Increased traffic means more customers.  Video marketing is a powerful way to attract visitors to your website.  Did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world?  Research shows that 7 out of 10 Americans watch video ads online.

Attracting customers to your website is great, but how do you convert that "traffic" into "customers".  In an article on ReelSEO.com, Jim Folliard & Tom Foster of Fairfax Video Studio, offer these great tips to convert video viewers into customers. 

1.)    Enough about you!  Focus on the viewer, not yourself. "If you were at a cocktail party, would you spend your time talking with the person who is solely focused on himself?" asks the article.

2.)    Answer Common Questions.  You know what they are.  Every business owner knows the common questions that customers ask.  

3.)    Experience Sells:  Explain how you have been able to help customers in the past.  What is your expertise? Position yourself as the Go-To Expert in your field.

4.)    Pay attention to quality.  Low quality and low budget video is not going to present a good image.  Viewers are going to make a quick decision based on this. Make sure your video and audio, both, are high quality.

5.)    Smile!  "It might feel unnatural and awkward, especially if you are talking about a serious topic," states the article, "but smiling while you are talking comes across great on video. Smiling makes you more approachable and people will feel more comfortable contacting you."

6.)    Include a Call to Action.  You are looking to get action from your videos. "Do you want people to call you?  Should they fill out an online contact form?  Is there a book or report they should download?" says the article. Don't be afraid to tell them what they should do next. "A call to action lets Web visitors know exactly what they should do after watching your video."

7.)    Be Yourself!  "Above all else, it's important to come across as "genuine".  Don't try to be someone you're not, viewers will see right through that.  Video is a perfect way for someone to get to know you, so let your personality shine!

Investing in online video marketing is a necessary investment in your business. Video is a powerful marketing tool to help you generate more leads and new customers.

Read the full article on ReelSEO.com.

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Inman News most influential people is a contest they hold once a year to recognize people who have influenced the real estate industry. In fact they are recognizing 100 people, thats right, they have an annual list of 100 people they identify who have made significant contributions to the real estate market. Its time again to nominate your pick.

The gauge they use is people who have demonstrated strength, common sense, innovation, ingenuity, perseverance, and progress. Its a good list, something we should all strive to embody in our own lives. The list of possible inductees include people inside the industry and those outside the industry who contribute and impact the real estate industry in some way, kind of like me, (hint, hint, the spelling of my name is David Chambers, in case you needed to know).

What makes this year a bit different is they are also combining real estates list of most influential leaders with the most influential online personalities, including bloggers and social media coordinators like me, pretty cool isnt it? Anyway, you gotta have a little fun with this. So go to www.inmannews.com and nominate your pick for the Inman News Real Estates Most Influential Person.

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Posted in Denver Colorado Real Estate, Blogging, Real Estate Market Conditions, CAR, NAR, Real Estate Industry, Real Estate Industry Trends, Gen X-Y, Technology And YOU, Web 2.0 Marketing, National News, Real Estate Industry Events

Television Show with Online Video Launches for Local Denver Businesses

Denver, CO-- IPTVBoyz, LLC announces Denver's newest media network for local businesses -- a themed half-hour television show combined with a custom web portal with streaming video and blog capabilities.  This new turnkey media package includes content syndication to over thirty relevant social media sites to build web relevance and search ranking.

The TV show features a host conducting on-air interviews with owners focusing on their businesses. Broadcast on Comcast, DirecTV, Dish Network, and KCDO-TV, the show reaches 1.3+ million households, with a frequency of 28 on-air showings.  At the same time, each video interview is syndicated online via a customized video/blot platform to increase internet search rankings.

Dirk Freeman, IPTVBoyz/dBIZnet.TV President and Operations Director, a 27+ year veteran of TV broadcast and production, states "From broadcast production, to media placement, to web syndication using our proprietary, proven Video/Blog platform we built from the ground up, we do the heavy lifting to deliver cost-effective results for local businesses."

Mark Eibner, Director of SEO Technology, describes the opportunity with "Today's winners in SEO and SEM are first-page Google results, not just text returns, but with Video returns.  Studies show that the internet's growth sectors are Online Video and Social Media -- a critical combination we've delivered time after time for our clients."

Posted in Headlines, Denver Colorado Real Estate, Blogging, Real Estate Market Conditions, CAR, NAR, Gen X-Y, Technology And YOU, Web 2.0 Marketing, IPTVBoyz Blog Training, About, Products and Services, Social Network Sharing

Reach your market through Denver TV advertising, video hosting as well as web syndication to build strong SEO with IPTVBoyz.

There is a saying today that people want to get to know you before they get to know you. The more educated they are the more likely they will do business with you because they will trust you. Our TV and Internet solutions do just that! Our mission is to increase our clients sales through a unique combination using television and the internet. We do the heavy lifting from production and broadcast to web syndication. Study after study has shown that the number 1 and number 2 growth sectors on the internet is Video and Social Media, a lethal combination.

Traditional branding is out. Lifestyle branding is in. This web play is hinged on a proven proprietary platform. Organic search returns and first page google results, thats critical to your success. Time and time again, over the last three years we have delivered first page results for our clients.

The beauty of our solution is that it is Turn-Key, with television production and television airtime and web syndication. One package to deliver great results! Todays winners for SEO and SEM are first page Google results not just with a text return but, a video return. Its turn-key, simple and results drive.

Our media strategy allows you to have two to three minutes of television airtime to showcase and feature your business. We encourage you to take a closer look at dBiznetTV, Denvers newest Media Network!

Call 303-800-1006 for more details!

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We have all heard the new age, self help rhetoric about thinking positive and taking control of your destiny. "You are the architect of your own reality," "what you think is what you create" and "thoughts become things." These are some of the sayings weve heard lately about taking control of not only our lives, but taking control over ourselves. How does this relate to business or real estate you might ask? Mike Brooks, from Broker Agent Social thinks it has a lot to do with real estate and sales.

Mr. Brooks says that how you talk to yourself can have drastic effects on how you view yourself and how you perform. You may say to yourself that you dont talk to yourself, but what did you just say and who did you say it to? You may or may not believe in self motivation and creating your own reality, but if you take a steep back for a moment, and remember how your parents taught you and how you teach your children you might think twice about this positive thinking stuff.

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Every mother and father inherently knows positive thinking works, and can form and shape our lifes. Think about teaching your children how to catch a ball in the back yard or teaching them to tie their shoe laces. What do they say time and time again? I cant do it! And what do you say in return? Yes you can, dont say you cant do it, if you say you cant you wont be able to do it. Say you can do it, I know you can. At what age did this rule stop applying to us? What we say to ourselves and how we think does affect our lives.

If you say youre not good enough to close the deal, then youre not good enough to close the deal, just like catching the ball in the back yard as children, the same rules still apply to us, only now we juggle many balls in the air, and our families depend on us, our financial future depends on learning how to catch that preverbal ball. You can do it, I know you can!

Read the full article from BrokerAgentSocial

Posted in Headlines, Metro Brokers, Denver Colorado Real Estate, Blogging, CAR, Real Estate Industry Trends, Gen X-Y, Web 2.0 Marketing, IPTVBoyz Blog Training