Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Advice To Use To Develop Your Video Marketing Plan

By Anitra McHargue


Video marketing can be a great way to introduce your business to the online world. Learning to make the most of this creative marketing tool takes a little practice and research; begin with the following article. It is loaded with helpful tips and tricks to get you started in video marketing.

Remember to be genuine in your videos. If you make yourself easy to relate to, people will enjoy watching your videos. Be honest and real about who you are and what it is exactly that you are marketing. People will most likely not want to deal with you if you seem like you are hiding something.

Interviews make great videos. Have a friend or a colleague interview you if you want to give some details about your business and products or interview some customers if you want to share some original reviews of your products. If possible, find an expert in your field who is willing to be interviewed on your products.

When your customers ask the same thing over and over again, create a video to answer them. This will allow them to quickly solve their problems without having to email or call your company. This saves you money in customer support and builds rapport with both current and potential customers.

If you want to create videos of yourself talking to your audience, keep in mind that your appearance and diction are important. Take the time to do your hair, pick some nice clothes and apply some makeup. Make sure the lighting works to your advantage and do not hesitate to do multiple takes if your diction is not perfect.

Make sure that any video content you post online is optimized for search engines. Remember that search engine spiders cannot watch video content, so make sure that you have fitting titles, tags and descriptions. Fill them in the appropriate fields. You would be shocked to see how many video posters do not even bother doing this.

When writing a description of your video include your web address at the beginning of the description using proper HTML. This will allow viewer to click the link and be immediately directed to your website. You should also include a description using your primary and alternate keywords for better page ranks.

Don't overlook YouTube. You should start all of your video marketing efforts on this site. The hosting is free! You can also take advantage of being on the third most highly-trafficked site anywhere. YouTube is the most trafficked site for videos, and the second most for searches. Don't underestimate it!

Many entrepreneurs of all stripes swear by the effectiveness of video marketing. The important thing to remember, however, is that sufficient time must be spent learning the tricks of the trade before launching this type of campaign. Hopefully the guidance found above has given you just the sort of start you need to achieve the results you desire.




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