A few days ago the latest niche Internet marketing site was launched. This one is a video based site for Internet marketers called IMBroadcast. So far I’ve been playing around with it, and I think it’s great. Although still bare, it has the potential for a lot of great content; especially if what’s already there is any indication of what’s in store.
Why is it good? The fact that you get videos from Scary SEO, tutorials on search engine optimization, and channels based on topics make it stand out. Not only that, but because Internet marketers are really close knit and everyone knows everyone, you see a lot of fun videos and jokes. So if you’ve been wasting your time on YouTube looking for tutorials, now they’re all in one place.
The community around IMBroadcast is going to grow. Similar to how some have built a reputation around being popular on Sphinn, this site is another place to show you know what you’re talking about. With a video site, not only do you get to show off your logo, but people get to see you in your videos. This builds your brand as a person, as well as your company’s through their logo.
With all the good things I’ve had to say about IMBroadcast you’d think it’s perfect, but that’s not the case. It really is missing a few major things. The first and most important is a blog. Without one it seems to be a black hole of information. I don’t know what’s coming up, or leave suggestions on future features.
Another thing is that its really bare. If I were launching it, I would’ve kept it in beta a little longer so more videos were uploaded before going public.
Finally, I’m worried about the long term vitality of IMBroadcast. The fear is that over time the community might degrade. Hopefully, it doesn’t turn into something like Sphinn, which has a depressing spam to good content ratio.
If you haven’t checked out IMBroadcast, I suggest you do. You can find my profile there too, and I plan on uploading a few videos soon.
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David Snyder 10.29.08 at 9:57 pm
Samir,
Thanks for the post. We are as excited about the site as you are.
We also have the same concerns that you do.
Here is what we are doing to make sure the site succeeds:
1) Making sure the site has the proper server setup to grow. This is important when you are dealing with video.
2) Making sure only mods can create channels and making all videos need approval before being posted. This will keep the spam out. Mods will police the comments.
3) We will look to add a feature a week to improve the site. We already have some great things in the works.
4) We plan on dropping a blog on the site in the coming weeks. Right now our focus is on improving the product itself.
5) In order to increase the amount of content we will be adding an exciting new feature in the next few days that will allow you to simply enter a Youtube or other video sharing site’s URL into a field, and we will capture all of the info and a thumbnail for that video. This makes sharing an embeded video much easier.
6) We have also allowed each user profile to have a do-follow link which a user can utilize by creating and adding quality video to the site, capturing the internal link equity of the site, and passing it to your site. This is a reward for making the site a community.
We are also looking for insight from the community so we can continue to make this a great place for all internet marketers.
Dave Snyder
Co-Founder IMBroadcast.com
Samir Balwani 10.29.08 at 10:40 pm
Delicious | Digg | StumbleUpon | Technorati | Twitter@Dave Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving your comment. I really am very excited about the site, and I hope it goes well. I’m looking forward to all your future updates.