Videos get clicks. Let’s drive some eBay traffic! (VIDEO)

Posted by admin in Creative Ideas, video on Sep 18th, 2007 | 67 comments

In the newsletter that went out today I talked about a new idea for driving traffic from eBay to affiliate programs, opt-in lists, or websites without violating eBay policy.

Experienced eBay sellers and those familiar with the “about me” page can skip forward to about the 2:17 mark. The front end of the video is for “newbies”.

For EVERYONE though – this is an idea you haven’t seen before!

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67 Responses to “ “Videos get clicks. Let’s drive some eBay traffic! (VIDEO)”

  1. Alex Tran says:
    October 2, 2007 at 2:59 pm

    Hi Jim,

    I like your idea about using the video and the About Me page to get traffic. It’s very clever.
    I plan to try it to promote my new site at

    http://wwww.karmaofsuccess.com

    Keep up the good work!

  2. Nancy says:
    October 2, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    Hello Jim,

    How very clever you are and I will definitely try your idea out. Thanks to for the “great” information in your Silent Sales Machine.

    Bless you for sharing this knowledge with all of us newbie’s…

    http://achoicemade.com

  3. Mohamed Fowroj says:
    October 3, 2007 at 5:59 am

    Hi Jim,
    Man that was awesome information.I have bought all your 3 books the combo pack as well as 1 year membership to MST,did you notice something man you got instant product.I mean a product just on how to videos.In fact this video answered all my previous questions posted on MST forum,such as screen capture as well as other questions.
    Keep up the good work…….would like to see a video on traffic geyser

    http://www.basket-weaving-secrets.com

  4. Keith Purkiss says:
    October 5, 2007 at 3:24 am

    Hi Jim,

    Great video, I will definately be using this info,

    Keith

  5. TheGoodRead says:
    October 5, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    Hi Jim:

    My first visit to your blog, and glad I stopped by! Very cool idea…I’m going to give it a go first thing tomorrow.

    Thanks for the tip.

    John (TheGoodRead)

  6. Neil says:
    November 11, 2007 at 5:02 am

    Jim

    Great video. Will put it into practice. thankyou

  7. Michael says:
    December 2, 2007 at 12:36 pm

    Jim,

    I am surprised that with all the money you have made you are not livimg permanently on some sun-blessed island lazing the days away. But I am damn glad you are not – another excellent video, the ideas in which I intend to use soon.

    Many thanks

    Michael (ebay ID abbs753)

  8. paul says:
    March 6, 2008 at 5:59 pm

    These videos you made are great!!!!!

    KEEP IT UP MAN!!!!

    THANKS!!!!!!!

  9. Jeff Baas says:
    July 29, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Thanks for bringing attention to this tip again. It seems especially relevant what with recent eBay rule changes.

    One question about this strategy, though? Does the video on your About Me page need to be specifically relevant to the product in your auction or can it be more generic?

  10. Ffion Legh-Haggas says:
    July 30, 2008 at 2:05 am

    Great video, thanks Jim. Last year I saw the power of video when I auctioned a camera and got well above the average price for it. This video takes things to the next level, and I’ll be putting it into practice real soon. By the way, do you have the code somewhere that I can copy and paste it from,

    Thanks for all your help, Ffion

  11. SEOGuy says:
    August 3, 2008 at 8:08 am

    Interesting concept. I have to admit that I don’t use E-Bay a great deal myself currently, but I like keeping up with what you are doing because of the innovative concepts you put out like this one.

    The question I ask myself is how can I use this information to supercharge my website. I’ve actually come up with several ideas, like using video images to redirect people to different parts of my website that I want them to explore further.

    I do however have a question. In many of my hyperlinks I use the “title” attribute that most other people seem to ignore for one reason or another. It looks like…

    href=” ViralMarketing4U.com ” title=”Where making a living on the net makes sense”>

    That 2nd part that follows “title” can be valuable if you include your desired keywords within the title. Do you happen to know if E-Bay allows it’s users to include such an attribute in their links? If so, this would be an excellent addition to the concept you presented in this video.

  12. Search engine placement says:
    August 23, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    Jim,

    I do love that Idea. The bottom line is how many customers we can get and retain to our websites. Then keep their information for future sales.

    Dane Laster

  13. Jan says:
    June 26, 2009 at 8:24 am

    I’m a new year-long member (at Skip McGrath’s suggestion). I love all of the information, though struggling to find the time to read everything and get listings out.
    This video idea is great. I hope eBay leaves the About Me page alone.
    Now I just have to figure out how to create the video. I know it’s the way to go!
    Thanks, Jim.

  14. Tony says:
    June 26, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    Hi Jim, I have bought your book, Silent Sales Machine and its on my desk as a reference guide. Once again, you have given us more useful ideas without promising the “BS” and will certainly use this idea. Thanks again, and like some others say, “Keep up the good work”
    Tony.

  15. Melissa says:
    August 18, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    Hi Jim!

    I’m a big fan of yours–bought your SilentSalesMachine e-book and am currently a SilentSalesTeam member.

    Great video! I personally use Jing (yes folks, it’s free) to capture images online and make basic videos from what’s on my screen. By using Jing, it should take away from having to use Paint to crop because you crop your picture directly on the website you’re on and save the picture there.

    However, I’m wondering if I could just put the video directly on my auction with a clickable link that I either add through LinkedTube or Quick Video Optin. I don’t know if eBay accepts links coming from these two sites because I haven’t tried it yet. However, if they do, then that would allow a video being displayed on the actual auction page with a clickable link to the About Me page.

    Why would you want to do it this way? First, the video can be watched on the auction page so when the link is clicked on within the video, the visitor has already watched the video and will have their attention directed to whatever else is on the About Me page. And second, a different video can be used (if desired) for each auction. Just a thought. Again, I don’t know if eBay allows anything but YouTube videos in their auctions, I’d have to check it out.

    Thanks again!
    Melissa
    Earnin’ The Dough For My Cup O’ Joe!”

    [reply from Jim]: Creative idea! Here’s a link to the list of video hosting sites that eBay allows: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html (for a list look under the “some examples” tab)

  16. George says:
    November 24, 2009 at 12:13 am

    I love it, Jim. I don’t know how to copy a video to my “About Me” page yet but I’m working on it.

  17. Andrea Prior says:
    December 30, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Hi Jim,
    Thanks for the great video. What a fantastic idea for getting people to your “About Me” page.
    Andrea

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