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Video is an incredibly powerful tool for reaching your audience, and it’s only increasing in relevance. But don’t mistake it for a silver bullet. More than any one aspect of ideation or production, your overall strategy is the most important element in any video marketing initiative. Different kinds of videos can be used to engage audiences in all stages of the sales and marketing funnel...
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Video marketing is a crucial part of a marketing campaign. Video is more engaging, more memorable, and among internet users it is the most popular type of content you can post. By 2020 it’s estimated video will make up more than 80% of all consumer internet traffic. Currently nearly half of all internet users look online for video related to the products and services they’re interested in before even visiting a business...
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In the last couple years, we’ve seen a tremendous rise in video content marketing. It’s a form of marketing that isn’t going anywhere and we wanted to explore exactly why 85% of people want to see more video content from brands. Learn why consumers prefer video content as a platform for learning, instant gratification, and assistance with decision making. The link between video content, overall marketing strategy and branded video content can help your business grow...
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Video is a powerful medium for promotion and has become a key influencer in sales decisions. But even creating great video content won't guarantee video marketing success. You have to do more than just launch a video. You need to know what your audience wants, where they want to see it, and how to keep them hooked...
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The social media marketing industry is booming as budgets have nearly doubled worldwide over the past few years from $16 billion in 2014 to $31 billion in 2016. And video has become the centerfold of social media. But what’s different in 2018 is there are companies navigating this complex landscape with success. Marketers have shifted from traditional media to social media as the preferred way to engage with customers and capture their elusive attention to achieve marketing objectives through social video...
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In today's fast-paced world, there's no denying that consumers are hungry for video content. According to research from Google, almost 50% of internet users seek out videos related to a product or service before visiting a store, and some actually preferviewing a video to the traditional in-store experience...
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Don’t know where to start? Ask your audience. If you’re lost about which type of video content to produce, go right to the source. Take to social media and ask your audience what they want and need. An Ask Me Anything session is an easy place to start for live video, plus you’ll learn more topics to spin into future video content...
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Creating video marketing content for your business is the ideal way to engage your audience. In fact, it is probably one of the strongest methods presently available. If you fail to take the time or put sufficient effort into video creation, you might as well scrap the entire idea. When a consumer sees the video you create, it’s an automatic reflection of your brand. No matter what type of video you make...
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Creating mobile-optimized content that’s platform specific, direct, and entertaining is essential for brands to reach Gen Z. They can watch up to 68 videos in a day meaning this audience has the ability to sort through content faster than those that came before. 52% of Gen Z are more likely to watch a video all the way through if it makes them laugh...
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Consumers spend a limited amount of time on the internet. This time is increasingly being redistributed toward video content. People are spending less time on blogs, magazines, and other content. The impact of written content is diminishing. The importance of video content is growing in significance...
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Social media has transformed video. After losing its lead to text in the early days of the World Wide Web, video has made a huge comeback, in large part thanks to the implementation of video in social media and the formation of new video-based networks. Following the notion of "the medium is the message," it's interesting to see how video has changed in recent years to fit the demands of new platforms and changing audience behavior and needs...
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Video advertising has gone through plenty of difficulties the last few years. The rise of ad blockers meant fewer people were seeing ads play. In addition, while some viewability standards have been reached, individual platforms and websites aren’t always able to provide the viewability advertisers want. Add in the problem of video ad fraud and you have a recipe for a struggling—if not potentially failing—industry...
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If you’ve been holding off on doing video, now is the time. Video was expected to be huge in 2017 and that trend is not slowing down. HubSpot reports that video is a growing priority, with 48 percent of marketers planning to add YouTube to their marketing plan in the next year and 46 percent planning to add Facebook video...
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Video content and other forms of multimedia are often proclaimed the “way forward” for content marketing—more engaging, more shareable, and more effective than large blocks of text. In fact, more video is uploaded to the internet in a single month than network television has produced in three decades. Video marketing trends aside, video is essential for your content mix...
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Video content is huge and it’s going to keep getting bigger. Video is more engaging than standard text or images. Video catches attention and increases engagement significantly. If you’re not already producing video for your business, you’re likely behind the competition. It’s time to add video to the content marketing mix. Video works great on social media. There are over a billion users on YouTube and it’s reportedly the second-largest search engine, behind only Google...
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No matter what you’re selling, no matter what your company does, if you don’t have a video marketing strategy for the biggest video platforms, you’re going to lose. Implementing video in your content marketing strategy is essential. Brands might hesitate to embrace the idea of video now, but they will soon learn it’s essential...
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We’ve all heard the expression, "content is king." It’s essential for attracting, engaging and converting customers online. While this is true, don’t forget to consider the medium involved. Right now, the king of content is video. The public loves video as much as marketers do. In fact, 43% of people hope marketers will use video even more in the future. Businesses are focusing on four common video genres: explainers, product demos, how-tos and testimonials...
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Videos have revolutionized the way businesses today approach online marketing. The rise in video marketing has inundated the online landscape covering just about everything you can imagine. Want to learn more about a business? Watch their culture video on their social networks or website. Need to refresh your employee training videos? No time like the present. Video has made life easier both for businesses promoting their products and services, as well as individuals looking for help or advice...
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If you’re doing any form of content marketing — blogs, presentations, white papers, seminars, etc. — and you aren’t coupling it with video, you should be. Not only does video perform better than any other form of content, it’s heavily favored by consumers. As millennials replace baby boomers as the tastemakers of this country, understanding the shifts in media consumption — particularly through mobile — will be critical to your growth as a brand or business...
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Video has become a top marketing strategy to build reach online. From smartphones to tablets and laptops, people can watch video anytime from anywhere. In 2017, video will account for almost 75 percent of web traffic. So, press your clients to add video marketing to their online campaign. You can use internal tools or guide them in making their own strategy. Either way, they need to see the importance of video...
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