Never underestimate the power of a loyal, happy customer. Whether you are an established business or a fledgling two-person startup, happy customers bring trust and excellent references to your brand. Two valuable assets that can’t be oversold. By the same token, leaving your client base unattended and generating unsatisfied reviews can have an equally profound, […]
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YouTube Expands Advertiser Access to 15-Second Non-Skippable Ads
Advertisers on Google Ads have historically had a few main video format options when launching auction-based YouTube campaigns: Skippable TrueView in-stream ads: These appear before, during, or after YouTube videos. The advertiser pays if the user interacts with the video, watches 30 seconds of it, or watches the entire video ad (if it’s shorter than 30 seconds). TrueView […]
YouTube Expands Advertiser Access to 15-Second Non-Skippable Ads
Advertisers on Google Ads have historically had a few main video format options when launching auction-based YouTube campaigns: Skippable TrueView in-stream ads: These appear before, during, or after YouTube videos. The advertiser pays if the user interacts with the video, watches 30 seconds of it, or watches the entire video ad (if it’s shorter than 30 seconds). TrueView […]
Everything You Need to Know About Explainer Videos
When announcing your online presence as a business, you aim to attract people to the business. After they become your clients, you may think the job is over, but this isn’t true. You want to retain your customers when they go through content on your website. According to an article on the TIME magazine published […]
3 Different Ways to Add Videos to Email Marketing
Have you tried to incorporate videos into the marketing emails that you send out? It can boost their effectiveness, and lead to higher conversion rates if you do. The one problem that you may face is that adding videos to email marketing isn’t as easy as it sounds. While there are a few ways it […]
How to Establish a Video Marketing Strategy for Your Business
A recent study concluded that the human brain processes videos at nearly 10,000 times the speed at which they process text. Quite clearly, videos are one of the most engaging forms of marketing for the millennial customer. However, compared to text, videos are also a lot more resource-intensive to produce. Establishing a clear marketing strategy […]
With Which of These Marketing Predictions Do You Agree?
2019 awaits us. Which new trends and practices will be in store for marketers in the new year? I did some digging and discovered several predictions for your review. I leave it to you to decide which ones have merit and which do not. According to Janice Chou in a recent Forbes article, “content marketing continues to […]
Create Instagram and Facebook Ready Videos Using Still Images
If you run any sort of Facebook or Instagram campaigns at volume, you’ve probably noticed how well video content does. Whether the goal is driving landing page views or general brand awareness, videos tend to perform very well. While this is great for agencies and companies with full-fledged creative departments, videos have typically been a […]
The Biggest Trends in Marketing Right Now
Ever since the emergence of the Internet and smart devices, the marketing and advertising field has increasingly morphed into a digital industry. Today, marketers have access to myriad consumer touch points such as websites, social media, blog posts, online videos, texts and other available marketing channels. Additionally, modern marketers can refine their practices by leveraging […]
Channels to Consider for 2019: Video
We’ve been talking about some of the channels—email, reviews, video, etc.—that I think every organization needs to consider as they build out their 2019 marketing plan based on data that suggests they’re too big to ignore. Back when I started my marketing career 30+ years ago, video was a very different beast than it is […]
