While online video marketing is one of the world’s most effective online advertising formats, the Internet is the fastest growing segment in Online Marketing; when you put Video Marketing and the Internet together you have the most powerful combination today for small business advertising.

The Internet Video Marketing trend is growing exponentially. The longer your company waits to start using online video ads to build credibility, trust, loyalty and excitement for your products and services the harder it will be for your company to make sales period! Online Video Ads are definitely the way to go…. but how do you achieve the nececessary search visibility power?

We caught up with Brian Dean at Las Vegas-based www.Video-Dean.com, an acknowledged leader in “SEO video” marketing strategy and he had some tips for getting maximum search power from our videos –

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What do you have to say to your clients and prospects and what do they have to say about your business or company?

You certainly do not need social media to reach out to your customers and clients but it doesn’t hurt to spread your name and brand in a way others looking for someone in your field can clearly see. Social media is about more than just marketing though. It’s about learning from those you engage with.

Karen Leland

Source: Karen Leland | Huffington Post

Earlier this week, I came across a springy King Charles spaniel happily chewing on a tennis ball, when he suddenly became aware of his owner filling up his water bowl at the drinking fountain.

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Business owners often ask us what they should they be doing for social media their company. In our “expert” LOL opinion, this question cannot be glossed over, let alone without doing bonafide research. That being said, asking is the first step and so we will answer it with the help of social media experts at Catalyst House (follow them on Twitter).

Here is their quick list of what your company MUST first be doing to get into the swing of things ->>

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1. Create a Facebook fan page and Twitter account and use them. Keep them updated with fresh, relevant content and bring in your personal network for growth. Ask your community what they want to hear about and then provide them with that information. Talk to them, respond to them and do it in a timely manner…not just today, but tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. Make time for these tools – you’ll be glad you did.

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Source: Lynnea Bylund | Catalyst QuickBooks

Its a new era for Los Angeles bargain seekers with a constant stream of strongly discounted coupon offers: 40% off a Princess Cruise ticket, 55% off a facial, or $125 worth of laundry and dry cleaning for $60.

Entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and big corporations are gambling that the new discount coupon promotional services represent a tectonic shift in consumer trends, and a profound new way to pull in new customers.

Last year, Groupon, one of the largest players, turned down a $6 billion acquisition offer from Google, and LivingSocial, the Web site that distributes daily deals for restaurants, spas and retail outlets, added $400 million to its coffers last week as investors continued to funnel money into the fast-growing company.

Even the megalithic facebook is launching a Daily Deals program to test the waters. And Yahoo announced the launch of Local Offers program recently and is partnering with websites like Groupon, LivingSocial, Gilt City, and others to provide a wide selection of local deals and coupons from nearby restaurants and other local retailers.

So what’s the scoop here?

Can these help or hurt a small business?

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www.video-dean.com – video-dean.com

Not hardly! Brian Dean and the team at www.Video-Dean.com are experts when it comes to Internet Video Search Engine Marketing and Advertising and they keep up with all the latest changes in Video Search Engine Marketing strategy.

Www.Video-Dean.com and Brian Dean will make the appropriate adjustments to your video submission techniques so that your business/vehicle video always shows up on the first page of the major search results.

Brian dean’s Www.Video-Dean.com does one thing and does it well: they create great business and vehicle videos that are engaging and carry your marketing and branding message. Then they combine it with their Internet Video Search Marketing Advertising System to deliver a powerful and essential advertising tool. Your videos are made ready by Video-Dean.com before each submission by their experienced video preparation specialists. 

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Matt Cutts works for the Search Quality group in Google, specializing in search engine optimization issues. He is well known in the SEO community for enforcing the Google Webmaster Guidelines and cracking down on abusive SEO practices. Cutts also advises the public on how to get better website visibility in Google.

Matt Cutts joined Google as a Software Engineer in January 2000. Before Google, he was working on his Ph.D. in computer graphics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

USA TODAY’s Jefferson Graham on the Talking Tech web video show interviews  Matt Cutts on how to get your website to the top of Google with 5 basic common sense SEO tips.

- BJK

Scott McDonald wrote an intriguing post at Websitemagazine.com that every small business owner needs to consider.  He suggests that its no longer “all about the website”. Well that is not exactly news, except for the highly uninformed, but he raises several great points that provide a quick reference for those struggling to come up to speed with this convergence of “destributed web”.

Scott McDonald:  Remember the day a few years ago when you reviewed your website traffic and discovered that most of your visitors were no longer entering through the homepage? Instead, they were landing on lower-level content or product pages, usually from a search engine.

From that day on, your homepage was no longer the center of your online universe — just one of many points of entry to consider as you fashioned your online business presence.

Now it may be your website’s turn for a demotion. And you can blame it on the distributed Web.

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