It's more important than ever to have video presence on the internet if you are serious about marketing your online home-based business.

More than 30 billion videos are watched every month in the United-States alone.

Videos now comprise 60% of all web traffic.

These video surfers also happen to be a highly desirable demographic for your business as:

· 71% are employed

· 15% are students

· Their Average Income is $75,000

· Almost 50% are married

· 70% are college educated

Can you imagine the possibilities for your internet business if you harnessed the full potential of Video Marketing!?!

Once you have a camcorder, videos are free to make and to distribute. So you are effectively generating unlimited FREE traffic!

There's no doubt that video marketing should become an integral part of your marketing campaign.

Create as many how to videos, review videos, instructional videos as possible.

Answer the viewer's questions, educate the viewer, tell the viewer what to do next...

To harness the power of online video to drive traffic, generate leads and convert to sales, I would recommend distributing your videos to as many video distribution sites as possible; such as YouTube.com, Photobucket.com,

Esnips.com, Spike.com, Vidilife.com, etc...

TrafficGeyser.com is a great service I use that distributes my videos to 23

different video distribution sites for a small monthly fee. You will also find

hundreds of hours of incredibly indepth training on Video Marketing by Mike

Koenigs, the founder of Traffic Geyser, in the back office.

REVIEW OF THE "FLIP" VIDEO CAMCORDER

Personally, I use a super simple video recording device that I can just switch on, record with and quickly download/edit my videos without much fuss.

It's called the FLIP video recorder and it's a device no bigger than a Blackberry phone. Plus It only has 4 buttons:

• On/Off switch

• Record

• Play (with zoom in / zoom out, volume up/down features)

• Delete

To be honest that's all need. I'm just interested in recording an idea I have really quickly (as soon as idea pops in to my mind) and getting it out on the internet as soon as possible.

That's why, according to me, the most brilliant feature of the "Flip" is the built in USB key that just "flips" out (hence the name) from the side of the camcorder at the press of a button.

In that way, you are always ready to transfer your videos to your computer.

You'll never lose another USB cable in the bottom of a drawer or have to drag a knotted cable with you on holiday again in case you need to download your videos to your computer.

The FLIP can store up to 60 minutes worth of videos. The picture quality is

really impressive and with great contrast as well.

Sixty minutes of recording time is more than enough as your videos should never be more that 2-3 minutes long.

YouTube won't allow videos over 10 minutes to be posted anyways. Therefore, even if you did make a series of long 10 minute videos, you could still fit 6 videos in before you would need to transfer the files to your computer.

When you plug the "Flip" in to your computer for the first time, its built-in software automatically downloads on to your computer. Within seconds you are ready to edit your video on an extremely simple, dare I say idiot-proof, editing program.

There is however one negative comment I'd like to make regarding the

camcorder and that is that the record bottom on my camera can be a little difficult to engage when I'm ready to start or end filming.

I don't know whether it's just a case of my device being faulty or whether this is a common problem with the camcorders.

However, when I do happen to capture some fiddly moments at the beginning or end of a clip they are more than easy to cut out in the editing process.

When it comes to electronic gadgets I refuse to deal with anything

complicated...and the FLIP definitely is not complicated. Heck...it doesn't even come with a manual! It couldn't be more perfect for an internet marketers needs.

Best of all it's really affordable. So if you can't afford to buy a real camcorder yet, you can still start making videos for less than $150.

You can check out the "Flip" for yourself at http://www.theflip.com

As a marketer I have found this device extremely useful and user-friendly. If it can help you get your video ideas out there quickly and easily too, then it makes me happy to recommend it to you.