Youtube.com video contest winners announced

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Here are five links to the five winning videos:

video 1  -  video 2  – video 3 -  video 4  -  video 5

What a bunch of cool AND VERY SMART readers my newsletter has. Want to meet a few of them in video?

Watch these short videos for some great SIMPLE marketing ideas!

I put out a call a few weeks ago for you, my faithful newsletter/blog readers to put up a simple youtube.com video that expresses how you feel about my blog, newsletter, books, training sites etc.

…and WOW…was my wife rolling her eyes as she watched these!

Seriously though – thanks guys. Great work.

Here are the prize winners in no particular order (click the title to see the vid):

1. No video camera needed to be cool on youtube!

If the goal was to give the judge a big head you did quite nicely on this one Mr. Robert Chic.

The first 30 seconds of this submission was made using animoto.com. Animoto is free and it’s point and click simple. Check it out.

LESSON: Notice how Robert left the final phrase on screen for several seconds at the end of the video. This is a great youtube strategy because the website link is seen longer that way.

OBSERVATION: I wish I was half as cool as the soundtrack Robert picked for me.

2. short-n-sweet like buffalo meat

If you only have time to watch one make it this one.

Watch this 35 second gem put together by Thomas using ZERO video skills. He also chose to upload a few (VERY CREATIVE) digital pics to animoto.com and made a killer little video that deserve major props.

This is how simple and powerful video can be WITHOUT A VIDEO CAMERA. Along with his video he sent a heartfelt thank you note for the $12K he’s earned so far from an idea he recently learned on MySilentTeam.com.

You are welcome Thomas…and you are also a winner in the video contest!

3. Press record & start talkn’

Around here we calls guys like Jeff “good ‘ol boys” and they don’t mind it.

I really appreciate when someone is brave enough to stand in front of a camera and just talk. Thanks for the good word Jeff. Congrats on your FIRST EVER youtube video…and congrats on the prize it won you!

4. Never metcha, but I love ya!

What an honor. Dmitry Vilchitsky is a native Russian speaker now living in New York. He’s one of those guys that you’ll probably like instantly (and he has a very cool accent)…and it doesn’t hurt that he had a lot of nice things to say about me… and my book… and our membership websites!

Congrats Dmitry. Great work.

TIP FOR ALL OF US: Although I REALLY enjoy hearing long videos about how great you think my stuff is, it would actually serve YOU better to keep it shorter. The average length of time that a youtube.com video will keep a viewers attention is far less than 8 minutes. The only exception is when the topic is of great interest to the viewer.

5. “I’ll be there in a minute…”

Just an honest, specific, heartfelt review. Stay for the ending on this one.  This is powerful in its simplicity and will make you laugh with the ‘outtakes’ at the end including when Mike is interrupted by being called away from the camera while “working”…funny, and real. Thanks for this one.

Leave your comments and questions here…or go give these guys a five star ranking on youtube!