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YouTube for the Entrepreneur
Do you have a product to sell or a message to tell? If you do, get your cam-
corder out, take a video of the product, or tape your message and upload the
video to YouTube. You might find some prospects for your product or service
by surfing the Tube. When you do create video to promote a product or ser-
vice, make sure you add ending credits with the URL to your Web site or to the
site where Tubers can actually purchase your product or service. Figure 1-10
is a YouTube video embedded in an eBay auction that’s being previewed via
eBay’s Turbo Lister software.
You can also embed your product video in your Web site. What a deal,
Lucille; full video to promote your product or service, and your site doesn’t
get the bandwidth hit. If you’ve got a warehouse full of products to sell, you
can embed a YouTube video on your site’s home page that shows site visitors
your facility and the awesome merchandise you have available. We show you
how to use YouTube to promote yourself or your products in Chapter 10.
Do you teach people how to use software applications, like Adobe Photoshop
and Dreamweaver? Well, don’t limit yourself to students in seminars. You can
also be a guru online. In fact, YouTube has a Guru account, which is right up
your alley, Sally. Being a guru online is different than being a guru in person.
Instead of using a projector to display your computer screen to the audience,
you use an application to capture video of every move you make while using
an application. You can record audio at the same time. We show you how to
create instructional videos in Chapter 7.
Figure 1-10:
An auction
that moves
bidders.
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