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Broadcast Your Business - Adding YouTube to Your

Marketing Strategy

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Who We Are

Amanda O'BrienInbound Marketing Manageramanda@hallme.com@amanda_pants

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• 10+ Years in Business@Hall_Web

Kyle PouliotInbound Marketing Specialistkyle@hallme.com@kyyuulle

Fred GreenhalghInternet Marketing Managerfred@hallme.com@finalrune

Jonas LevasseurVice President Hall Web ServicesVideo Production Managerjonas@hallme.com

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Who You Are

• Small Business Owners• Start-ups• Entrepreneurs• Marketing Professionals• Social Networking experts and/or novices• Professional videographers/photographers• I won an Oscar!

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What you know

• Watch Videos• Share Videos• Time waster• Social Media

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What you may not knowPoll of 400 senior marketing and media executives, 67% identified online video as a primary focus of their 2009 digital marketing campaigns

4th most visited site on the Internet (above MSN and Live.com)

13 hours of video uploading to YouTube every MINUTE*

100,000 YouTube Videos viewed per day*

Last month (July 2009) YouTube had its biggest month EVER

85.1 million U.S. visitors

http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090106/FREE/901069995/1078/newsletter011

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What we are going to talk about• Social Media and WHY• Research Buying and the marketing power shift• You Tube basics – how to, tools, making a channel etc.• Setting objectives and measurable goals• Content and sharing that content• Viral Videos• Non-viral videos• Measuring• Case studies

“Don't focus on understanding how to use the individual tools, focus on understanding WHY people

are using the tools.” - Mack Collier Viral garden

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Time to Re-think Your Marketing Strategy!

Old/Outbound Marketing

• TV Radio Ads• Print Ads• Direct Mail• Telemarketing

An Interruption An Interaction

New/Inbound Marketing

• Social Media• SEO/SEM• Blogging• Online Videos

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• Corporate Transparency• Build Trust with Customers• Generate Inbound Links• Reputation Management• Promote your blog and website• Inexpensive• Build relationships before purchasing point• Be a part of the zillions of conversations that are already going on• Extend your events, seminars, webcasts, conventions• Public relations, customer service, thought leader, sales leads etc.

Benefits of Social Networking

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• People are looking BEFORE they buy• Give them something to find• Corporate transparency

• Customers preview products and SELLERS – About Us• Each experience changes users perspectives and

expectations

Research Buying

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Research Buying and video

• Corporate Transparency• Personalized Buying• Lowering Risk

People do business with PEOPLE!

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How Social Media Got Started

• Internet Commerce• Product Reviews• Validation• Why stop there

– News

– Events

– Services

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Shift in Power

• Buyer has more power than the seller• We value the opinion of others when we buy• Ability to converse with hundreds before a purchase• Find what I want – Validate the Purchase – Buy it• Used to put content out to networks. Now the

networks are the content producers• Conversation vs. Presentation

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"Technology is shifting the power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it's the people who are in control".

Rupert MurdochChairman and CEO, News Corp.

#2 of Fortunes 25 most powerful people in business

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Source: Nielsen Online http://www.clickz.com/3633357 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/tag/total-us-television-viewers/

114.2 million 156.7 million

Users vs. Viewers

More Internet Users than TV household subscribers

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You Tube Basics

• Be professional (quality)• Stay focused – short and sweet (you do have 10 minutes)• Make is useful• Inexpensive• Simple distribution• Appeals to visual learners• Focus on the first 10 seconds (capture)• Be yourself

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Getting startedSetting objectives

• Where are you now?

• What do you want to achieve? And by when?

• How does this fit in with your business?

• Who is your audience and what do they want to hear?

• What measurement tools are you going to use?

• What is your strategy? And company policies?

• What works for you is different

• What are you going to measure?

• Check back and start over

“Hope is not a strategy” - Marta Kagan Social Media Evangelist | Online Marketing Pro

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Measurable Goals

• Views – more views = more search

• Subscribers

• Channel Views

Popularity:

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Measurable GoalsEngaging:

• Comments

• Favorites

• Reviews

• Embeds

• Link Backs

• Social Media Posting

• Landing pages

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YouTube Insights• Free tool

• How often videos are viewed in different geographic regions

• How popular they are relative to all videos in that market over a given period of time

• How long it takes for a video to become popular

• What happens to video views as popularity peaks

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Content Possibilities• Improve customer service• Reduce ad spend? HUGE example Evian Water• Brand recognition• Put a face to your brand

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Content Ideas• Presentations• Training videos• Help• Marketing• Events• Interviews with experts (pssst... you are an expert too)• Contests• Video Blog• Testimonials• Shy? Screen recordings

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Let's Start Filming

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Tools you need

• Ideas• Creativity• Video camera? Flip Cam? Web cam? • External microphone jack• Microphone?• Editing software?• Tripod? Great if one person• Screen recording? Camtasia

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Staying Organized

• Outline or Script• Know your shots• Keep it timely

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Lighting• 2 x 3 times normal light • Household or halogen lamps• Light both sides of your subject• Don't shoot infront of a window• Take it outside (watch your noise)• Outside – stand in shade point light toward subject

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29629687@N08/3772083840/

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Sound• Microphone on camera• External microphone• Dub over• Tape sounds before and after recording for bandaids• More important than video?• Watch echo – empty rooms, tile• Talk to Fred

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Editing Programs• Free– Mac – iMovie– Windows – Movie Maker

More footage = more editing = means more time!

Rule of thumb – one hour of editing per one minute of produced content

• Pay (cheap)– Corel Video Studio– Nero

• Pay (more)– Adobe Premiere Video Editing– Apple Final Cut Pro

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Video Formats

• Windows format for the web– .WMV

• Apple format for iTunes and the web– .MOV

• Apple format for iTunes, iPods, iPhones– .MV4

• Flash – use for web posting, 99% compatibility• Upload to YouTube, Blip.tv, Vimeo and they format

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Uploading a video• Webcam

Video blog, announcement, contest, personal profile for About Us section

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Uploading a video

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Copyright Infringement Notification

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SEO for your videos• Video title– Informational – to be found– Viral – to be clicked on

• Video description– Add a link

• Keywords• Tagging– Not public – What videos show up near your video

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Owning Your Search TermsWith Video

• Find search term• Know how your customers are searching• Great for– How to's– Answer questions– Product demos

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Annotations• Add annotations– Note– Spotlight– Speech bubble

• Great for tutorials• Closed captions

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Making a channel – why not?

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Creating a channel• Sign up• Username - branding• Key word dense description• Website• Keywords• Location• Education, Interests etc. etc. etc

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Have a channel? Upgrade now• www.youtube.com/my_profile• Upgrade my channel• Setting, Themes and colors, modules• Background image - 256k

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Playlists• Quick list of videos you want to save• Play back to back• Setup to play on profile• Public or private• Separate by content and categories• Great for company video resource library

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Embedding into your site

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Rating and commenting

• Must be registered user• Links back to your channel• Lets people know what users like• Active member of community• Delete

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Sharing your content

• Twitter• Facebook• Digg• Post to blog

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Going Viral

• What does going viral mean to you?• Content, content, content• Fresh, daring, exciting, funny• Get it out to industry influencers• Make it share-able• Track progress – respond quickly

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World Wide Rave

• No one cares about your products but you• No coercion required• Lose control• Put down roots• Create triggers that urge people to share• Point the world to your virtual doorstep

“You can create a World Wide Rave too – Just create something valuable, that people want to share and make it easy for them to do so.” - David Meerman Scott

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Benefits of Non-Viral

• A picture is worth a thousand words• Give your company a voice• The views keep coming• Good for company culture

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Texas InstrumentsThank an Engineer

Develops analog, digital signal processing, RF and DLP® semiconductor technologies that help customers deliver consumer and industrial electronics products

Objective: “Our objectives were to show design engineers that TI “gets” them and that we appreciate their role in bringing today’s innovations to all of us. We also hoped to build brand loyalty.” - Amber Pizano TI

• March Campaign Results– 151,000 Video Views– 25,000 Further action/landing page– Average time on site 4:21

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Promotion• Social Media sites – spread the word– Use a URL shortener to measure

• Encourage ratings• Ask friends and coworkers• Website• Blog• Respond to comments

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Paid promotion

• Search listings• Right side ads• In video ads• Home page listing

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Blip.tv• Stats a little detailed• Supports almost all video formats• No size limitation• Videos backed up• Custom thumbnails• Download options• Don't have to login or be user to leave comments• Video descriptions in rich text• Maintains video quality (you tube compress 320x240)

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Vimeo

• High quality video - HD• Community versus users – like Flickr• Non-commercial use only• More family oriented• Easier to upload and use

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Tube Mogul• Free• Deploys to popular video sites• Metrics• Track competitor videos

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Don't• Sell, Sell, Sell• Forget your audience• Try to be somebody else• Get lost in the tools• Take too long (short and sweet)• Forget to have a plan• Take yourself too seriously• Think of YouTube as a magic bullet

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Recap• People are researching before they buy• The internet is social and more engaging• Have a plan• Measurable Goals• Decide what's important• Analyze the outcome• Pick the right tools for you• Lighting, Sound, Editing• Make it about you

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Get Started!

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• Call us! 1-877-425-5932 (HALL-WEB)

• amanda@hallme.com

World Wide Rave: http://www.worldwiderave.com/

YouTube Help: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/

YouTube blog: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/

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Q&A

Amanda O'BrienInbound Marketing Manageramanda@hallme.com@amanda_pants

Hall Web Serviceswww.hallme.com

• 10+ Years in Business@Hall_Web

Kyle PouliotInbound Marketing Specialistkyle@hallme.com@kyyuulle

Fred GreenhalghInternet Marketing Managerfred@hallme.com@finalrune

Jonas LevasseurVice President Hall Web ServicesVideo Production Managerjonas@hallme.com