Using YouTube for Your Business

Videos, long or short, can have a positive impact on your website’s traffic or for conversion. Apart from reading content, consumers also love watching videos. This is easier to do, and hence gaining popularity, compared to reading a text-based advertisement.

If you are not yet into video promotion or not aware of it, then it is time to focus on this emerging platform and adapt video marketing to your digital marketing trends.

You can add loads of information in a simple and short 3-minute video which would present things in an entertaining and engaging manner.  Customers always love being entertained, and what better way to inform and educate than videos? However, when making videos you should have a clear picture of the product/service you are offering.

Many clients are keen to know the benefits involved with your product/service before they are ready to spend any amount and that too online.

The benefits of online video advertising

• High percentages of audience are known to interact with videos, browse through the ads, click the video control buttons and more.

• CTR (Click Through Rates) are always higher for videos than the text, banner, and image ads.

• Viewers watch the video ads. Video ads pave two thirds of the way.

• Specific demographic and the consumer based category can be targeted through video ads.

• Provides great benefit to advertisers as executions can be easily slotted online, saving time and money otherwise spent on creating a whole new execution.

Posting a video on YouTube takes on a life of its own as this video can then be viewed by thousands of YouTube users which in turn would be shared on numerous websites, blogs, and email in the world of Internet. You just need to tailor it according to the user’s needs and requirements, which would send the right message to the YouTube crowd. This simple move would then start generating traffic from the people who visit YouTube daily.

Anyone who is watching your video is a potential customer, and this is why you shouldn’t forget to include your website address or contact information in the video.

Using YouTube for Brand Awareness

Many advertisers often use YouTube for advertising their brands to create awareness. Here it’s not about individual videos or services; rather it’s a chain effort to promote the brand in the same way that is seen on television.

The idea is to not focus on any single video, rather you should always try to think bigger and make a visionary path for your brand. Single videos might get lost in the heaps of videos but the brand videos don’t.

Brand Awareness Videos are more about entertaining which is a simple approach where the brand makes an image for its viewers to enjoy.

A look at some good samples of videos produced by famous brands
Most can’t afford to forget Isaiah Mustafa, the famous character when Old Spice launched a series advertisement campaign in YouTube. The video has gained 46,001,587 views till date. Check it out –


This video series gained popularity since 2010 with the likes of “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” and “Did You Know” commercials. It basically is all about simple entertainment, straight to the point that attracts the user to the brand and hence leads to successful brand building.

Using YouTube for Advertising Products

If you fall under the category that pushes individual products, even then YouTube should be the best place for you as this requires direct approach that makes videos informative plus educational while focusing on brand and entertaining.

Using YouTube for Retail Promotion

Many brands use YouTube to promote retail stores. In this case the videos produced can be in general or specifically targeted or for short-term promotions.

To put things clearly, it’s a form of direct advertisement which wouldn’t really attract viewers. However, approaching it differently by showcasing the claims of 10-20% off or weekend specials would do better. Even educational institutions can pitch in for YouTube videos by demonstrating products like Educomp Smart classes, Teach Next or other such services that they offer.
  
Using YouTube for Sales
Using YouTube for generating sales for products/services is a terrific idea and can be implemented at the grassroots level itself. All you need to do is show the product in action or provide a clip of the service related to the question and generate sales by directing the viewer to your website.

The best idea is to showcase the product video, how to use, upgrading and other such stuff. Create a shorter version of the videos which you can promote by using YouTube Ads, but focus on the goals of the product in the video which the user wants to see and it’ll gain more YouTube viewership.

Using YouTube for Product/Customer Support

Many companies show themselves as extending support, which is not true; only some companies extend their support for existing & upcoming customers. In this case YouTube helps generate new focus for businesses in support sectors.

Focus on the customer problems, Q&A, and try to produce the videos addressing these issues and methods. If you can do so, then it will not only help your customers but it will help you in future. Always make sure that you provide useful service related videos that will reduce the company’s costs.

All is Possible with YouTube Videos!
TIP: Now you can embed YouTube Support videos in your Website where customers can view them in the support section. What matters here is that the customers should get their problem solved by viewing the Video. No expense incurred here as the customer solves 70 - 80% of the problem by viewing the video itself.

Using YouTube for Training Purpose

Now, you can use YouTube videos for internal and external purposes like product training for meetings, conferences, etc. Doing so will save you a lot of time.

Recently digital marketing companies like MOZ, Distilled, and Blue Glass use these methods to reach consumers for conferences and much more! Apart from these, people who are unable to attend conferences due to various reasons can purchase these informative videos online from the relevant stores.

Using these informative videos in YouTube is gaining popularity, as now the videos are available for rental purpose where the user can watch them as and when required.

Apart from these you can also use the YouTube for communication with employees and even for the purpose of recruitment.

TIP: Instead of holding a big meeting and addressing all concerned, companies can record the address and post it on private channels on YouTube where employees can watch them when required comfortably from their own desk.


Article courtesy of Social Media Today