How to Create a Video Marketing Strategy: A Full Funnel Video Strategy Framework for Business
Gone are the days of one corporate video to rule them all. To be effective with video marketing strategy for a business you need to be planning for multiple videos to use at different stages of the journey that your customers go on to buy from you. I call this a Full Funnel Video Strategy, […]
Feel Think Do Approach for Video Marketing
In marketing good content strategy really comes from simply understanding the human that you’re trying to reach. B2B, B2C, it really doesn’t matter. It’s all about the person and ultimately the goal is to move someone to take some sort of action. I kind of likened it to dating. For entrepreneurs, business owners or non-marketers, […]
Hire a Video Professional or DIY – The Cost Vs Quantity Inverse Rule
When you’re planning on doing video for your business you tend to be faced with two immediate choices… can we do this ourselves? Or should we hire a professional videographer? And the answer my friend is simply not black and white, there is no one right or wrong answer. However, in this article I’m going […]
Video Strategy for Business – 7 Questions to Ask
When you’re planning out a video strategy for your business, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and either not take action as a result or take the wrong action, which fails to get results. So in this article, I’m going to share with you 7 simple questions that you can ask yourself so that you can […]
How to Write a Killer YouTube Video Script
Okay, so you want to know how to write a killer YouTube Video script to engage your audience, get them watching… keep them watching and grow your channel? Well, my advice around this has changed over the years so in this article I’ll be breaking down what I consider best practice for writing and structuring […]
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 Establishing Expertise, Authority, and Trust is So Important in Your Video Strategy
There are two factors at play when it comes optimising your video to get them seen by the right people, at the right time online. Audience and Algorithm. In this blog post, I’m going to be sharing how to get these factors in your control and the importance of establishing expertise, authority and trust through […]
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 […]
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 […]