Does Humor And Sex Sell In Marketing? - YES

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Mr Wonderful, Mar 15, 2007.

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    The saying that 'Sex' Sells in marketing is actually quite true. Think about it, when you browse some videos on YOUTUBE, the most viewed ones are the ones that make people laugh and the ones that use 'sex' to get lots of page views to their video.

    By sex you do not have to upload something sexual, but the key could be in the wording or the title of the video.

    I tried an experiment before, and turns out I just changed the title to something controversial and immediately I had traffic to my videos. It might be untargeted traffic but if you have a funny video or a controversial one then you can redirect the people to your website and add Adsense to your pages.

    Just thought I would share the following tips with you.

    1) Use HUMOR to make people laugh - people love to be entertained. Make sure your video is funny, werid and at the same time uses humor.

    2) Sexy controversial videos will get the most page views so you might want to use a thumbnail image of a famous celebrity.

    3) Keep your audience guessing - curious people are the best ones for traffic using videos. So make sure you include phrases in your video such as...

    "Do you really really want to see this video? Are you sure?
    Make them curious!

    Thanks guys
     
    Mr Wonderful, Mar 15, 2007 IP
  2. GreenTorii

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    Good tips. I just started youtube uploading about 30 minutes ago, this definitely helps.

    Question: once you get traffic to your video, how are you transferring the traffic to your website? By putting URL at the beginning and ending of video?
     
    GreenTorii, Mar 15, 2007 IP
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    checksum Notable Member

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    You can also put the URL in the videos description.
     
    checksum, Mar 15, 2007 IP
  4. Mr Wonderful

    Mr Wonderful Banned

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    URL on the video, either at beginning or throughout!
     
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    usefull informatioin
    thanks
     
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    One of my site is a mixture of those two great ingredients - I run a Norwegians mens magazine. I contains weekly babes, lifestyle articles, motor articles, dating tips and plenty more :] It's so easy marketing..
     
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    kodut Well-Known Member

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    humor and s*x are a means of recreation for people on net and if you compare the no. of webmasters and the total people using net the answer is obvious . and most of the people come on net for recreation and not for making money like us.

    -kovid
     
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    bobchrist Active Member

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    I agree s*x elevate the visual temptation and thus it help in marketing. :)
     
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    longhornfreak Well-Known Member

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    well its a form of entertainment, and in both humor and sex it makes people happy. it is that way for anything like movies or tv shows, the most watched are sports sexy and humorous
     
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    hmmm this is the problem I see with ebay, people will put some fine chicks that are somewhat revealing for their gallery picture just to make you click to enlarge the picture. Even if you don't want to look at the auction, you still click.
     
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    bobchrist Active Member

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    Yes, one gimmick you see a lot of but still seems to work is this:

    "See naked pictures of [insert name of sex symbol here]". Then talk about something else but make it funny. That mixes both sex and humor and it works, even though its an obviously sleazy tactic.
     
    charlesartist, Mar 17, 2007 IP
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    Brilliant post :)

    Thanks guys!
     
    sparksflying, Oct 19, 2007 IP