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Post Category: Video Marketing

Online Video: Revolutionizing Retail

3 MIN TO READ Online video has completely changed certain industries. Retail is no exception. Online retail has always suffered from the distance between the purchase decision and the physical experience of the purchased product. Workarounds like product sampling have worked reasonably well for certain categories – just ask BirchBox. Still, online video is the only tool that truly helps bridge that gap instantaneously….

Are Your Online Videos Mobile-Ready?

3 MIN TO READ It is common knowledge that online video consumption is growing by leaps and bounds, but one really important segment of online video requires special attention: mobile video. Whether on a tablet or a smartphone, mobile video is growing faster than online video in general. From 2012 – 2017, global online video traffic is forecast to grow at a CAGR of…

How to Understand Viewer Personas to Drive Video Engagement

4 MIN TO READ Ever spend a ton of time and money producing a video, only to get a lackluster number of plays, and zero engagement from your viewers? Clearly, you missed the mark somehow. We all have at some point. The key is to learn how to avoid falling flat with your video content. By researching your audience, and understanding your target viewers, you…

Is Online Video a Marketing Strategy, or a Tactic?

2 MIN TO READ There is a big difference between a strategy and a tactic. Strategy is your overarching methodology for achieving a goal and guides your decisions about how to go after it. Those decisions are your tactics – the tools and activities you employ to make progress against your ultimate objective, and can be quite varied depending on what you are undertaking….

Day Parting Your Video Marketing Strategy

3 MIN TO READ When you plan your editorial or marketing calendar, there are a lot of factors that need to be taken into account. For instance, the logical sequence of topics, availability of content and tools, current events, your personal sources for inspiration, and business methodology. When it comes to video marketing, an increasingly important factor is the time of day your message…

What to do if You Only Have Six Seconds

2 MIN TO READ Vine has become more and more popular as a video sharing platform since its launch in June 2012. A common refrain, however, has been “what can you really communicate in just 6 seconds?”, with some even predicting the demise of Vine after Instagram launched its marginally longer 15 second video option. Since that clearly never transpired, we scoured Vine for…

Video Marketing Lessons from the Fitness Industry

4 MIN TO READ The fitness industry is massive and growing. The US represents the largest health and fitness market in the world, valued at an estimated $30 billion, with more than 38,000 locations and over 60 million members. Demand is growing as the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that employment opportunities in this industry will grow faster than average over the next 10…