YouTube

Youtube is a website that will host videos for you free. This has led to its popularity increasing very quickly.

Youtube was only set up in May 2005 and already it is one of the best-known hosting sites for video on the Internet.  Individuals to use it to host home movies, bands to launch their new videos, filmmakers to launch film clips and independent filmmakers to get their films to a wider audience.

It is very easy to join and you can upload short videos free.  This can be anything from a home movie with your friends, to an infomercial.  Of course you are trying to market your product and you want people to know about your business, so you need to make a short video about that. You can do this with a home video camera, or get a professional to make it for you if your business can afford it.  An easy way to make a video if you have a website is to use Camtasia.

Once you have created your video and uploaded it to Youtube they will give you a small piece of code to put on your website and this will link straight to the video so you do not have to host it yourself.

But the real way to make money on Youtube is to make a viral video. This means that when people see your video, either on Youtube or on your site, they pass it on the their friends.