Well done, Internet User!
I really don't understand the flaming in this thread. If you don't "get" why this is useful and a good share for this forum, here's the thing: attempting to ramp up views on YT videos has been increasingly difficult in the past few months. IU has obviously found a way around this via botnets or something to that effect. All I really want to know is when he's going to make this service available to the rest of us.
If you don't mind my asking, IU, what was the point of this experiment? Without revealing any sort of money-making method, did you do this just to see if it would work? Based on your post history, I'm sure you knew that the video would eventually be banned. Also, did this cost you an account or did the video just get dropped? Regardless, it's impressive.
Also, just to point out to our newer members...as someone else already correctly noted, not all videos that seasoned marketers place on YT have the sole purpose of converting sales. Most of my strategy on YT, for example, is more about building buzz for a product or service; not immediately converting a sale. A video with a higher view count is more likely to be viewed...plain and simple. Most people on YT are not "active shoppers"...they're looking for entertainment. When was the last time you purposely watched some marketing video on YT? I don't watch them unless I'm just interested in seeing someone else's strategy...and I work in IM. The average surfer certainly isn't actively seeking out those sorts of videos. I'm sorry but this is why most of you fail. Too often, those new to IM put up some lame Animoto video (not even an HD attempt; just a boring slide show) that beats a viewer over the head with something lame like "BUY VIAGRA NOW!!!"
YT can be used to place a seed in a potential buyer's brain or promote your product by providing something else of value (an entertaining video, for example, that plugs your site/service at the end of the vid). It's elementary marketing. Think of television networks. They provide you with something funny/interesting to watch and, in return, they ask you to watch an ad. Do the same with your videos and you'll do much better.
If IU had used this method in the above fashion, it would probably would still be there and gaining more and more views. To be clear, I'm sure he knows this...and I suspect that this was just a test run for the view-count method. Point is, the higher the view count, the more likely it is to be seen and, therefore, his message would be heard (and, if the video is good enough, shared by those viewers. Best case scenario, it goes viral).
I realize that
most of you understand this. But we've an influx of new members on the boards here that clearly have no idea what they're doing...so I feel the need to point this out.
Once again, hats off to you, sir.
