True or False? Test Your Video Email Marketing Knowledge

Have you been taught to avoid spam words? Probably. Do you only send video emails on a specific day and at a particular time, as industry lore suggests? Likely. While these video email marketing "best practices" may have been useful once, I question whether they are still valid today. There are many myths in the industry that are often the cause of ineffective campaigns and negligible results, stemming from lack of understanding and knowledge. As a result, I put together this quiz based on five common video email marketing myths: Test your knowledge and see if you can sort fact from fiction. Read the full article »

Video Emails Are Ready For Prime Time!

Training courses and product demos/promotions rank among the most popular video email marketing content topics. Video for video email messages can either be created in-house or through professional videographers. Incorporating the word "video" into the email subject line will increase the email open rates for video email messages. Read the full article »

60% of Marketers Create Video Email Messages

Since email remains a top marketing tactic, many marketers create video email marketing campaigns to reach prospective audiences. According to the results of the 2013 Online Video Marketing and Business Video Trends Survey report, 60 percent of marketers find video email and effective way to engage prospects and customers. Especially for B2B sales lead generation, video email remains a top marketing tactic. Read the full article »

Five Tips to Creating Videos That Build Brand and Drive Sales

Web video marketing is now a required component for brand marketing toolkits. For conversion videos, designed to increase leads and drive sales, marketers need to ensure that the video content is accessible to target audiences. Video email is an ideal way to deliver video communications to sales prospects and leads. This is one of the easiest ways to use online video to engage viewers. Read the full article »

4 Impactful Places to Post Your Video

Incorporating video email marketing into sales and marketing communications can increase email click-through rates. Video email click-through rates can be up to 175 percent higher than static email marketing messages. Videos can be created specifically for video email campaigns or video content can be repurposed from other digital video sources. Read the full article »

Reaching Out to Clients and Customers Using Video Email

Organizations should consider using calendar events, such as holidays, to create fun and entertaining video email campaigns targeted to clients and prospective customers. Video content can be a good way to deliver light-hearted messages while ultimately engaging clients and prospects. Flimp Media's Holiday 2013 video email generated a viewer watch-to-completion rate of 85 percent. Read the full article »

Marketers Boost Their Use of Video In Email Marketing, Social, And More

The 2013 Online Video Marketing Survey and Trends report found that marketers are using video communications as part of their digital marketing mix. Video email is used by 60 percent of marketers. Forty-nine percent of respondents use video email as part of their B2B marketing lead generation efforts. Also, 60 percent of marketers actively create and distribute social video marketing campaigns. Read the full article »

Choosing a Video Email Marketing Software Application for Business Marketing

Video platforms can simplify the creation of video email marketing messages. Video email marketing campaigns are not difficult to create and they generate a higher return than static email messages. Video content can help organizations increase their audience reach and brand awareness. Read the full article »

3 Tips for Using Video in Email Marketing

Video email is an effective tool for marketers. The results of the 2013 Online Video Marketing Survey and Business Video Trends Report, authored by ReelSEO, the Web Video Marketing Council and Flimp Media, found that 60 percent of marketers currently create video email marketing messages. Video email best practices include making video content a relevant part of the email message, ensuring the video is viewable across devices and incorporating a clear call-to-action. Read the full article »

82% Marketers Say Video Email Marketing is Effective [Survey]

Fifty-one percent of respondents to the 2013 Online Video Marketing Survey and Video Trends Report said that the most effective way to market with video email content is to link to the video within the body of the email message. Sixty percent of respondents indicated that video email campaigns generate a better conversion rate than static email messages. Read the full article »

Video Email Marketing: Effective And Easy To Implement

Video email marketing content can be inexpensive to produce, yet still generate a big impact. It is important to determine the length of the video, along with the video's style before creating the video for video email messages. Also consider where to host the video. For B2B video emails, the video content may need to be hosted on a non-YouTube site since many organizations block their employee's access to YouTube. Read the full article »

Online Video: Now Playing in Your Inbox

Eighty-four percent of the respondents who participated in the 2013 Online Video Marketing Trends Report indicated that video content is a part of their website. The report, authored by the Web Video Marketing Council, ReelSEO and Flimp Media, found that there was a 15 percent increase in the use of video email marketing messages. The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) found that video email generated a 15 to 20 percent higher participation rate compared to static email content. Read the full article »

Survey: 60% of Marketers Using Video in Email

Sixty percent of marketers currently create and distribute video email campaigns according to the 3rd annual Online Video Marketing survey. Ninety-three percent of respondents to the survey, sponsored by the Web Video Marketing Council, ReelSEO and Flimp Media, are actively engaged with video communications. Video email messages are more engaging than static email content. Read the full article »

Video in Marketing Emails: Trends and Benchmarks [Infographic]

A recent survey conducted by Email Monks found that 25 percent of marketers are "very likely" to create video email messages. Only 20 percent of marketers polled indicated that they did not plan to utilize video email campaigns. According to the Email Monks report, the most effective video email content includes training courses, product demos and product promotions. Read the full article »

More Marketers Using Video in Their Email Campaigns

Sixty-percent of marketers are actively creating and distributing video email content, according to the 2013 Online Video Survey and Trends Report. The third annual report, sponsored by the Web Video Marketing Council, ReelSEO and Flimp Media, found that video email campaigns are increasing. Eight out of ten marketers said video email messaging is effective. Read the full article »

5 Video Landing Page Tips To Boost Your Email Marketing Campaign

A best practice for video marketing email campaigns is to create a a video postcard or video landing page that links from the email to the video content. The most effective video email communications utilize video content that is between :30 to :60 seconds in duration. Clear and concise messages delivered in a format that embraces brevity work the best. Read the full article »

Content Marketing: Consulting firm nets 388% more leads with 4-step strategy

The development of video email marketing messages helped to contribute to a 20 percent increase in email click-through rates for InsideOut Development, a global provider of leadership, management and corporate training. Video communications play a significant role in InsideOut Development's content marketing strategies. Read the full article »

15 Mind-Blowing Facts About E-Mail

Video email marketing messasges can generate a 40 percent increase in revenue compared to static email content. With more than 354 billion corporate email messages sent daily, video emails are one way to grab viewer attention. Read the full article »

7 Ways to Use Video for Small Business Marketing

Video email messages generate a 96.38 percent higher click-through rate than static email content, according to data from GetResponse. One of the easiest ways to incorporate video content into email marketing is to embed a link to the video communications behind a snapshot of the video's thumbnail image. Read the full article »

Getting First Tracks in Personalizing Video Email

A video email campaign created for SASS Global Travel by BOLD Worldwide generated a click-through rate 651 percent higher than the industry average. SASS Global Travel's video email had a 19.53 percent click through rate and the open-to-click rate was 48.03 percent. This was a 1,000 percent improvement compared to SASS Global Travel's static email marketing messages. Read the full article »