Video blogs also known as Vlogs. Video blogs aren't much different than the traditional blogs except Vlogs present content and information to the visitors in the form of video instead of text.
Video blogs are interesting and interactive. With a video blog, you can communicate and reach visitors more effectively than words. There are things that simply hard to express well in writing.
You can truly express your comments and feels on some hot issues or breaking news. Your visitors will hear your tones and see your facial expression. Words and writing sometimes just cannot truly illustrate your feelings to readers.
Setting up a video blog is similar to setting up a traditional blog. You need to first choose a blogging platform. There are several choices but Wordpress platform is highly recommended. Then register for a domain name and select a web hosting package.
Once you have your domain name and hosting account set up, you may proceed to install your Wordpress blog into your hosting account. After the installation process completed, your Wordpress blog is up and running but you'll need to change the Wordpress theme. Look for a theme that best suit the topic of your video blogging. Here are some of sites that provide free Wordpress themes:
- Wpthemesfree.com
- Freewpthemes.net
- Fresheezy.com
- WpSkins.org
As you will be posting video consistently on your blog, you will need some extra tools. You must have the following equipments to run a video blog:
- A camera for creating videos
- A video editing software
- A microphone
- A tripod for creating your video posts
Once your Wordpress blog is 100% up and running and you became familiar to the process of creating and posting videos to your video blog, then you are set to start making money online. Just like the traditional blogs, video blogs also provide multiple streams of income sources to the blog owners. Below are some of the ways to make money online with a video blog:
Advertising Revenue
Since video blogs are more entertaining than traditional blogs, they can attract a lot more traffic. So, using pay per impression advertisement programs to generate income may be a good option. These programs pay you based on the number of times their ads are displayed on your video blog. e.g. $1.50 per 1,000 page views. The popular pay per impression programs are:
- TribalFusion
- FastClick
- CasaleMedi
- ValueClick
Another type of ad program is pay per click advertising program. Pay per click advertising programs doesn’t pay you based on page views. You ad revenue will depend on the users clicks on the ads. The more people clicking the ads, the more money will be credited to your account. Some good pay per click advertising programs are:
- Google AdSense
- Yahoo Publisher Network
- Kontera
There are many video bloggers claiming that they have a click-trough rate more than 10% on AdSense PPC ads. So, it is possible to make a decent amount of ad revenue using pay per click programs.
Pay Per Play Video Content
There are companies allow you to post their videos on your blog and earn money each time your visitors watch the videos on your blog. This may be a great option to Vlog owners who cannot create videos for posting on their blog on a regular basis. By joining these companies, you can use and post their videos on your blog often. You can post one video daily or in every day to keep you video blog updated and attract new and returned visitors.
One great company offering these services is TheNewsRoom.com. TheNewsRoom.com has video content related to financial news, entertainment information, celebrity gossip, and more. You are allowed to post any video content of TheNewsRoom on your blog and make money for each video play.
Post Your Video on Other Sites
Some video bloggers make thousands of dollars by posting the videos in their blog to video sharing sites like Metacafe.com and Break.com. You too can do the same to increase your income and traffic. As long as you are uploading original and entertaining videos to these video sharing sites, there will be people wanting to view them and you will earn money for each view.
Market Affiliate Products Using Videos
Web video is proven to be effective when it comes to increasing online sale. So, your video blog is a great tool for promoting affiliate products. Some affiliate products you can choose to promote on your vlog are clothing, DVDs, CDs and books. A few companies that sell these products and own an affiliate program you can join are:
- Road Kill Tshirts
- Netflix
- BMG Music
- Book Wise
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