There are countless video websites over the internet and YouTube definitely has a lion’s share of this market. But the good news is it doesn’t matter much if you’re just starting out in this business, you can still become a successful video blogger. Videos are disposable, remember that. A person might get hundreds of thousands of views one day and be forgotten the next.

So, here we go:

Monetization Technique

Video blogs usually have several sources of income including Google Adsense, affiliate marketing, and advertising. If you have a publisher account with Adsense, make sure you utilize this tool effectively by displaying the ads non-intrusively in your content. You will be able to get natural clicks through good layout and placement.

Set Up a Wordpress Website

Most video bloggers use the Wordpress platform because it is easy to use and there are countless plugins you can choose from. Wordpress also allows pings, trackbacks, and comments. It is also very SEO-friendly so it is undeniably the number one choice among bloggers.

Choose Domain Name

Choosing the right domain name is essential if you want to have a profitable video blog. Organic SEO isn’t the answer to promoting this type of blogs. So you need to focus on finding a domain name that is snappy, memorable, or humorous.

Insert Plugins

Now is the time to insert great plugins in Wordpress. Some plugins you should try out include:

• WP-Email – the basic feature of WP-Email is the “E-mail this to A Friend” option. Don’t expect multitudes of people to use them but when they do, it will provide you with the best kind of marketing.
• WP-PostRatings – it adds the “rate this video” function. It’s a great plugin because it allows people to communicate and talk about their favorite and least favorite videos.
• Viper’s Video Quicktags – it will save you tremendous amount of time in ripping out the embed codes from YouTube and other popular video sites. You just need to put the video ID on the plugin and it will do the rest.
• Sociable – it adds a bar of popular bookmarking sites including Digg, Bloglines, and Reddit. It is recommended for you to choose a maximum of five major bookmarking sites because it can get confusing if you add more.

Feedburner

RSS is one of the best methods to build relationships with your readers. You can keep let them know when new videos are uploaded on the site.

Theme Design

Although there are a lot of great themes for Wordpress, you can design your own for a unique twist. Once you have the theme, tweak some of the graphics to make it more interesting as well.

Sourcing Videos and adding it on Your Blog

Now, for the real purpose of this article, how can you source great videos for your site? Here are quick solutions:

• Go to www.Digg.com/videos to see popular videos of the day. Grab the video ID and put in on your blog.
• Go to Google Video. It allows you to download the whole video so you can have it in mp4 format
• Go to YouTube. You should regularly go to YouTube; after all, this is the first stop for most videophiles.

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