Google LOVES videos!
Do you know why more and more news platforms such as CNN are adding more videos to their articles? 
Research shows that reader’s perception of importance soared when a video accompanied a story! The more viewers watch a video, share that link on social media and keep that constant flow of traffic, the more Google will perceive this page or website as influential and the more that site will rank high in the search engines.
Here’s another fact about the importance of video in regards to increasing traffic to your site — according to Forrester Research, the simple act of adding video to your homepage makes your site 53 times more likely to appear on the first page of Google!
With a little optimization to ensure more of your ideal clients find your videos, and your website has a 96% chance of not only landing on the front page of Google, but also securing one of the top coveted three spots that make up for 84% of web traffic.
Video is a real client magnet and when you know how to leverage video you’ll be able to attract more ideal clients and more profits to your business.
Another reason why video works so well at attracting a constant stream of new clients is because video helps build links from other sites that point back to your site. This is what’s called SEO or search engine optimization and that is so important to the success of your video marketing strategy.
In other words, when you add a video to your website or blog and you take time to make sure the content around the video such as the title, the copy and the video itself are relevant, your videos have a much higher chance of being listed in front of your competitors who are not yet leveraging the power of video. Your pages that contain videos also have a higher chance of being linked to on other sites and therefore creating more outbound links pointing back to your site.
Those links have a lot of value for Google because the more sites link back to you, the more your site is perceived as important.
It’s very exciting especially if some of those sites are ranked higher than yours in Google’s eyes. That’s just gravy for you because it increases your chances of being found.
If you want to create a flurry of traffic with your videos, you’ll want to use the following “traffic Ninja tactics”:
- Lists posts ranked very high with search engine! I’m sure you’ve seen hundreds of them. Here’s an example: 7 Ways to Use Video to attract more clients would be the title and then you address each point in your post!
- If you include a photo that has been saved using a keyword, you’ll see even more traffic.
- If you add a video to that optimized image and the list post, you’ll skyrocket your traffic because you’ll be offering Google a lot of reasons to send a lot of love your way in terms of floods of traffic.
You see, posts with videos included will attract almost 3 times more links to your site than a plain text post.
Posts with videos, images, and lists will attract almost 6 times more links to your site than a plain text post.
The new reality is that Internet users are giving a great deal of importance to videos and it shows by how many videos are going viral. Viewers are more likely to want to share that video content with others in their communities and the same goes for other site owners – they’ll happily post a video from YouTube on their site even if it belongs to another person if they see value for their audience.
All this creates more links pointing back to your site and that’s just like saying to Google that you are “that important”.
Guest Writer – Krizia MissK
Krizia (aka Miss K), is a Video Marketing Strategist, Video Show Host, Speaker and International Author.
Krizia is passionate about video because it has allowed her to leverage the power of association because she’s been able to interview several hundreds of the most successful entrepreneurs and has had her name associated with theirs via her three online video shows. After understanding first hand the power of video, Krizia has made it her mission to help entrepreneurs & businesses create AMAZING and IMPACTFUL video messages and build an engaging presence on YouTube to Attract MORE Ideal Clients, Build DEEPER Relationships and GROW Profits!
Krizia has been featured in the following major media platforms: CNN, Fox News, Michigan Business Network, Globe & Mail, Pro Blogger, Entrepreneur’s Journey, eWomen Network, Braveheart Women, Toronto Star, 24 Hours Newspaper, Rogers TV and City TV.