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The Case for Including Video in Content Strategy 12 April 2013
1. THE CASE FOR INCLUDING
VIDEO IN
YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY
BrightTALK Webinar – 12 April 2013
SIMON J. RYAN
Business Marketing Specialist & Founder of Social Advisors
@simonjryan
2. Contents
1. The situation
2. Content strategy with video
3. Showcase
4. Leading practice
5. Benefits for search
6. A word on content
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3. The Situation
• Trust is more valuable than gold
• Brands have to be experiential to be real
• Everyone, and I mean everyone has less
time than money
• Marketers have to defy distraction
• How can we maintain a continuous
dialogue?
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4. Source: CEB Marketing Leadership Council, March 2011
Why
The average client is…
60%
…of the way through the purchase decision
before engaging advisors
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5. A Content Strategy That
Includes Video
Plan, align and define
Don’t set off with out knowing where
you are heading
Use it as a response medium
Talk about what your customers are
asking you or the agenda
Don’t use it in isolation
Video is a compliment, not a
replacement, for excellent copy
Consider where it will be seen and
how much to reveal
Not just the sites but the platforms
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6. Showcase Click photo for vide
Testimonial – Aviva Education – Demonstration –
PootlePress Solwise
Staff – B&Q Blog – Personal Promotion- Sony
Fitness
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7. Leading Practice – Customer
Journey: The NHS
Click photo for video
Alternatively: http://www.youtube.com/user/NHSChoices
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8. Leading Practice – Tone of Voice:
Meaningful Money
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9. Leading Practice – Distribution:
M&G Investments
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10. Leading Practice – FAQ:
Wistia.com
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11. Leading Practice – Knowledge
Share: Salesforce.com
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12. Benefits for Search
Activate
No SEO works without activation of a site map
with video is best for exposure
YouTube
There are better online solutions, but none will
deliver visitors like YouTube
Describe your video
Use all available meta data fields with keywords in
Data drives SEO
video title, description and tags
• Number of comments and shares
• Date added (new videos get bonus points)
• View count (and channel view count, number of
subscribers and playlist adds)
• Rating and flagging
• Incoming links (exposure on other sites, other
embeds, RSS links)
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13. Finally, Some Thoughts on
Content the feeling/action you want the
Start with
viewer to feel/take
Then produce a quality, definite brief
Focus on the viewer’s experience, not
cramming content
Keep it short, you’ll start to loose viewers
after 10 seconds
Tell a story, but sign post where you are
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14. Thank you
Simon J. Ryan
Social Advisors Ltd.
E Mail simon@socialadvisors.co.uk
Twitter @simonjryan
Web www.socialadvisors.co.uk
Telephone +44 20 3086 8396
Further Reading
http://www.socialadvisors.co.uk/why-video-is-brilliant-for-
generating-web-traffic/
http://econsultancy.com/uk/reports/online-video-best-practice-
guide
15. Content
Get found Stand out
matters
Become
Get
liked
referred
& trusted
Be
Get even
remembere Measure
better
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Notes de l'éditeur
We all want to make our content marketing strategies work, but for them to be effective, we must spend time listening and addressing the customer’s agenda.
Video marketing is a core focus for marketers going into 2013. More than half (52%) of business-to-business brands use video as part of their social media and content marketing strategies, while online video advertising is yet to be embraced by 77% of brands. How can brands maximise the use of social video content so that they can achieve business objectives, such as increased brand advocacy, brand awareness and sales?
This is an important change is any kind of professional selling over the past 10 years.Buyers are more informed as they start the sales process because they can access so much more information before speaking to their advisors or any vendor.
Activate Video SEO and optimise your content.Provide a video transcript which search engines will also index.The video promoting your business should be relevant and informative as well as having ‘rich’ content – don’t bother wasting your time producing videos that have little to do with your brand or service.The easiest videos to produce are usually the most popular, especially those which demonstrate a step-by-step process or review a product or service.Do not forget that your video should be fun and memorable, have a short running time and leave the viewer wanting more.Keep the video short and to the point – the average viewing time for a YouTube video is around 90 seconds. If your video is runs for five minutes, you should consider packaging into smaller segments and then linking them together on the site.Don’t forget that this is a marvellous opportunity to promote your company branding and you should begin each video with your logo and try to use it again within the video itself.Write a short, catchy title and do not forget to include keywords in the video description.
I will be happy to answer further questions after the event.