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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!

Instead of a newsletter this week I thought I’d share my two steps to success. Enjoy!

To view the video on youtube click here

Please leave me your feedback here or on youtube once you’ve watched it.

If you’d like to watch this same video on youtube (and see some commentary by my son as bonus material) use this link.

I’ve found a very cool way to drive up my eBay affiliate traffic! I’m using “annotations” on YouTube.com! Check out how it works…

…In the video description (to the right on YouTube.com) I include an affiliate link back to eBay! When that link gets used by shoppers I get paid!

Listen to the description of how I use annotations to ramp up my eBay affiliate commissions here:

Here’s a link to the video about setting up a clickable image in your eBay auctions that will drive the most traffic to your youtube.com videos.

Here’s a link to join the eBay affiliate program.

Here’s a link to join MySilentTeam.com

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!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

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More leads than you can handle - that’s what I’m calling this video:

Click HERE to watch it

Stop by and leave your feedback below once you watch it! Just click on the small “comment” link.

I’m anticipating a lot of viewers…so check back later if you have trouble or…

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CLICK HERE to view my latest video free.  

I’ve just finished a video that illustrates the power of eBay “FEATURED AUCTIONS” and how they can get you a ton of traffic from the GOOGLE search engines!

I’ve just recorded another SUPER cool video that you can view online now 100% free. Check it out and leave me some feedback here on the blog please. Thanks to the new eBay digital goods policies and some great FREE third party tools you can literally run a very successful and highly lucrative eBay business WITHOUT LOGGING IN TO YOUR EBAY ACCOUNT (after it’s all set up of course). You have to see this - click here.

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