Online Video Marketing – The Latest Trend

25 07 2012

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Online video advertising has acquired popularity due to its global reach. With the online marketing, companies can now track and analyze the trends of visitors accessing their site and the actions performed by them. This also gives the chance to seek feedback from prospects and existing users on new product launches or existing products.  This can help in producing ideas and comments from visitors. As textual content can engage customers to a limited extent, online video ad appeals more to visitors due to its visual effects.

Online video advertising is the latest trend and the most compelling marketing tools to promote a business online. Nowadays, people spend maximum amount of their time on internet which has generated massive power to it. Various search engines specifically Google are optimized to search videos hence making online video ad as one of the most vital part of business website. These videos can be created at very affordable prices and can be uploaded at different video sharing sites such as YouTube, Facebook, twitter etc. This trend is further encouraging companies to reach out to different social media networking channels for marketing as well.

Earlier visual advertisement was confined to television only, but with online videos advertisement, it is ready to people accessing internet via PC, laptops, mobile phones or other devices. This not only expands the user base but also helps people watch video on the move.  Further, it is easy to track the number of hits and if posted smartly with associated information can lead to diverting traffic to your website from social networking sites.

Captivating content, attractive graphics, catchy presentation is very important to entice visitor patronize your organization. The multimedia content enhances the appearance of company’s website and increases the popularity as people tend to share what they like with others. Certain companies produce animated videos or interactive games to showcase their products, features and services.Everyone can access these videos online without any location constraint, similarly companies save money on other travel and logistics cost for their branding across the globe. Moreover, online video advertising is more cost effective than using regular commercial medium for advertisement.

Online video marketing can help companies to reach out to prospects globally. More importantly, online video marketing helps two way communication by making it more interactive and engaging.