Are you marketing on YouTube?
Could you use some new ideas to improve your YouTube results?
Perhaps you should reconsider your YouTube approach.
In this article you’ll discover four tips to make your YouTube marketing more effective.
#1: Pique Curiosity With Unconventional Video
People aren’t going to click on your video to see a boring infomercial. They may be willing to tolerate a dry tutorial if it offers unique advice that they won’t find elsewhere. The most successful YouTube videos, though, tell an original and interesting story. This ad from Android is a good example.
It may be easier to come up with great content ideas if you don’t limit yourself to videos that relate directly to your product or business. This is particularly important if you’re in an industry that’s hard to get people excited about (such as asphalt contracting).
Consider this video of a young girl dancing, which was used to promote the Samsung Galaxy 580 phone. The video is seemingly unrelated to the product, yet still reflects positively on the company.
The video conveys the excitement that Samsung wants its customers to feel about its phone. It helps set the mood for people to take the next step, which is to visit the URL at the end to learn more about the product. Your goal is to keep viewers engaged long enough to soften them up for your call to action.
Don’t go overboard with this type of content, though. You’ve probably seen some commercials and had no idea what the message was until the very end, which left you confused about the company. Make sure that your videos evoke the emotions you want customers to feel about your company, even if there isn’t a direct connection between your video content and the product you’re ultimately promoting.
#2: Support Customer Research With Keywords
When marketing on YouTube, it’s important to recognize and consider your audience’s stage in the buying process. Some marketers try to cold-sell to customers and prospects who might be interested in their products. The problem is that people who find your videos on YouTube are usually in the discovery stage and aren’t ready to commit to a purchase.
For this reason, it’s important to choose keywords that are relevant to people who are looking for new information and to provide video content that educates based on those keywords. You can use the AdWords Display Planner tool to research keywords for your video descriptions and ad targeting.
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