Hi allow me to share an email I sent a friend about video submission:
Hi T,
I apologize for the delay in my answer. I have been travelling and am now in Riviera Maya in Mexico at a medical convention (I am sooooooo poor.LOL). In answer to your question here is what I know so far about video submission:
Google and other video directories value a lot videos not unlike blogs a little while ago. You tube has been recently bought by Yahoo I think because video is a big thing.
If you submit a video, you can add a least one link to a URL and these links are spidered very fast (again from what I heard).
Videos should be 3 to 5 minutes long and sometimes can be just a teaser re-directing to you site for more info.
There are hundreds of videos directories but only 20 to 30 are really worth your attention for now. They host your video for free. The big ones are Google, Yahoo (you tube,etc)
Submitting to all video hosting sites can take very long. I have subscribed to Frank Sousa's secret video subtmitter (or something like that-I will find the exact name soon as I only have punctual access to internet here). where you only upload your video once and their service submits it to all the directories after. He had a special for the first year but after that it will be a monthly fee. I am pretty sure it would be easy to place a posting at elance to get someone design this program for less. The problem is the bandwith required from what I understand.
His program will soon have a feature where you can upload pictures and do a slideshow and add music (he provides) and make it a video like. So, if you do not have videos, pictures will do.
I have not yet submitted videos because I am learning the curve about this too. I know that the testimonials Frank got were saying they got great natural rankings very fast on Google by just submitting videos. I am planning on submitting videos before the end of 2006 and can keep you posted on the results.
I know there was a video about FREE HUGS who got 4 millions viewings in a very short period of time. That's a lot of exposure!!
Anyway, with my medical missions and my hypnosis for childbirth I have many videos ready to use. I just need to separate them in 3 to 5 minutes teasers. I will use Sony Vegas video editor. It sells for about 160$ but way cheaper on E-bay. other people like to use more fancy softwares but the fancier, the harder to learn how to use. I use Sony soundforge to edit all my self-hypnosis CDs and MP3 (over 130 of them) and if I can use it, anyone can use it.
I could see how easy it could be to do a little video redirecting to your sunglasses web sites and get more free natural traffic.
I hope this helps.
Nathie
P.S. Feel free to forward this info to the other members of the mastermind group if you wish.