YouTube Interactive Video Meets iPhone App
YouTube has come up with a way to link between videos.
Using their annotations feature, viewers can click a certain spot on a video and be taken to another video.
This creates all kind of options for doing cool stuff with videos.
Well, we’ve just done something that I think is pretty cool!
We recently released our new novelty application for iPhone and iPod Touch.
It’s called Sergeant Gun.
Basically, you take a photo and modify it with military armor and gear, including a good deal of weaponry and explosive devices.
You can then share your creation with others via Facebook, Twitter or email.
It’s a lot of fun and everyone who has played with it has gotten a good laugh.
Anyhow, we have created an interactive video series on YouTube. It allows you to get a feel for the functionality of the app without purchasing it.
Of course, we hope that you’ll find it cool enough to have your own copy. That way you can Sergeant “Gunnify” your family and friends!
Simply start the video below to begin interacting with the video version of Sergeant Gun.
Then hop on over to iTunes to buy your copy of Sergeant Gun.
For me link baiting was the way to success.
Once you really get a good and it takes…. its just really awesome.
The first success I got was when I published my first successful link baiting contest. My traffic grew from 10-50 uniques per day to 5000-10000
Here are some tips
Know Your Audience
Before you even start you should have a good idea and know what you want to write about, most importantly however is that you need to know what you audience wants. This is what makes link bait posts like bait posts. You won’t get anywhere if your audience does not like it.
The Headline
You will want to write a catchy title at the beginning of the link bait article as this works best most of the time. Some argue that you need to write the title after the body of the post. Whichever the case make sure it catches the eyes of your audience.
Look at your site’s statistics to see what your visitors like. Also look in Google Trends what is currently popular. Google Trends always shows you a graph if it is going up or down.
Content is king
This is obviously the most important factor in writing a link post. You will want to make the link bait post filled with useful information. Make sure it is well written and informative. Always make sure that you write about a subject that you know a lot of. Don’t add unnecessary stuff; just provide the reader with what they want in an easy to read way.
Make sure the post is full of useful and information and make sure the post doesn’t drag on.
Chunk it up
With link bait posts you want to break the post up in chunks and include a lot of clear headlines. This will make the article easier to read and is also nice for skimming. Not a lot of people will read a huge article and this is important for the masses that just skim through, it also looks nice.
Visualization
This is not as important as there are many excellent link bait articles out there that do not include images, but including images will boost your link bait post just that much more
Hitting the Sweet Spot
• Research what topics are popular and write about what you know a lot of.
• Write informative and helpful posts; include resources and a tip or two.
• Break down the important points, people don’t like to read long paragraphs
• Make sure the post doesn’t drag on, keep to the point.
Good Link Baits
Good link baits are usually meaningful and insightful which the majority of internet users accept. Most good link bait posts are timeless.
Bad Link Baits
Bad in this case doesn’t really mean bad, it’s more like a bad attitude really. Bad link baits are usually controversial, while sometimes it might be a good thing. A lot of people find such posts distasteful.
Rank a product or service.
Ranking a product gives the rated product or services some free publicity; some companies may thank you for it. These posts are usually top ten lists. Lists especially make good link bait posts as you may have seen.
Controversy
Say something controversial that others might not say. This is actually an example of a bad link bait post but it might do you more benefit than harm.
Breaking news
It is quite difficult to report breaking news first if you are not well connected in the industry. But if you do manage to succeed here you will get some great publicity.
These things will in no way guarantee a successful link bait post, but may increase its chances. You cannot be sure if it will succeed or not. The only advice I can give you it to keep trying; you will definitely get better with it.
So does YouTube allow you to link to web pages besides just other YouTube videos? I could see a company having a well-down video produced, putting it on YouTube, it gets lots of viewers who, while watching it, click the link that takes them to the product on the company’s website and they buy it.
This is very old news. As a partner of google/youtube since 2007 I find it hard to believe everyone under the sun is not familiar with this long before your post. I’m enjoying reading your blog none the less. Take care Joel