Why Videos Are the Best Marketing Tool Right Now

When developing your online presence, you want to make sure your company stands out. So how do you capture the attention of your audience, send a clear message, and define who you are? Video is your best marketing tool right now. Let’s take a look at a few statistics to see why. The average internet…

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A Guide to YouTube’s New Live Streaming Features

Last month, YouTube announced a new suite of features to enhance the live streaming video experience. The recent additions include automatic captions for live videos, location tags, and live chat replays after a stream has ended. Here’s a quick overview of the new features and how your brand can use them. Automatic Captions for Live…

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Social Media Photography Tips for Marketers

  Eye-catching photographs are an essential piece of your social media marketing strategy. Your audience craves quality visual content, and it’s in your brand’s best interests to create it. At the beginning of 2017, HubSpot published a round-up of statistics emphasizing the importance of visual content in marketing. A few highlights:   37% of marketers…

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5 Live Streaming Video Tips

Live streaming video is an excellent way to show off your brand’s expertise, build a stronger connection with your audience, and create highly engaging content. It’s one of our top three priorities for 2017 – and it’s only getting more affordable and accessible. Facebook is even expanding its monetization options for live streaming video, allowing…

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Is the Future of Video Vertical?

Whether you’re snapping a selfie or filming a video, most people naturally hold their phones vertically when capturing content to share on social media. (Who can be bothered to flip the phone horizontally?) While this approach makes professional videographers cringe, the shift from wide to tall is here to stay…and brands are getting on board. …

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Social Media Round-Up: Full-Screen Facebook Live

What have you missed in social media marketing news this week? Catch up on the latest and greatest in our social media round-up!   Facebook Live Goes Full Screen Facebook Live is dominating the livestreaming video landscape right now. In just the past week on Facebook Live, astronaut Buzz Aldrin broadcast his memories of the…

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How to Create a Great Social Media Video

Your audience is watching a lot of videos on social media every day. And if the numbers are any indication, this habit will only keep growing over time. On both Facebook and Snapchat, users watch an average 8 billion videos a day. Then there’s the popularity of Vine and YouTube, as well as native Twitter…

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Video in Marketing Strategy: 2015 & Beyond

If you spend any part of your day killing time on the Internet, it won’t surprise you to hear that video reigns supreme in the content hierarchy. Video is the type of content that people seek out and engage with – for news, information and entertainment – and it’s only becoming more popular. As I…

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Behind Successful Online Video Advertising

With over 100 hours of video uploads on YouTube every 60 seconds, more than 4.75 billion pieces of content on Facebook every 24 hours, and 500 million new tweets per day, marketing on social media can seem daunting. But, social media is an awesome leveler: any company can shine, regardless of brand awareness or marketing…

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