What Makes A Good YouTube Video

What Makes A Good YouTube Video

YouTube is a great way to make some additional cash, but only if you know how to get people to look at your videos. Most videos just aren’t that interesting or searched for that much.

For example:

-          Watching Paint Dry probably won’t get viewed much

-          Watching a cat mess up a new paint job probably will get viewed

Now, is either going to go viral? Probably not, but if you are looking to make money with your videos, it’s more likely that the cat messing up the paint will get more views and ultimately make more money. Today, we are going to highlight a few makes to make a good YouTube video and help you understand what can help you go viral and make more money.

Time Is Not Your Friend

Most videos that are over 30 seconds aren’t going to get watched completely. Therefore, do what you can to get your message across quickly. Social media is based around this theory (i.e. Twitter only uses 140 characters and people aren’t complaining). Find a way to cram everything into 30 seconds. If you can’t do this, find a way to get your “AD” message loaded up quickly.

Don’t Force Them To Watch An Ad

That being said, don’t make the viewer watch an “AD”. YouTube is like Break.com or any other video website; it is meant to waste time for the most part. Sure, there are some great “product reviews” and “tutorials” on YouTube but those are search specific … they are not going viral.

Make The Viewer WANT To Watch It

Sadly, the truth of the matter is this … if you want to get views, you are going to have use some “less than respectable” practices. For instance, have you ever clicked on a video because of the title? It probably said something that was TOO SHOCKING to skip over.  What about a video thumbnail of a SEXY MAN or SEXY WOMAN?

So, manipulate the title to get the desired result. Say your first title didn’t work, try again … and again … and again (until it works). Maybe there is something really crazy going on like Justin Bieber dropping his pants; use it!

And Finally, Fake Traffic Moves Videos

If you really believe that video really received 100,000 views in the very first hour it was listed … then you are delusional. Even though YouTube does not prefer fake traffic (it hurts their revenue stream), there are services out there that provide YouTube fake traffic. Most of the fake traffic is sniffed out by YouTube’s fraud detection system but every system has flaws and YouTube is not immune to all these “traffic” providers. Of course, using the same provider over and over will get you caught and the provider as well. It would be wise to find several providers and use them at different times in order to maximize your traffic potential … and move your video up the ranks.

So, now you have the knowledge you need to make an awesome video for YouTube. Keep it short and sweet, don’t make it an ad, find a title that grabs your visitor’s attention and remember that sex appeal is still the number one draw. Using these techniques, you are almost assured to gain more visitors and ultimately more ad revenue.