Want to upload and share your video on sites like YouTube, Revver, MetaCafe, Google Video, and more, but it’s too cumbersome since you have to log into each one and upload multiple times?

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do it all in just one step?

Recently, I stumbled upon a free — yes, free! — video submission service, which allows for automated submission of your video to not one, not two or three, but to all the 12 big video sites all at once — including YouTube, MySpace, MetaCafe, Revver, Google Video, AOL, Yahoo!, and more.

Plus, there’s no setup, and it’s free to boot! It’s…

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My recent article about Facebook not being a viable marketing tool has created quite a stir.

Many people agreed with me. But some people didn’t, and I respect that. However, while a few were scathing and harsh in their remarks, others posted some excellent rebuttals on their own blogs.

This topic seems to be as controversial as the long-versus-short-copy debate in copywriting circles. Déjà -vu? Well, it’s no wonder because, just like the copy length debate, both sides are right.

It all depends on how you use them and with whom.

That’s why I agree with most of Facebook’s proponents. That might sound like a contradiction, but I believe it’s because many misunderstood my post. So I wanted to take a moment before hopping on the plane to clarify a few things.

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Facebook is growing by leaps and bounds. If you don’t know what Facebook is, it’s a social networking site much like MySpace, but with a lot more control, flexibility, and verstility. (Check out my profile.)

But after testing it for a while, I’ve concluded that it’s not a viable marketing tool. At least, not for me. There are two reasons why using Web 2.0 social-driven sites to make money (or to drive targeted traffic) is not viable.

First, and more importantly, it’s labor-intensive. It’s a full-time affair.

I don’t pretend to be a social marketing expert by any stretch. And I’m sure that, if you are a social site junkie, you can find some pretty creative ways for using them to generate massive amounts of traffic. Some already have.

But for me, my business, and my specific target market, and like many social networking sites out there, it’s a waste of time. So if you’re not prepared on working it extensively and religiously, then I discommend it.

However, nothing stops you from outsourcing the legwork, if you’re so inclined. But there’s another good reason why I don’t recommend it…

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Some marketers “get it.”

When I wrote my free white paper, “The Death of The Salesletter,” I mentioned that the web is changing, whether we agree with it or not. Long-copy, text-only, static salesletters are slowly being replaced by more dynamic, cleaner, pithier, multimedia-based, content-driven sales messages.

One case in point is my friend Jack Humphey and his Authority Site Center. His latest product, launched today, is a membership site that teaches people how to create “authority sites” that drive traffic and sell products through content, in particular with the help of Web 2.0 websites, communities, and applications.

Jack actually offers a free report himself on this latest trend. You can download it for free — there’s a mini-video introduction that leads to an opt-in page, where Jack offers his free report, the “Authority Site Blackbook,” after you sign up.

But let me bring your attention to the salesletter for his new product, which is what I really want to focus on and what’s pretty amazing…

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