They failed to spend $7 and register the dot com and the dot net TLD.

Yes, folks, that is my lesson for today. If you decide to put your website on the .org TLD and the .com and the .net is available, then you absolutely must register the .com and the .net and redirect those to the .org with a 301 Permanent Redirect. If not, someone will come along and register that name in the .com and possibly in the .net TLD.

For some reason, we are just used to typing in the .com TLD and not the .org. It’s just one of those things that happen, when we think of a site we type in the .com first and then, if it’s not there, we will search for it.

Unfortunately, someone is currently using the .com of media guru, so I had to put up this blog on the .org TLD.

To fully understand why internet streaming videos are the next step in online marketing, you need to be able to grasp the objective of advertisers and the effects of the different methods of advertising.

Online advertising began mainly with newsletters in the form of emails or pop-up screens containing pure text and some inanimate pictures. As internet users became more and more accustomed to surfing the web these newsletters and pop-up advertisements gradually turned into annoyances. Marketing newsletters started to look like junk mail and pop-up screens became similar to billboard advertisements that you see every day. Also, pop-up screens disturbs the rhythm of internet surfing. There you are browsing away when you see a link or article which you decide to follow or read. Just as you are about to click on it or just as you are in the middle of reading it, the pop-up appears and displaces your current browser window behind it.

In short, these common forms of advertising soon became major annoyances in most cases that anti-virus software developers soon added anti pop-up features in their products thereby drastically reducing the number of consumers that these pop-ups were able to reach. To add emphasis to the drive against pop-up advertising windows, Mozilla developed a built-in anti-pop up utility into their web browser, Firefox. Just as the pop-window is about to open, Firefox immediately denies the opening of this new browser window. Today, you rarely see pop-up screens on your computer as you browse the web.

This is where streaming video comes in. It is undisputed that television commercials are still the best way to attract attention. The advertiser needs to make the product look good in TV, but their primary objective is to attract the consumer’s attention. Their second goal is to make the video memorable enough so that the customer remembers the brand name when they have need of the product.

The main advantage of videos is their ability to instill curiosity in a person. The strength of internet marketing through streaming videos is that it immediately grabs the attention of the viewer. The only thing that you as an advertiser have to do is to make the video interesting enough that it maintains or improves on that initial level of interest.

With the use of videos, the consumer gets a clear picture of what your product or idea is all about. This is an added bonus to the attention grabbing feature of using videos for your marketing or advertising campaigns. When a consumer knows what you and your product are all about, they can begin to trust you. A trusting customer is one who will patronize all your product lines.

Video is the future of the internet. Nothing gets more attention and more traffic. Nothing else can go viral as quickly. Practically nothing else can keep your visitors on your site for longer.

Without a doubt using streaming video will:

• Video on your site WILL increase time-on-page.

• Video on your site WILL generate useful feedback and comments.

• Video on your site WILL capture more opt-ins.

• Video on your site WILL convert more visitors into PAYING customers.

The big names like MySpace, YouTube, Facebook and the rest are not only dominating news stories now and people’s minds they are starting to play a really big part in driving traffic to marketer’s pages online. By using video streaming on these social marketing sites will bring a lot of highly targeted traffic to your site.

Remember, that when you want to sell an idea or product, the best way to grab a person’s attention is by arousing his curiosity through the use of videos. Video is the fastest and most efficient tool when it comes to getting your message across. Human beings are very curious animals and they love good stories. However, as good as your advertising video is, it is still the quality of your product that matters in the end.

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Do you want to turn your website into a perpetual cash cow? Then you need traffic. Lots of traffic. All things being equal, the more traffic you have, the more money you will make. It’s a simple equation. But how do you go about getting more traffic?

Well, one of the best ways I have found is through video marketing. This method can send absolute truckloads of traffic your way each and every day, and for free too.

Let me show you the secrets of exploding your traffic ten-fold with video marketing (you’ll be surprised at how easy it really is):

Step 1 - Create A Killer Marketing Video

Step 2 - Optimize Your Video

Step 3 - Submit Your Work For Massive Traffic

Let’s get ‘knee deep’ into the details now:

Step 1 - Create A Killer Marketing Video

A site that allows you to create a screen capture tutorial is Free Screencasts dot com. You can also get a download of Camtasia to start capturing screenshots of your computer if you cater to the Internet marketing niche or PC niche. If you’re in other niches, grab a camcorder and upload your video to your computer, then use a free copy of Windows Video Maker to edit your video.

Step 2 - Optimize Your Video

You want to get traffic right? Then include your website link at the end of your video, or even at the beginning of your video as well to suck in the traffic direct to your website. Yon can also include your link as a watermark throughout the video. YouTube also has a new feature called ‘Annotations’ that allows you to add background information to your video, and they can appear on your video at anytime.

Step 3 - Submit Your Work For Massive Traffic

The best sites to submit your videos online are undoubtedly YouTube, MetaCafe, MySpace Videos, DailyMotion and Google Video. Now here’s a site that really makes it easy for you to submit your videos to dozens of video sharing sites: Tube Mogul dot com. It only takes less than 5 minutes to submit your work to all the popular sites.

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A Vlog, or video blog, is a unique spin on the popular blogging concept. Rather than posting entries to your blog, a vlog is a video entry - much like the popular videos shown on YouTube and MySpace video.

But before you think posting video blogs is just something teenagers do - think again. There’s a huge audience out there watching video clips right now - and if yours is catchy or unique enough - you’ll see a stampede of traffic to your website in a very short time.

But how do you make a video people will want to watch? And how do you add it to your website and to video sharing sites? Here’s how:

1. Don’t make it into a sales pitch - No one wants to hear about how great your product is: unless you can show it in a way that puts a twist on the normal marketing campaign. For example, you could showcase the amazing stories of some of your clients who have experienced spectacular results with your product or service. Come up with unique and creative ways to get the word out in a way that will make other people want to share your video with their friends.

2. Let them create the video for you - Some companies encourage budding video producers to make a clip for them - and then let people vote on the winner(s). Some notable brands that have done this include Doritos and Coca-Cola. The good news is, you don’t have to have a huge budget to get some creative inspiration from your product buyers. Plus, allowing other people to vote on the winner helps spread the word like wildfire.

3. Make them take action - and evaluate it. To see if your new vlog campaign is working for your business, be sure to tie your video in to a measurable action such as signing up to get a free trial. Each person who views your vlog may not ultimately turn into a sale, but you can use the information you’ve captured to help market to this fresh new audience.

4. Get the word out - The last step is to post it on popular video sharing sites. Most notably, add your video to a site like tubemogul.com which submits to several video-sharing sites for free.

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Viral marketing is one of the most effective ways of driving traffic to your website with little effort on your part. With viral marketing, you can send your marketing message to selected recipients who then pass on that message to others. Viral marketing is easy and affordable, so anyone can do it.

If you have high quality products, your marketing message will be passed on to many people. Internet marketers want to pass on high quality products or services to their own lists. So the more appealing your products are, the quicker your marketing message will get spread all over the internet, and this will generate huge volumes of traffic to your website.

You can carry out your viral marketing campaign by creating e-books, reports or articles and distribute them to targeted recipients, giving them for free. Any internet marketer can do this; since it simply involves creating the product, pass it on and let other people pass it on further for you. Key examples of how you can do viral marketing are as follows.

Offer high quality products that spread your marketing message. Write well-researched reports and e-books on your niche and add your URL on these reports. Many people like getting free reports and e-books. These e-books will provide very powerful information on your topic, and people who read them will visit your website. Further distribution of your reports and e-book will result in more traffic to your website as well as increased awareness of your business or brand.

You can also offer a free service or product on your web site that spreads your message to an increasing number of people who hear about it. Send out news releases concerning the free service or product available on your site. This in turn will generate huge volumes of traffic to your website.

Setting up an affiliate program that encourages links to your products can also be helpful. If you can afford it, provide attractive financial incentive for other sites to pass on your marketing message. You can also install a ‘Recommend it” referral system on your website so that other internet marketers will pass on your website address to their lists. By having your own affiliates promoting your website, you drive a lot of traffic to your website.

Use traffic exchange programs where you exchange website links with other internet marketers. When you add your website link to another site, some people may be interested in it, and they may bookmark it or pass it on to other people who may be interested in your niche.

Write good quality articles and encourage other webmasters to post them for free as content on their sites. If you’re an expert in a niche, write an article on that niche and give it away for free to complementary sites to post on their site as free content, so long as the article contains links to your site.

Write high quality articles and distribute them online for free with reprinting rights. More directories, newsletters and e-zines will publish your article with your resource box and URL. With little effort, your URL will be distributed all over the internet, and this will lead to a huge flow of traffic to your website.

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Here are a few quick tips for creating videos that sell and catch the eye of the viewer.

Use these tips to create videos that will capture your viewers’ attention and make them want to see more of you.

That way, you can get them interested in what you have to say and ultimately use video marketing to create more traffic to your website!

Quick Tips For Creating Great Videos That Can Generate More Traffic For Your Website

1. Shoot outside - you get great light and your video will have more eye appeal and energy than a static inside setting.

2. Be Casual and Fun - some of the best videos we’ve shot have been fun and lighthearted. Remember, even when people are looking for information and knowledge they still want to be entertained.

3. Don’t be Boring - more of the keep them entertained rule!

4. Make Your Videos Short and To the Point - get your message across in fewer than 5 minutes. If you need more time, then you should make more than one video and have each one cover a complete mini-thought.

5. Watch for Too Much Noise - we shot a few videos down by the beach because we wanted people thinking about relaxing and having a beach lifestyle, but we were too close to the water and the ambient noise of the waves made it almost impossible to hear the speaker, so we had to reshoot farther away. Be sure you can get good sound quality and don’t forget how noisy the wind can be!

6. Stay away from distracting backgrounds - you want the focus of your video to be your primary subject, so be sure not to have a background that is too busy, loud or filled with so much activity that it takes the viewer’s attention away from your primary subject and message.

7. Have a Beginning, Middle and End - great filmmakers know that all successful movies have a beginning, middle and end. Your videos should be no different. Start by telling them what you’re going to tell them, this is the set-up for what comes next. In the middle, you want to give them whatever information or message you want to deliver. Then at the end, you can have a call to action where you try to get them to do something you want them to do, like go to your website for more info, or eat fewer candy bars or whatever. They won’t do it unless you ask them. Make your ending a call to action.

Use these tips to help you create better videos that can drive traffic to your site and increase your viewership.

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