I just finished a 6 hour live Youtube training seminar about marketing on Youtube. My brain is a little fried right now but I wanted to share a quick little tip regarding your Youtube channel.

First of all, youtube has made a lot of great changes to the channels and they are really serious about being a true social networking site and not just a place to upload your videos.

Before I give you a great tip, here are a few facts about Youtube you need to know if you are ready to start using Youtube as a serious social networking site.

Check out these statistics and decide if you want to be a part of this massive action:

In November 2009 171 million people viewed 12 billion videos on Youtube in the USA alone!

Youtube dominates the video market – 40% market share – next is Hulu 3% (November 2009)

The average online viewer watched 12.2 hours of video that month

The average duration of video is 4 minutes – keep your videos short and sweet. People have a short attention span.

Youtube is now the 2nd largest search engine behind Google. – Make sure you optimize your videos!!!

Youtube is not just teenagers anymore!

Here are some demographics!

53% male 47% female
Median age 33
47% married
69% college educated
Median income $74,000

OK, I think you get the point!

Here is a great Youtube marketing tip I picked up that I want to share with you today.

If you already have a Youtube channel you are probably directing people to it using the simple link.

http://www.youtube.com/yourchannelname

http://www.youtube.com/earnmybusiness is my channel.

This is what we usually put on our webpages, blogs, and social media sites as the link to our Youtube channel.

If you want your Youtube channel to receive page rank and show up in the search engines you must make this change asap!

http://www.youtube.com/user/yourchannelname

http://www.youtube.com/user/earnmybusiness

The web address with /user/ in the name actually gets the page rank. Even though they both go to the same place if you leave out /user/ your link is not getting any back link juice from google.

I have noticed in a lot of my other pages I skipped the /user/ and am updating my links right now. You should do the same.

As I pour through my extensive notes from the 6 hour Youtube seminar, I will be adding more helpful tips about taking your Youtube channeland videos to a higher level. So stay tuned.

Also, check out my Youtube channel and become a subscriber. I will subscribe back. More about the power of that later.

So get to work and get the page rank you deserve with a simple tweak!

See you soon!

Jeffrey Taylor

Why Do You Want To Start A Home Business?

There are many reasons why people want to start a home business. One reason many people fail after a short period of time is that they do not take stock in themselves. To be successful you must have certain traits.

I have worked from home for over 15 years and have helped many people get started. I have listed below some of the most important traits you should have when working from home. Go through the list and be honest with yourself. If you lack some of these traits, you must determine what changes in your lifestyle you need to make in order to acquire them.

1. Self Discipline. You are the boss and you do not have someone looking over your shoulder to make sure important tasks are getting done. You must have a daily schedule where things are getting done. There will be times where you will have to lock yourself in your office and get work done.

2. Create A Routine. Working from home allows you to set your own hours. You must develop a daily routine where  you have allocated times to get work done. You cannot continuously put things off until tomorrow or you will fail.

3. Willingness to succeed. It will not be easy in the beginning. Are you prepared to keep going even when it gets tough? Too many people quit after several months, not realizing that it takes time to build a business.

4. Desire. You cannot be wishy washy. Either you want to do this or you don’t.  If you truly want to do this you must have the desire and drive to make it work. If you are one of those people that quits when the going gets tough you are in trouble.

5. Purpose. To be successful you must have a purpose. What are your goals? What do you want to accomplish? Where do you want to be 1 year from now? Without a clear understanding of this, you are starting out on the road to failure.

6. Continuous Learning. Starting a home business does not require a formal education. You must be willing to educate yourself about the skills you will need to run your business. Most of these tools can be found online if you are willing to do your homework.

7. Enthusiasm. The whole reason you are working from home is to make life more enjoyable. You need to like what you are doing if you expect to recruit others into your business. With all the opportunities out there you should find something that excites you.

How many of the above traits do you have? Are you willing to change your lifestyle to make sure you have them? Starting your own home business is an exciting life change, but you better take it seriously and be prepared to adhere to the traits above or you will not be successful.

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