Around the middle of August, I wrote a post which gave an example of a video review I had carried out, so I thought I would do a little update on how it worked out.

Since the review was published, I have sold 8 of the Digital Photo Frames through Amazon links. The commission for each one works out at £7 - hitting the Amazon commission cap on Electronics - which means the review has made a direct total of £56 so far.

Not an tonne of money by any stretch of the imagination, but 4 of the 8 sales came in the last 3 days, and I noticed the page now has a number of above-the-fold search engine positions for related search terms so is generating more traffic, making me confident that the content I created will carry on making money for a while yet.

Did I learn anything in doing this? Well, I guess it re-affirmed to me that making video content is fun and can make money. That video wasn't all that great and I really want to make top quality vids when I buy a new HD camera - almost certainly going to choose the Canon HV20. I decided to opt for a High Definition camera after seeing the remarkable quality even when compressed and uploaded to YouTube. If I can make a product look amazing, I think it's a fair bet that conversions will be even higher.

One thing I am still thinking about is should I go for a dedicated video review site, like Shawn Collins' WeViews.tv, or just drop video reviews into sites I have which are related to the subject matter, or some combination of both.

Labels: update, video