Video Marketing Madness

Here’s the outline of today’s episode: YouTube Targets Mass-Produced Content in Monetization Update Instagram is allowing search engines to index posts, reels, and videos from professional accounts. You need to convert your account to a pro account. YouTube will automatically “auto dub” each video into a number of languages, so your video can be watched around the world For...

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Today on Video Marketing Madness, Why You Need YouTube Videos on Your Website. Ray and Steve recap a Search Engine Land article. Today’s episode is made possible by Movo! Get great microphones, stands, and lights for your videos at https://raysuggests.com/movo Here’s an outline of that article: Outline: The Future of SEO Content is Video – Here’s Why 1. Introduction Overview: Video content with se...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Steve shares a way to make a living with YouTube. It’s from a presentation he did for the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys. Here’s a link to the live video stream on VMM’s YouTube channel https://youtube.com/live/ZnF95bwaEQI – Steve’s website is https://stevesleeper.com/ Equipment List: Shoot videos on your phone....

Today, on Video Marketing Madness, Inexpensive Small Wireless Microphones for YouTube Videos, Steve has some updates. The Movo WMX 2 is $120.00 and includes 2 mics and 2 transmitters. You can get 1 mic and 1 transmitter for $89.00. Amazon has wireless mics for $79.00 and $10.00, but they have all kinds of brand names, so look around. Here are links to two stories Steve talked about: Google hiding...

Today on Video Marketing Madness, Steve shares a case study on how embedding Youtube videos on a client website took it from Google page 2, to page 1. Today’s episode is made possible by Movo! Get great microphones, stands, and lights for your videos at https://raysuggests.com/movo

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Green Screen. Ray is an expert, so listen up! Today’s episode is made possible by Movo! Get great microphones, stands, and lights for your videos at https://raysuggests.com/movo

Today on Video Marketing Madness – The Latest Happenings YouTube & Google. Ray and Steve talk about the news you can use. The big story is the Google Maps scam. Hold onto this article if you or one of your clients get hit. It outlines how to fix your GBP https://searchengineland.com/google-maps-pin-scam-threat-444109 Also, Ray talked about how he’s doing affiliate marketing these...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Making Videos with AI. Ray and Steve walk through all the tools available. ChatGPT will write video titles and scripts VidVoicer is good with AI voices Sora and lumalabs.ai have AI video generator VidChapters uses AI t create YouTube chapters Opus Clips and Rocket Clips creates Shorts For long videos, Steve has Temi transcribe. It’s AI and timestamps the vi...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – YouTube tells us when to upload video to reach the biggest audience. YouTube issues guidance on when to post content for maximum reach https://searchengineland.com/youtube-issues-guidance-on-when-to-post-content-for-maximum-reach-438774 How To Write ChatGPT Prompts To Get The Best Results https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-write-chatgpt-prompts/4793...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – YouTube AI Notification Requirements. Ray talks about the new information request from YouTube when uploading videos. Here’s what YouTube asks when uploading a video and this comes from the YouTube back office: “Do any of the following describe your content? Makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn’t say or do Alters foo...

Today on Video Marketing Madness, we have Crazy Google and YouTube Updates! You won’t believe what’s going on!!! Google just released an algorithm update that many say is the biggest one since Panda in 2010. Websites are getting deindexed, and something seems to be going on with YouTube. Long story short, Google seems to be targeting AI and has a new definition of spam. Listen in as Steve go...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Run Tik Tok Ads Today’s episode is made possible by Movo! Get great microphones, stands, and lights for your videos at http://www.rayslinks.com/movo Here’s a good how to article on running Tik Tok Ads https://sproutsocial.com/insights/tiktok-ads/

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to Use YouTube Podcast Feature – We’ll walk you through that and other new stuff. Adding a podcast to your Youtube channel – In the YouTube Studio, click on “Create” upper right, click on “New Podcast”, then click on “Submit RSS Feed” and and then follow the prompts. Updates: Google tests Nearby Events and Deals local search feature https://...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Updates and Ray’s new GPT Store App for Optimizing Videos Here are links to the updates: Google Ads support is at an ‘all-time low’ – we asked Google why – https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-reps-customer-service-advertisers-low-436434 Google Ads lays off hundreds of staff amid support crisis – https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-lays-o...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – More YouTube News You Can Use. Will YouTube ban AI voices? Listen in! There is a new AI technology from YouTube that makes videos. Ray has yet to get his hands on it. What’s more, there’s a rumor YouTube will ban AI voices. We doubt that will happen, but if you use AI voices, be sure to vary them. Google makes it easier to buy YouTube reservation ads – http...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – YouTube Updates. Ray and Steve go through everything that is new with YouTube The biggie is that YouTube might require you to check a box indicating whether a video is AI-generated. We don’t know what will be considered AI-generated. There is a new filter in Analytics – New Views and Returning Viewers. YouTube is deliberately ‘suboptimal’ for people using a...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Easily Make YouTube Shorts with Opus Clip. Opus Clip uses AI to make numerous shorts from your videos. Let’s say you have a 10-minute YouTube video. Opus Clip uses AI to analyze the video and pull out the best part for the Shorts. It also scores the quality of the Shorts. Shorts typically get more views and you can refer them to your main video which gets it more...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – The New iPhone 15 Pro Max – Ray has it, and he talks about all the new features. Also, Ray and Steve have tips on getting more organic YouTube views. Finally, Apple added USBC, so no more lightning. However, all of Ray’s peripherals are lighting, so he’s investigating adapters. With the USBC, you can add keyboards, hook it up to a TV – and other thing...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – How to do YouTube Interview Shows. Ray and Steve walk you through the hardware and software you need and how to promote the channel. Ray talk about all sorts of options, but for these show notes, let’s focus on the simple ways, assuming the interviews are remote and not on-site. Use the Logitech C922 webcam and the Yeti Blue mic. Be sure to get a ring light. A sm...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – The New iPhone 15 Video. Ray details some really cool stuff. Plus news you can use. The biggest thing in the news category is YouTube Promotions. It’s in the content area where you’ll find a tab entitled “Promotions Beta.” Ray says it can get your video on page one of Google for your keyword set. Ray is going to get the iPhone Pro Max. It’s got a prismatic camera...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Vital Marketing Updates You Need to Know. Steve and Ray have a bunch of news and share what’s working for them. Big news – YouTube enables linking between Shorts and long-form videos. Here’s the Search Engine land article: https://searchengineland.com/youtube-enables-linking-shorts-long-form-videos-430655 Ray and Steve are managing YouTube channels for atto...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – Grow Your Business with Hulu. Ray gives us the facts on Hulu ads. Hulu has 100 million eyes that see the ads, and they can’t skip them. You can target down to the zip code level, and it’s on real TVs. The cost per ad is 3.5 cents per view on average. There are very tight specs for the video files, so folks will need help with that and then the placement. Today’s...

Today on Video Marketing Madness – YouTube News You Can Use – Ray and Steve have all kinds of YouTube updates. Today’s episode is made possible by Movo! Get great microphones, stands, and lights for your videos at http://www.rayslinks.com/movo Check out Steve’s YouTube channel – “Steve Sleeper Trains” https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveSleeperTrains