You may be confused as to what exactly video marketing is, and what it can do for your business. In this series of essays we'll seek to answer those questions, but before you dive in we begin here, defining the meaning of video marketing. In my opinion, video marketing is the production of branded video content, that aims for a combination of three objectives, to inform, to sell or to persuade. Before that however, it has to be SEEN.
Video Marketing holds a number of benefits over and above traditional TV advertising. It's shareable, it's interactive and the results are easily measured and analysed.
It all starts with YouTube which appeared in 2006. At first YouTube was seen as the playground of amateur content and time-wasting teens - hardly a professional communication platform. However over the years it has shifted to become one of the most dominant marketing platforms out there. As internet speeds and accessibility has caught up, the user base has grown and so of course, business started to take notice. One of the earliest brands to harness YouTube to great potential was Samsung - stumbling across an early viral success.
'It's Flicky' was the stealth viral hit form Samsung, a parody music video that showcased the flick mechanism of their X830 mobile phone - when flicky phones were cool! To the world it looked like a fairly creative student production, shot without stabilisation, colour correction and most definitely without budget. It was embraced by the audience on the platform as the work of one of their own and became a shining example of, not only stealth marketing, but viral videos. Did it work? Surely. Many of the comments below the video expressed an intention to buy the device and sentiment for the production was almost unanimously positive. Unfortunately, the original video, viewcount and comments have since been lost but rips can still be found in dark corners of the internet.
Since those days video marketing is no longer exclusively the domain of YouTube. Now video is a major player in almost every social network, every online communication and every hub in which information is shared. Blogs, social media, mobiles, apps, email and websites are all part of the video marketing parcel now.
Whole campaigns are launched via video and because of the shareability of great productions, it has become one of the most desirable forms of content creation for many brands.
YouTube is no longer just the home of the amateur content creator, now it attracts brands such as Old Spice, Geico, Will It Blend, Volkswagen, T-Mobile and so many other as a platform to communicate and share content with its customers. For smaller brands, video marketing is used populate all digital spaces, especially the website to connect with visitors and to encourage brand loyalty.
Video Marketing holds a number of benefits over and above traditional TV advertising. It's shareable, it's interactive and the results are easily measured and analysed.
It all starts with YouTube which appeared in 2006. At first YouTube was seen as the playground of amateur content and time-wasting teens - hardly a professional communication platform. However over the years it has shifted to become one of the most dominant marketing platforms out there. As internet speeds and accessibility has caught up, the user base has grown and so of course, business started to take notice. One of the earliest brands to harness YouTube to great potential was Samsung - stumbling across an early viral success.
'It's Flicky' was the stealth viral hit form Samsung, a parody music video that showcased the flick mechanism of their X830 mobile phone - when flicky phones were cool! To the world it looked like a fairly creative student production, shot without stabilisation, colour correction and most definitely without budget. It was embraced by the audience on the platform as the work of one of their own and became a shining example of, not only stealth marketing, but viral videos. Did it work? Surely. Many of the comments below the video expressed an intention to buy the device and sentiment for the production was almost unanimously positive. Unfortunately, the original video, viewcount and comments have since been lost but rips can still be found in dark corners of the internet.
Since those days video marketing is no longer exclusively the domain of YouTube. Now video is a major player in almost every social network, every online communication and every hub in which information is shared. Blogs, social media, mobiles, apps, email and websites are all part of the video marketing parcel now.
Whole campaigns are launched via video and because of the shareability of great productions, it has become one of the most desirable forms of content creation for many brands.
YouTube is no longer just the home of the amateur content creator, now it attracts brands such as Old Spice, Geico, Will It Blend, Volkswagen, T-Mobile and so many other as a platform to communicate and share content with its customers. For smaller brands, video marketing is used populate all digital spaces, especially the website to connect with visitors and to encourage brand loyalty.
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