15 Good Websites for Promoting Your Video Business.

posted by Steve on 6th, 2008

It is true that a website can give you a great web presence and necessary exposure. But by default, creating or launching a website doesn’t automatically guarantee it’s going to be successful in reaching your target audiences or getting you any business. There are millions of websites out there on the www where there is little or no traffic. So, getting the traffic is the most important thing.

And getting local traffic is a real key to your video business success.

With the help of a real SEO expert, I just finished up a great half-hour video on how to optimize your video production business website to really get right out in front when people are searching for local video production resources. The new video is available online 24/7 to Video Business Members and if I decide to sell it to non-members, it’ll probably go at $60 -which is more than twice the monthly subscription rate for the VBA…so if you’re interested in learning how to do get max results in the local search engines, including Google Maps and Yahoo! Local, I think it’s a darn good deal -and you can sign up right here.

But while you’re pondering your decision on whether or not to join the VBA (and here’s something that maybe can help you with that), Kristin Edelhauser over at Entrepreneur.com wrote a great article awhile back that bookmarks 15 sites for promoting your local business -video or otherwise. She says (and I agree), “The advertising of the future is going online–and going local. This hot trend is growing rapidly and shows no signs of letting up. In fact, according to a report by Borrell Associates, local online advertising is expected to grow by 31 percent this year, hitting $7.7 billion. The report also predicts local paid search will skyrocket by 86 percent this year, up to $1.8 billion. Local e-mail marketing will experience growth of about 54 percent, reaching $233 million.”

There’s no question that consumers are using the internet to navigate their way to local brick-and-mortar retailers. A recent study by ROI Research Inc. and Performics shows that online searches influence 20 to 30 percent of purchases made at retail locations–and that number is only increasing. More and more sites, like Local.com, are making their presence known by competing against major search engines like Google and Yahoo! So study up, plan your budget and get in on the online advertising game.

And take a serious look at joining the VBA, willya? You owe it to your business.