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There’s a lot of hype and bother about video marketing and you could see that it’s been gathering momentum for ages now. So I thought I’d take the time to determine if there’s anything in it. You’ll see many claims that video marketing can do wonders for your SEO rankings if you’re able to include your keyword phrases with the video submission, with the promise that untold thousands of visitors will suddenly pounce on your website as  a result.

Let me take this one step further …

Instead of just looking at video distribution, let’s look at the so-called Article to Video creation as part of the video distribution strategy. There are a lot of services that have sprung up over recent months that all sort of do the same thing — or do they ?

Let’s take a look at the Article to Video Creation Tools.

Article to Video Creation Tools

I’ve come across three services (I guess there are tons more out there!) that can do this for you -

#1.  Article Video Robot

Article to Video creation just became FUN!

With Article Video Robot you have the ability to churn any article into a full blown video while you’re online within minutes.

Are you an author at EzineArticles ? (They make this look so simple, and it is!) If so, take the URL of your article from EzineArticles and paste it into the box, and WOO HOO. Your article has been converted into Video format, ready to download or to distribute around the internet.

Once created, you can Edit the file, online, and replace things such as the type of voiceover (male/female), background music, background picture, etc. Then once you convert the video again it is ready for distribution … and all this takes only just a few minutes of your time.

That’s great news if you are a busy internet marketer !

But is it really worth it?

You’ve got two options to take up : the $47/month plan or the $97/month plan. But before you commit to any  plan, you can access the full working version to see just exactly how it works. That left me with no questions about how easy it was to use – it’s dead simple. The higher priced option also included the ability to distribute your articles around the internet to the multiple video sharing sites, making this the ultimate distribution centre for your needs.

#2. Instant Video Articles

This PC Desktop application Instant Video Articles has got to be one of the simplest to use … but not exactly sure if it’s the thing that you want to trust completely.

Sure, it’s cheap at just $27 – so affordable that anyone can snap it up and start to crank out article driven videos at the push of a button. As it rests on your PC you’re able to fire it up at any time without the need for an internet connection. In fact, everything you need is at the push of a few buttons – right at your fingertips – because Calvin is also including some themed background music for your video creation experience.

So what’s the risk ?

Well the down side is that PC applications go out of date easily. I’m not talking about software patches (like Microsoft vulnerabilities), but I’m speaking more about the look and feel of the video output itself. With the video production part of the article conversion software comes a standard voice, or two, which – to internet lovers – can become a tad boring.

I consider this to be “starter level” software to convert your articles to video because in time I think you will get bored with it, and once you start video marketing you will want to do things more online and have more editable choices up your sleeve.

But the upshot is that this is a one time fee and you don’t have to be a guru to run it from your own PC.

#3.Article to SWF

The Article to SWF software is a dedicated PC Software package that does a similar job to Instant Video Articles though is somewhat more expensive at $121.

Articles 2 Video is a windows desktop software that runs right on your PC. It creates flash video (swf) from articles. Yes, video with audio and animation. You can put the SWF video on your website, upload it to video sharing sites, do whatever you want. The most amazing thing is that  all you need do is: Fill in the article, click several buttons, then click “Create” button. Done.

No experience needed, no expensive flash software needed, anyone can do it.

Article To SWF comes with a swf to video converter. Load the SWF file, select the conversion format (avi or mpg, codec, etc.), click a button and it’s converts the video file to your selection of AVI or MPEG file. Then you can easily upload it to video sharing sites.

Yes it is a one-time fee, but with a price tag much greater than the former product I think it’s best left sitting there for now.

You would normally pay top dollars in this industry to get royalty free music for your website, but this is available for whatever price you would like to afford.

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Video Distribution Software

You would likely be aware of the many and various article distribution services and products that are available. Let’s take article distribution to a whole new level with video distribution services and software. The idea behind this is the same as article marketing – except your target audience is for people who prefer to  WATCH video rather than READ articles. This has massive implications: for instance, YouTube is the second largest Search Engine in the world – and who owns YouTube ? …. Google!

Further, over 50% of internet traffic is related to streaming video – not articles. So if you’re a marketer that wants a sense of direction, then jumping on the video distribution bandwagon is a no-brainer. Got it ?

Here’s a couple of services that will get the distribution of your videos around the internet in no time flat. All you need to have is a short (< 10 minute) video, best to keep it under 250 Meg in size. When you upload it to one of these services they will log into your other video sharing accounts and upload it for you automatically. The beauty of this is that you will be reaching a far greater audience and if you are using smart keyword terms and phrases in your description then they will be indexed. The kicker here is that the video sharing sites are Authority Sites, which means you get greater “link juice” associated with the links from the video sharing sites that you distribute your videos to.

Lastly, Google changed it’s indexing algorithm during May/June 2010 (called Google Caffeine) to search for more recent and relevant content — and if you are a video marketer then you are going to be popular with Google!

#1. Tube Mogul

Tube Mogul is a free video uploading service that distributes your video to more than 17 video sites (like YouTube, MetaCafe, etc). The great thing is that you can start your uploads straight away – all you need to have done is create an account at the destination sites and TubeMogul saves your login information on site and performs the upload to the various sites in your selection once you’ve uploaded your video to it.

Warning: TubeMogul doesn’t like affiliate promotions. And as such they have banned numerous accounts due to this rule. So if you’re planning to distribute videos with them you will need to keep them extremely informational or face their execution of judgement.

With the video you can include a description and a link back to your site so that when the video is distributed to the other video sharing sites you will gain some instant link juice back to the site where you want it to end up.

There is also a paid section for people who want to do more with their account, and I simply love the analytics that they have built into the system – which shows you simply how far and wide your video has been watched.

#2. Traffic Geyser

Ok, now we’re talking serious business here, because Traffic Geyser is not only distributing your video to video sharing sites, it’s also distributing to many other social sites around the world. You are guaranteed almost instant traffic to your website or product (if your video is done properly!) by using this service.

It distributes videos to over 100 Social Sites and it builds blogs and social sites for you within minutes. It helps you get top search engine rankings, traffic, rankings and leads

Get a 21 Day $1 Trial of Traffic Geyser to check out the cool features that are offered by simply filling in your email address.

The catch here is that you need to be able to cough up the $97 per month to be part of the system. Now if you’re chasing advertising in the social niche markets, then that is perhaps the easiest and cheapest form of advertising you will ever need.

But if you’re wanting to promote your website, an affiliate product, or anything else that you can think of on the internet (within the legal terms of use of the software!) then Traffic Geyser will get you there.

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Internet marketing is easy once you know how. Yeah, yeah, yeah – people complain to me all the time that is DIFFICULT. But I assure you, it’s NOT.

The problem is that some internet marketing techniques are more involved and more time consuming than others. And that’s where the problem lies. So today I want to talk about (perhaps) the easiest method of SEO that you can get: Writing and Publishing Your Own Articles.

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Take search engine optimization (SEO is what the guru’s call it!) for example.

To become highly skilled at search engine optimization, you first need to learn what elements to change in your pages to make them rank high. Then you have to optimize each one of your pages before you even submit to the search engines. (This is something you can read about elsewhere on my blog !)

You’ll have to spend time doing keyword research to make sure you pick up traffic to your site that you want

Next, you submit to the search engines. Sometimes the search engines will index your site in a few hours. Sometimes it takes weeks, or even months. Of course this is a necessary process for you to free traffic, but it’s not the only way to do it.

Building backlinks is also a part of search engine optimization. It’s called “off-page optimization” and the SE’s recognize authority sites by the number of links that are pointing to it. (These are called in-bound links.) Even with software to do the job, you still have to do it manually. It may take weeks or even months to build up enough links to rank on the front page of search engine results.

I’ve heard so many people complain about internet marketing being a complete SCAM because their bank account has dried up with all the expenses that they’ve incurred from things people recommend, but don’t work ! That’s my warning to you – so be careful with what you do with your cash.

With article writing it’s different. You choose the keywords you want to use to write your articles. You create a list of things related to your topic. Create your resource box, (which contains a link back to your site of course !) write a short summary, submit, and you’re finished.

Now it may not seem that simple to you. After all, you may not be a writer. But you know how to write a grocery list, don’t you?

If you know how to write a grocery list, or a letter to a friend, then you know the basics of writing an article.

Submitting your article is even easier. Copy and paste, click submit, and it only takes 30 seconds.

That’s where Article Marketer will help you the most. Article Marketer is the number one article submission service on the internet.

They offer:

One click submission of your articles to over 67,000 publishers and over 5,000 article directories. (Try doing that in the social bookmarking realm and you’ll stop after you reach 50 directories … believe me, I’ve done it !

Massive backlinks gradually, over time. No need to submit to directories yourself.

Article submission automation. Just tell the system when you want the article to start posting, and the system takes care of the rest.

To help you with all of your article writing efforts, Article Marketer offers Article Marketer University: complete article training for free. You may also download the free 8 Minute Article Writer software to help you write articles faster and easier than ever before.

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I’ve been with them for over 2 years with Lifetime Membership, and it’s well worth it. For me, I never have to distribute articles manually, EVER AGAIN ! So check it out and see if it’s something that you can invest in.