A light hearted escape for this post.

What happens when you are trying to record your weekly Podcast and your husband decides to that it might be “cool” to record a promotional video for his business, particularly focussing on the Google natural search results? Well, take a look and enjoy.
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After doing the interview with Jenny Ford from Cash Smart Kids a couple of weeks ago, my children decided to sign up for the program and participate. It has to be noted that the kids are paying for the membership out of their “pamphlet delivery” money, with the expectation that they will learn techniques to generate a better level and type of income. I’m very proud of my children.
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Social Networking is definitely the flavour of 2008 so far. With networks like ning.com offering you the opportunity to setup your own network, we are seeing an explosion of sites. Which is great - you get to network with like minded people, share information and hopefully grow your business.

I was invited to join a new Social Network the other day, which I did just out of curiosity. I like to feel and see something before I made a final decision. What I discovered was ZenZuu. Marketed as the upcoming social network, Zenzuu is giving 80% of its Global Advertising Revenue, to its members. A unique proposition.
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Today, I was introduced to a new system that will literally bring a flood of traffic and increase earnings. I was skeptical and decided to investigate a little further. This system makes claims like:

“Better yet… what if this new found traffic will hit your new,fully monetized website - virtually ALL on autopilot?”

“Picture this, a fully monetised website that opens the gates to a “traffic flood” that works for you 24 hours a day - 7 days week. This site brings you the passive income.”

“What if you only had to work 3 days out of whole month to cover the costs of running your website?”

Large claims, and I’m sure we’ve all seen the hype and promises before. I am cynical by nature and need to see verifiable proof, not just some screen shots from a clickbank page. I’m sure you know what I mean.

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The Free Video Products Giveaway has encouraged me to write about Video Blogging and using video on your website.

2007 looks to be the year of the Video Blogs (vlogs).

An explosion in Internet video is taking place, and in large part it’s an explosion based on video blogs. A massive online industry is gearing up around video sharing sites like YouTube and Internet video platforms like Brightcove.com. Television is moving online, and Internet TV may soon replace your favorite TV programs. Downloadable movies and TV Series are now the norm.

Should you cash in it? Personally, I haven’t caught up with the ‘fad’ yet - I hate waiting for videos to play to “get the message”…. I prefer the sites that let me read the content and then let me watch a video. However, I know that lot’s of people like to watch videos so I need to bring myself up to date very quickly.

So how can you get online with Video:

If you have a camera phone and a computer, you can create a video product and distribute it on the Internet as free or paid content. Video podcasting is the simplest and least expensive way to create and distribute a video product on the Internet. Anyone with a broadband connection and some simple tools can create an Internet channel today to broadcast content to a potential audience of millions.

Produce your video

The easiest way to capture video content is to shoot it with a digital video camera or camera phone. If you want to create the highest quality, you can use a webcam. And if your digital still-camera has a recording feature, you can shoot video clips with it, too. If you have a Mac, you can use iMovie or Final Cut Pro to capture a video directly from your camera. If you have Windows XP or Vista on your PC, you already have all the basic video capture and editing software you’ll need, so you can get your feet wet without investing additional money in software.

The marketing power of viral video
The majority of video content on the Internet is transmitted virally and downloaded freely, so you may want to consider the advantages of producing viral videos as well as paid video content. Viral videos can dramatically increase traffic to your web site or blog. Popular viral videos featured on the YouTube homepage can bring millions of new visitors in just a few days to the site that the video links to.

Viral video is one of the most effective and powerful tools that you can use to increase traffic to your site. If you’ve designed your site to achieve a good conversion rate of visitors to sales, then you should always consider the creation of viral video content as one of your key marketing strategies. People come to your site because they liked one of your viral videos; when they visit your site, they find out about paid video downloads, eBooks, and other products and services you offer.

You can post your video content on YouTube and Google Video for free. Include your web site or blog URL at the beginning of the text description of your video. If viewers like it, their comments will achieve a high ranking for your video. When your ranking increases, you may find it featured on the YouTube home page. Other web sites and blogs will want to link to your video, individual viewers tell their friends about it, and then you have a popular viral video, which spreads over the Internet to an audience of millions. This can bring a dramatic increase in your traffic and sales.

If you aren’t creating video products for both free distribution and sale on the Internet, you aren’t reaping the full benefits of connecting your business to the Worldwide Web. You may be impressed with how the Internet has become a great tool for gathering and transmitting information, but creating video content for a potential audience of millions on the Internet is the best way to take your business to the next level.

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