Summary: One of the bad things about youtube is its way to easy to have someone watch your video and the take them off to youtube (and away from you and your opportunities on your website). I came across an affordable service called Viewbix that helps keep your visitors on your website while taking advantage of youtube's free video hosting. If you hate youtube Viewbix also works with Vimeo Pro or Facebook. What You Can Do With Viewbix You can create a music playlist with song for people to sample. You can add a map to your video. So now you go out and take a quick video tour of the place you're playing next week and your visitor can click a button and get instant directions. You can include an RSS feed. This is a great way to bring people back to your site. You could put your website RSS feed into it, and then use the player on facebook. If people click the links in the RSS feed they are taken back to your website. You can include photos from your favorite photo sharing sites. This is great if you want to make a "meet the band" kind of video for potential bookers. They could watch the video and click a button and view your official band photos. You can create a list, and have that link to whatever. So if you want to send people to a special page on your website you can. You can also easily embed a form for people to sign up for your newsletter, follow you on twitter, facebook etc. You can add a "buy now" button to your video that direct people to iTunes (or wherever it is sold). Viewbix Increases Clicks by 20% According to their website viewbix videos receive 20% more clicks. This is partially due to having a customizable button that you can have link to anything. Speaking of customization, you can change the color of your player to match your website. Other ways your videos become interactive is the built in sharing features that make it easy to tweet, embed, and share on facebook. Pricing You can start using viewbix for free. This will get your toe in the water and you can have up to 5 players. If you want to add some of the more robust features it's $20/month. You can cancel anytime. For my non-us firends they do accept international credit cards and your fee will be in US dollars. For more information check out viewbix.com
