210,000 Views in Under Two Weeks - YouTube

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by Steve Mount, Sep 30, 2007.

  1. #1
    I recently made a profile on YouTube with the intention of getting a couple thousand hits to my videos and a percentage of that to my website. Well, not long after I posted my profile it received over 210,000 views in under 2 weeks! This was the result of just about 8 hours of work from start to finish. The number of views continues to grow daily and of course, I haven't touched it since day one.

    Check out this screenshot

    Now that may not sound like a lot to some YouTube gurus out there but for the average joe like me who just decided to take a few hours out of the day to upload some recycled videos, that's a hell of a lot of traffic and mail list signups that I didn't have a couple of weeks ago!

    So here's a quick rundown of what I did.

    - I looked online for amateur videos related to a specific niche. I stayed away from copyrighted material such as clips from major TV networks, music videos, movies, etc. I found a ton of great homemade clips on YouTube, Google Video, Break.com, and others. I'm writing a book on this right now so I don't want to reveal the exact niche I used in this post. Let's just say it was the weight loss niche for this example.

    - I had a great product from ClickBank that I wanted to promote using the 20 videos I found that dealt with "healthy eating and weight loss."

    - I then created a catchy domain name (something like www.FightFatForF***Sake.com - JUST KIDDING!) and redirected it to my unique affiliate url from Clickbank. I placed that domain name at the beginning, the end, and in the description of the video (which is clickable.) <-- Very important! Many people do not know how to do this but in fact it is very simple. It just needs to be the first thing listed in your description, and it will be automatically hyperlinked to your site!

    - After downloading and editing all 20 videos with my links, I simply uploaded them all to about 10 different video sites at once. More details on this are in my report.

    It took me about 8 hours to do all of this, but a lot of that time was just waiting for the videos to convert from the YouTube ".flv" format over to a Windows Media format ".wmv"

    The coolest part is that I haven't even touched the profile since then and it's received about 50,000 more views in the last week.

    So far I've made a little over $2,200 and approximately 700 MORE LIST SUBSCRIBERS

    Talk about "auto-pilot" income!

    Imagine yourself doing this for something that is really hot right now such as the new iPod, iPhone, Halo 3, pink spandex pants and jean jackets...[:p] you name it!
     
    Steve Mount, Sep 30, 2007 IP
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  2. smrtime

    smrtime Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Congrats! Sounds like you are having some good success.
     
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  3. Steve Mount

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    #3
    thanks! Yep it's not an entirely new process but with a few twists of my own it has worked out great :)
     
    Steve Mount, Sep 30, 2007 IP
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    #4
    Excellent idea! good luck, what video sites did you upload to?
     
    speedster, Sep 30, 2007 IP
  5. Steve Mount

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    I uploaded to 15 different sites using a site called HeySpread.com

    check it out!
     
    Steve Mount, Sep 30, 2007 IP
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    Well done, you may have just got lucky. YouTube traffic comes in small doses you wana try and make an established channel for your niche specifically targeted to your site, with quality videos.

    My magic channel has about 405 subscribers with like... 18 vids.
     
    jon2k6, Sep 30, 2007 IP
  7. Steve Mount

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    #7

    Yep, that's exactly how it's setup. All of the videos are about a specific niche and my user name is related to it :)
     
    Steve Mount, Sep 30, 2007 IP
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    Pinup Girl Notable Member

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    congratulations! thanks for sharing your sucess 'secret' ^^
     
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  9. Shady

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    I am in the process of doing this now after just reading your post...thank you very much and I will report hether or not it turns anything for me...Rep Added
     
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    Thanks for the info!
     
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    John84 Active Member

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    Congrats on the success so far and thanks for sharing.
     
    John84, Sep 30, 2007 IP
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    Hello Steve,I am new in online marketing.I read your post and i want to do exactly what you did but i have no idea how to start.I have an online store.
    http://www.herbalmedhome.com I would love to have it advertsied on youtube.I'm sure you are busy with your work,but Please could you help by explaining steps on how to do that.Thank you and congrats on your success.

    Juliet
    http://www.herbalmedhome.com
     
    herbmed56, Sep 30, 2007 IP
  13. Steve Mount

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    Hey Juliet

    I'm going to be releasing a step by step report on what I did to accomplish this.

    It will take you through each step thoroughly!

    You can sign up here to be notified when the report is out!

    http://www.ebookaddict.org/youtube.htm

    Keep an eye out for it!
     
    Steve Mount, Sep 30, 2007 IP
  14. Big-Boss

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    Hey man thanks for sharing this. And congratulations!

    @Shady
    Can you get back to us on your performance, and how much time did you invest in it? Thanks.
     
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    clinton Well-Known Member

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    Holy Crap!!!
    I just got a sweet idea, your guys are awesome. I've learnt so much today already.
     
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  16. Shady

    Shady Active Member

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    @ BigBoss-->

    yes I will get back to everyone after this starts taking flight. Took a while just to sign up for accounts on all the websites lol. A good business idea in itself would be to start a service the makes accounts for people on these websites. I would have most definatly paid for this service.

    Just taking a bit of time now encoding the videos and editing them so they have my URL. I can definagly see how this will work. Hopefully it give a little boost.
     
    Shady, Oct 1, 2007 IP
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    Easy way to convert YouTubes: http://zamzar.com/url/
    That site converts them themselves then emails them to you in your specified format.
     
    airraid81, Oct 1, 2007 IP
  18. Steve Mount

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    I just released my book over the weekend for anyone who is interested!
     
    Steve Mount, Oct 15, 2007 IP
  19. Steve Mount

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    My book is selling like hotcakes if anyone has not taken advantage of it yet. See my sig!
     
    Steve Mount, Nov 6, 2007 IP
  20. Perry Rose

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    What is the URL of the youtube page that has your video?
     
    Perry Rose, Nov 6, 2007 IP