Video is a great way to reach your audiences and
really touch them in a way no other type of media can. By engaging both their senses
of sight and hearing, audiences are treated to a more immersive experience than
they would otherwise have when simply reading successive blocks of text. It is
for precisely this reason that many businesses are turning to video as a marketing tool to reach
out to new customers and draw them in.
When marketing with video, it is important to remember
the following things:
- Your video must always provide your customers
with value. There are several ways that it can do this, including showing customers
how to solve certain problems (how-to videos, tutorials, etc.) or providing
them with new information (news, documentaries, etc.). You could also use
video as an interactive element, providing the setting for quizzes,
surveys, and the like.
- Never forget about the technical side of video search
engine optimization—after all, you’re trying to reach the maximum number
of viewers with your video. Take a smart and relevant approach to creating
metadata, provide transcriptions so that search engines can index them
properly, and setup a video sitemap.
- Don’t be antisocial with your video. Allow people
to share it, and use a proper branding strategy so that you can lead
people to your own website even if it is uploaded elsewhere. In fact, encourage
sharing—and make share-worthy videos for that matter.