Try this experiment:
Ask 100 random people on the street: "Are you familiar with sites like Youtube.com and EzineArticles.com?"
Most will say: "OF COURSE I know Youtube - I spend 2 hours a day there! What was that other site you mentioned?"
According to Alexa.com, EzineArticles.com (the most popular online article directory) is the 110th most popular site online (not bad) - BUT Youtube is the *3rd* most popular site...
Most people *hate* reading. Even when they want to learn about something, they still prefer "edutainment" over "info" (education+entertainment).
Here's how video will attract more traffic to your blog:
- There's 100 to 1000 times LESS competition for video than simple text. Search for your favorite keyword on Google and then on Google Video - and you'll see for yourself.
- Google often embeds youtube results at the top of the "normal" text results (obviously Google owns Youtube).
- The more a visitor stays on your site, the higher "marks" you get from Google. This happens, because your site appears more relevant ("If they stay, they must be lovin' it"). Google knows how long people tend to stay on a specific site, if those visitors have the Google toolbar installed.
- It encourages repeat visitors, because your blog simply stands out from the rest. Not only that, but in almost all cases, someone will enjoy a video (even a goofy one) more than a poorly-written article (or even worse, text that has been "spinned").
How to start using video for affiliate marketing - without creating it yourself...
If you want to set up a quick blog to test a market, without investing too much time in it, you can do the following:
STEP 1: Make a list of keywords related to your niche. Don't forget to include product names, as they have less competition and convert much more easily to leads and sales.
STEP 2: Go to Youtube.com and search for your keywords. Make a list of the video URLs that come up. Make sure you remove any duplicates.
STEP 3: Start embedding videos to your blog and optimising each post for the desired keywords (meta keywords, meta description, post title, tags etc). You can even schedule videos in one go and let them drip feed to your blog.
You can even automate this process by using a WordPress plugin like AutoTubePress.
Even with "borrowed content", a blog can get good traffic, simply because it uses that borrowed content in an organised way. WordPress makes this a snap...
About the Author:
George Katsoudas is the creator of the AutoTubePress WordPress plugin. Sign-Up for his free special report: The Duplicate Content Paradox: "The 1 dirty little secret they don't want you to know about getting more traffic and offering more value with duplicate, automated content..."
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment