• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Submissions
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Jul 6, 2022
  • Startup
    • Creating a Plan
    • Funding a Startup
    • Franchise Center
    • Getting Your Office Ready
    • Making Your Business Official
    • Marketing Your New Business
    • Personal Readiness
  • Run & Grow
    • Customer Service
    • Human Resources
    • Innovation
    • Legal
    • Operations
    • Risk Management
  • Leadership
    • Best Practices
    • Communication
    • Green Initiatives
    • Open Culture
    • Strategic Planning
    • People Skills
  • Sales & Marketing
    • Advertising and Lead Generation
    • Marketing Innovations
    • Marketing Plans
    • Online Marketing
    • Relationships
    • Sales Activities
  • Finance
    • Budgeting and Personal Finance
    • Payments and Collections
    • Tax and Accounting
    • Pricing Strategy
    • Working with Investors
    • Working with Lenders
  • Tech
    • eCommerce
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Security
    • Tech Reviews
    • Telecom
  • Shop

SmallBizClub

Helping You Succeed

Home / Sales and Marketing / Marketing Innovations / Combining Email and Video Marketing: Yay or Nay?
Combining Email and Video Marketing: Yay or Nay?

Combining Email and Video Marketing: Yay or Nay?

1458 Views

Nov 21, 2013 By Kate Supino

The fact that you’re contemplating incorporating an online video platform into your company’s marketing strategy is proof that video has already appeared on your radar screen. It’s not just your imagination. Video is shouldering a much broader role in turning interested browsers into paying customers.

 
Why Video Works
 
The old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” is true. You can convey a lot more information about your product or company through video than you can with a page of cumbersome text.
 
YouTube is popular for a reason. People like to watch short videos. When those videos are entertaining, instructional, or informational, they get shared across social media. You can use this phenomenon to get free marketing for your company. 
 
Email video can lead prospects to your own website’s landing pages. There, you can control their journey from prospect to paid customer with either more videos or convincing sales language.
 
As with all marketing, there are right ways and wrong ways to implement video marketing. If you’re new to the game, read on for some tips on how to avoid making common mistakes.
 
Situation 1
Mistake: Embedding huge video files into your marketing emails. Mail servers usually have limits on data file sizes. If you don’t manage your video file size, your email may not even make it into your prospect’s inbox.
Fix: Aim for small file sizes. This will ensure it passes through the server gates.
 
Situation 2
Mistake: Embedding multiple video files into one email. Don’t assume that your videos are so fascinating that your prospects are going to click on all of them and watch them diligently. 
Fix: One video per email should be your limit. 
 
Situation 3
Mistake: Your videos are all serious and somber.
Fix: Humor sells. Don’t be afraid to add a little laughter to your prospect’s day.
 
Situation 4
Mistake: Your videos are like mini-commercials.
Fix: Answer this: How many times have you fast-forwarded through the TV show just to watch the commercials? Your videos should be entertaining like TV shows, not like commercials.
 
Situation 5
Mistake: You email a video every day to your mailing list.
Fix: Even if your email just says, “Hi,” you should never email any prospect everyday. That’s a non-stop ticket to the Blocked Senders list.
 
Situation 6
Mistake: You’re skimping on video quality.
Fix: There’s a reason film schools exist. There is a noticeable difference between professional and amateur video quality. Even if you can’t discern it, your prospects will. Make room in your budget for high-quality video.
 
The decision whether or not to use video in your email marketing is a serious one. Once you start, it’s better to remain committed so you can present a consistent marketing campaign. It does require extra time and money to implement, but once you establish a protocol for video ideas, production, and implementation, it can be fairly straightforward to maintain.
 
There are many resources available to help you manage your email and video strategy. Research what other companies are doing and decide how you can best make your business fit into this growing marketing niche.
 

Filed Under: Marketing Innovations Tagged With: Email, Kate Supino, Marketing, Video, YouTube

Kate Supino

Kate Supino

Kate Supino is a freelance writer and small business owner who writes extensively about best business practices.

Related Posts

  • WSJ Author Barry Gabster on Making a Million-Dollar Identity
  • 3 Offline Ways You Can Promote Your Small Business
  • 5 Great Ways Contractors Can Promote Their Business

Primary Sidebar

Random

5 Top Tips for Small Businesses to Keep Up With Regulatory Changes

Jul 6, 2022 By Ryan Kidman

How Temperature Monitoring Helps Improve the Supply Chain for Healthcare Startups

Jul 5, 2022 By Vikas Agrawal

Communication is Key: Interview With Jason Girdner and Scarlet Mick of TECOBI

Jul 5, 2022 By SmallBizClub

5 Ways PayPal Can Help Your Business Grow

Jul 5, 2022 By Kelly Reed

11 Employee Benefits Millennials and Gen Z Value Most

Jul 4, 2022 By SmallBizClub

Footer

About Us

Small Biz Club is the premier destination for small business owners and entrepreneurs. To succeed in business, you have to constantly learn about new things, evaluate what you’re doing, and look for ways to improve—that’s what we’re here to help you do.

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2022 by Tarkenton Institute, Inc. All Rights Reserved | Terms | Privacy