Now, some of us try and do that by promoting products and services as
affiliates, others do so by selling their own products and services. There are
others who try and make money from programs like ad sense and CPA networks.

No matter which approach you follow, there is no denying the fact without
traffic, there is no money.

Now to get traffic to your site, you can either pay for it, or you can get it
for free. Now even though people think that organic SEO results are free, in
reality they are not, as most people don’t take into account the time that they
have spent on in getting their site ranked.  Time is money

With the proliferation of broadband a lot of people are moving towards videos.
Youtube for example serves up 2 million videos each day. Now imagine if you
could get just 1% of those people to watch your video…You’d make a killing!

While the majority of videos are posted by amateurs looking for laughs,
notoriety, and 15 minutes of internet fame, a savvy internet marketer will find
that this service can be used to drive traffic to websites, get sales messages
to potential buyers, and to market products and services.

Also, this traffic is free. Online video sites pay for all of the bandwidth for
the videos, and most sites host the videos as long as you want to keep them up.
So once you’ve covered the initial cost of making the video, your investment may
pay off for months or even years without additional fees! (Unlike banner ads
which always require more money to keep the ad running).

Its almost like getting to run your commercial for free on the top TV channels!

In fact, as videos get more views, they tend to increase in popularity due to
the ranking systems of video sites which tend to favor videos with high view
counts in their rankings. Due to the ‘newness’ of this advertising medium, you
can gain a sizable advantage before this method of promotion becomes
competitive.

The bar for promotion with online video is currently set very, very low, and the
competition is not fierce like it is in SEO.

While having a well ranked video on You Tube is certainly not the equivalent of
having a top ranking page for your best keyword in Google, it is comparatively
easier to accomplish, and may yield fantastic results immediately, as well as
down the road.

It is easy to get many people to view your videos on almost any keyword you
choose and it is possible to get a top 10 ranked video in You Tube’s search
results with little effort (even with lousy videos). And despite the huge
success and growth of online video in the last year due to Google’s
much publicized acquisition of You Tube, there is still plenty of growth coming.

I hope this introduction has perked your interest in video as a marketing
medium.

In the next posting. I’ll teach you how you can get your video to become popular
as well as ranked well.

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Cheers

Today I’ll talk about how you can get your videos to rank higher and make them
easier to find.

Before you ever upload a video to the video sharing sites or even think about
creating a video, it is helpful to do some thorough keyword research in your
target market and find out what keywords are popular and what types of videos
get tons of views.

Now since youtube is the most popular video sharing site we will use it for our
research. Just like SEO, you need to optimize your videos so that they can be
easily found by people who are searching for it.

Like any search engine, visitors at http://www.YouTube.com are presented with a
search box. With basic keyword research on YouTube, you can discover what types
of videos are popular. You simply type in the main keyword for the product you
intend to market, and look at the thumbnail picture, title, keyword tags, and
view count of the videos in the search results.

The popularity of a video can be gauged  by looking at the views count and it is
important to see that there are two ways that videos results are returned: By
the title of the video and the ‘tags’ used to describe the video.

Now the key point of todays lesson is that, when you are submitting your video
make sure you enter all these tags. Also make sure that your main keyword and on
or two secondary keywords are included in the video title.

Now while this may seem like common sense, you must realize that most people who
submit videos on youtube aren’t as savvy as us, haven’t the foggiest clue about
SEO, and if you really notice even some of the popular videos have just one or
two tags which have been added like an afterthough!

So don’t forget… These 2 simple actions can make or break the popularity of
your video.

In the next lesson. I’ll teach you what kind of videos appeal to people and how
you can cash in on this…

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Here’s the list: Funny, Weird, Gross, Shocking, Interesting, Sexy, Inspiring,
Demonstrates, Instructional, Personal.

1. Funny: The word funny constantly appears as the one of the most typed in
phrases to all the search engines on the internet. People on the internet love
to laugh, and equally important, people like to make other people laugh. It
lightens up their day. A funny video has a high chance of being sent to friends
and probably has the highest probability of causing a viral marketing stir.

2. Weird: Face it, the internet can be a weird place, with weird people, who
like to create weird media and enjoy looking at weird things. Weird has always
been popular on the internet. Weird theories, weird conspiracies, and weirdness
prevails. Weirdness may help your video get noticed if you don’t mind being
weird (just don’t be creepy & weird).

3. Inspiring: Stories of inspiration are always a good commodity. Anything
inspiring can become extremely popular, extremely fast. An example was the
‘Interview With God’ presentation (you may have heard about it if not, look it
up on Google). It was a huge internet hit.

4. Shocking: Anything genuinely shocking is always a hit on the internet.
Especially with video because it is basically proof that the shocking thing is
real. Shocking videos may get a viral effect and even news coverage from both
online and off line news sources.

5. Interesting: Curiosity can be a powerful sales device in getting people from
your video to your website. Anytime you can prick the curiosity of a viewer and
make them want to learn more about you and your product, it is a good thing.
When you successfully generate curiosity in your video viewer, you give them an
itch which must be scratched. Creating curiosity may be especially useful
considering that users who find your video will actually have to take the effort
to type in the URL and visit the site you are promoting.

6. Sexy: I don’t even have to mention this one. Sex is always popular, and I
cannot think of any instance when being described as sexy has ever been any
hindrance to selling a product.

7. Personal: Many people are voyeurs and doubly-so on the internet, where they
can be as voyeuristic as they want from the security of their home. Internet
surfers are curious and like to see personal things about other people. These
videos which are often funny and or bizarre,may have great potential.

8. Demonstrates: Sometimes just a plain old, no frills demonstration of a
product can be very effective at selling. As we’ll see in some of the case
studies below, a simple demonstration with video can be a wonderful way to make
a lot of money.

9. Instructional: Instructional videos are useful and easy to create. They may
tell or show someone how to do something, and for our purposes, might be just
a free introduction to your product which makes the viewer want more information
or more instruction. Instructional videos are helpful and may gain the trust and
interest of viewers.

10. Gross: Shows like ‘Fear Factor’ have been popular in the U.S. for quite
sometime. Jackass II was the number one movie in America. Gross has mass appeal.
Gross can be popular in spite of its grossness. Gross videos may get lots of
views. However, keep in mind that there is a fine line between gross and flat-
out disgusting. Disgusting probably won’t sell a lot of products, but humorous
videos with a small dose of ‘gross’ may be useful, depending on your product.

Though as an internet marketer you could make all these kinds of videos, the
simplest and the ones that work the best are videos that either are a review of
a product or video that demonstrate the use of it.

So, find some product that you can review or demonstrate and has an affiliate
program and then send the viewers to your affiliate site.

Now that you know the kind of videos you need to make, the next lesson will
teach you how to actually create the videos.

Stay tuned…

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There are many video editing software titles available today, all at ranging
prices. Microsoft Movie Maker, Pinnacle Studio 9, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro for Mac are just a few.

However, for our purposes, we are only going to discuss 2 video editing
programs: Microsoft Movie Maker for Windows and iMovie for Mac. Most new computers come with basic
video editing software installed and if they aren’t installed on your computer, you can download them online for free or for very nominal fees.

Download Windows Movie Maker for Windows Computers:

http://tinyurl.com/4z34c

Download iMovie for Macintosh Computers:

http://tinyurl.com/2rhcvp

A Few Ways You Can Brand Your Videos With Windows Movie Maker:

1. A continuous watermark throughout the video.
This is the most blatant form of URL promotion. Depending on what you aim to
accomplish,this might be appropriate. With a URL watermark brand it is
practically impossible that your viewer does not see your site URL. If your
video is good, it probably won’t annoy your viewers much. You can make the URL
big enough to be noticeable but not so big that it takes over the video screen.

2. Opening title screen with URL.
This is easy to accomplish with video editing software and is a good idea. It
sets the tone for your video, and lets the viewer know up front where they can
find more information.

However, keep in mind the increasingly short attention and memory span of
internet users. If you only use a title screen and the URL is not repeated,
watchers may forget by the end of the video that you had something more to share
with them. If you use an opening title screen with your URL, it may be wise to
mention the URL again during or at the end of the video.

3. Credits screen and end of movie page.

A credits screen rolls at the end of a video. During the credits you might
include your company name, your website’s name and your URL. You can also just
put a closing screen image with a promotional message and your URL.

If you consider that every person who watches your video is a prospect for
sales, here is the optimum series of events.

1)Prospect watches your video
2)Prospect likes your video,
3)Prospect sees URL at the end of your video,
4)Prospect is curious and visits your site for more information,
5)Prospect buys something right away.
6)Or prospect signs up to mailing list and buys something in the future.

The point about branding your video with video editing software is that you want
to be subtle enough with your branding that your video doesn’t look only like an
ad. Yet you do not want to be so subtle that people who like your video and like
what you’re all about can’t easily find more information. The style of branding
you use depends on what you want to accomplish as well as your personal
preferences.

Here is a tutorial on how to use windows movie maker to edit videos and brand
them.

http://www.videoblasterpro.com/ecourse/branding.php

Now that you know how to brand your videos, the next lesson teaches you how to
actually sell using videos.

Stay tuned..

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