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How to Increase YouTube Traffic with Social Tube Traffic [CASE STUDY]

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Social Tube Traffic System

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On July 27, 2012
Last modified:March 4, 2013

Summary:

This is one of those things I wish I thought of myself. Ryan Deiss explains how he uses the authority of the big 3: YouTube, Facebook, and Google - to rank his videos on both YouTube and Google. And this is not just about rankings. You'll learn how to set up your channel, make videos that convert (without even being in front of the camera), optimize your titles and descriptions, and much more. Perfect if you haven't quite figured out how to use YouTube to drive traffic, generate leads, or make affiliate sales.

social tube traffic systemDon’t you love it when someone asks you for an interview?

It takes my breath away every time.

Wow, someone actually wants to hear what I have to say!

I am important!

I matter!

(Of course, my next thought is always – “Are they out of their mind?!”)

Well, today I actually had to cancel one such interview.

social tube traffic and ana chandelier

Of course, I had better things to do like to hang my new Murano glass chandelier, which we patiently waited for to be shipped from Italy for almost 3 months.

Sorry, Dan Norris – I have to keep my priorities straight!

It’s nice to have a great excuse for something, isn’t it?

Then we don’t have to dig deeper to find the real reason for it; after all, what if we don’t like what we see?

So here’s my confession, Dan: I got a bit flustered because you wanted to talk about TRAFFIC GENERATION.

Why on earth would you want to talk to ME about it?

As I was rehearsing my answers to your questions in my head, I kept hearing myself saying:

“There’s nothing new under the sun…”

“I’ve never used any paid traffic methods…”

“Everyone gets traffic the same old ways…”

“No, I don’t have any creative tricks up my sleeves to share…”

OK, deep breath…

Free Traffic Generation

It’s true I almost exclusively focus on free traffic generation methods.

After all, most of us start an online business because we know what it feels like to have the majority of our assets in pizza coupons.

Plus, free traffic is always great because much of it can be leveraged over time, i.e. your traffic doesn’t stop when you run out of money.

Organic search engine traffic is one such example.

However, more and more site owners take interest in things like SEO, social media, etc. and standing out from the crowd is a lot harder now than it used to be.

It’s true, there’s nothing new under the sun when it comes down to traffic generation.

The reason why any website gets more traffic over another has nothing to do with WHAT traffic generation methods they use.

It’s rather HOW they use the same methods everyone else does.

Creativity.

Those marketers who figured out how to use Pinterest to benefit their non-visual niches got the worm.

Those of us who were whining about it because we never took the time to figure it out for ourselves get to learn from them and even pay for that knowledge.

As a matter of fact, any time we choose to pay for a products or a course that we hope will teach us how to build a better business and bring in more profit, we acknowledge that THEY figured out something that we didn’t bother to/couldn’t/didn’t think of.

And that’s OK.

I am more than happy to pay someone to teach me a skill that will show me how to gain more exposure and increase my earnings from blogging – smarter and faster.

And that’s how and why I found Social Tube Traffic System.

Social Tube Traffic System

In this case, the traffic is not entirely free, but it’s dirt cheap (I am talking about $5-10) and still leveraged – you don’t need to keep throwing money at it for the traffic pump to keep on working.

The big idea behind it is leveraging the big three online behemoths – Google, Facebook, and YouTube.

What happens when you point them at each other to gain more authority and get ranked on both Google and YouTube?

Take a look for yourself:

Social Tube Traffic System

 

I’ve been studying this system for a few days now (thanks to Ryan Deiss and his team for giving me free access to it so that I can test it for myself before taking it to you) and already had some interesting results (below).

For those of you who already purchased Social Tube Traffic System (and if you went through my link – my huge thank you!), here’s a quick tutorial where I walk you through the members area and give you some tips on what to pay special attention to.

If you are still not sure if this is the right thing for you, watch the video to see what it is all about and why I am so excited about it.

Besides giving you a glimpse into the backoffice of the system, I created the video above to test the system.

And, to my huge surprise, I didn’t have to wait too long to see the results.

The Proof Is in the Pudding

As I was still in the process of adding the video title, description, etc., I wanted to look up the tags other videos currently ranking for “Social Tube Traffic System” used for their listing optimization.

Using the same tags as the top three videos already ranking for your specific keyword was something I learned from Module 5 of Social Tube Traffic System.

Lo and behold, I saw this:

ranking of social tube on youtube

Turns out that MY video was the one to beat – even before I fully finished publishing it.

Then I did a search on Google – with bated breath, mind you – and…. nothing.

What did you think I’ll say? :)

But it was ranking on Google video search:

social tube video on google

Whooa!

And all I did was follow the instructions for best video listing optimization in Module 5 of Social Tube Traffic System.

Now before I run off to use the rest of the system to lock my rankings, here’s what I want you to do.

Call to Action

It’s simple really.

This sums it up:

buy social tube traffic system

 Click Here to Check Out Social Tube Traffic System

 

buy social tube for emma

Ranking my video on YouTube and Google,

traffic generation cafe

PS As if you haven’t guessed it already, this was my review of Social Tube Traffic System by Ryan Deiss.

You might’ve noticed that I used some possibly risque methods to get my point across and to get my readers to take action.

Did they work? Was it too much? Let me know what you thought in the comments.

 

traffic generation cafe comment below

{ 40 comments }

Wade December 4, 2012 at 8:23 pm

This is very interesting. I will have to check this out further, thanks!

Matthew Insardi December 4, 2012 at 6:53 am

I’m glad I stumbled upon your blog. I know Ryan is amazing and I’m sure you are too. Your call to action is amazing. I know a lot of people get nervous making videos… they think it has to be perfect. JUST push record and start talking. Have a goal in mind and if your passionate about the subjetct it will come through. Even the pros mess up. And trust me if you saw their first video you would laugh too, i know mine is terrible. Just keep recording and the progression will come.

Jim Zboran October 15, 2012 at 12:31 pm

Thanks for the review, Ana… and also the fun and clever way you have of communicating your content. Above and beyond the product, you shared a key truth:

“The reason why any website gets more traffic over another has nothing to do with WHAT traffic generation methods they use. It’s rather HOW they use the same methods everyone else does.”

That gets at what I would call the “art” of traffic generation. The ability to “artfully” apply a technique provides a great edge over just being able to “technically” apply it.

And a key part of learning the art of anything is to watch how artists apply technical methods. So thanks for showing the art while discussing the technique!

PS – Loved the clever call-to-action summary.

Ana Hoffman October 16, 2012 at 9:11 pm

And thank YOU for bringing a smile to my face, Jim!

Danielle Parsons September 17, 2012 at 2:47 pm

You have redesigned your entire blog. I am testing the widget area on the left side like you have done on TGC. The titles of your pages have changed. ‘Free Cookies’ is quite interesting. You are quite creative Ana. Making a couple of statements about an Ipad on cardboard with your daughter is also unique.

By standing out from the crowd, do you find being creative as another traffic building source? If we were all the same, life would be very boring!

Ana Hoffman September 18, 2012 at 10:46 am

You haven’t seen anything yet, Danielle, lol – I am REALLY redesigning the whole thing right now; might be ready by this weekend.

I think creativity and constantly testing new things definitely keeps it interesting.

Ledio August 20, 2012 at 10:23 pm

Of course everyone NEEDS a new iPad :)

Ana Hoffman August 21, 2012 at 12:05 pm

What are we without our latest must-have gadgets?

Larry Lourcey August 3, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Love the Call To Action shots!
I think people just like to pick your brain because you have a knack for thinking a little outside the box -but then presenting it in a clear, concise way. That isn’t a common trait.

p.s. I’m glad I got my interview in before your brain locked up…

Ryan Hanley July 31, 2012 at 10:12 am

Ana,

I love how you played the “Kid Card” to entice purchases… Or at least clicks right?

Can you track who’s picture is getting clicked on more? Your’s or your daughter’s?

That’s a statistic I’d be interested in.

Thanks!!

Ryan H.

Ana Hoffman July 31, 2012 at 10:38 am

Ahhh, I wish I would’ve thought of tracking that, Ryan…

Kathy Baker July 31, 2012 at 6:51 am

P.S. Ana, no way is your Blog post hypey at all. You use pics, vids, interesting twists and examples to make your Blog post interesting to read and engage with. Rather than just monotonous, plain, long-winded copy, zzzzz. Keep up your great work, and keep entertaining, engaging, informing and educating us!

Ana Hoffman July 31, 2012 at 7:17 am

MUCH appreciated, Kathy!

Christian July 31, 2012 at 5:53 am

Speaking of interviews. I recently got invited to 5 … five interviews.
All of them this week. If I don’t end up with a good job at the end of the day I personally give up….I have the experience, I have the knowledge, I just don’t really love being part of a team that much, I way more productive working alone.

Anyways the new Social Tube Traffic System sounds good. I personally never had any success with social media in general when it comes to traffic but I’m willing to try anything at this point…

Ana Hoffman July 31, 2012 at 7:19 am

Sounds like you’ve got your hands full, Christian!

Kathy Baker July 31, 2012 at 3:12 am

Thank you Ana for a great review. As always, you give me the challenge of what I seriously should do next, just like with your gentle Pinterest butt kick, hehe ;-)

I’ve been wanting to do video for some time, and now is a good time to take the bull by the horn and “just do it!” It makes perfectly good sense to rise above and do that next. I’ll be so chuffed once I do.

I love your renovations – what a difference! And, I’m so glad you’re back Ana! :-)

Glenn July 30, 2012 at 10:13 am

Ana, your call to action is really compelling as it tugs on the emotions. Who wouldn’t want to help a sweet little girl get as IPad..

Ana Hoffman July 30, 2012 at 2:33 pm

lol, thanks, Glenn! Good thing she doesn’t even know how to spell IPad… On the other hand, one doesn’t need to know how to spell something to ask for it.

Peter Charles July 30, 2012 at 9:44 am

Ok so, I tweeted this post, liked it on Facebook and +1ed it. Then I pinned 2 of the pics on pininterest and and then tweeted those pins on twitter. Anything else?… 5 years from now this will be a 50 step process LOL

Ana Hoffman August 2, 2012 at 8:26 am

lol, Peter – thanks for the effort!

Arturo July 30, 2012 at 9:17 am

Loved the review, Ana! Now, here’s a thought…

Since so many of your visitors seem to be a bit camera shy and perhaps not all know how to use PowerPoint and Ryan did say to use Fiverr, I’m wondering whether you’d be willing to give that a try and demo for us what’s possible to do when it comes to “Hands-off Rapid Video Creation”. :-D

It seems to me that video creation is the more complicated portion of this process that Ryan and you have now described for us. I’ve been doing Facebook promotions for a while now and, though I’m not terribly impressed with performance (I believe Google AdWords is far more cost-effective for PPC campaigning than Facebook), I have learned to grab a video, post it in Facebook and promote it to a niche audience there.

In fact, I got one right now that for $11 has reached in less than 7 days over 30,000 people and produced 25 clicks ($0.45 p/click) and 32 actions ($0.34 p/action), you know, like sharing the video or liking it or commenting on it. And about half of those 25 clickers have become subscribers to my Facebook business page. About one-fourth I suspect did this week become subscribers to my weekly newsletter. But I still have found this approach a bit too pricey and would, of course, prefer my videos to generate primarily organic traffic.

So, one of my questions is does this strategy from Ryan work for videos that have been sitting in YouTube for a while or mainly for new videos, freshly uploaded like yours this week? It seems that, if we’re to be loading frequent video, not much unlike blogging frequently to alert Google of our fresh content, then we’ll need to be producing videos quite rapidly.

How can that be done using Fiverr as Ryan recommends?

Maybe you can show us. It’s only $5 to try, if you don’t include your precious labor, of course. ;-)

Ana Hoffman July 30, 2012 at 2:40 pm

All very good points, Arturo.

I think it’s a good idea to walk my readers through making a video using PowerPoint. Not that I know much about it, but I learned enough tricks to make my video production fairly smooth.

I agree – I don’t think I’ll be buying FB ads for every video I do (even though it’s very inexpensive, it can still add up pretty quickly), but for those ones that review an affiliate product that is hard to rank for otherwise I’d definitely give this a go.

As far as your last question is concerned, I was wondering about it myself.

It would make sense that Social Tube tactics should work better for the new videos; after all, it’s all about that initial engagement level that Google seems to be taking into account.

However, I do have a couple of old videos that I was thinking of playing with to see if I can get those ranked as well.

Maybe I should ask Ryan Deiss…

Theodore July 30, 2012 at 7:43 am

I have been trying to use video to drive traffic to my blog as well but finds it really difficult and challenging although i have not put much effort on it so far but will surely give it a short this time.

Thanks for sharing Ana

Ana Hoffman July 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm

What exactly is the challenge, Theodore?

Would love to help, if I can.

Theodore.N July 30, 2012 at 11:38 pm

Thanks Ana for your concern. My man problem is that I’m not that good in SEO, I’ve created 2 videos already with Camstudio but the view rate has been poor.
What i want to know is the best way to create videos and how to optimize it for S.E.

Thanks again for your concern.

Ana Hoffman July 31, 2012 at 7:15 am

I see…

As you can imagine, there’s no simply answer to your issues, Theodore. I double-checked my archives and I haven’t written anything good on the topic.

This course is actually perfect to learn what you need about optimizing your channel, listings, etc., but I do understand that it costs money.

I’ll see if I might do some posts on the topic.

Alan Chatfield July 30, 2012 at 6:46 am

Hey Ana,

I think you should have taken the interview.

Sounds like a case of you being too modest – you know tonnes of stuff about traffic generation.

Reading this reminds me I promised someone the same after that last post I wrote for you and I still haven’t gotten back to them (off to do that now…)

p.s. the chandelier looks great – but you still shoulda done the interview.

let me know if you do one, K?

take care

Ana Hoffman July 30, 2012 at 2:26 pm

I will, Alan – just needed to reschedule it for this week. ;)

Girlnapurpledres July 28, 2012 at 4:42 pm

I’ve been umming and aarrrhing about videos as teaching materials, I may need to give this some serious thought after all. Thank you for a great read always. Bahee

Ana Hoffman July 29, 2012 at 8:44 am

I think videos are a great promotion tool, Bahee.

Kevin of Simplebutcreative Media July 28, 2012 at 4:18 pm

This looks like a great tool worth buying! I’ve always known YouTube videos are one of the fastest ways to get ranked high in Google search. I’m slowly transitioning back into tutorials videos again. I definitely need to really get this going!

Yay! your contact form is working again…I messaged you a proposal about you and I working together? Hope to hear from you soon :)

Ana Hoffman July 29, 2012 at 8:40 am

Will check my email, Kevin.

Shalu Sharma July 28, 2012 at 6:05 am

I have not heard of social tube before but seems interesting. May I ask you are using YouTube, Facebook and G+ and using it to get traffic, am I correct.

Ana Hoffman July 29, 2012 at 8:35 am

Yes, Shalu.

Mark July 28, 2012 at 5:09 am

LOL! Love the signs Ana. That is actually a pretty clever way to brand yourself.

With respect to Ryan’s Social Tube Traffic System, I am in the process of listening to his video as I type this.

They guy makes a great pitch with respect to the CPC equivalency.

If I can get the nerve up to make videos, I will definitely be checking it out. Thanks for the recommendation.

Mark :)

Ana Hoffman July 29, 2012 at 8:34 am

That’s one of the points he makes, Mark – you don’t have to be in front of the camera.

I’ve been making all my videos with PowerPoint and ScreenFlow – now I don’t have to wait for the “perfect hair day” to record one. lol

Mariella Lombardi July 28, 2012 at 4:38 am

Hi Ana,

from what I understood this was promoting the Social Tube Traffic system, Correct if I’m wrong as I’m just a newbie at traffic generation topics. From my point a view video promoting is quite useful if you have the time to do it. As I’m writing pretty much all day and reading different blogs, I think it is going to be quite a while before I even start to think about doing this.

Mariella

Ana Hoffman July 29, 2012 at 8:33 am

I do understand, Mariella – lack of time and having to pick our priorities is something we all have to deal with.

However, Social Tube is not meant to be yet another thing for us to do.

It’s meant to bring results.

So let’s say your ultimate goal is to sell weight loss products.

Writing a lot is probably not helping that goal that much.

But imagine if you spent an hour making a video, uploading it to YouTube, etc. and then were able to rank it on Google for that particular product, imagine the direct impact (i.e. sales) this would have on your business?

Cristina Ansbjerg July 28, 2012 at 4:28 am

I find this post very confusing, Ana.
I still don’t know why you rejected an interview about traffic generation. That’s what I would expect the owner of a blog called Traffic Generation Cafe to talk about.

I was hoping to find out but then the post turned into a review of a Traffic tool…

Ana Hoffman July 29, 2012 at 8:02 am

lol, Cristina – sorry I didn’t get my point across better.

The point was that I couldn’t come up with any creative ideas for traffic generation at that moment – no one wants you to talk about the same old traffic generation methods during an interview; everyone expects me to have some special tricks up my sleeves.

That very day, I got an email from Ryan Deiss about Social Tube and wanted to check it out before the interview to see if Ryan knew something I never thought of.

Is this a review of Social Tube? Yes.

The way I decided to “package” it? That’s just how my brain works.

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