Using Videos to Attract & Retain Visitors – Getting More Blog Traffic

Videos remain to be a great option even to the new bloggers to attract & retain more visitors to their blogs. If you have not tried one, it might seem an enormous task to create & upload a video. The reality is in fact that it is quite a simple process.

With videos, bloggers could open up multiple channels & ways to connect with internet users. Each of these channels open up new ways to connect with more people, more customers & more visitors.

There are a couple of ways in which you can start of with making your own videos:

• get a handycam & start shooting right from your home office
• use videos available on free websites like YouTube on your website – do check with the author before use to prevent usage violations
• employ a professional video making company to create videos on demand for your blogs

If this is the first time you are thinking of using videos to add more value to your readers & gather more subscribers, here are a few tips to help you explore:

• brand all your videos with watermarks – you can even create a custom video player with your branding
• share your videos on popular free video sites like YouTube – there are always millions of users & viewers on YouTube looking for your creation
• allow people to share & embed your content – this could help spread your messages faster over other video bloggers
• allow podcasts & vodcasts from your website
• show ads on your videos for extra online money from video blogging
• become an affiliate of any video production company & promote them to anyone looking to create videos for their business
• review other products, services or publish video interviews of high profile people from your community or line of business – they could be syndicated video productions or you could do it for free & earn money back from advertising
• sell 5 – 10 secs video advertising slots for long duration videos

When used correctly videos could add meaning and a new dimension to your blogs. Especially for blogs that focus on traveling, technology, training etc, videos could help in delivering the extra punch that one could not achieve with plain words.