SOCIAL VIDEO 101: GETTING STARTED

SOCIAL VIDEO 101: GETTING STARTED

SOCIAL VIDEO 101: GETTING STARTED A Guest Blog Post By Patrick Bailey     If you want to market your business, there are many ways to do it. Video marketing is one of the most popular marketing tools. Hundreds of millions of people are participating in video marketing on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and even Linkedin.  The popularity of such tools is not a surprise. Videos are easy for people to process. …. but there are warnings. If you do not know what you are doing, video marketing may be difficult to create. The good news is, there are tips to help you start video marketing.    (1) MAKE A PLAN   Whether you are doing a video how to get pregnant, how to stop using drugs, or how to train a dog, it is important to make a plan. Before you jump into video marketing, this plan may help you tie everything together.  You may want to create a plan that includes the types of videos you will make, the proposed titles for the videos, the descriptions of the videos, and the dates when you will post the videos. You will want to track the metrics (measurements) for each of your videos. So, in your plan, be sure to track the growth from each video, such as the numbers of likes and comments that you have received. Recording this information may help you determine which components in your plan are working and which components are not working. Your plan should also include lists of the platforms you plan to post your videos to. (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, etc)...