What do you think is more effective, you tube marketing or article marketing?

Depends on what you mean by article marketing. Guest posting is a form of article marketing and it can be really effective for SEO and traffic. Submitting to article directories rarely brings a return unless your articles get picked up by relevant blogs that like your content. Youtube is very effective if you take full advantage of it and provide good video content and beef it up with views, comments, etc. I'd say they could be about equal, it just depends on your ability to promote them.

Hey Wartiger,

I would say Youtube is definitely a better bet for focusing your efforts on.

A good way to check is to Google "Make Money Online" and see what pops up first. Its a video on page 1.

In my opinion Article Marketing is more for SEO and doesnt work as well as it did back in 2010/2011.

Plus videos are way cooler!

Zayne

These types of posts just never end. Why do you want to keep trying the same old thing when it's already not working? Sure, it can work for somebody, but these techniques are hit and miss.

Stop trying to take shortcuts and make as much content (articles) as possible and keep that content on your own website. That is what gets traffic.

YouTube works great for me when I am aiming for traffic (think of the billion viewers they have each month). But article marketing is STILL necessary, when it comes to SEO.

a lot of people prefer 'watching' than reading

so if you'll ask me, I prefer YouTube.

Someone has to do this:

Why bother with article or video marketing at all as according to your signature you know a method that will:

7-Figure Earner Shares How $100 Turned Into $238,928 In Less Than 8 Weeks Without A List Or Paid Advertising

Forget about wasting an time doing with article or video marketing. You can be a multi-multi-multi-millionaire within 12 months just using the system you are trying to sell people in your sig.

Not trying to be a total d-bag. There is a bit of a point to that.

You want to do a 'versus' type comparison. First, what are your goals? What exactly are you thinking you want to achieve with articles or video?

What specific task? Branding, lead generation, squeeze page driving, list building, or ...?

I think the answer is specific to what you are trying to do.

I also think article marketing is overrated and over-hyped on this forum. You can dig around here and find some fantastical claims about article marketing, like one long time member claiming to be making over one million dollars PER DAY. I don't believe any such outlandish claims, and wonder why they are made. Perhaps to prop something up???

Not saying there are not people making money off of article marketing, maybe even some real good money, but the only things you will find here from the article marketing 'experts' is a whole bunch of talk without any real proof. Only claims, which may be entirely accurate, mostly accurate, mostly inaccurate, or complete BS.

After Panda, Penguin, etc., we all saw what happened to places like Ezine Articles. Article Marketing, as described by the AMing 'experts' here is best thought of as syndication. There seems to be some evidence to support the idea that Google either considers flat out (or has difficulties making full determinations between 'syndication' and duplicating spam) article syndication to be duplicate content.

Someone mentioned PLR videos. Be careful for longterm use with those. Google has an army of PhD's and otherwise very smart and clever folks. Right now it is pretty easy to trick Google with duplicate videos, but how long until their algo, programmed by some of the sharpest software minds in the world, does the same thing to PLR video that it does to spun crap and PLR spam?

To give a general answer to your question, and it is only an opinion, not humble but potentially wrong as hell, in 2013 the smart money is on investing in video for the future. It will be much more necessary in the not too distant future than it is today. Meanwhile duplicate content articles, excuse me ... I mean syndicated articles, will probably continue along its current path.

What path is that? Look at all the Google slaps in the last few years dealing with duplicate content, article directories, spun articles, etc.

But, judging from your sig, you are a money chaser, not a business builder. You can find plenty of threads here from money chasers that find themselves back to square one, with 6 figure incomes disappearing overnight, when their system, method, spam, etc., dries up from a change in Google or some other influencing third party. Again, not trying to be a d-bag, just trying to get you to think ...

I would suggest that for people building long term, web based businesses, video will be ultimately necessary.

Basically, nobody can really answer that question for you. You are not having luck with either one, so you just want to focus on making one work. Before you figure out which one you want to focus on, before you throw more good time and money after bad,

You need to analyze why you are not having any results with your current methods.

One last bit in an overly long post, is that is just isn't that simple - at all. Having a video that doesn't convert doesn't mean it isn't a lucrative marketing channel. It could mean there were problems with the video, not the method. Video is a little bit understood by a lot of IMers, from what I have seen.

It is easy for many to judge a good article. Video ups the ante. Tremendously. The level of technical experience required, the sophistication and technicalities of software (MS-Word for articles compared to potentially needing three or four different pieces of software totaling into the thousands of dollars), etc. Add to that the fact that with video, you are delving into the visual arts.

The point of that is that you can convey much, much more information in one minute of video than you can in one minute of text - including flaws, failures and mistakes. Need to be very thorough, detail oriented and creative to put together a qualtiy video, in addition to being proficient on complicated and expensive software.

I'll shut-up now. The point is, nobody can give you an answer because nobody here, aside from you, has enough information to determine why neither artices nor videos are putting money in your pocket right now.

Not trying to be jerk, just blunt. And I am not trying to belittle or insult you, just compel you to analyze what is not working with what you are currently doing. Before you figure out which direction to go from here, you first need to figure out why neither one is working in your case.

In the long term video is the best tool. However, too many people are just cranking out content which is them just sitting in front of a video camera droning out what is essentially a blog on tape. Bad idea.

The reality is that you need to generate high quality content (not necessarily a sexy video) that connects with the audience properly.

We have been doing video marketing for more than 20 years and I developed a system of video marketing recently for one of the TV networks that actually gets us traction on YouTube naturally. In fact, it worked so well that I started selling the system to select customers - which includes a marketing mentoring component.

I am curious. Would you sit in front of your TV for many hours watching bad programming. Just like regular TV, you need to provide value and some entertainment.

My business partner and I produce TV shows for networks and I think part of our advantage is that we do understand the psychology behind creating video content. Can you buy a camera and crank out videos. Yes. I can also buy a scalpel, it does't make me a surgeon. There is actually a reason why I have degrees in both Cinema and Business as well as a best selling book on the subject; I spent years researching the most effective methods of using video to sell stuff.

People do respond differently to different types of content. I produce a long series of blogs on the subject and its not something you learn by reading an ebook. Be prepared to dig deep into how to create effective content.

I do run a training course called Brangineering: Content Marketing School, but only for a very limited audience because doing it right takes some resources and training. I really object to those schools that promise riches overnight. That does not work. I will guarantee close to #1 video rankings if our system is used, but I am careful to mentor the person because it is a long term activity.

Bottom line, blogs only go so far. There is great power in the auditory and visual experience done correctly. Text on the page rarely achieves the same impact as video.

Short answer = YouTube (current)

Why not combining this two methods for better results?

Sorry to hear that you are not getting any results.

The truth is that it is the way this kind of marketing works – unless you use some kind of Black Hat techniques, you will get little or no hits to your websites from these methods.

Think about it, there are thousands of videos and articles online – how are people even going to find what you have posted?

Forget about that hype of getting your videos on page 1 of Google and getting your articles noticed – these are just sales gimmicks that are being done.

The simple truth is that you will get very little or no traffic from article writing and making videos.

All the best. Regards.

Article marketing is a waste of time unless you have great content they are targeted to your audience. Most seem to submit them to directories and they tend to get lost amongst the millions of spun BS articles out there.

It also comes down to what sort of business you have. If you are just selling how to stuff to internet marketers then good luck with that. If you are selling real products then you should submit them to offline sources that will actually publish them.

Sorry but people kid themselves if they think that mass prouced articles will get the right attention... these are probably only good for SEO.

Whichever way you choose, be intersting and have real value to offer your audience. If you are not interested in building that relationship, then stick to paid ads IMO.

Cheers,

Sal

Videos are the way to go. I always get a lot more persuaded by listening to somebody on a YouTube than by reading a 1000 word squeeze page.

Just keep the video short and to the point.

I blieve it is definitely YouTube.

I have been doing YouTube marketing for 6 years now and I found nothing more powerful i terms of constant steady free traffic than what my videos are producing.

Video searches has been witnessing a great rise recently. If you are going to concentrate on one traffic source only then I surely recommend that you concentrate on videos.

If you need assistance in this field then I advise you to check James Wedmore. He has an excellent video marketing course.

I will say that no one in particular is better especially if article marketing includes writing on your blog.

With that said, you can rank a youtube video way faster than an article. Thats my own observation and experiment

It really depends....I personally enjoy youtube marketing more...and people seem to really want to watch videos now a days...Youtube continues to gain more popularity

Both youtube marketing and article marketing are effective for getting targetted traffic, the results depend on how you target the keywords in your videos you submit and also in articles.

Both are real good although i think youtube is even better especially if your good at creating videos, you can do reviews on other peoples or your own products but again it involves how well you target those keywords and how well you use social media to share those videos!

If that's the case, then none is more effective for you. Find a different marketing strategy to promote your business with so that you can get more immediate traffic and sales.

I would say that YouTube is more effective than article marketing. YouTube is one of the top 3 most popular sites on the internet. Nuff' said.

I would say you tube is the better one. However, you will need an HDR camera. Also, get a video editing program. I use video studio pro with the anti shake, that is important and also use a tripod to make your movies more pro. There is a lot to learn, but you can find out for free on you tube which has a lot of lessons on video editing and how to create great movies. Specialize in one area. That way people will hear about you.

YouTube is hot right now. But guest blogging can also be a great way to drive a lot of traffic.

Youtube is better for personal branding. People can see your face and therefore can decide from there whether or not they are going to trust you or not.

Articles are a traditional way to Internet market your business. It may take a little longer to see results with Articles then Youtube because not many people want to sit down and read.

I have done both, but prefer the instant gratification of seeing my Youtube videos on the 1st page of Google most of the time. They rank so well and if the keywords are WSOs that you are promoting, the title of the video is a Buyer keyword, so you can make sales with only a few clicks : ).

You tube marketing is more effective. There is possibility of duplicate article production and time taking. Article must has to be very interesting and eye catchy to stand out of the crowd. Thus concentrate on video marketing which can be profitable for attracting traffic to your site.

Both has got its on features....if your keywords are highly competitive and from SEO perspective optimizing a youtube video may get you a top ranking as the SERP's has become universal...
When it comes to content SEO, article marketing is one among the best options because if your content is fresh and interesting then your genuine audience will help you get sharing, bookmarking, likes, comments which is the most wanted backlinks ....

Ask any of the big players and I bet they all use paid, targeted ads. Not sure why people still invest heavily in trying to get free traffic. It still costs you one way or another.

I'd be interested to hear if some of the replies on here are based on theory or actually testing and measuring.

Whilst on the face of it, paid ads may seem expensive, they reach people who are in buying mode so conversions are usually higher than organic traffic.

When deciding what method of traffic gen you are going to use, then be clear on what your primary objective is and what you want the reader / viewer to do next.

Otherwise it's all a waste.