Internet Marketing Journey November 2014 | Page 6

Increase your traffic with Video Marketing Video marketing campaigns, if utilized effectively, are a sure-fire way to improve your business and increase your profit. In order for video marketing to work, however, it must be done intelligently. This article is loaded with tips and advice that will help you understand all that you need to know about video marketing. YouTube comment search is a great way to find videos on the topic you're planning to use in your next video. This allows you to see what other people are talking about and then you can either answer their questions or come up with new information which isn't currently being provided. Consider creating a series of videos instead of several single videos. This will cause your target audience to look forward to future videos. This strategy works especially well for educational and tutorial type videos. By starting a video series, you are increasing the likelihood of repeat visitors to your site. Make sure the site that you are publishing your videos on has sharing capabilities. You want to have buttons so that users can share your content on their Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter social media accounts easily. When others can easily share your videos, you will see your traffic increase relative to the number of shares. To launch your business into video marketing, hold a contest! Open it up to the public and display all of their videos. This will generate a lot of enthusiasm about your business, raise your ranking in search engines and give you great ideas to use in your video marketing campaign! If you use YouTube, you should take the time to personalize your channel. Feature your latest video and create some play lists to help your viewers find more videos. This will help them to be more interested in them. Write a good description of your business, products or services and make sure your content information is easy to find. Make sure you strive confidently to do what you need to do in order to get the job done. You might be shy, or you might think you need all this professional equipment and other precautions taken, but you're ready to go! Give it a shot, and see how far it takes you! Be honest. When you are on video, remember that you are showing people who you are and what your business is about. Try your best to come across as sincere and authentic. You can make or break a sale with how your personality seems on video, so make sure that you are honest and forthcoming. You should create a video to document your typical day at work to give your customers an idea of how products are created and shipped. Introduce your colleagues, show your workspace and follow the different steps you go through to complete an order. The goal of this short documentary is to convince viewers that you are a trustworthy professional. As was discussed in the first paragraph of this article, effective video marketing is one of the best things that you can do to increase sales and improve your business. By applying all of the knowledge you have learned from this article you will be able to make more money that you ever imagined. Good luck! •