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Video Marketing With YouTube: Your Competition is Already Doing it!
Dec 14th
If you have a blog where you want to reach more people and share your ideas, or an online business where you want more customers; (and who doesn’t want that?) you need to create videos for your business and get them online for your customers to see!
If you aren’t doing this and your competitors are, then they are taking customers from you that don’t even know you exist. If they aren’t producing video for YouTube or their own sites then you need to make sure you get those customers they are missing.
Compete.com shows YouTube as having 85 million unique visitors July 2009! Imagine for a moment what sort of traffic you would get from a viral video with 100,000 views… 200,000 views…. 1 million views! A certain percentage of those people would visit your site and a percentage of those would sign up for your newsletter or buy something from you.
Now if my math is right, and you get 1 million views for a video and only 3% of those viewers visit your site that is 30 thousand visitors! If 3% of those signed up or bought something, that is 900 signups or sales! Sound good to you?
I know it’s very difficult to get a video with 1 million views, but take a look at YouTube and see what videos are that popular. Why are they so popular? What is so good about them? It’s not the production value, it’s not because they have celebrities or cost a large amount of money to create.
These videos are crazy popular because they are extremely funny, or cool, or amazing for some reason. The videos can be planned out, but wildly popular vidoes are not outwardly selling anything, there is no pitch. If you want a video to have a chance at going viral, you can’t be selling in the video; you must let the video sell for you!
In door-to-door sales years ago we had a saying that you should “sell the sizzle, not the steak”. What does this mean to you? If I want to sell plant food, do I talk about the chemical composition and the different nutrients that are in it? NO! I don’t want to sell the customer on the fertilizer, I sell them on the end result my product gives them: BIG tomatoes, and that’s the sizzle!
Give the viewer something in your videos for free. We are a camera repair shop and can’t make videos about how to repair every camera, but your customers are looking for something regarding your business, so find out what it is and give it to them!
Teach them something, give them information they are looking for, entertain them. [If you become an authority on your subject your customers will happily tell others about you].
You don’t need professional quality videos, but you do need to make them viewable and understandable.
- You don’t have to have an HD quality camcorder, but make sure that it is good quality and you have plenty of light!
- Make sure to have a good quality microphone. Poor audio will drive away most viewers, guaranteed.
- Use a solid backdrop, don’t show your cluttered basement or office or bedroom unless this is part of your presentation
- Write a script or at least notes regarding what you want to say
- Practice and view your results before publishing it. Ask others for opinions and feedback!
- Everyone hates the sound of their own voice; but that is how we hear you so don’t worry, you sound fine.
Keep going, things will keep getting better along the way!
Now I’m off to try and figure out what my customers are looking for regarding camera repair for their Sony, Canon and Nikon cameras and then just give it to them.
Speed up your PC with “The Secret Formula” for only $1.
Nov 2nd
I’m on my way out to enjoy a beautiful Colorado Fall day, but this just came across my email and I wanted you to know about it before the $1 trials run out.
Thanks go out to my friend Kris Mainieri for this one. He is the author of PC Secret Formula, and information like this is making a lot of computer techs and “Dork Teams” really mad.
Now what’s crazy is…he’s offering a 7day Trial for just $1.
Look, have you ever wondered why your computer seems to run so much slower than it used to…
If you’re worried about having to fork over hundreds of dollars for upgrades, or a visit from your local computer geek…and here’s the really scary part is you’ll be letting someone you don’t even know have open access to all your data. Do you really feel good about that?
Wait it gets better…there’s no guarantee they’ll even be able to help you, and in fact, they may even make things worse!
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Hey, the economy is tough right now, and if Kris can save you a bunch of money wouldn’t you want to know for just $1?
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All current and new customers from CrazyGreat.com are going to receive everything…
the entire upgraded new version…
Free Album from Real Subliminal is a Life Changing Gift
Oct 16th
I have got a great recommendation today for you, and you can start to use it right away to make changes within your subconscious mind and help yourself to achieve success in whatever goals you are pursuing!
I am talking about subliminal audio – I have always been fascinated by these types of products, products which aim to make positive and lasting changes within the mind, and the place I recommend to try is Real Subliminal – I am really impressed with the quality and selection available after speaking with the team, and trying some myself the last few days.
You can get access to one of their albums to try for free – their “Deep Calm” mp3 album – and I really recommend it as I have some difficulty even getting calm much less “Deep Calm”. But don’t take my word for it…try it yourself just by clicking the link below.
Download a free subliminal mp3!
This album works to send relaxing and soothing subliminal messages into your mind to help you enter a deeper state of calm and relaxation. After listening for a few minutes you should feel your tensions slip away as the messages start to flow through your mind . This way you can try subliminal messaging risk free, so you can really see how it works first hand and if it is a method of personal development which would work for you.
The way subliminal messaging works in general is quite simple – despite a lot of misconceptions it isn’t magic. Subliminals are basically intended to support whatever goals you have – be it pursuing personal goals, weight loss, or improving your self esteem and confidence etc.
If you are serious about making a change in your life then subliminal messages can be a great way to do this – you can send positive messages directly into your subconscious mind; an area that if ignored, can hold you back and stop you from achieving the result you want, and the success you deserve.
I’m thrilled to recommend this album to you from Real Subliminal. I hope you enjoy the album as much as I have.
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Is Twitter all about the numbers in Marketing?
Oct 13th
Have you ever heard anyone try to argue that a small email list is better than a large one? Of course not. It would be ridiculous.
Yet if you hop into any online discussion about Twitter you’ll find a debate about whether or not the number of followers you have matters.
There are marketers who say quality followers are better than quantity of followers.
I say that the more followers you have the more sales you have.
If you have only 500 followers your conversion rates won’t necessarily be higher than if you had 15000 followers, however I’ll take a 3% conversion on 15000 followers over 500 followers any day.
If you’re using Twitter just for fun or to enhance your image, then go ahead, have as few followers as you want.
But if you’re in it to make money, the money’s in the numbers.
To get hundreds of new followers a day you need Social Money Magnet software. I’ve been using it for a little over two weeks and here are my results.
There it is. I only use it once a day. Takes just 15 minutes, and works like a dream.
(It’s powerful software. Use it too much, and you’ll likely get your account suspended).
P. S. If you don’t have a marked increase in Twitter traffic after 60 days, you get your money back. It’s really that simple, plus you also get free lifetime updates. I highly recommend it!
Turbocharge Your Law of Attraction Results
Oct 8th
This morning I was looking at the top posts on this blog and realized that most of the readers are interested in the Law of Attraction. If you are working with the Law of Attraction, or are trying to focus your mind to manifest changes in your life in any way, then you are going to LOVE this.
Many times people will pursue their goals with conscious thought and physical action, however they neglect the subconscious element. This is the number one reason people don’t get what they want when following the Law of Attraction. If you fall into this trap then you will only have limited success at best – your hidden negative and limiting beliefs will hold you back and you won’t get the full result you want and deserve!
When you align your subconscious mind to your attraction goals too then you gain 100% coordination between your conscious mind, subconscious mind, and your physical actions, and this is when the law of attraction will really start to work for you.
I have been using Subliminal Audio for over 20 years. What they do is send powerful subliminal messages into your mind to rewire your thought patterns, and it has worked for me.
I have recently found Real Subliminal audios, and they sent me a coupon. I got in touch with them today to ask if it was ok to share with the readers of this blog, and voila!
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Real Power Twitter Tools For Your Blog
Oct 2nd
I have found some great tools to improve your use of Twitter in relation to your blog and a couple that have been helpful for using Twitter.
First to integrate your Twitter feed on to your blog there are a couple items you can use. Tweet My Blog will allow you to easily add your latest tweets to your sidebar. It will also send your latest blog post out as a tweet to your Twitter account automatically.
A similar plugin with a few more features is Twitter Tools. This will also allow you to use your tweets as blog posts. Either of these will allow you to automate the process and send tweets when you update your blog along with showing your tweets on your blog.
There is another tool that will allow you to auto post your blog posts to Twitter called Twitter Feed which will monitor your blog’s RSS feed and post to Twitter when it finds new information on a regularly scheduled basis. It also works with other services like Ping.fm. This service allows you to post at one pl;ace and have it update Twitter along with your other social sites like Facebook, Friend Feed, et al.
There are a couple tools that will help you monitor and stay active with Twitter. The two that I have tried are Twhirl and TweetDeck.
Tweet Deck is my personal favorite. It’s more powerful, allows you to search, set up groups and more.
Another plugin that allows you to add a place in your comments for people to leave their Twitter username called WP Twitip ID. This is a great way to find the people who are commenting on your blog and strengthen the relationship through your Twitter conversations.
It also allows your readers to connect with those leaving valuable comments which is a true win – win and another way for others to want to contribute to the conversation there.
Another tool that I have added to my blogs is Twitter This. Anyone reading my blog can submit their Twitter ID and password and it will automatically tweet to their account about your post with a link back to that post.
Now, I want to reveal my super secret weapon that is rocketing my Twitter account with new fresh followers, but also get’s rid of the spammers. It’s called Social Money Magnet and I mentioned it the other day when I bought it. I love this software. It does everything they say it will, and probably more. It’s just so souped up with easy to master features that it not only makes Twitter more fun, but it’s highly effective and I don’t want to overdo it with Twitter.
Ok, that’s a start with bringing you up to speed for real Power Twittering with your blog. If you have any comments on tools that you use please leave them for us all to enjoy.
OBTW, do you think this may help you get more readers?
