by Keith Keller | Apr 12, 2018 | GUEST BLOG POSTS: Social Media & SEO
7 SOCIAL VIDEO TRENDS DEFINITELY WORTH EXPLORING A Guest Blog Post By Jay Egger Any company looking to connect with a broader audience and increase engagement among their existing customers needs to delve deeply into the world of social video. That’s because social video generates 1200 percent more shares than text and images combined. Video generates more leads, more sales, and sticks in people’s brains longer than text. Basically, the internet is becoming all about video, and social video in particular. A social video is a specific kind of video content, tailored for the social media age. It’s a short, targeted piece that is meant to be shared around networks like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter—and it doesn’t reek of marketing or advertising. It’s a story, or artistic endeavor, that just so happens to build up feelings of goodwill towards your brand, or give you an excuse to link to other forms of content or pages on your site. Achieving that equilibrium of “marketing, but not marketing” is tough, and figuring out how to give your video traction on social networks is even tougher. In order to create the best social video content you can, explore these trends in the space and see if you can better tailor your videos for the internet of today and tomorrow. (1) Optimize Your Social Video For Different Channels Social video is not one size fits all. What works on Facebook may not work as well on Twitter, or on Instagram, for a couple of reasons. One of the reasons for that is length (which we’ll talk more about...
