Video marketing is fast becoming a powerful way to market your products and services. What is even more powerful is combining video with articles to create video articles.

1. Extend your reach - On the internet, the further you can extend your reach the more powerful your marketing will be. When you combine video and articles you are able to reach new markets through the many video sites such as YouTube.

2. Dominate your niche - And speaking of YouTube, you can quickly dominate your niche with video articles. My friend and colleague Jeff Herring created a video on a Sunday morning and by Tuesday it was number one on YouTube for his keywords. That'll bring you some traffic!

3. Get on the cutting edge - The impact and power of video is growing, and there is still time for you to catch the wave. With a full 25% of the marketing messages we receive online coming to us as a video, it's time to catch the wave.

4. Connect on dual tracks - People learn and absorb information on multiple tracks. Text is best for some and video is best for others. When you combine video and text, you have a powerful medium that reaches people in two different learning modes.

5. Build "know, like and trust" - When prospects read your articles they begin to know, like and trust you. This process is accelerated and multiplied when you add video to your marketing. I have had many people come up to me at conferences or tell me on the phone that they "met me on my video blog."