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Driving Targeted Traffic With YouTube Marketing
During the last two years affiliate marketing using videos has really come a long way. This relatively new way of advertising has proven to be very effective at driving targeted traffic to your site. Videos uploaded on sites like YouTube, Google Video and Daily Motion are drawing millions of viewers. If a URL to your site is embedded in a posted video that becomes really popular you can draw lots of traffic to your site and make lots of sales.
However if you are not used to making videos the idea can seem quite daunting. It is actually easier than you would imagine to create your own video using online tools. You do not need expensive equipment.
How to Make a Video Quickly and Cheaply
Videos to post on YouTube can be made very quickly and practically for free nowadays. You can make one entirely out of screenshots that you can record using one of the many free Cam-Studio like programs online. If you are good at putting together Power Point presentations you will find this a whiz.
When you think about it, all a video really consists of is a series of images that are edited together. You can have a voice over with a series of still images that you have strung together using Windows Movie Maker or one of the many free cross-platform editors that you can find online.
Tips For Affiliate Marketing With YouTube
YouTube is by far the most popular site when it comes to affiliate marketing. In order to succeed in driving traffic with your video you should
Make sure the video is somehow connected to what you are selling or trying to convert members to by keeping the content "on topic"
Stay away from old or stale content that is boring or that everyone knows already
Add the URL of your site as a descriptive element on the video as you are uploading it so that people can easily click on it and be led to your site
Provide hard text, as much of it as you are allowed, describing the video or even transcribing it as this is what the search engine robots will be reading when they search your video to index it and rank it on the search engine pages
Give your video a great title with a keyword in it that people commonly use to search for what you sell
Once you have created a video it is also a really good idea to upload it to as many sites as possible. There are a ton of software tools on the market that can help you upload your videos to 25 of the most popular video directory sites online.
For even more detailed information about how to post videos online for affiliate marketing and advertising purposes you should watch the video course called "The Six Figure Mentors" that explains everything you need to know in detail.
