I just made a new video site and I was wondering (since I'm new to this whole thing) how would I go by promoting my site. First thing I did was put it in my sig. Any advice will be helpful! thanks in advance
First of all, remember you are one of the thousands of noobies that have made a video site. But in all honesty, what will make you apart from these nubs is determination. You have to face reality and not expect the site to be like youtube over night. That aside... Start by getting the site out to small sites that target teenagers/college students. That's where most of your video traffic will come from. Read up on Search engine optimization at forum.seochat.com. This is important. Offer free stuff to whoever will provide the funniest video. I would do that GL, Kyle
Yeah, target the teen/college student market. Find some populour sites where they visit and post saying "haha funny vid - check it out" etc Another way would be to leave a comment on some populour vid at another site, and if you have a similar themed vid, post a comment saying, "oh it is a ripoff of this vid at this site" or "not bad but saw a better vid at this site" It should get you some visitors. Signatures work only to an extent. Don't think I get many DP people for eg ever visiting mine.
upload some your good vids to other popular sites such as youtube,metacafe,myspace etc... with your watermarks or a link back to your site just dont post the entire video maybe just short clips and let them know they can watch the full video on your site.
Thts rite upload Short videos to the busiest sites in the business, and people are always hungry for more and new, Tht will help, untill they keep coming back!
Make the videos easily sharable across social networks or social bookmarking sites. Using a customized URL shortener will often raise an eyebrow and brand your shares as well.