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[ChrisMonty]

OK, let's hear it.  This could be mega huge.  What are you guys thinking?

Bid on music videos and advertise ringtones? 

[C2M Ruck]

The only thing about advertising ringtones and the whole new Youtube system is that you can only advertise a video right? I'm under the understanding that it's pay per click traffic to your videos or a specific channel. If this is the case, I dont see how ringtones will work without considerable work. Had this been a year ago I would have been driving uniformed marketers and newbies to a membership site. Would have made good coin as a marketer.

Sometimes I really miss that stuff

[GoogleSearchSux]

I checked out YouTube briefly and think it will be tough to monetize. The channel page sucks for driving people somewhere else.

[ChrisMonty]

Having dug into it a little more deeply, I agree with you guys.  Looks like it could be a bit more difficult to monetize.  That's not to say it isn't worth a go-round, but it will require a lot of testing.

[C2M Ruck]

Think would be a lot better for branding something real rather than having a go at it being an affiliate.

[allenb]

I tried YouTube PPC for 2 offers and am OK sharing results with the group. I created short videos (<30 sec) with a big promise and a strong call to action using the free Animoto video service (pretty cool).

Tried one CPA offer for diet/weight loss, bidding on seed keywords as well as celebrity names associated with it. Lots of clicks out to my video (there were only 2 sponsored video ads and the other one wasn't nearly as targeted as mine) and really cheap versus search PPC ($0.25 versus $1.50+). Bad news -- very poor CTR through to the offer. ROI not there for this one.

Tried a CPS offer for a crappy ebook through Clickbank. Only so-so click volume but decent CTR to the offer and break-even ROI. I think this could be a good marketing process if the offer were a freebie for an opt-in rather than the sales page.

My conclusion based on this limited experience = the volume's there and there's not a lot of competition (good news), but there's an uphill battle to make a marketing process work (click on ad, watch video, click to offer, take an action).

[ChrisMonty]

Animoto kicks serious ass.  I'm thinking about giving this a try, although I'm working on ONE thing right now and I'm going to stick with that until I get it profitable.

[D.abils]

I know how to promote on youtube it is pretty easy. I Could tell you guys if you want me to tell you how to gain mass amounts of traffic from youtube i can tell you but i want banner ad space on your webiste for some time. i actualy have thought of making a list of ways to promote for like 5 bucks actualy im thinking about that.

[D.abils]

Is it worth creating a YouTube entry to promote your site, I have been hearing lots about this and really want to know if this is the way forward?