Turn Video Marketing Into Your Next Success Story

By Valentino Crawford


Anyone can market online today. Video marketing is an excellent form of advertisement. You can promote your own products and also reach lots of people with video marketing. This article will tell you how to do it right.

Keep in mind that YouTube has editing tools available. For example, you can annotate your video. You can thus share links, add more information or place coupon codes in the video package.

Optimizing your videos is key. Whenever you upload videos to different sites, make sure each video has a different title and description. It is also important that you include target keywords, as well. Also, include your contact information so that people will be able to find you should they have the inclination.

If your marketing video is more than 20 minutes in duration, you might run into problems. If you're showing off a product and how to use it, it can take you over 20 minutes, and that is no problem. Should your video focus on current deals or general updates about the business, you should keep them much shorter.

You have a limited amount of time to capture the attention of your viewers. The initial 15 seconds are the make or break period. You should use an unusual perspective or hook to draw them in for the duration of the video.

Producing your video is important, but more work lies ahead! Video promotion is key too. By promoting your videos, you can expect an increase in clickthroughs. Good videos are important, but so is good marketing.

Whenever posting videos to YouTube, understand that you'll probably have to moderate some of the comments you receive. Many viewers use other viewers' comments to create their own opinions, and that can lead to negative or spammy comments that can destroy your campaign. If you can't moderate the comments, you should disable them.

Short and concise is the key. Do not let your videos go longer than 3 minutes, because otherwise you might start losing viewers along the way. Five minutes is the maximum. Remember to keep it short and sweet.

Your videos can also promote the rest of your marketing mix. Not everyone uses Facebook. Promoting other sites drives your business to them. By doing this you can increase business on your website.

Make sure you share your videos! Email it to friends and family. Start a blog on your website about the subject. Spread the word among current customers with a physical mailing or through email. Post the videos on YouTube, Facebook, or any of the other popular media-sharing domains. Spread the word out there!

Given your new knowledge of video marketing, hopefully you are ready to launch a campaign of your own. Put what you have learned here to good use! You will get results if you apply yourself, remain patient and keep producing more videos.




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