Someone mentioned to me once or twice that Internet video marketing not only worked but that it worked REALLY well

At the beginning of October I started making some screen capture videos about using Audacity. They were simply basic tutorials on how to use Audacity to record your voice and add music. Using just a few of the tips I learned from Jason Moffatt’s Easy Video Sales, I added these videos to YouTube and to this blog.

I have to say I am amazed at the results:

• The Audacity tutorials are by far my most viewed pages on the blog (although that isn’t a complete surprise since they are my only posts – except two – since 1st October)
• More importantly, 25% of unique page views are to one of those video pages
• 20% of my traffic is coming from YouTube
• People are spending longer and viewing more pages on my site
• Additionally, 12,223 people have watched my Audacity YouTube videos (according to their stats).

It isn’t enough to just put your videos out there and hope people see them. Like anything online you need to pick the best keywords, do some promotion, and if you want viewers to do something in particular after watching your videos (instead of moving onto someone else’s video) there has to be a strong call to action and/or motivation for them to click away from YouTube.

Easy Video Sales has certainly helped me to build a nice chunk of traffic to my videos, and I plan on taking more of Jason’s advice to boost that traffic (including getting the videos out there on more than just YouTube). Oh, and maybe I should consider how I’m going to monetize these babies! One thing’s for sure, I should have listened to Ed Dale a long time ago when he raved about video – he does know a thing or two about Internet Marketing

And, you’ll be glad to know, there are more Audacity videos on the way.

Jason just keeps piling on the value with this package, which essentially is a guide to Internet video marketing. The main focus is on how to get more traffic to your videos by using certain optimization tips and hijacking other people’s video traffic, but there is so much more in the members’ area: how to get started with creating videos, videos/interviews with marketers such as Frank Kern, Harlan Kilstein and Jeff Walker, free extra training and resources (including Jason James’ Audio Video Riches), and access to a mastermind/forum area.

There’s loads to take in – too much for one video – but I’ve tried to include the highlights:

You can get access to Jason’s free video from his Mass Control presentation by clicking here: http://www.hijackvideos.com.

Within the video (and on YouTube) I’ve used some of Jason’s tips – if you spot them, feel free to use them Obviously, I didn’t manage to stick to his tips on video length (which is to keep them short). I’ve never been good at keeping things brief!

I have also been making use of Jason Moffatt’s Easy Video Sales, that I won recently. This is excellent stuff and I promise to create a proper review of it very soon, but in the meantime you can see his superb Mass Control presentation for absolutely nothing (you do need to give your name and email address). Mass Control was Frank Kern’s high priced event earlier this year and Jason gave away many of his video hijacker tips during his presentation (and then Ed Dale backed him up with a brilliant but simple YouTube trick near the end).

As part of the Immediate Edge I have been beta testing some new software called Market Samurai. This is not available at the moment but again I promise you a more detailed review. Apologies if you are following me on Twitter and fed-up of me raving about Market Samurai, but this is the best keyword/niche finding software I have ever used and they have already incorporated the extra information that Google is now revealing (as mentioned in my last post).

Finally, I have been gearing up for the Thirty Day Challenge which officially begins on 1st August. All the entries are in for the podcast intro competition and I’m almost sure I have found the winner (it’s a tough one, and I may need to make more than one intro). So, the next week will have to include me creating the intro in time for the challenge launch. I hope to video some of the process so you can see what’s involved.

Phew! Now I’d better get working