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Video Marketing In The Cards? These Tips Are For You! If you have a business, then you're probably aware of the importance of promotion. Maybe your traditional media marketing is failing. Video marketing is a very efficient way to promote your business online Keep reading to learn the right way to use video marketing to get new customers. Use events such as expos and trade shows to interview experts. You can then post the interviews on your site as a resource for your viewers. Ask the types of questions that your audience would ask and try to keep the interview as interesting as you can to hold your viewer's attention. People love tutorial videos so it is important to use them if you can. Walking people through how to do a certain task with clear and precise steps will most likely land you more viewers. People really appreciate it when you make the steps as simple and easy as possible. Place your video content on YouTube and link it back to your website. This can help your video be seen by a wide audience and potentially get shared and moved to the front page. The kind of exposure that YouTube provides, partly because it is owned by Google, is huge. All of your videos should be as timeless as possible. When talking about a product release or a new product, it could be difficult to make a video that people will want to watch 6 months from now. If you focus on the product, and not the release date, you will be creating a video that people will watch in the future. Do not avoid video marketing because you are shy. If it is hard for you to talk in front of a camera, do as many takes as you need and edit your video. Ask a friend or a colleague to help you by demonstrating products with you or interviewing you. Don't forget the music! Using music can help you enhance the mood, give a sense of suspense or even accentuate comedy bits. If you're not good with music choices, ask friends and family to help you out. Don't play the music too loud and drown out the speaker, of course. Remember to use YouTube. It is really the first place you should begin your campaign. For one thing, your video is hosted for free. In addition, your video is hosted on the website that receives one of the highest number of visitors on the internet. It's also second place as far as search engines go, and so it's the most popular site for videos. Some of the most effective ways to gain an audience for your videos will be by using ads in social media or qr codes to direct people to yours videos. People who see these advertisements will already have the means (and likely the time) to watch the video. If they like it, they can instantly share the

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Video Marketing In The Cards? These Tips Are For You!

If you have a business, then you're probably aware of the importance of promotion. Maybe yourtraditional media marketing is failing. Video marketing is a very efficient way to promote yourbusiness online Keep reading to learn the right way to use video marketing to get new customers.

Use events such as expos and trade shows tointerview experts. You can then post theinterviews on your site as a resource for yourviewers. Ask the types of questions that youraudience would ask and try to keep the interviewas interesting as you can to hold your viewer'sattention.

People love tutorial videos so it is important to usethem if you can. Walking people through how todo a certain task with clear and precise steps willmost likely land you more viewers. People really

appreciate it when you make the steps as simple and easy as possible.

Place your video content on YouTube and link it back to your website. This can help your video beseen by a wide audience and potentially get shared and moved to the front page. The kind ofexposure that YouTube provides, partly because it is owned by Google, is huge.

All of your videos should be as timeless as possible. When talking about a product release or a newproduct, it could be difficult to make a video that people will want to watch 6 months from now. Ifyou focus on the product, and not the release date, you will be creating a video that people willwatch in the future.

Do not avoid video marketing because you are shy. If it is hard for you to talk in front of a camera,do as many takes as you need and edit your video. Ask a friend or a colleague to help you bydemonstrating products with you or interviewing you.

Don't forget the music! Using music can help you enhance the mood, give a sense of suspense oreven accentuate comedy bits. If you're not good with music choices, ask friends and family to helpyou out. Don't play the music too loud and drown out the speaker, of course.

Remember to use YouTube. It is really the first place you should begin your campaign. For one thing,your video is hosted for free. In addition, your video is hosted on the website that receives one of thehighest number of visitors on the internet. It's also second place as far as search engines go, and soit's the most popular site for videos.

Some of the most effective ways to gain an audience for your videos will be by using ads in socialmedia or qr codes to direct people to yours videos. People who see these advertisements will alreadyhave the means (and likely the time) to watch the video. If they like it, they can instantly share the

link with a friend, giving your business's video yet one more exposure!

You should be honest in your videos. Your audience will identify with you and trust you if they feellike you are being yourself. You should, however, avoid swearing or saying anything too personal inyour videos and edit anything you feel does not have its place in your video.

A great way to engage users with video marketing is to leave a few questions unanswered or makeyour videos thought provoking. This will encourage your viewers to engage you with comments andwill give you a chance to speak to them on a personal level. When you communicate with yourviewers, you end up building a bond with them on a personal level.

Avoid making your video a commercial. If your video looks like an ad or like spam, people will avoidwatching it. People certainly will not share it. Ahttp://online.ben.edu/business/internet-marketing-certificate successful video marketing video isinteresting, fun to watch, and it provides information that the consumer is interested in learningabout.

Make sure that your videos have summaries or even transcripts of the content. The search enginescannot yet listen to or watch videos to index them accurately. So, a thorough description in the textor code is going to be your best bet at getting your video ranked well.

Using the right keywords is important when marketing your video. Keywords will help people to findyou through search engines. Try to use phrases along with single words. For instance, if your videois about cookies you can use the phrase "baking chocolate-chip cookies." This will allow you to befound much easier.

It is important to add your URL into your video. It is fairly easy to add a text box to your video, andthis text box should contain information like your URL and the name of your website. This helpsmake it easier for video viewers to find your website.

Make sure that your video marketing is high energy. It can be very hard to keep people's attentionthese days and a high energy video is your best bet in accomplishing this. You could take some timeto view the videos of others to better understand the level of energy that you are looking for.

Use the "how-to" concept in your video marketing campaign. People will tune in just to learn whatyou have to teach and their appreciation for your know-how can convert to sales. Make sure toanswer nearly every question possible in your video, but save something tantalizing to be seen onlyat your website!

Put your video on video sharing sites. Of course, you are going to http://marketingzen.com/ put yourvideo on your site. However, that's just the first place you should post. Next, you should post on sitessuch as Youtube VA Hangouts Advertising and Vimeo. That way, you are going to be more likely togo viral and reach more people.

If your business is product based, consider creating a video demonstrating how your products areused. Think of it as an infomercial of sorts. When people see how a product is used, they are muchmore likely to purchase it. It also gives you a great forum to discuss the benefits of your product.

As was previously stated in the opening paragraph of this article, video marketing is a highlyeffective way to improve your business. By properly implementing video marketing you are sure tosee an increase in profits. Apply everything that you've learned from this article and start making

big money today!