This document provides tips for optimizing videos for search engine results and increasing engagement. It recommends optimizing keywords and descriptions, distributing videos across platforms like YouTube and Facebook where audiences spend time, linking from text-based sites to drive traffic, engaging with video marketing communities, repurposing content in multiple formats, embedding videos on blogs and websites, including transcripts, and getting viewers to take an action off the video network like signing up for an offer. The goal is to use video to boost website traffic and conversions.
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1. Video SEO
How to Optimize Video to get More
Traffic, Engagement, & Conversion
2. We will discuss:
1. Keyword Optimization
2. Description Optimization
3. Video Distribution
4. Link Strategy
5. Marketing Tribes
6. Repurposing Videos
7. Embedding Videos
8. Transcribing Videos
9. Off Video Network Options
4. Description Optimization
Content (be sure to cover everything)
o Long format
Focus (get to the point, fast)
o Great intro
Transcription (automated or manual)
o Be sure you cover everything with a transcript
5. Video Distribution
Sharing sites
o YouTube
o Vimeo
o Flickr
o Facebook
o many more
Video variations
o Consider your audience
Distribution services
o OneLoad
o StartCut
7. Marketing Tribes
Getting others to view and share your video
o Your mailing list
Join video marketing groups and share your
link
o Meetup
o Facebook
o LinkedIn
8. Repurposing Videos
Screen shots
o Blog post images
o Ebook illustrations
Multiple lengths
o Long-form and short-form content
o Cut interview into segments
Products
o Video course
9. Embedding Videos
Blog posts
o Drive blog traffic to your video and boost the
viewer count
Web sites
o Share videos on guest posts to expand your
audience
Social media
o Post videos on social media to increase engagement
10. Transcribing Videos
Into Tweets
o Short snippet to entice viewers with a link
o Videos now show in Twitter feed (autoplay)
Blog posts
o Blog post transcripts introduce long-format unique
content
Discussion topics
o Post quotes from video on discussion boards in
reply to questions, with a link to the video
11. Off Video Network Options
YouTube gets paid to show ads to viewers.
Your job is to get people off the video
network and over to your website with a
compelling offer.
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12. Summary
1. Optimize keywords and description
2. Distribute where your audience is
3. Link text-only platforms to the video
4. Connect with other video marketers
5. Always repurpose content
6. Embed videos where appropriate
7. Always publish a transcript
8.Get viewers to take action
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