In some of our recent posts we’ve described the benefits of using multimedia mashups to increase engagement and drive more traffic. While our focus has been on bloggers and other web publishers we may have overlooked a significant group of people that could greatly benefit from using the uCubd platform.
Online video creators, producers, aggregators, video bloggers and others can get a lot of value out of using our mashups.
Lets say you are a blogger who specializes in creating product review videos or you are an aggregator with a website that collects product review videos. In both cases you either embed the videos or link to them on your site and you try to monetize them by using AdSense or an Amazon sidebar or some other affiliate or advertising solution. The problem with AdSense is that it looks like advertising and doesn’t add to the viewing experience. The Amazon sidebar may or may not show related products and is not in the main view. Your embedded videos are surrounded by text and other content which may distract the viewer.
Our mashups can solve both of these problems by providing a better video viewing experience and more engaging advertising. Watching a video inside our mashups is like being in a movie theater, we “turn down the lights” and present the viewer with an uncluttered visual experience. In our mashups we pair the videos with either the Amazon Carousel product widget or the Amazon MP3 list widget. In both cases the user experience is more engaging and compelling than the traditional advertising such as AdSense or the affiliate sidebar. The users can interact with the Amazon Carousel by rotating the products and getting a visual preview. The Amazon MP3 list widget gives them an opportunity to listen to the tracks before buying them.
When you create a mashup you get two things – an embeddable mashup widget and a standalone page of your mashup on uCubd.com. This lets visitors of our site find and share your content and also gives you an opportunity to drive traffic to your content outside of your website or blog while collecting your affiliate revenues.
uCubd standalone mashup page
Creating these mashups is easy and literally takes seconds. You don’t need to search for the Amazon widgets, all you need to have is your Amazon Affiliate ID and the video embed code. We take care of the rest. Once you drop in your video embed code we’ll analyze it and our platform will automatically render the Amazon widget with related products or MP3s next to your video. If you want to adjust the Amazon results you can do so by providing your own search keywords. Once you’ve created the mashup you can embed it on most blogging platforms and on any website.
Why embed a video or link to it when you can embed a uCubd multimedia mashup and give your readers a better viewing experience while making money in the process?
We hope you now have a good answer :)
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