1. ONLINE VIDEO
MARKETING
PART- V
HOW TO MAKE EFFECTIVE
VIDEOS & DISTRIBUTE THEM
ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA TO
MAKE YOUR BRAND A
HOUSEHOLD NAME
BRAINWARE
2. BRAINWARE
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION
ON YOUTUBE, ONE HAS TO BE A REGULAR CONTENT CREATOR & FOCUS ON BUILDING A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUDIENCE
TUBEBUDDY IS A FREE BROWSER EXTENSION OF YOUTUBE THAT HELPS US TO MANAGE OUR
ENTIRE CREATION ON YOUTUBE. IT HELPS IN KEYWORD RESEARCH, SUBSCRIBER
OUTREACH,ADDING INFO-CARDS, UPDATING ANNOTATIONS, CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, OPTIMIZING
VIDEOS & EVERYTHING ELSE
WE CAN SEARCH KEYWORDS WITH GOOGLE TRENDS OR WITH THE HELP OF THE KEYWORD
PLANNER TOOL IN GOOGLE ADWORDS
IT HELPS TO CREATE A WEB PROPERTY IN GOOGLE ANALYTICS & HAVE A GOOGLE ANALYTICS
TRACKING ID INTO YOUTUBE.
TO MAKE THE VIDEO MORE DISCOVERABLE, IT HELPS TO GIVE A VERY COMPELLING & CATCHY
TITLE WITH THE ACTUAL WORD OR PHRASE THAT PEOPLE ARE USING IN THEIR SEARCH
THE CALL TO ACTION OF THE VIDEO & THE LINK TO THE WEBSITE OR LANDING PAGE SHOULD BE
ABOVE THE “SHOW MORE” BUTTON IN THE DESCRIPTION
IT IS ADVISABLE TO ADD PLAYLISTS TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL AS THEY INCREASE OUR SESSION
WATCH TIME & VIEWER WATCH TIME
ALTHOUGH IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A STRONG SUBSCRIBER BASE, IT SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND
THAT YOUTUBE VALUES WATCH TIME, RETENTION RATE, ENGAGEMENT & LOYALTY OF
SUBSCRIBERS OVER THE NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS
3. BRAINWARE
YOUTUBE THUMBNAILS
THE THUMBNAILS NEED TO BE INTERESTING & SHOULD BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A PHENOMENAL TITLE
THE THUMBNAILS OF A PARTICULAR BRAND SHOULD HAVE SIMILAR
PATTERNS
THEY SHOULD BE POPPY & HAVE SATURATED COLOURS & HIGH
CONTRAST
THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE OVER-SATURATED SHARPNESS
IT HELPS IF THE THUMBNAIL HAS BRIGHT BORDER
IT IS ADVISABLE TO CREATE THUMBNAILS SEPARATELY INSTEAD OF
CHOOSING A SCREEN SHOT OF THE VIDEO
4. BRAINWARE
HOW TO REPURPOSE ONE VIDEO ACROSS
MULTIPLE CHANNELS
IT IS NECESSARY TO EMBED A VIDEO ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA AS THAT CREATES A STRONG SOCIAL ‘SIGNAL’
AFTER UPLOADING A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, WE CAN CREATE A CORRESPONDING BLOG POST & EMBED THE
VIDEO IN IT.
WE CAN TIE THE VIDEO IN TO AN ACTION GUIDE IN PDF. THIS CAN BE DOWNLOADED, EMAILED OR
DROPBOXED
WE CAN ALSO MAKE BLOOPER REELS OF VIDEOS AS OPT-INS
WE CAN CREATE AN OPT-IN BRIBE. WE NEED TO TAKE THE BLOG POST WITH THE EMBEDDED VIDEO & EMAIL
THE AUDIENCE A PDF VERSION & MAKE THEM READ THE POST THOROUGHLY AS AN ARTICLE
WE CAN PULL SNIPPETS FROM A LARGER VIDEO ON YOUTUBE & PUT THAT ON FACEBOOK ALONG WITH THE
URL TO THE WEBSITE
TWITTER HAS PERISCOPE WHERE ONE CAN UPLOAD VIDEO & SHARE ON TWITTER & CAN ALSO USE
HASHTAGS TO TAG VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
ONE CAN REPURPOSE TRAFFIC TO VIDEOS FROM LINKEDIN
WE CAN CREATE A PAID CAMPAIGN ON GOOGLE ADWORDS TO SEND ADS THROUGH GMAIL. WE CAN EMBED
VIDEOS TO THESE ADS
WE CAN ALSO CREATE A PAID CAMPAIGN ON GOOGLE ADWORDS TO COOKIE ANYONE WHO HAS WATCHED
ONE OF OUR VIDEOS TO MAKE THEM WATCH OUR NEWLY UPLOADED OR RELATED VIDEOS