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Is Your PR Video Working?

Video is becoming one of the most important tools in public relations and marketing.  Cisco recently predicted that 90% of ALL Internet traffic will be video by 2013…that’s next year!  Are you using video to effectively reach your audience? Do you have a video marketing / public relations video plan in place?  If not, you are missing a huge opportunity!

We often hear clients tell us that they are using video, but it’s not working.  They tell us they post it to YouTube but they aren’t getting the views.  They are frustrated and we understand that.  They’ve taken the time to make a video or videos (and that takes time!) and they aren’t see ANY results.

When it comes down to it, there are two overall reasons that your videos are likely not working: you’re either not telling the right story or you don’t have a strategy to get the video seen/watched.  Sometimes it’s a combination of both.   In any case, if you’re not seeing the results that you want, you need to change what you are doing and start utilizing a formula that will get you results.

Today, we’re going to spend a few minutes talking about your story.

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Eight Ways You Can (and Should) Be Using Video

Video is a fantastic tool to communicate any message.  As you may know, YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine behind Google.  What does that tell you?  That video has huge power and people are searching for video content all the time.  Communicating via visual image is much more effective than text or spoken words alone.  Studies have shown that visual information can improve the understanding of spoken words by as much as six times.

Like any means of communications, how you use it, what you show and the story you tell will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of your video.  Social media has changed the game in how PR professionals use video.  Traditionally, video was used to support a news story (think B-roll package) or to produce a video news release (VNR).  While those forms of video used to be very effective, they have become less and less effective every day.  In fact, most TV stations won’t use VNR or video they don’t shoot.  A company needs to have a really great story (and truly news) AND very compelling video to get stations to use it.  Most times, the ROI isn’t there…the results don’t justify the cost.
While edited video may work with traditional media like it used to, video still has a very powerful place in a marketer’s arsenal.  Rather than think of video in a supporting roll, today’s marketers are realizing that there needs to be a strategy.  After all, you don’t get to millions of views on YouTube without thinking it through.  (Ok, some do, but that’s plain luck.. and I don’t think you want to base your video strategy on luck.)
What are the best ways to use video today?  Here are a few of our favorites.
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