Video Marketing
Video Submission Services - To get the most out of your marketing video you should consider using video submission services because they will help you to get more views for your video and increase your marketing exposure. (See free and paid video submission services below).
Don't worry if you do not receive a lot of view right away. Once you have built up your videos on YouTube, I recommend expanding out into other Video Marketing Sites. Here is a short list to get started:
More information on how to create videos: "How to create irresistible videos & How To Create Irresistible Videos Checklist
Here is a list of the top free video submission sites:
1. YouTube - Still the undefeated and most widely used video storage and viewing website, YouTube can make your videos available to almost 50 million people around the globe. The site is very easy to use as well, especially as registrations are optional for viewers, but required to people who want to upload, comment, and access private videos.
2. Vimeo - More popular to WordPress users, Vimeo is hailed to be a more posh and artsy version of YouTube. With its sleek design, it has become a favorite by most artists who dawdle in video and film editing. However, this does not mean that you should not take advantage of this site as well, especially since more and more people are now finding it more convenient to use not only technically but also because of the fact that there are less Vimeo users who are rude, unlike in YouTube.
3. Myspace - Despite the fact that Myspace is now not as popular as it was a few years back due to the fact that Facebook has already taken its place in the hearts and homes of its more than one million users, it is still a convenient site that aspiring bands and musicians use today.
4. Facebook - Being capable of having its own video format that can be viewable without having to download the Flash player, Facebook is another great video submissions site that you should take advantage of. In addition to this charm is the fact that it has millions of users worldwide, so you can be sure that your videos will be available to a lot of people easily.
5. Media hosting sites - such as Dailymotion and Photobucket to name a few. Aside from these popular and well established free video submission sites, you can also take advantage of the video features offered by other media storage sites like Dailymotion and Photobucket. Having a definite URL for your videos will surely make it easier to share, as well as organize, so make sure to take advantage of this as well.
More video submission sites:
http://www.vimeo.com/join
www.video.yahoo.com
http://www.google.com/
www.Veoh.com
www.odeo.com
www.mefeedia.com
www.Gofish.com
www.Flurl.com
www.Eyespot.com
www.zoopy.com
www.Viddler.com
Great Video hosting site for longer videos and still receive some SEO benefits. You can make your videos private and embed them on your page.
Videos on this site tend to show up quicklywww.Metacafe.com
1. Pixel Pipe.com (Free) - Publish photos, video, audio, text and files on over 100 online destinations and counting.
2. Tube Mogul - The free version of Traffic Geyser. If budget is tight, you might want to try this submission site. Just note that they are very picky about the videos that are submitted.
Paid and Free Video Submission Sites:
3. Traffic Geyser - (Free)
A simple interface that allows you to upload a video file, add important information like a simple Title, tags, description, then submit the file to a number of video sharing sites (many of those listed above). It is a little pricey at $100 a month, but if you want to get your videos out, it is worth looking into. It simply saves you time adding video to each site individually. This program gives you high search engine rankings in as fast as 60 minutes. Some videos have gotten onto the first page in as fast as 24 hours.
I recommend signing up for Traffic Geyser, one of the top video sharing software sites used by the gurus. It is available in gold and platinum levels, for $97.
With Traffic Geyser, you are able to post one video to over forty social media sites, including Kooba, LiveVideo, MetaCafe, Myspace, Rever, Bidler, YahooVideo, VideoJug and YouTube. I do not recommend signing up for the YouTube option here. Continue to upload your YouTube videos separately, as Traffic Geyser prefers that you keep your description very short (250 maximum character maximum), which will likely affect the number of views.
Your account will also take you to podcast sites, blog sites, and social bookmarking sites like Technorati, Google Bookmarks and Delicious, which has a lot of opportunity to build backlinks with. Using Traffic Geyser, you will want to create four accounts. Why so many separate accounts? This way you will be able to take one video and upload it on up to four different sites and use different keywords to maximize your views. This is very time consuming so if you can outsource it, I highly recommend it.
Once you have signed up for your four accounts and set up your profiles, to submit a video, select "Submit Media." You can choose the name for your template and the name of the URL that you want to drive traffic to. Then you are going to choose how long you want to leave your content up. You are going to enter scripted keywords loaded title with 64 or fewer characters. Be sure your title is rich with keywords, which you learned in the section "How to Find Leads: Article Marketing". You will also get an alternate name for your title, which can just be your domain name.
When creating your media description, make sure you add your website name, just like you do on YouTube. Use the same formula, but add 86 keywords. You will need to keep this to 200 characters or less. You are going to be depending on at 40 plus different sharing sites, so sticking to this limit will prevent certain sites from rejecting your content and videos. Add your tags as well, putting commas in between and then a space. Choose your category: business, marketing, weight loss, etc. Make sure you allow comments. Then choose your file and upload your video into your account. Once uploaded, you will be brought to the submission site, where you can select to which sites you want to submit your video.
Upon doing this, Traffic Geyser will give you your actual success rate. Not everything will upload successfully, but those that do should upload at the same time. If they are not, go back and make sure you set your profile properly. The most common problem is that for login preferences, you sometimes need to use your email address for your username. This is a really important tool to maximize views to your videos, and in turn, your website. Without this program, you are only going to be able to use YouTube, which will not grow your business as fast as you want to.
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