| Starting a video website is not hard. | | | | many cheap logo websites and pay somebody to |
| First, if you're thinking about competing with | | | | design one. |
| YouTube, forget it. Unless you have a hundred million | | | | Step 3: Set up hosting. Most video apps are built in |
| dollars, it's not going to happen. Instead you must | | | | PHP, so you'll need PHP hosting. You can get a quality |
| build either a niche video website or a viral video | | | | host for ten to twenty dollars a month. |
| entertainment website. By niche I mean, for example: | | | | Step 4: Upload the app, configure, plug in advertising |
| exercise videos, motorcycle videos, dance videos, | | | | programs and then upload 50 viral videos to get |
| stand-up comedy videos, you get the idea. Find a | | | | started. Where you do you get videos? Type in |
| niche and dominate it. | | | | 'entertainment websites' on Google and download |
| By viral media websites I mean creating a website | | | | videos from other entertainment websites. |
| and uploading popular viral videos. These are the | | | | Step 5: Start trading traffic. Go to entertainment |
| funny, comedy type videos you often get | | | | webmaster forums and start trading links and traffic |
| forwarded in email or videos you find at the top of | | | | with other entertainment webmasters. Also search |
| the viral video websites. | | | | for 'link dumps' and start submitting links to your |
| Step 1: Buy an off the shelf video app/script. There | | | | videos. |
| are many choices, but the app should have several | | | | Step 6: Build loyal visitors. You do this by keeping |
| features built in. Videos, obviously, a link trading | | | | your video website fresh. Upload fresh videos every |
| (toplist app) and room for multiple ad spots. | | | | day. One to six new videos a day should do the trick. |
| Step 2: Design your own logo or go to one of the | | | | |