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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Top 4 Recommended Video-Sharing Networks You Should Join
Some of have might know these video sharing networks and used them as tools to store their personal videos and sharing with friends worldwide for free. But, not many of you thought that these networks have been competing with each other to keep their users through a lot of new features added and incentives offered. Some are paying its members through Google AdSense, the rest are paying up to 5-10$ per 10,000 impressions that your videos are viewed.
1. Flixya - Share Everything
Started as a video sharing site in July of 2006, Flixya has grown from a dedicated and loyal member base (all through word of mouth) and has quickly evolved into a thriving social media community.
Flixya makes it fun and easy to share videos, photos and blogs. We thought, why stop there? So, we set out to offer a platform that changes the way people think about social networking and goes beyond video sharing.
Flixya.com - A Social Networking Platform that Pays Members 100% Ad Revenue
By offering similar elements of popular social networking sites and combining a monetization method for content producers in one solution, Flixya.com enables any individual who qualifies for Google AdSense a rapid and powerful method to publish and monetize their online content and keep all the revenue.
What makes Flixya different from current social media community?
Flixya is the place to:
- Earn 100% ad revenue
- Network and make friends
- Share or upload videos
- Organize a photo gallery
- Upload images for free image hosting
- Create and write a blog and more
I have joined this network for about one year and earned 5-10$ maximum per day by uploading videos, images and posting my articles and get clicks and impressions from people watching them. I hope to increase that milestone in the coming time.
Flixya has just initiated a new program called UCASH that help you turn links into cash easily. When your Ucash links are clicked on, you make revenue from a redirect that can be an interstitial or top frame type advertisement. The current Revenue Sharing Rate (RSR) is $1 US for every 4000 top banner ad impressions, and $1 US for every 2000 intermission ad impressions. I think it is only suitable for a big site, not my small blog :-)
2. Revver - Video Sharing Network
Revver is the first viral video network that pays. It will connect makers, sharers, and sponsors of internet video in a free and open marketplace that rewards them for doing what they do best. You must be creators or producers of the uploaded videos or at least you have to demonstrate that you are holding the copyright of your uploaded ones, otherwise, your videos will be rejected by review team and never online.
The Revver revenue share percentage is calculated as 40-20-40. That means 40% of video revenue will be yours, 20% is for viewers of your videos and the rest of 40% is for Revver. It is very clear and you need a PayPal account to receive your payment.
When you upload your video to Revver, advertisement and unique tracking technology to it will be attached. It is called "Revverizing." There are two ways that your video and the associated ad can generate revenue: from impressions/views of the ad (CPM ads), and from clicks on the ad (CPC ads). When a viewer sees a CPM ad associated with your video, you get paid, no click required. When a viewer clicks on a CPC ad associated with your video, you get paid. In both cases, Revver splits the revenue with you 50/50. Please note that not every impression or click will result in revenue, as some advertisers only buy traffic from the US and Canada, and also multiple repeated impressions or clicks from a single user on a single video are scrubbed as duplicates.
If you are using WordPress, there is a plugin available for download that you can install in your blog. This plugin will connect your posts to all videos that you have uploaded to Revver and you will receive more impressions and click, of course more money too.
3. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself!
YouTube is the most popular video sharing network on the internet now as it has a huge amount of members and videos stored. It has been acquired by Google for about $1 billion dollars in the hope that adsense ads will be distributed through videos in the near future.
As announced last money, Videos ads has been piloted through Youtube videos but still limited to US-based publishers who owned a big video sharing network like Revver, it is now available to all publishers.
Have YouTube paid its publishers? Not really, YouTube only rewarded a few publishers who are creators of some videos that are most favorite for the whole year. Last year, lonelygirl15 and ninja and most of its members are still waiting for Adsense videos open to public soon.
If you are planning to make big cash with YouTube, you can still do that by uploading your videos, get them viewed by as many people as possible and submit them to YouTube Award Channel 2008.
4. MetaCafe - Video Entertainment Powered by You!
Metacafe is one of the world's largest video sites, attracting more than 25 million unique viewers each month (comScore Media Metrix). We specialize in short-form original content - from new, emerging talents and established Hollywood heavyweights alike. We're committed to delivering an exceptional entertainment experience, and we do so by engaging and empowering our audience every step of the way. Since 2003 Metacafe has been one of the top independent online video sites, and we're a leader in the evolution of digital entertainment. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in Tel Aviv and New York. Metacafe is privately held and investors include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.
MetaCafe will pay you once your videos reached 10,000 views and you will receive 5-10$ and 5$ for each next 1,000 views. But, your videos must be family-safe and you mus hold the copyright of those videos too.
This is my own collected list of video sharing network, hope you can make extra cash with them and share your ideas soon.
How to Make Lots of Money and Traffic With Flixya
Flixya is a social networking website that allows us to publish and monetize our content. Best thing about Flixya is that you will be able to make a big amount of money by showing Google AdSense ads on your profile page.
So here are some tips that will help you drive some traffic to your profile on Flixya and thus will help you earn more money with Flixya:
- Submit Original content: You should submit only quality and original content with some entertainment factor in it. You should avoid submitting a content piece which includes Porn or is against their policies as in that case you will risk losing your Google Adsense and Flixya account. So focus on quality content only.
- Content sharing: Once you have submitted some content pieces on Flixya, you should think about ways to bring traffic to your articles and videos. As far as the videos are concerned, they allow you to share and upload your videos from YouTube, Google Videos, DailyMotion, Metacafe, Revver, Break, Livevideo, Bolt, Veoh etc. You can bring some traffic on your content by sharing it with your friends on Flixya and other Social networks. You can even think of mailing your work on Flixya to your mailing list.
- Add Descriptive Titles: You should avoid adding 1-2 word titles for your content that you are submitting on Flixya. You should think of adding descriptive and accurate titles for your submitted content. Suppose you are submitting an article about Traffic Building, Instead of using a two work title "Traffic Building", you should use some descriptive title like Top 26 ways to bring traffic to your website. It looks fine and will generate more views as compared to one or two word long titles.
- Include Description: Don't forget to add an attractive description about video or photo that you are submitting here on Flixya. Videos with good description do well in general. So it's a good practice to give your videos a real description instead of using some general descriptions like 'Nice video', 'cool video', 'great video' etc
- Include tags: people use keywords or tags to search their favorite videos and photos on any website (like YouTube) or search engine. So it is a good practice to add tags with your videos that you submit with descriptive Titles and Descriptions.
Flixya 2.0 - Make Money, Share Videos, and Have The Blog Of Your Life
Flixya 2.0 is a popular social networking, online video sharing community which just re-launched. Version 2.0 is bigger and better. Their motto is simply "Share Everything". They certainly live up to that as the latest version not only includes video sharing, but also incorporates blogs, and photo sharing into the model. Instead of the previous 50% revenue sharing, Flixya now gives 100% of the ad revenue generated to its users. (Note: You do need to sign up for your own adsense account for the revenue sharing).
Flixya billing itself as the only social-networking website that pays you back 100% of the advertising revenue generated on their site from the ads placed around the content that you add. You can create your own blogs, upload your photos, and create blogs about your life.
Does Flixya Cost Me Anything To Use?
Nothing at all, it's free.
Revenue Sharing, What's That?
With Flixya, the users receive 100% of the ad revenue generated from the ad impressions that are shown on the pages with their content (photos, videos, blogs etc.). Google's Adsense(tm) powers the ad program at Flixya and does require you to sign up- to be able to collect the ad revenue, during registration. You can also do this on the ad settings page which is visible when you are logged into the site.
How Do I Get Paid?
Simple, You are paid whenever someone visiting your pages clicks on one of Google's Adsense(tm) advertisements.
Sharing Videos, What Does That Mean?
Flixya allows you to upload or share your videos from Google Video, YouTube, Daily Motion, and other popular online video sharing sites. They've recently released Flixya Video Publisher 2.0a for FireFox. This add-on is a great tool for transferring your videos from YouTube, Metacafe, Revver, Livevideo, Bolt, Veoh, Google Video, Daily Motion and Break. Using this tool can become highly addictive. Popular videos can also be voted up or down and appear on the homepage based on this voting.
I Can Share Photos?
At Flixya, you can share your photos with your family, friends, and they also offer unlimited ebay auction image hosting as one of the best online photo sharing sites.
Your Own Personal Profile
Flixya allows you to create your own personal profile where you can link to and share your personal interests, friends, videos, photos and blog posts.
And I can Blog?
Yes, you can create your own blog. A blog is short for "weblog". A Blog is a type of online diary or chronological listing of what you are thinking. These are usually maintained daily by you and reflect your own personality. You are encouraged to create your own blog(s) and you can promote yourself and/or add other content. You get to collect 100% of the money that is derived from the content surrounding your blogs, as well.
Social Bookmarking
As you can see, Flixya has it pretty well covered, much more than I can write about here.
There is much more to do at Flixya than I can cover here.
How You Can Make Money With Internet Video - A Guide to the Best Web Video
Are you a moviemaker or video maker? Have you been creating and posting videos to sites like YouTube, Metacafe and MySpaceTV video? You have been getting lots of great feedback, viewers have been favoriting your videos and sharing them among their friends, and maybe now you are thinking, how do I make some money on this?
Or maybe you are an upcoming video producer, shooter or editor. You recognize that the web is the wild frontier of video and film and you want to get a piece of it. Or maybe you are running a business and you are smart enough to recognize that maybe you can make some additional money by leveraging your products and services via web video.
Yes, you can make money in web video. You don't need to be a big-time producer with deep pockets. You don't need to have graduated form a top notch film school. You don't even need fancy video cameras and video editing gear.
There are various paths and direction you can take depending on what kinds of video you are making and what your goals are.
For the professional video or filmmaker, the creator of short videos or independent films, the best choice is to hook up with a major content provider that already has a presence on the web as well as in broadcast. Companies like Atom Films, Break, iFilm and the My Damn Channel all buy and license video streaming content from professional video makers. See the list of Sites that pay for video at Internet Video Magazine.
These web video distributors license your videos to other content companies and also exhibit your film on their Internet site, sharing the various advertisings and licensing revenues they get with you.
Most of these types of sites runs ad before your video, as well as a plethora of ads and banners on the web site. They have money coming in, and realizing the value of well made content, will pay you for your videos and films.
Atom Films says "We earn good money from those ads and we share a percentage of the gross revenue with content creators. That money is paid out according to the relative popularity of each movie on AtomFilms - so the more plays your movie generates, the more money you make."
Because companies like AtomFilms also function as a source for video content to other media companies, they can pay you a slice of that as well. AtomFilms supplies content to companies like Comedy Central, Spike TV, Verizon's Vcast mobile entertainment service and Bell South's web portal. These partners pay Atom for the content, and from that revenue they pay royalties to the creators whose movies are shown.
According to AtomFilms, many of their film and video creators earn hundreds of dollars, some earn thousands of dollars, and the most successful creators have made tens of thousands - even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There are some sites that are actually pay per view and work best for content that is either informational like "how to do it" videos or travel videos, or contain "special content" that can not be easily accessed elsewhere. Some of the leading sites for this are Veoh, Guba.com, BrightCove, VideoJug and ExpertVillage. At ExpertVillage, you can earn $100 to $1000 for each how-to video. The videos must be assigned first, focus on a specific topic, and consist of about 15 segments of one to three minutes each, featuring an "expert" on a given subject.
If you are running a business and want to promote it via video, you have a few options. You could use one of the pay per view services to distribute educational videos that you produce. You could distribute and re-purpose your TV and cable commercials by posting them to one or more of the "free" video posting sites, or you could actually create a "viral" video that drives traffic to your site.
A great example is the "Will It Blend" series of videos by a small company known as BlendTec. Originally done as a one off joke video featuring Blendtec CEO Tom Dickson and his blending antics, it turned viral. The company followed up with an almost endless series of videos of him grinding up objects of all types and sizes, from marbles to an iPhone to a rake handle. It has become a wonderful advertising and promotional medium for their company and now almost everyone knows who they are.
Many musicians are using web videos to promote themselves, their bands and their music. These can be a great way to build a new audience and get music enthusiasts exposed to their work without having to go through the music industry machine. Musicians can add links to their web sites on their videos to drive interest, or actually have roll-over promo appear when a web visitor checks out their video.
Maybe the most interesting channel to make money with your Internet video is by using sites that allow you to post almost any kind of video you created.
It can be a sophisticated, dramatic piece or a video clip snippet captured from your camcorder or your video phone. As long as you created it, you can make money from it. Once it is posted, whenever someone clicks on it and watches the video, you get paid. It's all about driving content and eyeballs. Some interesting sites include YouTube, LuluTV, Flixya, Magnify.Net, Revver, BlipTV and many others. Also check out the many how to video sites like ExpertVillage and HowCast.
For example, BlipTV - Blip TV offers a 50/50 revenue share with the advertising that is streamed with your video. Blip TV says, "Blip.tv has built an open advertising marketplace where you can pick the video advertising company that works best for you. If you've got a hit show we'll even go out and meet with media buyers directly to get you a real, honest-to-goodness high-end sponsorship."
Another option is YouTube. They recently announced that they will start running ads on their videos and will be sharing the revenue with the content providers. Check out this news story from Yahoo News and A P
Revver - Once you upload a video to Revver, they attach an ad and a unique tracking technology. Any ad revenue generated by the video is then split 50/50 between you and Revver. According to Revver, "Since ads are attached to the video itself and dynamically served wherever the video travels, there's no restriction on how your videos are distributed. The more people email your video, post it to other websites or download it from P2P networks, the more money you could earn."
This is interesting. Revver also pays you for sharing other people's videos on the Revver network. You can earn 20% of ad revenue for sharing videos by other Revver members. The remaining revenue is split 50/50 between the maker and Revver.
My WeShow enables anyone to become an online video aggregator: finding, creating, discussing, sharing and making money from video content -
You Got to Promote Your OnLine Video
Once you have your videos uploaded, you also need to promote them and tell the world they are out there. For example, one of my favorite sites is French Maids TV - The Viral Video of "How To's" by French Maids. Their videos are everywhere - on Revver, on BlipTV, on YouTube, etc.. According to Tim Street, creator and executive Producer, not only do they get paid to create these "viral" videos by each show's tech sponsors, they collect thousands of dollars each month by links on Revver and similar web sites.
These shows combine a lot of humor and a bit of sex to promote the product or service featured on each clip. In addition to these natural hooks, he also promotes the show using RSS and podcast directories.
Tim said, "You need to make sure that you create a RSS Feed - a podcast of your videos. Then you need to get listed on all the podcast directories including the most important one of all, the one that can change your life forever, the one and only iTunes Store! Seriously iTunes has done more to promote French Maid TV than any other thing out there. It took French Maid TV a month to get listed on the iTunes Store. Three days later French Maid TV was number one and we had twenty thousand subscribers."
There is a lot of money to be made in online video. Whether you are just uploading short clips captured by your camcorder phone, creating infomercials or how to videos, or producing creative and funny short films or indie full-length features, the online market is hungry for content.