video marketing today: what's working now

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This presentation provides an excellent overview of online video marketing and best practices for video marketing for small business.

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Video Marketing Success:What’s Working Now?

with Lou Bortone

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Lou who? 20+ years in the TV business (Fox, E! Entertainment TV)

Have been doing video marketing since before YouTube!

Experienced marketing and branding executive

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If a picture is worth 1,000 words…

One minute of video is said to be worth 1.8 Million words! – Forrester Research

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Video Marketing Rocks!

Generate more web traffic

Improve search engine rankings

Increase conversions and sales

Build a bigger database more quickly

Create stronger relationships with customers

Reach a much wider audience

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Why Use Video?

Use video to establish an immediate, personal and powerful connection to your stakeholders

Video accelerates the sales/decision process

Video dramatically increases the “know, like & trust” factor

Video breaks through the clutter and makes you more memorable…

© Lou Bortone

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Video Marketing TodayVideo Strategy

Video Content

Video Integration

Video Distribution

Video Engagement

Video Tools & Resources

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Video StrategyTypical video marketing goals:

Build and enhance your brand Increase online visibility and awareness

Drive engagement and interaction Create connections and loyalty (aka the “know, like and trust” factor)

Move the prospect to a specific action (buy)

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Video Strategy9

Connect Engage Move to Action

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Video ContentShort! RelevantTargetedEncourages interactionSharable (funny wins)Content trumps qualityMobile-friendlyCTA - What do you want the viewer to do?

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Vine.coMicro video!

Mobile App

6 seconds

Owned by Twitter

From Teen to Mainstream:Dunkin Donuts just ran a Vine ad on Monday Night Football!

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InstagramStarted as photos only - Now video!

Also a “social/mobile” app

Can apply “filters” for effects

15 second clips

100 Million users!

Owned by Facebook

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MixBitYouTube’s entry into the “micro-video” market

Brand new! (August, 2013)

iPhone App

1 second to 1 hour videos

Collect & mix videos from other users

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Video Integration Use an email platform that integrates video

One video can be “auto-shared” to numerous platforms - usually with one click!

YouTube/Vimeo

Facebook

Twitter

Pinterest

Google+

LinkedIn

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Video ine-mail!

Video in email increases click-thru by 200-300%

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YouTube is Social!

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Video DistributionUse Vimeo for social distribution

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, G+

Use YouTube for additional SEO benefits

Use on your own website

Create “mini vids” for Vine, Instagram, etc.

Continue to use Twitter & FB to promote

Also consider Slideshare.net

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Video DistributionFacebook is the 3rd largest site for watching videos!

1 auto-shared Tweet on Twitter results in 6 new YouTube sessions.

You can share videos to LinkedIn via Slideshare.net (or via YouTube)

Pinterest also takes videoGoogle Hangouts are taking off

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Slideshare.net

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Slideshare: Just Add Video!

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Connect to LinkedIn!

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Video and LinkedIn

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Video and LinkedIn

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Video and Pinterest

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Video and Pinterest

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Video and Google+

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Video and Google+

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Video EngagementDriving video views and interaction

YouTube - Use YouTube Creator Handbook Annotations, captions, customization, etc.

Optimize your Your YouTube videos

Use social video and SEOConsider Google Adwords and YouTube ads

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Video SEOSchema.org video mark-up "Videos are one of the most common types of results on Google and we

want to make sure that your videos get indexed. Today, we're also launching video support for schema.org. ...now the recommended way to describe videos on the web." - said Henry Zhang, Product Manager for Google Videos

You can review the full specification regarding VideoObject at schema.org.  If you're already familiar with schema markup, this will be easy.  Essentially, all you need to do is to include some additional HTML markup when you embed or publish a video on your page

Or, just get LeadPlayer! http://www.leadplayer.com/ http://www.leadplayer.com/update-new-leadplayer-seo-features/

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Lead Player

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Video Tools (the fun part)Lead Player

Viewbix

Easy Video Player

Wistia

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Why use a video player?Much more control & customization

Better viewer experience

You control the video environment

Enable sharing, redirects, list-building, CTA’s

Rich analytics

Many include video hosting

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Easy Video Suite

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Wistia

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Wistia

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Wistia

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Wistia

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Best Practices Combo of self-hosting plus Vimeo/YouTube Drive all social & video site traffic back to YOUR

website (where you control real estate) Leverage content - One video---many sites Use short, “quick hit” content for mobile and

social/mobile sites Vine, Instagram, Qwiki

Include a clear, compelling Call to Action in every video

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Key TakeawaysBiz strategy should drive video plansYou don’t have to be everywhere to look like you’re everywhere - Leverage is key

A video is only as good as its call to action“Quick hits” are driving mobile videoVideo is no-longer just talking heads

Video email, photo montages, slide shows, animation, video conferencing, etc.

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