Youtube Puts Your Business On Steroids

We know all about YouTube – More than 100 million videos viewed each day, tens of millions of unique visitors, one of the top sites on the Internet and so on. So, you’ve probably watched YouTube videos. But have you ever uploaded your own creation? The answer probably is “No”. So is there anything holding you back? It’s easier than you think to post videos, and there are even some good business reasons for doing it.

The main advantage of using YouTube video service is that it is completely free of cost at least for the basic operations. YouTube provides an easy way to host corporate videos. Some of the proven and most popular corporate videos could well be:

1. To bring into light one’s Expertise and Thoughts
2. Upload recordings of presentations you’ve given, to demonstrate authority and public speaking skills.
3. Share slides from presentations on any subject matter of your choice.
4. Create short videos of valuable tips of interest to your clients and prospects to show off your expertise.
5. Conduct a video interview with a Subject Matter Expert (SME).
6. Engage with the YouTube community by uploading video responses on topics related to your business or industry.
7. Post customer video testimonials to add to your credibility or show the results of someone using your services.
8. Put together a creative video explaining your product or service. Show your product in action using movie trailer-style: fast, creative and catchy.
9. Promote your events using recordings and real time postings.
10. Introduce your staff to add authenticity or take your viewers on a tour of your offices and city to help them feel connected with you.
11. Post links to your videos on various social networks.
12. Earn money from your videos by entering into a partnership with YouTube.
13. Display company information in every video including name, URL, phone number and email address.
14. Create “how to” videos to help your customers use your product or service. Post solutions to common product or service problems.
15. Show a work-in-progress project to a customer for review and approval, without the need for a face-to-face meeting or in-person demonstration.

Any such idea is welcome in the world of YouTube and all you need is to plan your shoot, grab a camcorder, and you’re off.

For business videos, though, you’ll want to keep it simple and straightforward, and get it done quickly. The next step would be editing, and after that you need to save your video in the appropriate format for YouTube, which recommends particular settings details of which are available on their official website.

So will this be a new beginning of you using YouTube to your advantage?

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• How Do I Increase My You Tube Video Views (slideshare.net)
• YouTube & the Online Video Revolution (Mia/YouTube Blog) (techmeme.com)