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Awesome Video! Now What? Where Besides YouTube to Upload Videos

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You have just created an awesome little video. A promotion that isn’t too promotional. A teaser that entertains and raises curiosity.

But now what? Here are five crucial places to upload videos.

Find Out Where You Can Upload Your Videos Besides YouTube

  • First, get that video up on YouTube.

That is a no-brainer that you have probably already thought of. Even if you don’t promote the YouTube URL, chances are that somebody will see it there.

If you do want to promote the YouTube URL directly and you need a little boost, you might try using some of the social sharing co-op services that I have reviewed here and here.

Plus YouTube gives you the chance to use their embed code to display the video elsewhere, such as…

Where Else to Upload Videos for Hosting

Did you also think of uploading your videos to:

How Do Videos Get Hosted?

Still not clear on how videos get hosted? Read A Beginner’s Guide to Video Hosting.

Where Else to Upload Videos

  • Post it on a non-sales page.

This is a page on your website that does not offer anything to sell, but is simply there for information. Perhaps it offers some tips, perhaps it discusses the philosophical questions related to the topic of the video.

The reason you want to post it to a non-sales page is because this page is easy to share in social bookmarking and social networking websites. Not everyone will want to pass along your sales page; an information page if so much more pass-on-able.

  • Post it on your sales page…

because some people will have no problem passing around a sales page, especially if there is some really cool content on it. The video makes your sales page more interesting and share-worthy.

It might also entice more people to actually read the page and become leads or prospects. By way of example, I posted one at : http://www.seo-writer.com/freelance/fiction-writer.html .

  • Include it in a blog post.

Why bother placing it in a blog post if it is already on an information page? Because blog posts are shared sometimes in wholly different ways. Through RSS, the content is spread and regular readers will find it. And it will increase engagement. It can be submitted to certain social websites specific for blogs, as well as to blog carnivals. And let’s face it – you’ve put a lot of effort into creating your masterpiece, so the more channels you can use to spread it around, the better.

  • Share it with bloggers.

Depending on the nature of the video, it could be of great interest to bloggers. You have to think carefully about what niches might be interested. A video is a great way to enhance a blog post, and some bloggers would value a suggestion if it is a good fit for what they are blogging about.

Now you have an awesome video, and an awesome video promotion program. Do this with several unique video ideas and you will start to see your website being shared and visited more over time.

Of course, I might be missing a few great opportunities, so please leave a comment if you have some great ideas that I have overlooked.

Thanks to David Leonhardt for these tips. David runs The Happy Guy Marketing, where website-promotion is always a creative process. Follow him on Twitter at @Amabaie.

Want more video marketing ideas? See these related posts:

NOTE: This post was originally published on: May 15, 2013; updated 1/20/20.

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David Leonhardt's "day job" is to run The Happy Guy Marketing, which offers ghostwriting of books and screenplays and such, as well as website promotion, such as content marketing and social media marketing. He blogs about self-help topics, including happiness, fitness and nutrition.
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  2. I never knew so many sites to upload my videos. I have a youtube channel where I post videos regularly. I think now I am not confined to only one site. I will definitely upload my videos in above mentioned sites to increase traffic. Thank you for the information.

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  3. This is a very detailed guide, David. I loved it! great work!
    I would like to add something to your guide.
    YouTube is the second biggest search engine as you’ve mentioned and sometimes having your videos go viral is very difficult. But YouTube and Vimeo are great places to get exposure and get in touch with your niche.

    After you’ve gathered a significant amount of loyal fanbase you should explore other monetization options as well. For example, https://shabingo.com/ provides a pay per view option for your videos, which you can utilize with your engaged followers and create a new revenue stream!

    To me, Shabingo is worth checking out for content creators that are interested in getting directly paid by their fans!

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    • Hi Evi,

      While I’m sure monetizing videos in that manner would be of interest to their creators, I suspect it would be a really tough sell with all the free content available everywhere.

      The person would need to build a very strong following and share unique content on Shabingo and stop sharing as much for free for that to work as a strategy.
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  4. I never knew so many sites to upload my videos. I have a youtube channel where I post videos regularly. I think now I am not confined to only one site. I will definitely upload my videos in above mentioned sites to increase traffic. Thank you for the information.

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  5. Way too much alternatives. I never thought that this many alternative exists.
    I am curious visiting all of them. It was a useful information.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  11. Unless you are a big blogger or a well recognized figures, most of these places won’t give you more engagement and unlike when hosted on and PROMOTED on YouTube.

    YouTube still remains the best video hosting site. You’ll notice that the word promoted is highlighted in all cap, that is the key. Promoting your YouTube video.

    A YouTube video well promoted, will give you more engagement and social than any other channel combined.
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    • Hi Emmanuel,

      While I do agree that YouTube is yet another part of Google’s monopoly on traffic, that is the problem. They have far too much control over everyone and can delete you any time they feel like it.

      That is the reason it is important to use more than just Google properties. Sadly, even if you use every other method of getting traffic, it may or may not be as much as you can get from Google/YouTube.

      I wish the others would add the ability to change video speeds. That is the #1 reason I prefer to watch videos on YouTube.
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  13. Hi Gail,
    What an amazing share!
    It is indeed a great joy to read our common friend David’s amazing share. yes, this is really new information for me. I have been thinking that YouTube is the only major sharing platform for videos. Though I watched some videos on Vimeo etc, I never knew that we can post videos on such places too. Thanks, Dave for sharing this amazing post with a good number of educative videos and related links.
    I am sure that the years ahead are for the visual media and we need to concentrate more on visual images.
    Thanks, Gail for the space allotted to Dave.
    I am glad to note that this post has been curated on the pages of BizSugar readers.
    Have a great week ahead.
    ~ Phil
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  21. I have never been curious about ways to promote videos on the Internet. So this information you give will definitely take to another level. I didn’t know there were so many websites so share videos besides Youtube! So thanks for sharing our list.

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  27. it is better to upload videos to other video sharing sites to spread videos fast. it is really good option.

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  28. Hi,
    A million thanks for suggesting other sites like MetaCafe, Vimeo and Photobucket for uploading videos. I never knew we had options besides the YouTube.
    😀 😛 🙂

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  29. Wow. ome simple strategies here. I am now beginning to feel that i was wrong in thinking one needed a huge budget to create viral videos. I am sure one can do that without burning a hole in your pocket. Thanks for sharing these wonderful tips.

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