Youtube Stats - Correct Answer-- First video aired on 4/23/05
- over 1 billion unique visitors/month, 6 billion hours of videos/month
- 25% of views come from mobile devices - Second largest search engine behind Google - 17% of all internet traffic
- 56% of vides are <2mins
Most common videos - Correct Answer-- Explainers
- Product Demos - How-Tos
- Testimonials
Video Stats - Correct Answer->4/5 Twitter users watch video content on Twitter
10billion videos/day are watched on Snapchat
500million people/day watch videos on Facebook
85% of videos watched on Facebook are watched without sound
Video Views - Correct Answer-A video is considered a view on Facebook if it runs for at least 3 seconds
Impact on Video on email - Correct Answer-Including video in email increase consumer engagement and has an overall positive impact on the channel
The word "video" in email subject line - increases open rates by ~20% - increases CTRs by ~65%
- reduces unsubscribes by 26%
A video included in the email increases CTR by 200-300%
Impact of Video on Websites - Correct Answer-Video has a roughly 100% increase in conversion rates
Online Video Stats - Correct Answer-- online videos will account for 80% of all consumer web traffic by 2020 - 83% of consumers indicate they're willing to share videos they like with their friends and peers
- 85% of the US internet audience watches videos online.
Business goals for using online video - Correct Answer-- Communication
- Sales
- Lead Generation
- Customer Service
- Promotion
Customer preference/behaviors - Correct Answer-- 2/3 consumers prefer watching explainer videos - 3/4 millennials say video helps them in comparison shopping - 40% of consumers say videos increases the chance of purchasing a product through their mobile devices
- 69% of users prefer to watch a video to learn a product/service than reading about it
Video Content Tips - Correct Answer-- Capture attention early
- Shorter is typically better (30secs - 2mins)
- Keep it casual
- Maintain relevance
Onsite Video - Correct Answer-Onsite videos are a use of videos on an organizations website
Online Video - Correct Answer-Online videos are videos residing on a third-party site such as YouTube
Benefits of Onsite Video - Correct Answer-- Make Website Stickier: makes customers spend more time on our site - Capture Customer/Prospect Attention: help pull the customer deeper into the buyer journey - Create Buzz: create new awareness and interest via viral advocacy
- Disseminate Information More Clearly: easier for a customer to see a product in action - Build product/service interest: Seeing and hearing a person talk can be a more engaging process - Entice Conversion/Purchase: help the influence of conversion or purchase
Onsite Video Best Practices - Correct Answer-- Providing Control: make it easy for users to control the video
- Context: think about the overall context to the video and potentially use text, music, imagery and so forth to further enhance the video
- Highlights: make it very easy for users to understand the topic or topics and the length of the video
- Ease of Dissemination: make it super easy for viewers to share our videos
VSEO (Video Search Engine Optimization) Components - Correct Answer-- Keyword Relevance: we want to consider the best keywords to use that correlate with our videos
- Title: specify a title for the video
- Description: Users will see this when video results are returned, and they may show in search engine results as well
- Meta Tags: metadata associated with the video to help the platform better understand what the video is about
- Keep Channel Content Fresh: set up a brand account - Within this account, we can create a channel that's specific to our business or organizationThis is where we want to house our videos - Encourage Likes and Sharing: This might be done within the video itself, and we can also encourage this behavior in the video description
- HD: Upload videos using a high-definition format
VSEO - Consumer Driven Components - Correct Answer-- Rating: Viewers of videos can rate a video by giving it a thumbs-up or thumbs-down
- Comments: Consumers can also provide comments for the video. Comment count has
been shown to strongly correlate with higher rankings
- Views: The total number of video views is also a ranking factor - Shares: By encouraging users to share the video, we entice advocacy and drive more views. Shares have also been shown to have a strong tie to first page rankings