Comments on: Making the Most out of YouTube and Vimeo Embedding https://daredreamer.com/making-the-most-out-of-youtube-and-vimeo-embedding/ The Sites & Sounds of Creative Expression Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: Paul https://daredreamer.com/making-the-most-out-of-youtube-and-vimeo-embedding/#comment-1970 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:58:31 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=6773#comment-1970 “Vimeo Pro allows you to charge access to videos you post if you so desire.” How would I do this? Is there a Paywall built into the Pro version or would I embed my video on my own site and install a paywall there? Any suggestions for good solutions?

Thanks.

Paul

]]> By: Bill Lewis https://daredreamer.com/making-the-most-out-of-youtube-and-vimeo-embedding/#comment-1969 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:39:15 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=6773#comment-1969 Hey Shawn, are there places for my shorts films for viewing like the site StageIt for music?
thanks Bill

]]> By: Shawn Lam https://daredreamer.com/making-the-most-out-of-youtube-and-vimeo-embedding/#comment-1968 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:28:42 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=6773#comment-1968 In reply to Ron Dawson.

Thanks Ron. It might be a while before I get to the next one as the twins and two year old toddler are eating into my evenings, early mornings, and weekends, which used to be when I could sneak in a bit of extra time. And I’m sure you are aware that Streaming Media Producer launched from the ashes of EventDV Live so I’m working on content for them and for my own blog. But maybe after NAB.

]]> By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/making-the-most-out-of-youtube-and-vimeo-embedding/#comment-1967 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:23:09 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=6773#comment-1967 In reply to Shawn Lam.

Great ideas Shawn. You have an open invite for another guest blog post. Great stuff!

]]> By: Shawn Lam https://daredreamer.com/making-the-most-out-of-youtube-and-vimeo-embedding/#comment-1966 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:31:38 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=6773#comment-1966 Great ideas, Ron. I have to disagree with you that that adding links on YouTube and Vimeo adds to your Google search rankings. It technically does because if they generate traffic this can contribute to one of the factors that Google uses to determine page rank, etc but in terms of a link with SEO value in the strictest terms, those links are coded with rel=”” HTML coding, which renders the link valueless for SEO purposes.

Yes, $79 per month is a lot more than free on YouTube but they way I justified it was the following:

1) I spend $40 per month on Google Ad Words. I’ve never been able to link a single lead to an ad and Google Ad Words doesn’t contribute to my Google SERP. I shouldn’t say I spend because when I realized how silly this was I stopped paying for ad words. So if you are someone who throws money at Google like I used to, then you probably have most of the budget in place, just allocate it differently.

2) I’ve been able to sell the benefits of professional hosting to my clients and now charge them for hosting and video SEO services. They can still host for free on YouTube and the like if they want but when they invest thousands into a video, talking them into a small hosting fee ($10-15 per month) that you can demonstrate value for is easy. (I also charge a one-time video SEO fee to create, maintain, and update the video sitemap).

So rather than think of professional video hosting as an expense, look for opportunities to turn it into a passive revenue generating stream.

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