how to promote video site

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by shekhar12, Aug 15, 2009.

  1. #1
    hello dear ,

    i have opened a new video site (http://freeutube.org/) just like clone of youtube but i donot know how to promote this site and get more traffic.
     
    shekhar12, Aug 15, 2009 IP
  2. nastwanna

    nastwanna Peon

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    Submit your videos to youtube,dailymotion,yahoo videos,google videos and other video sites,then put a link back.
     
    nastwanna, Aug 16, 2009 IP
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    Submit your ads or news on the press release site.

    Submit the links to some social bookmarking site.
     
    zk200083, Aug 16, 2009 IP
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    I would target the other video sites. These are full of the sorts of people you are trying to attract.

    Another tip I would give is to not just make 'another' video site. You are best off creating a video site that caters to a specific niche market. It may be sports videos, music videos, or whatever. Youtube has already taken the market with video so you need to give people a reason why they should use your site over youtube - catering to a specific market would give you this point of difference.
     
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  5. tikijj

    tikijj Well-Known Member

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    I would have to agree with nastwanna, submitting your videos on other video sites would be a great way to promote your site. I'm sure there are tons of people asking how to upload videos, add videos to their blos and so on, you do tutorials on those topic and point them to your video site.
     
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    submit to social bookmarking with related categories and using link exchange from website with tons visitors
     
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  7. Noahdeck

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    15 ways to promote your video

    1. Submit to social video bookmarking sites.
    Digg.com, Video Bomb, Flurl, StumbleVideo - all these sites have the potential to send a lot of viewers if enough people vote for your video.
    2. Email video blogs and websites to tell them about your video.
    Email blogs which post interesting online videos. Use Google and Delicious to find such blogs.
    3. Email blogs that talk about your videos topic.
    If your video is about an Apple Mac then email Apple Mac blogs, if your video is about making pizza then email recipe blogs.
    4. Submit to regular social bookmarking sites
    Don’t forget the regular social bookmarking sites like Delicious, Reddit, BlinkList etc. These sites will link to videos and if enough people vote for it you can get a lot of visitors
    5. Submit your video (or a teaser video) to the busiest video sharing sites
    YouTube is busier, but so is Daily Motion, MetaCafe, and many others. Check out a huge list of video sharing sites here. If it’s a teaser video or you want people to visit your website write your website in the description and also show it within the video.
    6. Post your video in relevant discussion boards and forums.
    Read their rules first and don’t spam. Make sure what you post is relevant to the forum and choose the busiest forums to post in.
    7. Tag and describe your videos
    It is important to put the keywords that describe your video in the associated tags and description so search engines know what your video is about.
    8. Read the SEO guide for video
    The video search engine Blinkx published a guide on optimizing your video for search engine traffic.
    9. Send out a press release
    If your video is especially news worthy you may want to send out an online Press Release.
    10. Make videos regularly and create your own website and MySpace
    A one-off video may get popular but if you make videos regularly and place them on your own website AND MySpace you can build up a large following.
    11. Enter competitions
    There are plenty of video competitions out there so look around and enter any you can for more exposure. For example the Network2 contest, BrioBox contest, Acceptable.tv etc.
    12. Get help from your friends
    Get your friends to help by adding you to their MySpace, bookmarking your video on social bookmarking sites, adding your video as a favorite on YouTube, posting about your video on their site etc.
    13. Choose the right thumbnail
    When ever you decide to watch a video it is heavily influenced by the thumbnail (the little picture of the video clip) that you see first. If you can choose the thumbnail do so and make it sharp, clear, eye catching and relevant to your video.
    14. A catchy title
    A catchy title is just as important as a catchy thumbnail to encourage people to click that link to watch your video.
    15. File Sharing
    This is often forgotten but if you are giving away your video for free why not distribute a copy for free over file sharing networks. Depending on the niche of your video this can work well. Don’t forget to include the name of your website in your video.
     
    Noahdeck, Aug 18, 2009 IP
  8. shekhar12

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    could you please tell me how can i send my video an online Press Release.?
     
    shekhar12, Aug 19, 2009 IP
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    Follow Mr.Noahdeck. Then sleep, waiting for glue.
     
    kookcoo, Aug 20, 2009 IP
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    I think that YouTube is not the only video website available, it just happens to be the most popular. Use as many video sites as possible to promote your website. Most video sites allow you upload videos free.
     
    rogerrnicholas, Aug 20, 2009 IP
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    Why do you start a clone site to youtube? Better to change it to be something like videotube.com where you can easily download and convert youtube videos. Believe me. Making a clone site like youtube won't get you anywhere. Yeah ok later you can get a bit traffic but still low income.
     
    wokaka, Aug 20, 2009 IP
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    Go get a free trial at trafficgeyser.com. Submit your videos and bookmark at the same time. I think there are 30 different sites.
     
    tyler8541, Aug 23, 2009 IP