Video and Social Media Marketing: Getting C-Suite Executives To Lead

Originally published on MediaPost, written by Supercool Creative Director David Murdico I recently spoke at a social media marketing conference at my alma mater, The University of Southern California, on the topic of how social media and other marketing professionals can best get their C-level executives involved in, invested in, and taking leadership roles in…

Viral, Online Video, Social Media… It’s All About Selling Stuff

Originally published on MediaPost, written by Supercool Creative Director David Murdico Supercool Creative gets calls all the time from people looking for a wide variety of things, including viral marketing, online video content, social media, and even bulk quantities of sodium bisulfate — since, we’ve been told, we are also listed in the Yellow Pages…

Online Video Advertising vs. Online Video Marketing

The terms online video advertising and online video marketing, like the broader terms advertising and marketing themselves, are often used interchangeably. According to online dictionary MerriamWebster.com, advertising and marketing are defined as follows: Advertising: The action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements. Marketing: An aggregate of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer. Online video…

“Almost” Only Counts in Horseshoes, Hand Grenades… and Web Video Marketing

The great thing about video, viral and social media marketing is that the brand message doesn’t always have to hit the end consumer directly, from the start. Each and every view doesn’t have to come from likely buyers or the end consumers, as long as the creative, message and viral marketing strategy of the campaign…

Five Reasons to Launch Holiday-Related Video and Viral Marketing Campaigns

Each year, we’re seeing more and more video campaigns launching for viral and social media distribution on Facebook, YouTube and elsewhere by larger brands and businesses intent on tapping into the power of video as a marketing tool. Likewise, we’re seeing an increase in video marketing content centered around holidays. This trend is by no…

Chasing Dragons: The Case for Creating Original Video, Social, Interactive and Integrated Media Campaigns

As a creative director at a creative agency, I am routinely faced with blank sheets of paper and empty whiteboards just begging for big ideas. This, I can handle. A harder proposition is being faced with a brand, business or organization that is looking for “something like this video” or “a little different version of…

Finding Your Audience with Heat-Seeking Online Video Marketing Missiles

Audiences are becoming increasingly fragmented in the ways they find and experience entertainment content and related marketing messages, which can be frustrating for the brands, businesses marketers and advertisers that are trying to reach them. There is indecision and hesitancy about where to best spend tightening marketing budgets and nowhere is this more true than…

Online Video Marketing ROI: Five Ways To Make Sure You Won’t See One

If you’re considering an online video marketing initiative for your brand, product or service, the last thing you want to be bothered with is the aftermath of a successful online video marketing campaign. So here are five things you can do to make sure you’ll see little or no return on your online video marketing…

Online Video Marketing And Advertising: All About Your Audience, Not You

Brands, businesses and organizations spend valuable time and resources targeting audiences, predicting where they can be reached and determining how they want to be reached. The answer is simple: They are everywhere, and they don’t want to be reached. They don’t want to know how great you are, and all the wonderful things you can…

Business to Business (B2B) Video Marketing

Brands and businesses have already begun to acknowledge and harness the power of online video marketing in the Business to Consumer (B2C) space. More and more success stories are emerging as marketing directors, brand managers social media managers and their agencies are beginning to grasp the core fundamentals of establishing goals, optimizing content for sharing and search…