David Jones: "Numbers are everything. About half of my audience find and watch me via Youtube, they don't care about my blog website at all!"
Hey Dave: Quite true, numbers are everything. Yet if those numbers depend on issues outside one's immediate and long-term control, they ultimately mean little! Respectfully; you're more than likely getting such new views from YT because you aren't PROMOTING your blog site effectively, in lieu possibly depending on YT -- maybe a little too much. And if your awareness ratio is that high using YT (and I'm not suggesting they aren't), then you are missing out on a basic marketing tenant; building a list YOU control (which entails far more than a YouTube "subscriber" base). Still that isn't a bad thing, depending on one's target market (and YT may fit yours well enough; only you can determine that based on the aspects). Sure YouTube is the fat-cat, and everyone should seriously consider utilizing its potentials to some degree. But to depend almost entirely on YT for traffic and revenue generation is, in my view, a shot-in-the-foot waiting to happen. And the latter is why I concur with Rob's take; there are simply better options available, no matter what one's objectives are. ...Without a list one controls, they are disadvantaged. A CONTROLLED (contact) list is life-blood for a vast majority of websites. Without such one is significantly hampered in generating greater awareness, return hits and consequent sustained revenue growth. So while YT may appear to be worthwhile for generating significant income, its list (subscriber) limitations do not make it an optimum choice for deep-TARGETED traffic -- which translate into greater dollars acquired. But then, my views may be tainted from making an obscene living from the web for the last nine(9) years... So please take these thoughts in that light, for whatever they're worth? :D Mark Villaseñor, http://www.TailTrex.tv Canine Adventures For Charity - sm http://www.SOAR508.org
