You Made a Video,
Now What?
You Made
a Video,
Now
What?
Michael Hoffman, CEO
See3 Communications, www.see3.net

You Made a Video,
Now What?
STEP 1:
Redefine Viral

You Made a Video,
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Viral to who?

You Made a Video,
Now What?

You Made a Video,
Now What?
STEP 2:
Think Before
Making Your Video

You Made a Video,
Now What?
Ask These Questions:
1. What are our goals?
2. How will we measure success?
3. Who do we want to see this?
4. How can we build interactivity into the
video itself?
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You Made a Video,
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You Made a Video,
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You Made a Video,
Now What?
STEP 3:
Get Your
Video Online

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You Made a Video,
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What’s the
Difference?
Video Hosting
Video Distribution

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The Case For:
1. It’s the biggest
2. Functions as a social network
3. Increased capabilities - HD, annotations,
widescreen, open API
4. Familiarity and ease of use
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You Made a Video,
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You Made a Video,
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The Case For: All Across the Web

You Made a Video,
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The Case For: Your Own Video Hosting
1. More pleasant user experience = more
video views
2. Better search functionalities
3. Rate and discuss within the community
4. CMS integration = staff and users can
embed video more easily
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You Made a Video,
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“We see integrating video content into
our CMS as a core strategy for the future
of our site…Video content is also
important to capture a younger audience
who are more used to consuming media
in the video format and have come to
expect video to be usably integrated into
websites they frequent.”
Brady Swenson,
New Media Associate, RH Reality Check

You Made a Video,
Now What?
STEP 4:
Spread Your
Videos to the
Community

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Now What?

You Made a Video,
Now What?
Where To Start:
1. Develop relationships with bloggers
2. Build a following
3. Find existing communities
4. Mix social media outreach with paid
advertising
5. Connect to an action
Let’s Look @:

You Made a Video,
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You Made a Video,
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You Made a Video,
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Blog Outreach
Twitter Outreach
Online Paid Ads
Care2/Hunger Site
Communities
 Progressive
 Student/Activist
 Human Rights/Refugees
 Women/Children
 Religious

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STEP 5:
Test and Learn!

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You Made a Video,
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You Made a Video,
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Discussion
Any Questions?

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Now What?
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