How to get traffic form Youtube
YouTube is
one of the most popular sites and in addition to all the fun there, YouTube
offers many opportunities for promotion and getting traffic to your site.
Similarly to Facebook and Twitter, in order to use YouTube successfully for
promotion and getting traffic, you need to know the rules for this. Here are
some tips how to promote yourself, your site, and your products and how to get
free traffic from YouTube:
1-Post viral videos
There are
millions of videos on YouTube. If you post a video nobody is interested in,
this video will go unnoticed, as millions of other videos. The clue to getting
traffic from YouTube is to post useful videos, or even better – viral videos.
Viral videos are not only useful videos, but they also tend to appeal to large
groups of people. If your video manages to get viral, people will promote it
for you and the only thing left for you is to reap the benefits.
2-Create an interesting profile
Similarly to
Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networking site, an interesting profile
is a must. If people like your videos, they will check your profile to learn
more about you. When they see that your profile is boring, they won't bother more
with you. You can make your profile a bit informal but don't make it as if it
were the profile of a crazy teenager – you are using YouTube for business,
right?
3-Include your logo and website in the video
Your logo and
your website URL are your major branding weapons. This is why you must include
them in the video. You can include them in the beginning of the video or at the
end. It is best to have your logo and URL throughout the whole video because
this way you will be gaining lots of exposure but if you can't do it (for
instance because of artistic considerations), the beginning and the end of the
video will suffice.
4-Promote your videos
If your
videos get viral, you are lucky but you can't count on this. In order to get
YouTube traffic, your videos need viewers. You can't rely solely on the fact
that viewers will find your videos – you need to promote them. Even viral
videos will benefit from a promotion by you.
5-Post video responses
Video
responses are one of the unique things about YouTube and you should take full
advantage of it. Search your niche, choose the most popular videos in your
niche and post video responses to them. Just be careful that the response you
post is related to the video you are responding to and don't make your video
response a blatant self-promotion.
On YouTube,
timing is very important because there are peaks in traffic and times when
there are not so many viewers. Weekdays (especially Wednesdays and above all -
Thursdays) morning or early afternoon US time is the best time to post a
general interest video. In order to have your video uploaded in the prime time,
you need to plan a bit. Have in mind that for large videos and/or slow Internet
connections the upload could take you an hour, so start early.
7- Comment on other people's videos and include a link to
your site in your comment
In addition
to video responses, you can also use plain good comments. Again, search for
popular videos in your niche and comment on them. If your comments are liked by
viewers, they will check your profile and probably watch your videos.YouTube is
a valuable resource to drive traffic to your site and to promote it. The
competition there might be fierce, but there is always room for a couple of
good videos. Fill this room before your competitors do!
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