TrafficMan
05-23-2008, 03:42 PM
Introduction:
There have been some post asking "how" to promote your site on youtube. So I thought an introduction is due.
My youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/survivalistboards <-- wait for the background image to load.
As of monday, May 19th at 1:00pm central time:
Videos Uploaded: 260
Video Views: 1,121,520
Channel Type: Director
Channel Views: 42,361
Subscribers: 1,908
Everyone of my videos is watermarked with my site address. So my site URL has been seen about 1.1 million times.
I am also a youtube partner - meaning I get to brand my channel with a banner. Plus, a banner appears next to every one of my videos. This means I have 260 banners on one of the top ranked websites world wide - one banner for every uploaded video.
Step One:
Create yourself a youtube account. It helps if you use your site address or something related to your content. Youtube account names are almost as good as a full website name - so its very important that you get this right.
Dress up your account page. This means changing the colors from white to something else, or add a nice back ground image. Please do not use a background image that repeats itself 100 times - it gives me a headache.
Step Two:
You need a camera and some video editing software.
Camera - Something that takes video & sound.
Software - The easiest video software to use is Windows Movie maker that comes with XP service pack 2 or Vista.
Step Three: Film the video
Step Four - editing the video:
This is maybe the most important thing you can do. Be sure to put something like "This is a "your website name here" production" at the first of the video. Put some kind of logo at the introduction of every video. Use some kind of background music, just a few seconds long.
Never use anyone elses copyrighted material - ever. This video should be 100% your original production and your property.
At the end of the video put something like "Visit the website "your site here.""
Posting the video:
In the video description, on the top line post an address to your site. If the video is going to embedded in your blog or page, post a link to that page as well.
Video Title:
Short, sweet and to the point. Video titles are more then just a title, they are keywords. So put the important words first in the title. Leave out unnecessary words, such as "The" at the start of the title. Instead of making a title like - "the wonderful video", just name it "Wonderful Video".
Video Description:
Link to your website goes on first line, then a break to the next line. Put as many key words into the video description as possible. Copy the words from your "Key Word" box and paste them into the bottom line for your video description.
Bait and Switch:
This is a practice that I do not use, nor do I endorse it. When you edit your video, in the exact middle is where the preview image is going to come from. A lot of people will put a picture of a pretty woman in the exact middle of the video. That way, the preview image of the video is the woman - not some ugly guy sitting there talking. Videos like this usually get more views then those that have a bland preview image.
Pretty Woman:
Get a nice looking pretty woman to help you do the videos. Sex sells and that goes for youtube as well.
Youtube Partner:
Once you have a few videos uploaded, sign up for a youtube partner account and brand your channel. This will allow you to put a banner next to every video and at the top of your youtube profile page.
This is my banner that appears next to everyone of my videos
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc194/kevcj/watch_header.jpg
Success on youtube comes at a cost, so its not free. The cost is lots of hard work, thought and planning. Organize your video introductions so they look semi-professional, just a simple picture, logo and music will do just fine.
Make the videos personal:
If someone off your website ask you a question, instead of clicking the reply button in your email - make a video about the question. Make the video personal by saying something like - "Mark from Texas writes in and ask." Then make the video about the answer to his question.
Refer to the website in your videos
Mention the website and ask people to visit.
Make videos that match the topics of your site, except one personal nitch:
Most of my videos are hiking, camping, hunting and gardening related, except for one group of videos - my bar-b-qs. Every once in awhile I will throw in a bar-b-q video just to break things up a little.
As an example, here is a bar-b-q video I did this weekend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVpxYTI1iHQ
Since I started posting videos on youtube, more of the traffic to my site has come from youtube then google.
Thank you for your time.
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Please note this is not my tutorial, but still is a good help. All links left in the article for author credit
There have been some post asking "how" to promote your site on youtube. So I thought an introduction is due.
My youtube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/survivalistboards <-- wait for the background image to load.
As of monday, May 19th at 1:00pm central time:
Videos Uploaded: 260
Video Views: 1,121,520
Channel Type: Director
Channel Views: 42,361
Subscribers: 1,908
Everyone of my videos is watermarked with my site address. So my site URL has been seen about 1.1 million times.
I am also a youtube partner - meaning I get to brand my channel with a banner. Plus, a banner appears next to every one of my videos. This means I have 260 banners on one of the top ranked websites world wide - one banner for every uploaded video.
Step One:
Create yourself a youtube account. It helps if you use your site address or something related to your content. Youtube account names are almost as good as a full website name - so its very important that you get this right.
Dress up your account page. This means changing the colors from white to something else, or add a nice back ground image. Please do not use a background image that repeats itself 100 times - it gives me a headache.
Step Two:
You need a camera and some video editing software.
Camera - Something that takes video & sound.
Software - The easiest video software to use is Windows Movie maker that comes with XP service pack 2 or Vista.
Step Three: Film the video
Step Four - editing the video:
This is maybe the most important thing you can do. Be sure to put something like "This is a "your website name here" production" at the first of the video. Put some kind of logo at the introduction of every video. Use some kind of background music, just a few seconds long.
Never use anyone elses copyrighted material - ever. This video should be 100% your original production and your property.
At the end of the video put something like "Visit the website "your site here.""
Posting the video:
In the video description, on the top line post an address to your site. If the video is going to embedded in your blog or page, post a link to that page as well.
Video Title:
Short, sweet and to the point. Video titles are more then just a title, they are keywords. So put the important words first in the title. Leave out unnecessary words, such as "The" at the start of the title. Instead of making a title like - "the wonderful video", just name it "Wonderful Video".
Video Description:
Link to your website goes on first line, then a break to the next line. Put as many key words into the video description as possible. Copy the words from your "Key Word" box and paste them into the bottom line for your video description.
Bait and Switch:
This is a practice that I do not use, nor do I endorse it. When you edit your video, in the exact middle is where the preview image is going to come from. A lot of people will put a picture of a pretty woman in the exact middle of the video. That way, the preview image of the video is the woman - not some ugly guy sitting there talking. Videos like this usually get more views then those that have a bland preview image.
Pretty Woman:
Get a nice looking pretty woman to help you do the videos. Sex sells and that goes for youtube as well.
Youtube Partner:
Once you have a few videos uploaded, sign up for a youtube partner account and brand your channel. This will allow you to put a banner next to every video and at the top of your youtube profile page.
This is my banner that appears next to everyone of my videos
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc194/kevcj/watch_header.jpg
Success on youtube comes at a cost, so its not free. The cost is lots of hard work, thought and planning. Organize your video introductions so they look semi-professional, just a simple picture, logo and music will do just fine.
Make the videos personal:
If someone off your website ask you a question, instead of clicking the reply button in your email - make a video about the question. Make the video personal by saying something like - "Mark from Texas writes in and ask." Then make the video about the answer to his question.
Refer to the website in your videos
Mention the website and ask people to visit.
Make videos that match the topics of your site, except one personal nitch:
Most of my videos are hiking, camping, hunting and gardening related, except for one group of videos - my bar-b-qs. Every once in awhile I will throw in a bar-b-q video just to break things up a little.
As an example, here is a bar-b-q video I did this weekend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVpxYTI1iHQ
Since I started posting videos on youtube, more of the traffic to my site has come from youtube then google.
Thank you for your time.
--------------------
Please note this is not my tutorial, but still is a good help. All links left in the article for author credit