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You shot your video … now what?

Ok , you shot your video … now what?

Now what if you could take one video of yourself and multiply it ten times more for extra exposure…would you be interested in knowing how?

Of course you would! =)

I mentioned on a previous post that YouTube was the most popular video sharing website online but there are many are that are increasingly becoming popular such as Revver, Metacafe and DailyMotion.

Well…I use a video submission tool called HeySpread (www.heyspread.com) that allows me to upload my video to the top 10 websites or so for as little as $.05 each. It is a pay as you go tool unlike other video submission tools that charge as high as $99 a month and sometimes doesn’t get all your videos to the sites they offer. This is why I prefer this tool.

What I love about the tool is that it is extremely easy to use and it processes my videos extremely fast.  I can also put a lengthy description and many keywords into my video description so I can get picked up by the search engines quickly.

I have had tremendous success with this tool ranking some of my videos high in the search engines for specific keywords.  Sometimes 2 to 3 links of one video shows up on the first page of Google for a particular keyphrase. Now that’s pretty cool!

Now there is another similar video submission tool called TubeMogul that is absolutely FREE. You can learn about it here http://www.tubemogul.com

Another great tool, I want to introduce to you is TubeBlasterPro.  TubeBlasterPro is a friend adding software for YouTube.  You can make friends and then direct them to your videos.  This is a cool way to get plenty of views on your video and some interaction. You can learn more about TubeBlasterPro here: http://www.tubeblasterpro.com/3860.html So folks…if you want to see more traffic to your websites or capture pages, then marketing with video is the way to go.  And with wonderful tools like HeySpread and TubeBlasterPro you’ll definitely be ahead of everyone else who isn’t tapping into this type of marketing.

Hope this helped and with the power of video… see you on another post

Youtube, It’s actually my number one source for generating leads online

Okay…it’s time to whip out the digital camera or video recorder and become famous on the internet!

One of the most effective ways you can attract endless leads to you is through video. This is your chance to let people see who you are and convey your messages visually.  Video marketing is by far the most powerful attraction marketing tool.

Youtube, it’s actually my number one source for generating leads online. One of the most popular social video website is YouTube.  Did you know that YouTube alone has over 60% of the video market share?

Millions of people visit YouTube everyday and if you aren’t making videos to brand yourself then you are missing out on a huge opportunity to get massive exposure. Just as with Facebook you want to gain trust of visitors and offer valuable information in your videos.

With special video editing software like Windows Movie Maker, you can add your website address and contact information to your videos and drive traffic to your website.Once people arrive to your website from watching one of your videos you have an opportunity to capture their information so you can begin to build a relationship with your prospect.

You can also use videos on your websites, blogs or email marketing, too. The more videos you make the most advantage you will have in attracting potential customers or business builder.

So here are some more tips for on how to use Youtube to drive to traffic to your business website.

• Set Up Your Profile Channel
  • Upload a photo of yourself smiling. Use same image from other social networks.
  • Add a channel description as well as your name, where you are from, hobbies and interest
  • Add your website address
  • Add a nice background to your channel or change color layouts
  • Add a few favorite videos to your channel
  • Subscribe to other channels related to your niche
• Keep Your Videos Short and To The Point
  • Try to keep your videos around 2 to 3 minutes long
  • Tell your audience up front how long your video will be, who you are and what the video will be about.
  • Write out your bullets points for the video and a call to action
  • Your call to action to audience is for them to go to your website, squeeze page or sales page to opt-in for more information.

• Make Sure You Have Proper Camera, Lighting and Sound
  • Choose a digital camera or camcorder with a built-in microphone. A recommended camera to purchase is the Flip Camera. It comes with video editing software. Also, has a built in USB connection. No cables needed!
  • Lighting should be soft.  
  • Outdoor video shooting is better quality.  
  • Make sure there are no background noises that will interfere with your video content.
  • Your videos do not have to be perfect. Keep them real, simple and to the point.
• Build Your Audience
  • Watch for popular subjects to make videos from it
  • Deliver useful fun content. Show enthusiasm.
  • Interaction with your audience. When people leave comments on your videos, comment back to them.
  • Ask your audience to rate your videos.
• Participate in the YouTube Community
  • Make and approving video responses.
  • Network on YouTube with other video users.
  • Join YouTube groups in your niche and interact with group members. Leave comments and be complimentary.
• Make Your Videos Viral
  • Send people from your social networks to your videos (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
  • Bookmark your videos on social bookmarking accounts like digg.com, stumbleupon.com, reddit.com, etc.
  • Use your some of your videos in your signature in your emails by providing a link.
• Get People To Share Your Video
  • Encourage people to embed your videos in their blogs
  • Get people to re-tweet (Twitter) your videos to their followers
  • Thank the person who embeds or retweet your videos publicly. This only encourages more sharing of your videos.
• Embed Your Videos at Different Places on Internet
  • You’ll want to embed your videos on your sales page to increase more visibility.  Place the video on autoplay for more views.
  • If you have an informative or how-to video, you may want to offer a link to it in forums.

To gain popularity with your videos and become one of the top two in search results, you’ll want to make sure the following:

• Getting lots of comments on your videos will move your video to the top faster than views. Many comments show your video is popular so it will stay at the top longer.
• High rating score
• High view count
• Have keywords in your video titles and in your video description

Till next time happy shooting !

Tweet This! Generate hot target leads for any business!

Well, I hope you are using  Social Networking for generating leads. Today, I am going to cover Twitter and how this is one of the coolest sites to generate hot targeted leads for any business!

Basically Twitter is micro-blogging website where you answer in a 140 characters or less the question: “what are you doing?”. When I first got into Twitter, I honestly didn’t get it. I was like “who cares about what I am doing through out the day?”. But as I got deeper into Twitter and started following how the marketing Gurus where using it…I finally had my “aha!” moment. This thing is powerful I say!

So now that I’ve got your attention, you probably want to know what the heck to do on Twitter. Well here are some great tips for using Twitter to drive massive traffic to your business!

Set Up Your Twitter Profile Appropriately
o Make sure to use your real name. Twitters followers want to deal with real people and not nick names, company names, etc.
o Upload a photo of yourself smiling. Followers want to see the face behind the name as this builds trust.
o Write a kick-butt bio as this is your only chance to grab someone’s attention and increase your follow rate.
o Make sure to place a link to your website or blog.
o Upload a nice twitter background that reflects your personality http://twitterbacks.com

Don’t Follow People on Twitter Until After You Have a Few Tweets on your Profile
o You want to tweet 5 to 10 times before you begin to follow people on Twitter. It may seem strange at first to tweet to nobody but you want to provide enough useful tweets on your page before people will consider following you.
o You want to show value and personality in your tweets. For example, you may want to share a favorite quote, something funny, or an interesting news article. It’s about giving your followers something interesting to read about and keeping them entertained or informed. The following sites are helpful in finding useful information you can ‘tweet’ to your followers.

http://www.alltop.com

http://www.popurls.com

http://www.digg.com

http://www.Youtube.com

Best Time To Tweet is Between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. 6 p.m to 10pm
o Tweeting at the times above is considered peak times for Twitter use. It’s when you’ll get the most interaction from your followers.
o Friday evenings has less interaction.
o Tweet Saturday anytime before night.
o Tweet Sunday evening 6pm and on.

Gain More Followers by Being Highly Complimentary to People
o People love compliments. Try to find something to compliment or encourage with some of your followers. Comment on people’s videos, articles, blog posts, pictures, dreams or goals. This will begin to set you up as a leader in the Twitter community.

Follow People To Build Your List
o Use http://search.twitter.com to search for people
o You can follow people in your same industry, same interest or in your local area. For example, you can search for people in your local area by typing something like “live in Atlanta” and it will bring back search results of people in that area.

Retweet Content From Other People
o Retweeting content gives you more credibility but you must give credit to original author

Integrate Twitter with Your Facebook Profile
o Make sure to add the Twitter application on your Facebook profile so that your Facebook status is updated with your Twitter status automatically. This will cover you in both places which comes in handy so you don’t have to post your status manually twice.

If you follow these great tips, you will build a strong following on Twitter which means more traffic to your other social networks as well as your website or blog.

Stay tune for Day 4 where we get into the some video marketing on Youtube!