10 Tips for LinkedIn Native Video
Tip #1 – Know Your Audience It’s no surprise, right, because we just talked about it when it comes to strategic approach to video, you really need to know who it is that you’re trying to market to. You need to know your audience. You can’t just market on LinkedIn or create content for LinkedIn […]
How To Get Started With Personalised Video For Business (Feat. George B Thomas)
A day before the Social Media Marketing World 2020, I got a chance to grab an interview with George B Thomas of Impulse Creative. Together, we talked about the role of personalized videos when it comes to sales in business. Below is a transcription of our interview: Ben: All right guys. I’m here with George […]
Why you need to be Blogging Your Vlogs
So text is out and video is in. But don’t be too quick to send those scripts to your trash can. Check out the video above for a quick video strategy tip for you. And it’s all about why you can’t ignore text blogging when you’re shifting priority to video blogging or vlogging. You see, […]
4 Steps to Defining A Strategy for your Online Video Marketing
… or avoiding the curse of Tacticitus. “If I put the video on YouTube and stick it on my website then I can share the link to Facebook and send it out to my email list and share it to LinkedIn and tell my Mum to send it to all her friends and copy the […]
The ‘So that’ method for telling your brand’s true story
So, why should people buy from you? It’s an important question to ask for anyone in business, and a critical one for anyone responsible for marketing a business to truly understand. But how should this question really be answered in order to tell the most compelling brand story, and more effectively engage your ideal customer […]
Workshop // Developing Your Online Video Strategy
Search engines love it. Social media platforms have embraced it. Your audience can’t get enough of it. Online video is everywhere, but how is your brand using video? Too often businesses approach video in entirely the wrong way, they invest in production but just fail to see the results. Check out the recording below of […]
The Bad First Date (or how NOT to do video marketing)
She sits… waiting. Glancing nervously at the clock on the wall of the affordable but just a little-bit-fancy Italian restaurant she is anticipating a great night but is always wary of how these things can sometimes turn out. She’s been here before. Nicely dressed and with some extra attention paid to her makeup, she’s […]
Why You Need to Just Be Yourself // Professional Service Firm Marketing
“Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde So, you’ve undoubtedly heard the above quote a few times before but when it comes to online video marketing for professionals no truer words have been spoken. Once you realise that your business, your brand, and the service that you and your team provide your […]
5 Tips to just getting started with online video
Here’s a bombshell. Content marketing hinges on one two key things. The first… Is marketing. Have you guessed the second? Yep. Content. Using video in an effective content marketing plan is an incredibly powerful strategy for professionals, niche experts and thought leaders however often the hardest part is in developing great content consistently, effectively and […]
Why You Can’t Just Jump on the Online Video Bandwagon
A potential client of mine recently came to me, in my role as Creative Director at Innovate Media, and was enthusiastically relating how he had attended a handful of social media and digital marketing workshops lately and all the speakers were touting the importance of web video for business. Seriously, you should have heard this […]