Is Your Youtube Marketing Still Effective?

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Hi all, are you actively doing youtube marketing? If yes, do you get the result that you want? I personally have one video in youtube close to 800 thousand views, and I put my links there, but I get not much traffic from there. I track with google analytics.

What do you think?
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  • Profile picture of the author paintbrush4u
    Of course it is...

    Do people go to youtube to search for things...

    As long as people go to search there... you will have money in that market... now how to reach that pot may be different in different niches but yes there is money to be made by youtube marketing....

    Do you count branding as making money too... you tube can be very effectivly used to build brands.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Lim
      How about a video that is not really relevant to your product? Anyone get good conversion rate also? My video close to 800 thousand views, but not really relevant to my product, haha..
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      • Profile picture of the author joejoechen
        Originally Posted by Steve Lim View Post

        How about a video that is not really relevant to your product? Anyone get good conversion rate also? My video close to 800 thousand views, but not really relevant to my product, haha..
        Bro if you're not selling your products on your video, change them out with something else! Keep rotating your offer eventually you'll see something that works better than the other, then keep on rotating until you find a comfortable ROI.

        Actually. If you want a shortcut, slap in a CPA offer with the current best trends (free ipad 2, free iphone 4) and i'm sure you could be making a sweet vacation money on the end of this year...
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      • Profile picture of the author VijayNadaGuru
        Originally Posted by Steve Lim View Post

        How about a video that is not really relevant to your product? Anyone get good conversion rate also? My video close to 800 thousand views, but not really relevant to my product, haha..
        You have answered the question. If your product is not relevant to your video, your conversions will be low. Find products related to the video and test different offers and build a list.
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  • Profile picture of the author James Schramko
    Originally Posted by Steve Lim View Post

    Hi all, are you actively doing youtube marketing? If yes, do you get the result that you want? I personally have one video in youtube close to 800 thousand views, and I put my links there, but I get not much traffic from there. I track with google analytics.

    What do you think?
    One video is hardly a valid sample size. I think you need more
    range in your test data.
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  • Profile picture of the author SeanLee
    Guys, how do you actually bring traffic to your videos ?

    Is it essentially with vid SEO, or do you use also paid traffic ?
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  • Profile picture of the author xxxJamesxxx
    You want a stong call to action to make people to click on the link in the description box.

    Also, use the anotations to tell people to check out the link and make arrows like this:

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    These act as eye guiders leading the visitor to your link.

    Hope this helps

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Fermina
    I have a video up on youtube that is a "How-To Guide" and it converts for me because these people are looking for answers and those anwsers lead to a buying mood.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Lim
      I think for youtube we no need to paid for traffic, the traffic will naturally come if your put the good relevant keyword tag, plus the video at least bring some interest to people.

      I realize video like funny, crazy, how to do this/ so that.. might bring good traffic.

      Anyway, I am curious anyone of you do a Google Keyword research before type in the keyword tag?
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  • Profile picture of the author uleesgold
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    Putting the right keywords in the video as well as in the right category will help others to find the video under 'Similar videos' as well as through searches in YouTube.
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  • Profile picture of the author iuditg
    Yes it does. People Always like video reviews, People representation. It always helps them choose right product.
    Regarding Traffic, It depends on how well the video is made.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shirlyn
    Submit your video again with catchy niche related title and you will get traffic from you tube as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author DanMurray
    800 000 views and no traffic, hmmm i think you must be doing something wrong or the video you have is totally unrelated to the traffic you are trying to drive. I think the fact you have a video has so many views proves youtube marketing is still effective however it is how you handle the traffic and make your offer stand out, just market it a little better and you will be on your way,

    Danny
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    • Profile picture of the author glycodoc
      Looks like you might not be attracting your target market and that is why no one is buying. Check your keywords to make sure they are "buying keywords". Example would be "string bikini" or "red string bikini" > the second would more likely be a buyer.
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  • Profile picture of the author terrencewan
    Hi Steve Lim,

    You need to do some test on your link,
    you already have the traffic,
    so now twist your link abit by making
    some changes, monitor for awhile,
    if no results, then made another
    changes or add in some other
    eye catching words or logo or
    pictures.
    I am sure you will get what you want
    if you try harder.
    Good luck and wish you success.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesGw
    Youtube marketing is always effective. It shouldn't be your only source of traffic, but it's still really useful. It's great for branding as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author waterburn
    Yes, my number 1 source of traffic are my youtube videos. I post one or two per week.
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    I think these days video is getting better and the quality also. So it will be more competitive, but the same thing applies people are after hard core info that can help them. If you can do this, then you have already won in my eye.

    I am still suprised how well people react to video. And websinars too. they seem to be working well and have good conversion rates, you can also show you users proof. That is the big thing that fence sitters need.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr Livingston
    Youtube is awesome for traffic generation, you just need to know how to target it. Are you a member of any CPA network? It's best to use quick offers such as zip submits or email submits.

    You can also use amazon, they have alot of different products that I'm sure something would match your video with.

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author stepiw
    If the video is oriented for people who are ready to buy and you add a relevant link, I don't see why it shouldn't work. So make sure you post videos on subjects like "iPad reviews" instead of "How to get grocery shop on budget".
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  • Profile picture of the author cyong
    it must be something wrong with your video/description. 800k view with low click through rate is bad, try offer free CPA there, it works well..
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  • Profile picture of the author bestmusicforvideo
    I agree with what many people are saying here-make sure that your video matches it's tags....otherwise people will get there that are looking for something else and will move on.
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  • Profile picture of the author edmltw
    Try putting annotations. They work amazingly well, combined with a buffer time function, that 5 seconds of the 800,000 viewers will be focused on your advert.
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  • Profile picture of the author sting82
    My rate for Youtube 3000 views get 2-3 sales for one video.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Lim
      Hey guys, thanks so much for the information and advice, will optimize again, really have to do something and make it right. If not is really wasting all the traffic there!
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve Lim
      Originally Posted by sting82 View Post

      My rate for Youtube 3000 views get 2-3 sales for one video.
      3000 views and 2-3 views I think is good for me!
      If 800 thousand views probable about 800 sales.

      How about other members? Do you get similar sales conversion?
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