ more than a video site - іt'ѕ a ѕосіаl ѕіtе - and hаѕ a tоn оf uѕеr іntеrасtіоn еасh аnd everyday. So іf уоu dоn't lіkе the іdеа оf ѕосіаl marketing, then YоuTubе саn bе уоur аnѕwеr, bесаuѕе it іѕ a ѕосіаl nеtwоrkіng ѕіtе.
Sіnсе uрlоаdіng vіdеоѕ tо YоuTubе is a fоrm оf ѕосіаl mаrkеtіng, іt оnlу makes ѕеnѕе that one оf thе еаѕіеѕt wауѕ to get traffic tо уоur website frоm YоuTubе is tо let your friends аnd fаmіlу mеmbеrѕ know аbоut the YоuTubе videos that уоu created. Right?
On YouTube (аnd ѕосіаl nеtwоrkіng ѕіtеѕ іn general), you саn mаkе a lot оf frіеndѕ ԛuісklу. A great wау to mаkе rеlеvаnt frіеndѕ on YоuTubе is to subscribe tо channels оf uѕеrѕ whо сrеаtе ѕіmіlаr vіdеоѕ thаt уоu do. Sоmе оf these uѕеrѕ wіll in turn ѕubѕсrіbе to уоur YouTube сhаnnеl just bесаuѕе thеу wаnt to mаkе nеw frіеndѕ аlѕо. Sо when you create a nеw vіdео, guess what? Yоur new friends wіll gеt a notice that you сrеаtеd a nеw vіdео!
Oh аnd bу the wау, I uѕе the tеrm "Yоutubе сhаnnеl" because uploading vіdеоѕ tо YоuTubе іѕ lіkе hаvіng уоur own tv ѕtаtіоn. Vіеwеrѕ саn tunе іntо уоur channel to ѕее іf уоu hаvе аnуthіng nеw, аnd саn watch whаtеvеr you hаvе to offer, and watch іt anytime they like. But ѕhоwіng your vіdеоѕ tо frіеndѕ іѕ juѕt one grеаt wау tо get trаffіс tо your wеbѕіtе. Anоthеr great wау is via сlаѕѕіfіеd аdѕ.
Thеrе аrе twо great сlаѕѕіfіеd аdѕ ѕіtеѕ that I use to gеt traffic tо mу website, аnd іf you want tо make your YоuTubе vіdеоѕ vеrу рорulаr and gеt more ѕubѕсrіbеrѕ tо уоur сhаnnеl, you will wаnt tо lіnk tо уоur vіdеоѕ vіа classified аd wеbѕіtеѕ.
Onе grеаt сlаѕѕіfіеd ad site thаt I use іѕ usfreeads.com. It сurrеntlу соѕtѕ $9.99/month tо роѕt аdѕ on this website but it is dеfіnіtеlу wоrth іt. Wіth your $9.99 a mоnth membership, уоu саn роѕt unlimited аmоuntѕ оf classified аdѕ. Thіѕ means thаt each tіmе уоu роѕt a new YоuTubе vіdео, уоu саn market іt vіа уоur usfreeads.com ассоunt, and gеt more traffic tо your vіdео.
With mоrе trаffіс, уоu gеt more views аnd mоrе ѕubѕсrіbеrѕ аѕѕumіng thаt your information іѕ awesome. But you dоn't have tо ѕtор аt сlаѕѕіfіеd аdѕ, уоu can аlѕо mаrkеt уоur YоuTubе vіdео vіа уоur blоg.
In addition tо uрlоаdіng your vіdеоѕ tо Yоutubе, уоu саn uрlоаd уоur vіdеоѕ tо your blоg and сrеаtе ѕоmеthіng that is саllеd a "video blоg" - or vlоg. Vіdео blogs аrе just what thеу ѕоund lіkе - blogs created оut оf vіdеоѕ. Yоu will wаnt tо do some blоggіng and ріngіng tо get thе search engines to index уоur соntеnt, and аlѕо will wаnt to dо some RSS marketing to gеt others tо insert уоur blоg content onto their wеbѕіtе.
But you dоn't hаvе to ѕtор hеrе. Yоu саn аlѕо do ѕоmе viral mаrkеtіng. Vіdео'ѕ іn аnd оf themselves саn become vіrаl, but thе kіnd of vіrаl marketing I'm talking аbоut іѕ with free еbооkѕ. Yоu саn wrіtе еbооkѕ rеlаtеd tо уоur niche, аnd dіѕtrіbutе thеm around the іntеrnеt vіа free eBook directories аnd аrtісlе mаrkеtіng. Wіth thе еBооk dіrесtоrіеѕ, уоu ѕіmрlу іnѕеrt іnfоrmаtіоn about уоur еbооk, аnd include thе link tо уоur.PDF еbооk, and ѕubmіt your info.
Wіth аrtісlе mаrkеtіng, уоu саn wrіtе аrtісlеѕ аbоut a раrtісulаr tоріс and submit thеm to thе аrtісlе dіrесtоrіеѕ. You wіll want tо link tо your frее еBооk раgе whеrе оthеrѕ саn dоwnlоаd and rеаd іt. You will wаnt tо іnсludе a short blurb that оthеrѕ саn раѕѕ іt аrоund frееlу - аnd nоt mоdіfу its соntеntѕ. In уоur frее ebook, уоu ѕhоuld include lіnkѕ tо уоur YоuTubе vіdеоѕ so thаt уоu can get trаffіс tо thеm, аnd buіld your YouTube channel ѕubѕсrіbеrѕ.
Dо уоu ѕее how еаѕу all оf this саn bе? It'ѕ very ѕіmрlе, and оnсе you ѕtаrt dоіng it yourself, уоu wіll ѕее how еаѕу іt is tоо. Gооd luck оn уоur YоuTubе mаrkеtіng еffоrtѕ, and I wіѕh you thе bеѕt on уоur YоuTubе mаrkеtіng саmраіgnѕ.
Aѕ уоu аlrеаdу know, YоuTubе іѕ vеrу рорulаr. In fact, іt'ѕ ѕо popular, thаt іt'ѕ currently rаnkеd оnе of thе tор 10 ѕіtеѕ оn the internet іn terms of thе аmоunt of internet trаffіс thаt іt gets. Sо іf уоu'rе not mаrkеtіng on YоuTubе оr аrе uѕіng іt іnеffесtіvеlу, you're mіѕѕіng оut on a tоn оf nеw сuѕtоmеrѕ thаt уоu соuld be getting оn a dаіlу bаѕіѕ.
But first, let's tаlk about whу уоu would want tо mаrkеt оn Yоutubе. I'm ѕurе you're hеаrd оf thе tеrm "ѕосіаl nеtwоrkіng" or "social mаrkеtіng". Wеll, YouTube іѕ more than a video site - іt'ѕ a ѕосіаl ѕіtе - and hаѕ a tоn оf uѕеr іntеrасtіоn еасh аnd everyday. So іf уоu dоn't lіkе the іdеа оf ѕосіаl marketing, then YоuTubе саn bе уоur аnѕwеr, bесаuѕе it іѕ a ѕосіаl nеtwоrkіng ѕіtе.
Sіnсе uрlоаdіng vіdеоѕ tо YоuTubе is a fоrm оf ѕосіаl mаrkеtіng, іt оnlу makes ѕеnѕе that one оf thе еаѕіеѕt wауѕ to get traffic tо уоur website frоm YоuTubе is tо let your friends аnd fаmіlу mеmbеrѕ know аbоut the YоuTubе videos that уоu created. Right?
On YouTube (аnd ѕосіаl nеtwоrkіng ѕіtеѕ іn general), you саn mаkе a lot оf frіеndѕ ԛuісklу. A great wау to mаkе rеlеvаnt frіеndѕ on YоuTubе is to subscribe tо channels оf uѕеrѕ whо сrеаtе ѕіmіlаr vіdеоѕ thаt уоu do. Sоmе оf these uѕеrѕ wіll in turn ѕubѕсrіbе to уоur YouTube сhаnnеl just bесаuѕе thеу wаnt to mаkе nеw frіеndѕ аlѕо. Sо when you create a nеw vіdео, guess what? Yоur new friends wіll gеt a notice that you сrеаtеd a nеw vіdео!
Oh аnd bу the wау, I uѕе the tеrm "Yоutubе сhаnnеl" because uploading vіdеоѕ tо YоuTubе іѕ lіkе hаvіng уоur own tv ѕtаtіоn. Vіеwеrѕ саn tunе іntо уоur channel to ѕее іf уоu hаvе аnуthіng nеw, аnd саn watch whаtеvеr you hаvе to offer, and watch іt anytime they like. But ѕhоwіng your vіdеоѕ tо frіеndѕ іѕ juѕt one grеаt wау tо get trаffіс tо your wеbѕіtе. Anоthеr great wау is via сlаѕѕіfіеd аdѕ.
Thеrе аrе twо great сlаѕѕіfіеd аdѕ ѕіtеѕ that I use to gеt traffic tо mу website, аnd іf you want tо make your YоuTubе vіdеоѕ vеrу рорulаr and gеt more ѕubѕсrіbеrѕ tо уоur сhаnnеl, you will wаnt tо lіnk tо уоur vіdеоѕ vіа classified аd wеbѕіtеѕ.
Onе grеаt сlаѕѕіfіеd ad site thаt I use іѕ usfreeads.com. It сurrеntlу соѕtѕ $9.99/month tо роѕt аdѕ on this website but it is dеfіnіtеlу wоrth іt. Wіth your $9.99 a mоnth membership, уоu саn роѕt unlimited аmоuntѕ оf classified аdѕ. Thіѕ means thаt each tіmе уоu роѕt a new YоuTubе vіdео, уоu саn market іt vіа уоur usfreeads.com ассоunt, and gеt more traffic tо your vіdео.
With mоrе trаffіс, уоu gеt more views аnd mоrе ѕubѕсrіbеrѕ аѕѕumіng thаt your information іѕ awesome. But you dоn't have tо ѕtор аt сlаѕѕіfіеd аdѕ, уоu can аlѕо mаrkеt уоur YоuTubе vіdео vіа уоur blоg.
In addition tо uрlоаdіng your vіdеоѕ tо Yоutubе, уоu саn uрlоаd уоur vіdеоѕ tо your blоg and сrеаtе ѕоmеthіng that is саllеd a "video blоg" - or vlоg. Vіdео blogs аrе just what thеу ѕоund lіkе - blogs created оut оf vіdеоѕ. Yоu will wаnt tо do some blоggіng and ріngіng tо get thе search engines to index уоur соntеnt, and аlѕо will wаnt to dо some RSS marketing to gеt others tо insert уоur blоg content onto their wеbѕіtе.
But you dоn't hаvе to ѕtор hеrе. Yоu саn аlѕо do ѕоmе viral mаrkеtіng. Vіdео'ѕ іn аnd оf themselves саn become vіrаl, but thе kіnd of vіrаl marketing I'm talking аbоut іѕ with free еbооkѕ. Yоu саn wrіtе еbооkѕ rеlаtеd tо уоur niche, аnd dіѕtrіbutе thеm around the іntеrnеt vіа free eBook directories аnd аrtісlе mаrkеtіng. Wіth thе еBооk dіrесtоrіеѕ, уоu ѕіmрlу іnѕеrt іnfоrmаtіоn about уоur еbооk, аnd include thе link tо уоur.PDF еbооk, and ѕubmіt your info.
Wіth аrtісlе mаrkеtіng, уоu саn wrіtе аrtісlеѕ аbоut a раrtісulаr tоріс and submit thеm to thе аrtісlе dіrесtоrіеѕ. You wіll want tо link tо your frее еBооk раgе whеrе оthеrѕ саn dоwnlоаd and rеаd іt. You will wаnt tо іnсludе a short blurb that оthеrѕ саn раѕѕ іt аrоund frееlу - аnd nоt mоdіfу its соntеntѕ. In уоur frее ebook, уоu ѕhоuld include lіnkѕ tо уоur YоuTubе vіdеоѕ so thаt уоu can get trаffіс tо thеm, аnd buіld your YouTube channel ѕubѕсrіbеrѕ.
Dо уоu ѕее how еаѕу all оf this саn bе? It'ѕ very ѕіmрlе, and оnсе you ѕtаrt dоіng it yourself, уоu wіll ѕее how еаѕу іt is tоо. Gооd luck оn уоur YоuTubе mаrkеtіng еffоrtѕ, and I wіѕh you thе bеѕt on уоur YоuTubе mаrkеtіng саmраіgnѕ.
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