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How can you grow your business or brand with video marketing

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Most of us partake in some sort of marketing for our business. Whether this is through large all year-around projects or smaller projects aimed for specific times of the year, marketing our businesses, brands, or ourselves is almost crucial. Marketing can be pivotal for business development, can put you on the ‘map’ or even help you create a business from scratch.

In 2016, the numbers show that there is no marketing channel that is more effective than video marketing. Each minute of video is worth 1.8 million words; which means straight from the offset video marketing is more cost and time efficient than any other sort of marketing efforts like written printed material or online written ads.

World IT leader, Cisco now predicts that 80% of all Internet traffic will be streaming video content by 2019, up from 64% in 2014. So if you don’t get on the bandwagon soon, your competitors might, and you will miss out on that all important traffic.

What makes video such a great marketing tool?

There are countless reasons why video can be the ideal medium to showcase yourself or your business, and in 2016 you have absolutely no reason to at least trial video marketing, because it is now cheaper to distribute and produce a video than it has ever been. What is more, businesses and individuals now have access to more advanced technology such as drones, go pros, sharp editing software, and experienced video marketing companies.

More personable

Creating a video to showcase your business’ goods or services gives you the opportunity to appeal directly to your target audience. Sometimes it can be difficult to get the tone exactly right in written copy, but with a video you can produce something which talks directly to your target demographic. Whether it be using a style of communication which may speak to a specific age demographic or a video style that will appeal to a specific industry, you can really be dynamic with how you communicate to your audience.

Confidence in your brand

Some consumers can still be sceptical when making large purchases online. This can often be the 40+ age bracket, and this can be challenging if this age group is your target market. On top of this, consumers are inundated with approximately 5,000 brand messages a day. Some may be unsure of who to trust, or worse may not be able to even register the thousands of adverts festooned on the internet. The good news is that video marketing can help build this trust and stand out. Video can give you the opportunity to establish yourself as a legitimate company which has real people working for them and sells excellent products and offers an exceptional service.

Video gives you the chance to stay in the forefront of the minds of those that matter to you most. You can be in any industry at all to make video work for you. For instance, east London recording studio Fluke Productions have a dedicated Youtube channel which helps prospective clients find the perfect studio for their needs, and isn’t necessarily a hard sell video but a great tool for brand awareness.

More engaging

On average, each person has five different social media accounts and dedicates nearly two hours to browsing these networks each day. With the limited attention span of today’s online users, it is essential to keep things snappy on social media. 60 percent of people prefer video over reading text, so why not make your presence on social media count? With consistent written social media posts you may not be getting any engagement. With users mindlessly scrolling through their social media timeline on their phones and on the go, they may be more inclined to take notice if your post has more substance to it than just some sales copy. Integrating your marketing videos into these posts can increase your web traffic and help you get your name out there.

To sum up, forget about going viral. In 2016, we have the right social media marketing tools and internet marketing tools to put your video in front of the right people instead of just everyone. This targeted marketing will help you grow your business rather than just rack up likes and views. It is the customers you gain from these videos that count.

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Chloe Hashemi is the Editorial Executive for Camm Hooper, who host an array of business and other prestigious events at their Central London Venues, Banking Hall, Tanner Warehouse and Victorian Bath House.

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MIPCOM: Univision Taps YouTube Aggregator to Manage Online Video

BroadbandTV will help oversee premium YouTube channels aimed at the fast-growing Spanish-speaking TV market.

Univision Communications has recruited online video aggregator BroadbandTV to help manage its YouTube content and channels to better reach young Hispanic audiences in the U.S. and internationally.

The content management pact will see BroadbandTV use its proprietary technology to upload and monetize across YouTube a range of fan-generated content for Univision, which is led by CEO Randy Falco. BroadbandTV and Univision will not collaborate on content development and production.

Financial details weren’t disclosed.

The pact comes as Hispanics continue to be one of YouTube’s fastest-growing audiences. The online video aggregator will also help manage the Spanish-language TV network’s 16 premium YouTube channels to boost viewership for series like La Rosa de Guadalupe, Como Dice el Dicho and Primer Impacto that are more attractive to advertisers than fan-generated content.

The partnership with BroadbandTV comes as Univision looks beyond TV ratings to increased viewer engagement online for popular shows. « Univision’s YouTube video views have increased this year. Our goal is to grow these views as BroadbandTV helps us to strategically amplify content and build stronger engagement with our digital audience,” said Sameer Deen, senior vp digital at Univision.

Univision has also been looking to YouTube to beef up high-growth digital offerings for millennials as it continues to look for ways of serving that demographic.

CAN 2017 : l’Algérie dans le « groupe de la mort » avec le Sénégal et la Tunisie

L’Algérie, qui court après un sacre continental depuis 1990, va devoir cravacher dès la phase de poules de la Coupe d’Afrique des nations au Gabon (14 janvier-5 février), avec notamment la Tunisie et le Sénégal dans son groupe.

Le tirage au sort effectué mercredi à Libreville pouvait difficilement être plus compliqué pour les Fennecs de Riyad Mahrez (Leicester) et El Arabi Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb), meilleur buteur de la phase de qualifications pour la CAN avec sept réalisations en six matchs.

Après une entrée en matière plus qu’abordable contre le modeste Zimbabwe, équipe la plus faible engagée dans le tournoi, c’est un derby du Maghreb qui attend l’Algérie, contre la Tunisie.

Et le dernier match, peut-être décisif dans la perspective d’une qualification pour les quarts de finale – seuls les deux premiers de chaque groupe passeront –, verra l’affrontement de la meilleure attaque des qualifications (25 buts) et du Sénégal, seule sélection à avoir remporté ses six matches.

Avant même d’entrer sur la pelouse à Franceville en janvier, les Fennecs devront avoir réglé un problème d’intendance, et non des moindres : lâchés il y a une semaine par leur sélectionneur, le Serbe Milovan Rajevac, démissionnaire, ils devront lui trouver un successeur.

Si l’intérim est assuré par les adjoints de Rajevac, Nabil Neghiz et Yazid Mansouri, la recherche d’un nouvel entraîneur est la priorité du côté d’Alger, alors qu’un match de qualification pour le Mondial 2018 est prévu avant le début de la CAN, le 12 novembre au Nigeria, principal absent de la CAN 2017.

Le Français Alain Perrin a déjà annoncé qu’il briguait le poste, alors qu’on lui avait préféré Rajevac pour succéder à Christian Gourcuff.

Un duel Gabon-Cameroun à Libreville

De son côté, le tenant du titre ivoirien peut légitimement prétendre aux quarts de finale, favori de son groupe C, où il commencera sa mission contre le Togo, retombé à la 100e place au classement FIFA.

Les coéquipiers de Gervinho retrouveront ensuite la RD Congo, surprenant troisième de la CAN 2015, que les Eléphants avaient maîtrisé sans souci en demi-finales il y a deux ans (3-1). Et finiront par rencontrer le Maroc dans leur dernier match de groupes.

Le groupe D est le plus homogène de tous, avec le Ghana, l’Ouganda, l’Egypte et le Mali. Il est d’ailleurs le seul qui ne contient que des équipes encore en course pour le Mondial 2018.

Le Ghana, emmené par les frères Jordan et André Ayew, retrouvera sur sa route l’Egypte, qui effectue son retour après trois absences, en 2012, 2013 et 2015.

Les Black Stars devront donc se méfier du retour en forme des Pharaons, qui avaient remporté la CAN en 2006, 2008 et 2010, avant de disparaître des radars.

Enfin, le Gabon, pays hôte qui lancera « son » tournoi à Libreville contre le novice Guinée-Bissau puis enchaînera contre le Burkina Faso, a déjà les yeux rivés sur son dernier match de poules contre le voisin Cameroun.

Le duel entre l’attaquant gabonais du Borussia Dortmund Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang et le capitaine des Lions indomptables Benjamin Moukandjo s’annonce bouillant, le 22 janvier à Libreville.

Espagne: l’interdiction des corridas en Catalogne est annulée

La Cour constitutionnelle espagnole a annulé jeudi l’article d’une loi régionale interdisant la tenue de corridas en Catalogne, estimant qu’il outrepassait les compétences de cette région, a-t-on appris de source judiciaire.

« La Catalogne est compétente pour réglementer les spectacles et protéger les animaux (…) mais la tauromachie fait partie du patrimoine culturel » de l’Espagne, compétence de l’Etat espagnol, a précisé la source judiciaire, expliquant les motivations de l’arrêt.

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La presse américaine dénonce le « mépris de Donald Trump pour la démocratie »

« Je vous le dirai le moment venu, je vais maintenir le suspense. » Lors du troisième et dernier débat télévisé de la campagne présidentielle américaine, mercredi 19 octobre à Las Vegas, Donald Trump a laissé entendre qu’il pourrait ne pas reconnaître le résultat de l’élection du 8 novembre. Elle restera la phrase qu’on retiendra du troisième débat présidentiel, note le Washington Post (qui soutient la candidature d’Hillary Clinton). L’approche « attendre et voir » de Donald Trump est désastreuse et restera le sujet le plus discuté à l’issue de ce débat, et cette polémique pourrait bien durer les trois semaines restant avant la fin de cette longue course vers la Maison Blanche.

Hillary Clinton, sa rivale démocrate, s’est dite, lors du débat, « horrifiée » face à cette remise en cause de l’un des piliers du fonctionnement des institutions aux Etats-Unis, où le candidat vaincu concède sa défaite :

« Ce n’est pas comme cela que fonctionne notre démocratie. Nous existons depuis 240 ans. Nous avons eu des élections libres et justes. Nous avons accepté des résultats qui ne nous plaisaient peut-être pas. Et c’est ce que l’on doit attendre de quiconque se trouve sur la scène d’un débat en vue d’une élection. »

Dans un édito, le New York Times (qui avait également annoncé son soutien à Hillary Clinton), revient sur le « mépris de Donald Trump pour la démocratie » :

« Dans le troisième et dernier débat, Donald Trump a cessé d’insulter l’intelligence des Américains pour insulter la démocratie américaine. Sans en apporter la preuve, il affirme que des millions de gens s’inscrivent sur les listes électorales pour participer à l’élection et déclare qu’il ne se sent pas lié par le résultat des urnes. »

Pour le comité éditorial du journal, le « craquage » de M. Trump au cours des dernières semaines pourrait être perçu comme « la tentative d’un mauvais perdant de rationaliser sa défaite annoncée », et va même plus loin :

« Mais ses attaques contre le processus démocratique, à son profit, risquent d’endommager de manière durable le pays, et les politiques des deux partis devraient s’éloigner de lui et de l’exemple qu’il donne. »

« Ce candidat nous dira s’il pense qu’il a perdu le 8 novembre, pas l’inverse »

Pour le Guardian, les propos de Donald Trump sont la confirmation que le magnat de l’immobilier ne respecte même pas « les règles basiques » de la démocratie. « La démocratie ? Ce candidat nous dira s’il pense qu’il a perdu le 8 novembre, pas l’inverse », regrette le journal britannique.

Le Wall Street Journal, qui ne soutient officiellement aucun candidat, souligne pour sa part que ce débat était une « opportunité pour M. Trump de reprendre pied dans la course présidentielle, menée par Mme Clinton tant au niveau national que dans les “swing States” [les Etats-clés] ». Mais le quotidien financier constate que ce débat n’aura finalement pas changé fondamentalement la donne pour les deux candidats :

« Le soutien dont bénéficient Hillary Clinton et Donald Trump est au même niveau qu’en janvier : en début d’année, 29 % des électeurs affirmaient avoir une opinion positive du candidat, selon un sondage Wall Street Journal/NBC. Il est au même niveau aujourd’hui. En janvier, toujours selon le même sondage, Mme Clinton était à 40 % d’opinions positives. elle est au même niveau aujourd’hui. »

Dans un article intitulé « L’insulte finale de Donald Trump à la démocratie américaine », le site américain The Daily Beast compare ce « je vais maintenir le suspense » du républicain aux fins ouvertes des émissions de téléréalité :

« Nous étions déjà habitués à ce que The Donald [son surnom] utilise cette élection comme un moyen d’autopromotion. La plupart des républicains les plus sobres se sont doucement aperçus avec horreur qu’ils avaient nommé un homme manifestement irresponsable comme candidat du parti. Mais l’étendue des dégâts semblait jusqu’ici se contenir au GOP [Grand Old Party, surnom du parti républicain] et à la qualité des débats politiques. Donald a changé tout ça mercredi soir. »

A moins d’un mois de l’issue d’une élection cruciale pour le pays, le site tente de recadrer le débat : « Reposez le seau à pop-corn une seconde. Souvenez-vous que cette élection est réelle. Ce n’est pas de la téléréalité. »

Video Is Increasingly Important in Content Marketing (Infographic)

Social media changed the way we communicate, and visual content on social is changing the way we consume information. Visual content leads to higher engagement than all-text content, and video is becoming an increasingly important piece of the social media marketing engagement puzzle.

A report on the state of content marketing created by a partnership between the Content Marketing Institute, MarketingProfs and Hightail examines the impact of visual content.

Visual content has become an engagement leader, and some reports suggest video will account for 80 percent of all web traffic by 2019. Indeed, video is the future of content marketing, with more than one-half of surveyed marketers indicating that video brings the best return on investment. Images are still impactful, as posts with relevant images receive 94 percent more views, and conversion rates are seven times higher when using custom visual content.

The most successful content marketers deliver content consistently and through multiple channels, and 73 percent of business-to-consumer marketers plan to boost their content creation in 2017. Marketers are also decoupling content from specific campaigns; 76 percent of companies with a strategy consider content an ongoing process, not a campaign.

This increase in investment is strictly necessary, as many marketers fail to manage and execute their content strategies effectively. Nearly one-half of businesses have small–or even one-person–teams serving their entire organization, while 75 percent of marketers say they don’t have an effective creative collaboration  process.

Deborah Holstein, vice president of marketing for Hightail, said in a statement:

Content marketers are struggling to keep up with the demands of their jobs. They must consistently produce the breakthrough creative that powers their existing and new content programs. The survey results reveal that a majority of marketers still struggle with the creative development process and it is hurting their programs’ results.

For more insights view the infographic below or download the full report.

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3 keys to live video success

Everything you know about successful PR and social media campaigns can apply to live video.

Diligent planning, establishing clear goals and diligently analyzing results are crucial to executing a successful live video campaign. Here’s how to get
rolling:

1. Engage your audience.

Journalists and clients will want to see that your brand can cater to any audience. More than sheer numbers, though, they’ll want to see engagement.

If your corporate messaging is overly promotional or your primary audience members don’t respond to your outreach efforts, few clients will roll the dice
on you.

WORKSHOP: Video is meant to be seen and not feared. Attend our one-day video workshop, held in locations across the country.

Don’t despair, though. There are some straightforward steps you can take to get your social media presence back on track.
Listen to your customers, motivate your people, and start measuring your online success.
Then, adjust your strategy.

2. Strive for optimal timing.

Like guests trickling into a party, live video viewers sometimes take longer than you’d like to show up and get situated.

Know the location of your primary audience and what time of day works best for them to interact. Are they willing and able to watch your broadcast during
lunch or an afternoon coffee break, or would they prefer to engage in the evening?

Marketers at Benefit Cosmetics have clearly done their research: They host a
Facebook Live video every Thursday at 4:15 p.m., and their audience is quick to chime in with questions and comments. Additionally, they pad the first few
minutes of each video with questions and comments to ensure that latecomers don’t miss all the fun.

Having a set time and

audience-influenced content

helps Benefit rack up thousands of live viewers each week and shows managers what their customers want to see.

3. Ensure that your content is entertaining—or exclusive.

To attract a following, you must have something interesting to say.

Live video requires showmanship and drama. Engagement via video doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Practice your on-camera presence: Charisma is a plus;
calm and confidence are musts.

If you’re going to partner with a media outlet, make sure you’re on the same page about how the video will be used. Who has rights to it? Has this content
shown up anywhere else? Establish ground rules that everyone can agree to.

To get significant attention from journalists, your content must be original or hard to get anywhere else. Include great guests, behind-the-scenes footage
and exclusivity. Keep those factors in mind when you brainstorm your next video concept.

Michelle Pittman is the
chief strategy officer
at JConnelly, a communications and marketing agency based in New York. A version of this article first appeared on
JConnelly’s blog.

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Cumberland native, Woonsocket resident promoted at (add)ventures

PROVIDENCE – Multidisciplinary brand culture and communications firm (add)ventures named two advancements in its video/animation and strategy/marketing teams. Michaela Kellogg of Hopedale, Mass., a Cumberland native, has been promoted to content director, video/animation and Anne Zollo of Woonsocket has been promoted to manager, strategy/marketing.

As content director, video/animation, Kellogg, the daughter of Thomas and Carol Ward, will be responsible for the overall tone, voice and style of video scripts. She will utilize brand strategies, client expectations and creative briefs to craft content for a variety of projects, and will assist with on-location filming to ensure creative visions are carried out.

Kellogg has contributed to the growth of (add)ventures’ marketing team for the past eight years. Prior to joining (add)ventures, Kellogg gained skills at Christie’s Auction House, a historic global art business in New York. She graduated from Fordham University in New York City with a bachelor’s degree in art history and visual arts/photography.

As manager, strategy/marketing, Zollo will lead the development, management and implementation of campaigns across advertising, marketing, video, public relations, social media and digital disciplines.

Zollo has demonstrated extraordinary organizational and client management skills since joining (add)ventures as specialist, strategy/marketing in 2015. In her previous role, Zollo developed creative concepts and strategies for large marketing campaigns, including print, digital, radio and television.

Zollo’s previous experience supported the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., and includes internal marketing, project management and event support for the energy division of ICF International, a Virginia-based consulting firm. Zollo holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from Bryant University.

LOL: ‘Deadpool’ Praises His Own Movie’s Incredible Marketing Campaign For Five Minutes

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It’s crazy to think that we now live in a time where an R-rated Deadpool movie is now one of the most successful movies of the year. It took years to get the character who was so grossly mistreated in X-Men Origins: Wolverine into his own movie, but the dedication of Ryan Reynolds, writers Rhett Reese Paul Wernick and director Tim Miller kept it alive. However, the fans also had a key part in convincing 20th Century Fox to finally take a chance on an R-rated superhero.

Thankfully, the gamble paid off, and one of the main reasons for that success is the unique marketing onslaught that Deadpool brought everywhere. The Merc with a Mouth’s traditional breaking of the fourth wall allowed for some of the most unique advertising we’ve seen from a blockbuster in recent memory, so much that it’s been nominated for a Clio Award, which recognizes innovation and creative excellence in advertising, design and communication.

In traditional Deadpool fashion, the nomination is being accepted by Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, praising the movie marketing for no less than five minutes. But beware, because the video is very much NSFW, just like the movie

Here’s the Deadpool marketing campaign video award accepting the nomination YouTube (via ComicBook.com):

It only makes sense that the best way to accept a video about the marketing for Deadpool is to have Ryan Reynolds as the character taking a look back at the campaign featuring himself. He brags about breaking all sorts of box office records, calls the movie a masturbatory masterpiece, and then runs through the phases of the marketing campaign.

If you forgot just how 20th Century Fox’s marketing team pushed the movie to audiences, this video provides a great look the studio’s various efforts, from that beak skin rug photo to killing Mario Lopez to confirm the film’s R-rating to the first trailer’s debut on Conan. I had no idea that the late night TBS talk show actually changed its rating that night to TV-MA just so the red band version of the trailer could play on television. That’s awesome.

Anyway, here’s hoping the marketing for Deadpool 2 will be just as great as the first time around. Of course, since we’re still waiting to find out when cameras are going to roll on the sequel, we might be waiting a little while. But it sounds like it should arrive sometime in 2018.

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