video marketing tactics

Now that you’ve invested in a high-quality branding video, here are some tactics to help you leverage it.

Post your video to social media:

Your video can be posted to Facebook and Twitter page (plus you can pin it to the top of your page for long-lasting visibility).

LinkedIn now allows you to post media, including video to your LinkedIn profile

Add it your your Instagram profile as a Highlight

Share your awesome video with the world!

Share your awesome video with the world!

Edit a short snippet of the video of 7 seconds or less, you can use it as your Facebook Profile or Page pic or use a shortened version as your Cover Photo

Include your video into your email marketing campaign in the introduction portion of your sequence

Embed your video into your email signature

Bonus tip - if your email program does not allow you to embed a video in your email signature, create a screenshot of your video, add a “play” button icon making it appear like an embedded video. Insert a link into the image (you can use a bitly or other masking link to track clicks) to where the video is posted (i.e. YouTube, Vimeo, etc)

Advanced:

Post it to your Facebook Page (you can pin it to the top of your page: see above). Run a Facebook ad optimized for video views. After 3 or 4 days, create a custom audience based on people who viewed your video (0:10 seconds of your video or 50% or whatever makes sense for the video and your goals), then run a Facebook re-targeting ad to those who have already watched your video, thus bringing your audience further down the buying process.

The importance of video in your online marketing strategy

 
 

There are a few important reasons why you should be making video a central part of your online marketing strategy:

According to Hootsuite:

“organic traffic on Facebook has dropped by 10% since last year”,

However, the highest engagement rate is with posts that include a video. Furthermore, a Facebook video gets 135% more organic reach than a photo, 500 million people watch Facebook videos every day for a total of more than 100 million hours. Those are some heavy numbers!

Therefore the best way to get organic (non-paid) is with video. In addition, Facebook Live videos drive 6X more interactions than non-live videos!!

A key part of your branding strategy should include video. A video will help display your uniqueness, differentiator and help convey your personal, honest and authentic brand.

Lastly, once you’ve posted a video to Facebook, you can run a re-targeting campaign to people who have watched it. A Facebook re-targeting campaign is a great, and cost-effective way to run a targeted campaign to people who are already aware of your brand and are more likely to re-engage and ultimately become a customer.

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The Two Biggest Mistakes

When I speak to small business owners and entrepreneurs, the two most common mistakes I hear are:

Not knowing who your customers are

Not having a specific offer

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These are two of the most central aspects you need before you can effectively start your marketing campaign.  Firstly, you need to know who you serve, who is your service/product for, whose pain point are you trying to solve.  If you don't know who your ideal customer is, how are you going to find them?

Secondly, you need to a specific offer, something that a customer can become aware of, consider and "say yes" to. 

"I offer marketing services" is not specific enough!

Let's try that again: "I offer a consulting package where I will teach you how to run your Facebook account and generate leads"  This offer is much more specific and gives the customer a clear picture of what they are purchasing and the direct benefit.

Make sure you have a specific offer and you know who you are marketing to.

 

Jamie Kuperman is a 2-time entrepreneur and lifelong marketer.  Currently he is offering coaching packages focused on social media, Facebook Ads, and email marketing.