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Strategies for Social Video Victory

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Congratulations! You have done it! You have a YouTube account. Your business has a Facebook page with thousands of fans. You have used streaming video for events. 你终于找到了如何使用在线视频来帮助你的业务. You got retweeted by that semifamous person in your industry. 你已经破解了整个“社交媒体革命”的代码,可以看到现实世界的结果影响你的底线. 现在你可以放松了,在你现有的营销计划的荣誉上休息,并享受这个急需的假期. It’s over ... right?

I agree you should probably take that vacation; you deserve it. 但赶快回来吧,因为战斗可能已经结束,但战争才刚刚开始. 当你在沙滩上擦着防晒霜,喝着水果边饮料的时候, 有一群极客在狂饮红牛,推出下一个杀手级社交视频工具. 想想我们在工具上投入了多少时间和金钱,而这些工具可能在我们找到它们的时候就消失了,这有点令人沮丧. But it should really help us focus on what is truly important. So what is truly important in the ever-changing world of social media? 新产品和服务不断涌现,从根本上改变了我们的经营方式,我们有希望跟上它们的步伐吗? Will I ever be able to dig my toes into the sand and relax again? While I can’t promise you an endless vacation, I will at least try to answer the questions about focus and change.

Tools vs. Tactics

我最近花了2个小时和一位企业主谈论社交媒体. 他仔细地画了一张图表,上面有五个流行的社交网站,在它们之间来回交叉. 很明显,他希望他的整个销售团队在每个网站上都有一个帐户,然后将所有内容汇总到公司网站和博客中. 他明白社交媒体的力量,但他只关注这些工具. 他更关心的是选择合适的网站,而不是如何实现这些网站. So what should our focus be? If it isn’t about the tools, then what is it all about? One word: tactics.

快速浏览一下历史上一些最伟大的胜利,就会发现一个有趣的共同点. 这与工具没有多大关系,而是与战术有关. The American Revolution was, on paper, no contest. 训练有素的英国士兵装备精良,资金充足, and they had every advantage that should have led to success. But the Americans’ tactics won the day. 穿棕色衣服躲在树后比穿红色衣服走直线要好得多. And we wonder how a broke, 没有名字的高中生可以在YouTube上获得数百万的浏览量,而财富500强公司却花费数百万美元来获得几千的浏览量.

浏览一下维基百科上的失败者胜利列表,你就会发现战术有多重要,工具有多不重要 success. We all know this, 然而,我们仍然转动轮子,认为如果我们有合适的工具, we could build our businesses. 当我还是个孩子的时候,父亲反复对我说的一句话是有道理的:“在工作中使用正确的工具。.” You have to have tools to create, share, measure, and engage, 但我们对工具的痴迷让我们忽视了真正重要的东西. 我们拥有的视频硬件和软件是有史以来最好的. We almost never use all the features at our disposal, and our gadget lust has tricked us into complacency. It’s time to use what we have and go into battle!

在这里,你不仅会发现花更少的时间担心工具的战斗口号,而且还会发现一些非常简单的如何使用视频和社交媒体的策略. 我还将在适当的时候提供工具和其他百家乐软件,但请记住使用您所拥有的. It’s time to charge up our batteries, shake the dust off our accounts, and start shooting and sharing!

Tactic No. 1: The Rip Van Winkle

I am not a fan of car dealership commercials. Most of the yelling, screaming, and silly gimmicks are annoying; these tactics only turn me off from shopping with any of those dealers. 因此,我最近怀着忐忑不安的心情拜访了几家地区汽车经销商的老板. 我事先礼貌地表示,如果他打算用一些传统的方法来销售汽车,我对与他合作不感兴趣. 但在我们的谈话中,我惊喜地听说他愿意采取一种截然不同的方式来建立自己的企业. 最近的经济形势和社交媒体使用量的激增,让每个人都在争先恐后地思考如何在新的商业世界秩序中生存和发展. 最让我感兴趣的是对经销商网站内容的初步审查的一小部分. 这家经销商在一年多前开设了一个YouTube账号,发布了一堆基本上是罐头的汽车评论(大多数都没有点击量)。, but there were a few videos that stood out. 有人拍了一段3分钟的视频,只是坐在车里走来走去, pointing out its features; the video had thousands of views. 店主根本不知道它有什么景色,更不用说有多少可观的景色了. After a quick dig into some of the analytics, 我们发现这个视频在世界各地被观看,并被发布在几个汽车网站上. 事实证明,这个小的南方经销商已经成为一个值得信赖的百家乐软件,对人们感兴趣的特定型号的汽车一年后的事实.

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