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I recently posted some tips on how to use video to make money online and promote your website.

One method was posting your videos on sites like YouTube. However, simply posting is not enough.

You want to make sure your video gets as many views as possible to promote your message/brand and/or generate traffic/sales on your website.

TechCrunch has published a brilliant guide on how to increase your exposure on sites like YouTube, possibly into the millions.

Read it here.

If you haven’t noticed that use of web video has been exploding then you’ve been hiding under a very big rock, with your lots of mud rammed down your ear-hole and wearing a blindfold.

Internet video is now becoming an extremely important factor in almost any website. So much so that use of video in internet marketing is now almost quintessential if you want to keep on top of your competitors.

No matter your niche or style of marketing, web video is likely to be a huge help in increasing your traffic, reader loyalty and conversions.

I recently came across these astonishing stats that outline the need for video and audio on your websites:

• 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school.
• 42% of college graduates never read another book.
• 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year.
• 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
• 57% of new books are not read to completion.
• Most readers do not get past page 18 in a book they have purchased

Not to mention these crazy facts:

• YouTube is serving over 100 million video views a day (that’s 3 billion a month!).
• In July Americans alone viewed more than 9 billion videos online.

But how can you cash in on this video phenomenon to make more sales, create products, increase reader loyalty and drive more traffic to your site?

Here are 20 ways…

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