06 Sep 2011
Don’t think you need video? Think again.
In an age of quick surfing and shrinking attention spans, businesses are looking for new ways to talk about what they do. And with video, it’s possible. Video gives you the opportunity to tell your story. Period. And by leveraging the power of brief and concise storytelling, video can quickly capture and communicate the essence of your business, service and brand to a broad population of people.
The Value of the Medium
Video gives you a medium that can shorten the time your costumers may require to make decisions. In a climate where authenticity is key, video adds a layer of trust and intimacy to your content – and by leveraging it in sites such as YouTube, instantaneously puts it into the public sphere. Add the power of social sharing and search engine visibility to drive traffic, and you have the opportunity to capture an attentive…
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22 Mar 2010
I often encounter this issue: Brands have a multi-million dollar campaign running across multiple platforms (print, T.V., web) and a Facebook page that was started then abandoned months ago. Just today I stumbled across some numbers from Emarketer on social media integration in ad campaigns, and it got me thinking about this issue. As you can see, the numbers are so-so, with just 41% of campaigns integrating third party social networking sites. Compare that with the fact that 55.6 million adults in the U.S. visit social networking sites monthly, and you realize there is a serious disconnect going on here.
Fear of the Social
We constantly hear from people who think that getting into the world of social media is a terrifying leap from the traditional media they are used to.
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16 Oct 2009
A few months ago, Room 214 worked with one of our clients (I’m not naming the company for competitive reasons but they are in the real estate industry) to create a series of promotional videos to be used on their website, blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts. Since we also manage a Google advertising campaign for this client, a logical place to utilize a small advertising surplus was with a one-month YouTube advertising “test” campaign. I call it a test because no one at Room 214 had ever tried a Promoted Video campaign on YouTube and, while we were optimistic that the campaign would work well given the visual nature of real estate, had no real benchmark in mind for what the results would be. It went well – we decided to allocate 20% of the monthly advertising budget moving forward to YouTube – and I walked away with a few learnings…
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