Google first acquired video giant YouTube on November 13th, 2006. If it wasn’t one before, video became an essential part of any digital strategy at this point in video marketing history. Where we once marketed cigarettes, milk, and butter through five to ten minutes of visual media (circa 1920), we can now market something as monumental as a luxury timeshare in as little as five seconds. The power of video has now outright dominated as a marketing tool for going…
It’s Not as Simple as One-And-Done When brands of any size first enter the video marketing arena, the golden phrase that the CEO’s tend to repeat most often is “viral video”. The good news is that, yes, if your brand is successful in creating a viral video, it will turn your organization into an unstoppable juggernaut with the momentum of a charging rhino. But the bad news is that creating a viral video is about as likely as winning 26…
Minutia : Noun; the small, precise, or trivial details of something. Despite how simple it might appear in the concept stage, developing a web site is a long and difficult process. Your company or organization can do incredible things. You want to communicate the limitless possibilities that you can provide to your clients, and you want all of that information to be front and center so that nothing is forgotten or omitted.
When you market using video content, you have the opportunity to reach a wider audience, tell your story more fluently, and cultivate retention. These are the ultimate goals of the practice; or, in chess terms, the ‘checkmate’. But your opponents have the same goals in mind, and they are making similar movements across the board. So, how do you counter their efforts? The simple answer is this: Make a Strategy, and Stick to It. The game of chess is often…
Over the last few years we’ve seen video become an integral part of every marketing strategy. With ongoing advances in consumer video, its also become easier and easier to build a video marketing strategy from the comfort and privacy of one’s own home. There is a time and a place for all types of video marketing, large and small, but it’s tantamount to know and remember that not everything can be successfully accomplished from your living room. When Do You…
We know that Video Marketing is hard. And we ought to; for the past decade, we have scripted, developed, captured and marketed thousands of video deliverables of varying lengths and scopes for our clients. For 14 years we have lived in the trenches, helping to craft ideas and tell visual stories. And we have been studying which kinds of video really work for businesses based on their goals, and which are the most efficient ways to produce and measure the…
Let’s say that you are trying to save some money by changing the oil of your car engine. You’ve never done it before, but if a mechanic can do it in half an hour, how hard could it be? You have a general idea of what you’re trying to accomplish, and you’ve bought the recommended oil and set aside an hour for the job. But once the hood is open, the job becomes more intimidating.