“If I can just make one video go viral…” Many marketers make the mistake of thinking that viral content is good promotion. Sure, if you can make a viral video, then you’ll get a lot of eyeballs on your brand. If you stick a website link in there somewhere, then you might even notice a…
Social media is the addiction of choice for the new millennium. It’s done at home, in the workplace, in private, with strangers, and out in the open with friends. Just look around on any given day and observe how many people are mentally, physically, metaphorically and literally hooked on their mobile devices and laptops. They’re running…
In the new age of: “I wish I could be as cool as my teenage son” and: “Why does my grandma have a Facebook?” social media has become an influential, passive aggressive, self-comparison interaction tool. Social media not only represents self-identity, but an engagement of others in community, lifestyle, business, and entertainment. It is a…
New movies, video games, apps and even new flavors of existing products all pre-market before they’re available, so why shouldn’t your startup or crowdfunding campaign do the same? Unless there’s a specific reason for flying under the radar, get out there early and often on social media channels, create compelling content like videos and blogs…
Online video is undoubtedly one of the most effective forms of digital marketing. 89 million people in the United States are going to watch 1.2 billion online videos today (ComScore), and 52 percent of consumers say that watching product videos makes them more confident in online purchase decisions (Invodo). The numbers are clearly there, but here are 10 reasons you…
I’ve often argued that video is a tool of social media. So as many social media responsibilities are being taken on by PR departments, we are seeing public relations teams becoming more actively involved in the creation and deployment of social video content. Viral videos, branded entertainment, web series videos and video game trailers top…
A pivotal component of online video marketing is sharing. If your target audience isn’t sharing your brand, business or organization’s videos, they aren’t sharing your marketing message, either. While the call to action to buy your product, try your service, learn more, click here, sign up now, tell a friend, engage and interact may be…
Everyone who launches a new product, from Proctor & Gamble to a couple of college grads who thought it up at a bar, are convinced they’ll be rich. If they didn’t think it would sell, they wouldn’t try. Look at some of the morons on Shark Tank. They all believed and in all fairness, some…
Okay, so I wrote this post about 10 minutes ago, in a hurry… because I’m pissed. I run a prominent Los Angeles marketing agency / production company, I write lots of articles, I’m a “thought leader.” (quotes intended).
I’m ashamed of myself. I was swept up in my quest to market a new video game and did the unthinkable. I broke the first rule of online video advertising. “Don’t turn women into hamburgers and eat them just for a laugh” Oh sure, it seems innocent enough at first glance… the idea of a…
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