2. A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS
1 MINUTE OF VIDEO IS 1.8 MILLION
The Lumiere Brothers
First Film Makers
Still from
“Workers Leaving The Lumière
Factory
in Lyon”
Meerkat, periscope, vine, snapchat, vimeo, youtube, wistia, twitter, viddler, insatgram, kaltura facebook
No, I’m not having a stroke. Nor am I in the CIA.
Moving pictures have transformed how we ingest media
Most powerful form of communication. It uses more than one sense.
keeps up in emotionally engaged, educational tool, entertainment device.
It has drama it has players, protagonists and antagonists, problems and solutions.
Everyone loves a good story.
Ask about favorite stories.
I feel it is the most powerful form of communication. Video has really come into its own. I can bombard you with statistics, but let’s take a more storytelling approach.
Video uses both sight and sound
Increases retention.
Easily engaged with because of the senses
2nd most used search engine. owned by google
It’s now 10 years old this year. Ubiquitous with online video.
Question: how many watched a YouTube vid: yesterday? last week? Biz on YT?
millenials = internet. digital natives = online video
communicate with FaceTime, google hangouts Skype, etc.
Phones and tablets have hd cameras. 21st century way to communicate.
1. there are several misconceptions. here are 3.
misconception 1 is video is expensive.
Cost of gear and software is down, plus SSD, drop box
Facebook & Youtube for distributing
video can only be a certain length true and false
social media: .5 to 2 min, kickstarters: 2.5 min fundraisers: 5 min.
understand audience. Think in terms of movie trailers or music videos (2-4)
video is geared to a younger audience
growing population of social media users over 60. Thank tablet
question: how many of you consider yourselves millenials.
talked about why using video and debunked misconceptions.
Now it’s time to talk about how.
Start thinking of ways to show yourself as the guide to how your services can rescue the customer from your competitors.
I have 5 ways to think of how to construct this storyline.
There are several more ways but this is a good start.
You want to highlight new things your business is doing.
throw in a deal or two keep ahead of the competition
Talk about video in the picture
keep audience in the loop through promotional material for an exclusive event.
easily shareable. spreads the word.
Talk about video.
misconception: showing what we do, people won’t need business.
youtube=yellow pages. need to show more. gives credibility
talk about video
most powerful marketing tool you can use.
using a face and a voice of normal people.
use video as an example.
always get faq’s.
use a video to point to to answer the question.
Use video.
facility walkthroughs, meet the team, recruitment, training, partner profiles
Story has three parts.
Internal story should have up to three concepts to each idea.
call to action
people write down a video idea for their business.
have 3-5 people present their ideas.
distribution: facebook, youtube, kaltura, wistia
how to use video: it should play a part in your campaign. Gary V.
make it searchable.
Content is king
Context is queen
community know who they are.
educate: who are you?
entertain: why should they deal with you
Engage: get them to share.
Why video is important. What to say and how to use it and where it goes.
Companies big and small should be using video. Leveled the field
Be that guide to bring that innocent bystander to safety by having your product or service be that hero. Control your story.
Can you do this? yes. resources are readily available. FB live with phone.
use a professional because of time and creativity to tell your story. chad story.
use real world examples: plumbing, roofing pro head shot photo.
1. Any questions. Take 5
2. Thank you for time
3. Talk about how to reach me.