Search Marketing And Using Video for Visibility - Presentation Transcript
Why do Video??? A strategic approach to leveraging the interplay of search and video
Online Video
Online video is an international phenomenon growing rapidly on the tail of greater broadband penetration.
US – Overall Online Video Usage
January 2009 Findings - Comscore
76.8% of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video
The average online video viewer watched 356 minutes of video (up 15%)
100.9M viewers watched 6.9 B videos on YouTube
The duration of average video was up 10% to 35 minutes
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Stand-alone Marketing – NOT!
“ Shrewd marketers will utilize a multi-channel strategy to capitalize on these adjacent ‘primetime’ blocks in order to maximize their marketing impact”
Direct Navigation
5 – 8 pm Internet
8 – 11pm TV
ComScore Report
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What Are They Watching?
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Video Paid Advertising Examples Stanford Continuing Studies Internet Marketing – May 2009
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Video Only Lives On YouTube?
YouTube
Other Video Search Engines/Aggregators
Banner
Live Streaming Banners…
Email
Google SERP
Social Media Sites
Branded Websites/Microsites
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Banners Stanford Continuing Studies Internet Marketing – October 2008
Email Stanford Continuing Studies Internet Marketing – October 2008
iPhone
How Often is Video in the SERP?
According to comScore, 38% of searchers received video results in January 2008!
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Why Not More?
Compelling Content
Entertain
Have a sense of Humour!
What is VSEO? Why Bother?
Video Search Engine Optimization (VSEO)
SEO can be as basic as making your existing video searchable and relevant to more viewers (customers).
Video is FREE
Results in blended search can help you “own” more of the SERP
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Video Search Optimization - Strategies & Tactics
Strategy
Informed by the goals of your brand
Driving exposure?
DR Metrics?
Leads?
Contributions?
VSEO is a toolbox: Choose the right tools for the job.
VSEO should complement an existing strategy
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Dove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-kSZsvBY-A
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Strategies & Tactics
Tactics
Compelling Content (relevant and entertaining)
Consider length and subject
VSEO (our focus)
Seeding & Distribution (VSEO?)
Offline Coordination
WOM/PR
Paid Search
Viral (tactic or aspiration?)
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BlendTec Example
Video –
You have to look at it as content. You’re not trying to interrupt the “Friends” television schedule; you’re trying to replace “Friends.” You’re trying to replace the content. And if you provide good content, people will watch it. They’ll watch it all by itself.”
http://www.reelseo.com/blendtec /
Schweppes Stanford Continuing Studies Internet Marketing – October 2008
Overview of Basic VSEO Title of Document/Subject/ Conference/Presentation
Tactics: Where To Begin…
Basic VSEO principles are similar to SEO
Targeted keywords in meta data
Place on site and optimize that file
Format
SWF – Do not use Active X controls
July 2008 Google & Yahoo announced will work with Adobe to make Flash “searchable”
Name files with keywords and be consistent
Tag with relevant, targetted keywords
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Tactics: Where To Begin…
If hosting, create a video sitemap linked from homepage
Create individually optimized pages for each video
Cross-link pages with anchor text
If using thumbnails, include brand or action
YouTube
Place URL in your YouTube description
Create YouTube Channel
Use annotations/captioning
Allow comments
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Submissions Title of Document/Subject/ Conference/Presentation
Promotion: Paid Search
Keyword Research
Use Google Insights
McCain/Biden Example
Paid Search Rules Apply
Quality
Relevance
Budget to your goals
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Obama Campaign Made Video Respectable Stanford Continuing Studies Internet Marketing – May 2009
Direct Response, Brand, Engagement
Politics Popularized Video Stanford Continuing Studies Internet Marketing – May 2009
Measurement
How do you know if you have succeeded?
Brand or Direct Response Metrics
YouTube Insight
Video Syndication and Tracking Tool – Tube Mogul
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Conclusion & POV
Online video is both a phenomenon and an opportunity for both brand and direct response marketers.
Successful campaigns have compelling content and leverage the social medium.
Coordinating VSEO early into the overall marketing plan is crucial.
Video is inevitably a part of every future marketing plan
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