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How To Get Fat Money From YouTube

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Solo
Organizer Jim Skinner Green Screen Cinema
Description CBS, Revision3, Smosh and Renetto all have an "economic and commercial" relationship with YouTube. They're getting paid. This track will look at how you too can get paid for your YouTube video. Will look at search ranking (inside YouTube and at the search sites), backlinking, advertising, production workflow (HDV focused).
Questions
Answered
  1. How can I drive traffic to my video?
  2. Do I need a stand-alone online presence? Is a blog page enough?
  3. How cheap is advertising with Adwords? How can I get my message out with a really low bid?
  4. How can I show up in the first page of search results on YouTube?
  5. How can I show up in the first page of search results on Google, Yahoo and Live?
  6. What kind of deals do the big players get? What kinds of deals do the little guys get?
  7. How about an ad split with Google from ads on my site?
  8. Can I get more than 55% of the revenue from hosting Google ads?
  9. Can I make art or does my video need to appeal to purient interests?
  10. Do I seriously need to compete with the crap that Michael Eisner puts out at Vuguru?
Level Intermediate
Category Digital Filmmaking