Since their creation YouTube brand channels have continued to grow in popularity and importance in brand management. Today, YouTube announced that they are integrating Google Analytics with YouTube brand channels.

What this means for you as a brand channel partner of advertiser is the more in depth look at performance. The Google Analytics reports will be available on your channel as if it was a part of your own site.

"Brand channel owners can track metrics such as how long visitors stay, repeat visits, bounce rate, and page views per visitor. For those who want to tailor their videos to a specific audience, Google Analytics also provides data about where viewers are located geographically and what languages they speak."

Visit http://bit.ly/11W0uw to learn more about integrating Google Analytics with your YouTube brand channel.

Twitter can be a very effective tool to quickly push information to your customers and potential customers.  Leveraging twitter on a community level may be even more important to drive sales for your business.  By utilizing directory submissions, hashtags, and communal discussion, these tools can help boost the visibility of your twitter profile.

• www.localtweeps.com - directory based on location and hashtags.
• http://geofollow.com - directory based on location and hashtags.
• www.chirpcity.com - directory.
• http://nearbytweets.com - user search by location and keywords. Useful for locating users to follow.
• http://www.twitterjobcast.com - tweeted jobs.
• http://www.twellow.com - twitter yellow pages.
• http://us.loadedweb.com/twitter - directory.
• http://tweepz.com - powerful search tool that allows search by location using “loc:city” command.
• http://wefollow.com - directory based on hashtags (which can be location).
• http://justtweetit.com - category based directory with RSS feed for category additions.
• http://twitr.org - directory based on hashtags.
• http://www.chambertwitterdirectory.com - twitter for Chamber of Commerce profile (targeted niche).
• http://www.exectweets.com - find and follow top business executive.