Youtube videos-are they useful?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by clash, Jun 5, 2010.

  1. #1
    How could I use Youtube video for marketing my blog? How effective is that? Does the video have to be really popular?
    Is this good form getting backlinks?
    Can I make a clickable link inside a video to get visitors to my blog?
     
    clash, Jun 5, 2010 IP
  2. CIKMarketing

    CIKMarketing Peon

    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #2
    YouTube video are definitely a useful marketing strategy. Make a channel for your blog and link within the video, or on your channel to your actual site. If you're lucky, you might have a video go viral which could really create interest for your blog or website. Just make an interesting video about the topics you're interested in and post. If others enjoy your video, they might post it on their own sites which can drive major traffic to your YouTube channel and blog.

    Good luck!
     
    CIKMarketing, Jun 5, 2010 IP
  3. MarTh-

    MarTh- Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,069
    Likes Received:
    12
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    175
    #3
    They are useful but the adsense alone from videos is not good combine with another method
     
    MarTh-, Jun 5, 2010 IP
  4. vannarith

    vannarith Active Member

    Messages:
    1,814
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    50
    #4
    Youtube is the site which has huge of visitors everyday esp if your video is very popular, you will be able to get thousands of visitors to your site. Anyway, you can not put clickable link in youtube but you can insert it in your description box in order to lead those visitors to your site.
     
    vannarith, Jun 5, 2010 IP
  5. seoguy1

    seoguy1 Peon

    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #5
    Just like other site content, you need quality video to get much benefit from it. I've seen many promotional videos on Youtube that get only a couple hundred views.
     
    seoguy1, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  6. petr_ind

    petr_ind Notable Member

    Messages:
    1,680
    Likes Received:
    9
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    210
    Articles:
    6
    #6
    Yes it useful,
    when i watch on youtube, i notice the address where i can get such video more,
    usually about tutorial, funny video, or something like that.
    it will drive some traffic to your site
     
    petr_ind, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  7. zipdrive

    zipdrive Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    129
    Likes Received:
    5
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    #7
    the links for youtube are no-follow so they are not worth much
     
    zipdrive, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  8. goscript

    goscript Prominent Member

    Messages:
    2,753
    Likes Received:
    306
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    315
    #8
    Who cares if they no-follow? We only care about getting people to visit our website after seeing the videos.
     
    goscript, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  9. Krayzie

    Krayzie Greenhorn

    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    16
    #9
    First of all video marketing is a great way to bring traffic to your site or blog but you need to make quality videos if you want peoples to visit your site.And when you make a video put your keyword in your title,description and tags.You can´t put clickable links inside the video but you can put it on description section.And the video does not have to be popular you can make it popular with a lil bit of work ( comments on other channels,video response,video comments ).And if you are planning to use video marketing take a look at tubemogul.com or if you have some spare money chack out heyspread.com.
     
    Krayzie, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  10. orcaswhale

    orcaswhale Peon

    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #10
    Video marketing could be a lot of fun but you have to spend some time to make it, adding the link to where every you want the visitors to go , It can help divert traffic to your site but I would not rely on it always have at least three methods to generate traffic. Good Luck
     
    orcaswhale, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  11. dirtydoug

    dirtydoug Member

    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    41
    #11
    Youtube can bring you visitors to your blog as long as the quality of the video is good and its popular...
     
    dirtydoug, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  12. KimiGermany

    KimiGermany Peon

    Messages:
    1,117
    Likes Received:
    15
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #12
    To me, i have visitors from youtube, and i only have 3 or 4 videos, i am sure if i have more, i will gain more visitors too.
     
    KimiGermany, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  13. ssdear

    ssdear Active Member

    Messages:
    120
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    51
    #13
    YouTube is the second largest site visited by the users after Google. It is also owned by google. Google give enough weight-age to Youtube videos. If your video becomes popular then be ready to get a storm of visitors
     
    ssdear, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  14. gamejump

    gamejump Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    283
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #14
    i get 2 k hits with 9 videos yesterday and still the visitors coming
     
    gamejump, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  15. jayrudalf

    jayrudalf Peon

    Messages:
    347
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #15
    You can create a video for you blog what services you are offering or what type of information your blog contains. Create a video give demo on it and upload it on youtube and other video hosting sites.
     
    jayrudalf, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  16. MayaLocke

    MayaLocke Peon

    Messages:
    1,016
    Likes Received:
    14
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #16
    MayaLocke, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  17. robert84

    robert84 Greenhorn

    Messages:
    91
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    16
    #17
    I am convinced they are useful, as I saw many well ranked sites having Google backlinks from Youtube.
     
    robert84, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  18. naciketas

    naciketas Peon

    Messages:
    292
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #18
    Youtube videos have also of late become effective SEO tools to drive some traffic to your site. The video has to be well presented of course.
     
    naciketas, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  19. devilzkrazy

    devilzkrazy Peon

    Messages:
    25
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #19
    These youtube videos are now-a-days earning a lot of traffic, I suppose they can be helpful, though I haven't adapted it yet :p.
     
    devilzkrazy, Jun 6, 2010 IP
  20. atxsurf

    atxsurf Peon

    Messages:
    2,394
    Likes Received:
    21
    Best Answers:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #20
    me too. I am set back buy the time it would take me to create such video.
     
    atxsurf, Jun 6, 2010 IP