Showing posts with label video marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video marketing. Show all posts

Friday, 26 April 2013

3 Key Ingredients Of A Successful Video Marketing Campaign

Video creation is an art. Get down the lighting, the energy, the presentation, and you can easily create an absolute masterpiece. The secret is in practice. Persistently practicing your video creation skills can help you become a true master. Just like any other skill, if you work at it over a set period of time you can churn out truly noteworthy creations. Feeling comfortable in front of the camera might take some time. Practice!

Overcoming the Blocks: I Sound and Look Funny


I know these two blocks are chief impediments to video creation success. Most people feel that they look funny when on video for the first time, and virtually all people believe that they sound funny. This is because you are not accustomed to hearing your voice in
third person. You hear you, speaking from home – your body – but once you hear yourself speaking from a third person perspective, watching videos with you as the star, you might feel uncomfortable, self-conscious, or even embarrassed. You must get over these blocks because self-conscious tendencies influence you to hide away from individuals.

You will pull back, talk in a hushed tone and be lifeless, absolutely spoiling your chances at creating a noteworthy video. You will also scare off confident, assured individuals who will be turned off by your meek, weak presentation. Have faith! Get over yourself. Trust me, once you learn to laugh at yourself conscious tendencies you will open yourself up to an exciting new world, a world where you grab life by the horns and start creating fabulous content.

You look great and you sound even better. Now get on with creating videos, practice, and as you cut through these self conscious tendencies the quality of your work will skyrocket.

Shoot in the Right Light


Using the proper lighting can help you create a wonderfully entertaining video, as people need to see you in order to fully embrace your presentation. Shooting in dark locations, or in uneven lighting, creates a shadowy type appearance which can distract otherwise entice viewers. You can only make a firm impression if you are willing to shoot videos properly, and getting down the right lighting is a huge factor in this presentation.

Toy around with lamps indoors or shoot videos around noon time outdoors, or even better, shoot videos a bit later or earlier in the day, so you can receive maximum sunlight on your face from the proper direction. Too much sun might make you glow a little much; guard against this situation. Just practice, and tweak, and create, and test, and you will be able to get your lighting down and put out a masterpiece.

Choose Juicy Titles


Choosing juicy titles helps you to draw in viewers with greater ease. Take time to select titles which resonate with your target audience. You can only boost page views if people are actually interested in what you have to offer and the only piece of content people view on twitter or LinkedIn or Facebook is your video title. Take the time to craft a really enticing, eye-catching title. Do not rush through this process or else your video creation efforts go to complete waste, and I know you are not going to be happy about spending significant time crafting a high energy video with few views, correct?

Get over yourself. Release self conscious tendencies by shooting videos over and over, practicing your craft and gaining comfort around the camera. Shoot in the proper lighting to optimize your presentation and choose juicy, enticing titles to draw viewers to your presentation persistently. Use these tips to rock out your video creation campaign today.

original: SociablWeb

Monday, 7 January 2013

Video Marketing : Your Business Going Viral

Expanding your personal business in a world that is growing smaller and smaller by the day thanks to technology can either be easy or hard, depending on how you look at it.

On one side, the multitude of free and relatively cheap tools and applications available online, and the many other platforms such as video streaming sites especially youtube, blogs, micro-blogging sites, and social media sites, help you easily expand your market base. On the other side though, this kind of diversity and creative freedom made available online has created a diluted market of online marketers also using the internet’s potential like you.

Developing a video for sharing on youtube is always one of the first things to consider when going online for your business. Buying youtube views for your marketing video / ad, has just gotten much tougher as more and more people flood the internet.

So what can you do to help boost your video and turn it viral?

Keep it short: Keeping your video short condenses your message and it’s a fact that a
viewer’s attention span shortens as a video runs longer. There’s a reason why commercials are only fifteen to thirty seconds long.

Find the simplest idea: It’s a common mistake that people want to say too much when trying to deliver a message. When your video happens to involve a lot of information, text, characters, and sound, this often results in a failure to deliver the message across. Minimalist commercials have always been effective throughout the years.

Create a compelling “hook”:  Creating a “hook”, or something interesting that captures the viewer’s attention, can be as simple as asking a question. Let the hook carry your viewers towards the message you are delivering. The hook also gives a lasting impression, and helps retain brand or product recall towards you.

Don’t Hard Sell:  One of the fastest ways you can turn away your viewers is by hard-selling your product. People generally hate the idea of being told what to do, much less what to buy. The idea behind your video, especially if you’re looking to go viral, is to capture your viewer and elicit a response from them that will get them to share what they have just watched.

Lastly, it is often a wise move to research. Take time to watch past videos and learn from them. Observe trends and concepts, and find out what makes these videos work. But most importantly, do not be afraid to go ahead with an idea you believe in. Nobody knows your business more than you do.


original: SociablWeb