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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27 Jan 2010
Trophy Room put together a little video recap of our fishing trip to Antero reservoir. It is a beautiful location and an amazing place to fish.
Enjoy!
-Brandon
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20 Oct 2009
When the size of your audience gets too big, it’s very difficult to interact with them in a personal manner anymore…and it’s upsetting to the band[Phish], but they all have their ways to try and stay in touch.” – from the Clifford Ball DVD
All too often we see companies ‘interacting’ with their customers by merely posting brief status updates with words that include ‘buy now,’ ‘click here for 10% off,’ ‘NEW!’ Although these call to action items may briefly increase visits to their website, and may even generate a few sales, where is the personality? What else is that company doing online? Since launching your Facebook and Twitter pages, how is customer retention and repeat business? Who are your fans and followers?
How do you keep your personality when launching a social media campaign? In this example, I use Phish (not just for my love of their music, but because they have launched…
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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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