Thomas StocksYear after year, someone, somewhere will talk about how video is growing and how important it is to your marketing strategy – I’m that guy!
Google keeps changing, as does technology, but video seems to be growing with it. In fact, video content is being viewed by 59% of executives who prefer it to reading text.
It isn’t just executives that are adapting to video, it is the general customer too. According to Hub TV’s latest eBook ‘Journey Through Video Marketing’, by having a video on one of your landing pages, it will increase the conversion rate by 70%.
Video, when used correctly, has a clever way of marketing to different audiences which makes it a key asset to your strategy. When first stepping into the production of any video, you will need to decide whether it’s an instructional film, a sales pitch, a recruitment clip, an advert or a statement of brand values. This is because each type of video has a different intention and will be used to target a completely different audience. For any video, the audience is key!
Not only is the audience really important once you get them, but you need to put it in front of the right people. Google is 50 times more likely to rank video organically than it is plain text, which means even Google is noticing the importance of video to its users.
As mentioned previously, Google is changing and one of its latest edits is to give some order of preference for mobile-friendly websites within its search engine. This move is no surprise, especially when 30% of all smartphone shoppers use video during some point of their purchasing journey. This statistic is only likely to grow too.
Every business dreams of going ‘viral’ but your video will have much more impact if it is targeted to the right people and fulfils a ‘need’ they have. So, putting a video on the page of your best-selling product is a simple thing to do and could improve your conversions too. Or, put your explainer video in front of the right people during their research phase to give your brand credibility.
The key to your customer’s heart is relevancy, and of course, Google loves this. Be smart with your approach and implementation and what your traffic soar, and your conversions too.
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