Hello, Just curious what are some ways to promote online video websites in general. What methods are effective for the demographics, which I am assuming 15-25 years old? Thanks, MM
You could try MySpace bulletin posts. Video sites are viral by nature, so the issue is getting the initial mass of viewers and having them tell their friends and/or co-workers.
Make it interactive and allow your users to post their story, commentary and to share video image to others as it should work like two way channel. Targeting myspace like sites, educational sites and dating sites might be helpful to you, I hope.
Could you explain viral marketing. I am kind of new to the marketing side of web production. Btw, would anyone be interested in working on this project? Let me know. Thanks. PS. I posted something here looking for a marketing guru: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=131729
Viral marketing is when you have such a great site that people start spreading the word and webmasters start linking to your site by themselves
More about viral marketing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing In your case, I suggest you to enable and encourage your users to add the videos to their webistes and profiles on major social networking websites (with a text link to your website below the video), get tell a friend buttons on the pages where videos are shown on your website, etc...
Thanks for the tips. Btw, how many of use Myspace friend adders? Is there one you guys recommend? Seems like some were shut down by Myspace.