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June 18, 2013 By Brandsplat Leave a Comment

The Surprising Sharing of Branded Videos

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Online video creation for brands has positively exploded over the last several years, and it’s no mystery as to why. Videos are a fantastic way to introduce global audiences to your brand, to present a creative avenue to explain how your products and services work and to show off your company’s unique personality. A recent study, however, suggests that branded videos might be even more powerful than we ever imagined. 

According to ClickZ.com, “A recent study conducted by Decipher Research, which surveyed online video viewers aged 18-34 across four social video campaigns from Guinness, Coca-Cola, Unilever’s Cornetto and Energizer Batteries, sought to determine the impact of peer recommendations. And the social ad effectiveness study found that recommendations dramatically increased ad performance.”

But the big shocker in the article is that fans of branded videos share them like crazy. Unruly Social Video Lab estimates that branded videos are shared more than 500,000 times every 24 hours. 

“Video is the world’s fastest-growing ad format in terms of ad spend, so it’s really important that brands have their fingers on the pulse and allocate their marketing dollars wisely. Leaving it to luck simply isn’t an option,” says Cat Jones of Unruly.

The study also suggests viewers are more likely to enjoy a video when it has been recommended by a friend or posted on social media and that viewers are also more likely to remember the brand. 

The best news here is that it isn’t just mega-brands that get their videos shared. Companies of all calibers can produce highly-sharable videos if the content is memorable, dynamic and well-promoted. Since the market is crowded with zillions of videos, we can’t expect our videos to get shared without a little push. Posting and reposting your videos on social media sites like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and our personal blogs will help more eyes get in front of our videos. In other words, if we want our videos to be shared, we have to get the ball rolling. 

 

 

Filed Under: Online Marketing, Online video creation

March 15, 2013 By Brandsplat Leave a Comment

Five Things You Might Have Missed!

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Looking for unearthed gems from the worlds of content marketing, online video creation and social media marketing? Then you, my friend, came to the right place!

1.) Happening Hangouts: Ever since we chatted with some folks over at Google+ last spring, we have been thrilled and excited about using Google Hangouts as an innovative and interactive content marketing tool. Hangouts — those personally curated and created live functions from your office or living room — are part live broadcast, part engaging online chat. So we love that CopyBlogger has come with 12 excellent (and easy) ways for marketing types to use this amazing tool.

2.) Grumpy Rules: Of all the celebrities, big-name product launches and social media marketing blitzes, only one brand emerged from SXSWi as the undisputed superstar. That brand, in case you haven’t heard, is Grumpy Cat. This ticked-off frowning feline rules the Internet with YouTube videos, memes and tweets. Now after an appearance at SXSWi, the cat with the sour puss is a genuine celebrity. Rock stars, actors, tech wizards alike all waited in line this week to get their photo taken with Grumpy Cat, who instantly went from online viral success to a brand all her own.

3.) Can You Do Better: Ever watched an ad and thought, “Jeez, even I could make a better commercial than that!” Now’s your chance to do just that! FreeCreditScore.com is asking fans to pick one of four endings to its new online commercial or they can upload their own “better” commercials for a chance at a $2,000 prize. The contest, for all of you wannabe mad men out there, ends on March 28th.

4.) About Face(book): Here’s a social media tidbit you might have missed… Facebook is changing up its design for the “About” page so users can expound on their likes and interests. Facebook hopes “About” becomes “a place for things you care about” — and, in effort to do so, the new pages have a more photoblog-type of layout with more images and interactive content. Anybody else smell Pinterest?

5.) Chanel in Bloom: We love seeing how luxury brands use unusual advertising methods and digital marketing to reach even the common folk who may or may not be able to afford their products. Chanel has done a bang-up job of this recently, and its new Mother’s Day campaign in the UK is no exception. The brand has adorable flower carts all around Great Britain that not only sell bottles of Chanel No. 5 but also bouquets of the flowers that inspire the fragrance.

Filed Under: Facebook Management, Facebook Marketing, Five Things You Might Have Missed, Online Marketing, Online video creation Tagged With: content marketing Social Media Marketing

November 23, 2012 By Brandsplat Leave a Comment

Five Things You Might Have Missed!

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Even on Black Friday, we dish out the best online marketing news stories in our Five Things You Might Have Missed list. Tricky Twitter innovations, a Butterball-bashing viral hit and so much more are piled high on today’s plate. So pull up a chair and dig into our leftover-free buffet!

1.) Serve with Gin & Juice: Topping the list this week is a ridiculous-yet-viral treat of online video creation from Hot Pockets. “Pocket Like It’s Hot” is a music video style commercial featuring Snoop Dogg and a parody of his 2004 hit “Drop it Like It’s Hot.” With lyrics like “When the craving’s got a hold of you… Pocket like it’s hot… Pocket like it’s hot” and a video filled with hilarious hip hop swagger, it’s hard to believe it took Hot Pockets this long to use Snoop as a spokesperson. The timing must’ve been just right, however. The clip has already racked up over 6 million views in just under a week.

2.) Picture this: If you missed the rollout of yet another cool Twitter upgrade this week, you’re not alone. Fact is, Twitter seems to release some sort of nifty app or innovation nearly every week. This week, the company announced that it would now offer an image search which allows users to search for hashtagged images, signaling the brand’s bid to be considered a social image sharing network, too (a la Instagram). For Twitter marketing specialists, this makes finding image-rich tweets even easier and opens the doors for creative photo-centric campaigns.

3.) Black Friday Bungle: Every year, at least one big brand royally screws up an online Black Friday promotion. This year, the title for Biggest Online Marketing Screw-ups goes to Sears. Thanks largely to a time zone setting disaster, Sears had to send thousands of “oops!” emails to its early shoppers, who thought they could get their hands on a 32-inch TV for just $97 bucks and before Black Friday. Only problem is that most Sears didn’t have the TVs yet, leaving online customers in the lurch until their transactions could get cancelled, which could take days. All was made worse by some bad social media PR which tried to clear up the mess but just made people more angry. The whole fiasco is a great reminder for marketers to keep holiday deals super easy and to use social media to actually be helpful and sympathetic.

4.) Side Dish of ‘Mercy:’ WARNING! Do not watch the ButterballAbuse.com video that’s been going around if you are sensitive to violence against animals. Yet this viral campaign strongly illustrates how powerful online videos can be when perfectly timed. The clip, produced by Mercy for Animals, has received major national notice and jump-started a new discussion about animal compassion.

5.) Sandy Stories: We round out this week’s list with the amazing way that Hurricane Sandy survivors are using storytelling app Backspaces. Backspaces is an app that inspires users to click photos and tell the stories of their lives as they unfold. Sandy Stories have popped up by the thousands on Backspaces, with photos of folks helping out communities affected by devastating storm. It’s an inspiring trend to see non-profits and regular old folk alike using smartphone sharing for the collective (feel) good of mankind.

Filed Under: Online Marketing, Online video creation, Twitter Marketing Tagged With: Brand Engagement, Brandcasting, Digital Engagement, Facebook Management, Facebook marketing, Five things you might have missed, General, online brand management, Online Marketing, Weekly video report

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