SUBJECT: Mass Video Formula Lesson #5 -Boost Your Video Response Rate {!firstname_fix} Videos are used to propel viewers into taking action. You want to invoke a positive response from your viewers, but you also want them to take action immediately after watching your broadcast. One way of doing this is by including a direct link to your website or squeeze page at the end of the video, highlighting the benefits of visiting your website. Keep in mind that you still need to use a direct call to action, even in videos, so don't forget to spend time crafting the most action-driven call to action possible. If you want your video to go viral, make sure that you add a "Tell a Friend" link to the video, and that you work in 'entertainment value'. Your video needs to really stand out in the video community and motivate viewers to send it to their friends, and share it with everyone they know. You can do this easily by creating a video that adds comic influence, entertains the viewer, shocks the viewer or offers a unique perspective that differs from the majority of other videos in the same market. Controversy is one of the easiest ways to drive eyeballs to your videos, but make sure that your video works directly towards building a positive brand stature. You don't want to create videos that leave viewers entertained but finding it difficult to trust you. Professional but Entertaining - that's what it's all about. Before you distribute your videos, you want to make sure that the quality and size is optimized and that is viewable on all operating systems. You also want to optimize the actual video features, including keywords and tags so that when your video is distributed, it's able to grab ranking in the search engines based on your primary phrases and keywords. Keywords also help viewers find your video, both through on-site searches and directly through the search engines, so conduct quick keyword research to determine what the most important keywords for your niche are, and include them in the tags associated with your video. For example, when uploading a video to YouTube.com, you are able to assign different keywords to your video, which highlight what your video is about, and help YouTube to properly organize your video in their database. You can take this a step further by optimizing your video's title tags, to also include relevant keywords, while varying the keywords you use for each video. It's important that you are able to rank for multiple keyword phrases, so never assign the exact same keywords to all of your videos, but instead, vary it up! You can often enhance your videos search engine optimization by using anchor text when linking to your video page, as well as within the description. Again, anchor text should include relevant keywords that vary from the keywords used in the actual title or tags. To Your Success, YOUR NAME YOUR LINK