Different Types Of Video Marketing To Improve Your Storytelling
Do you know you can use video to advertise the majority of your business? Yet many of you aren’t sure where video can be used. A video is an effective way of advertising your company. According to Wyzowl statistics, 61% of businesses have incorporated video as a marketing tool. I will discuss 5 reasons why video is a marketing powerhouse and begin the steps towards a video marketing strategy that’s integrated with your digital marketing initiatives.
Why should you choose video?
Display nonverbal communication: Body language, a tone of voice and visual prompts help the viewers to further understand the video. Engage audiences: A combination of visuals and sound attracts the viewer with valuable content. Use a variety of mediums: A video can consist of animation, people, infographics, images and text. No other form of communication is able to interact with so many mediums. A specific target audience can be linked to a particular medium. Prompt shares: With quick, concise and relatable content using video, people find it easy to share. Overall 97% of consumers would happily share a video with their friends and social networks. Provide the best search engine results: Because there are less videos online than text, they have a better chance of reaching audiences who search a keyword. videos are 45 times more likely to rank on the first page of Google than text results.
Choose A Video Marketing Option
Are you looking for a video strategy? Do you need a plan?
Work with us and we can give you a plan to suit your companies needs.
The Plan options are:
1 Video Per Month
January – Company Profile Video
February – Promotional Video
March – Product Demo Video
April – Animated Explainer Video
May – Interview Video
June – Educational Video
July – Event Video
August – Branded Video
September – Behind the Scenes Video
October – Tutorial Video
November – Testimonial Video
December – Infographic Video
*Without engagement
1 Video Every Second Month
Month 2 – Company Profile Video
Month 4 – Promotional Video
Month 6 – Animated Explainer Video
Month 8 – Infographic Video
Month 10 – Branded Video
Month 12 – Testimonial Video
*Without engagement
1 Video Per Quarter
Quarter 1 – Promotional Video
Quarter 2 – Animated Explainer Video
Quarter 3 – Branded Video
Quarter 4 – Infographic Video
*Without engagement
You could customise your videos to your companies specifications. You can choose what suits your campaign the most. Here is an outline of video topics that could be used for internal or external use – both crucial to your strategy. Below are explanations of the videos that are divided into 5 sections – Corporate Videos, Sales and Marketing Videos, Information Videos, Entertainment Videos and New Videos.
Manifesto Videos
Continental Tyres Manifesto
MTN – Connecting Every Home Manifesto
Television Advert
A tv advert is the most popular form of video marketing. If the company can afford it then it is recommended that you invest in it. Some of the advantages to advertising your company on television include the following:
- TV reaches a much larger audience than local newspapers and radio stations, and it does so during a short period of time.
- It reaches viewers when they’re the most attentive.
- It allows you to convey your message with sight, sound, and motion, which can give your business, product, or service instant credibility.
- It gives you an opportunity to be creative and attach a personality to your business, which can be particularly effective for small businesses that rely on repeat customers.
SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM Commercial. [30 seconds]
WAHL: Go Face The World Commercial. [60 seconds]
Company Profile Videos
A company profile is a professional introduction of your business that aims to inform clients about its purpose, vision, trustworthiness, products and services.
Why not create a visual form of your company profile by using video? The video can consist of:
- A profile of important staff members and their role.
- An introduction to what you do.
- A brief background/history of the business.
- The strategy and vision your business strives for.
- The products and services available.
- Management and ownership and previous/current client business.
African Farms also know as Zwelihle Promotional Video
XOL MAK Construction Promotional Video
Animated Explainer Videos
An explainer video is designed to explain your company, product, service or subject in a way that your audience can understand. Most explainer videos cover:
- The problem
- The solution
- The features and benefits; and
- How the solution works.
An explainer video must be short and engaging, while still conveying valuable, concise information.
At BWD we begin with understanding the company, product, service or subject we’re trying to explain. As a team, we then brainstorm creative ways to present and explain the content. A good explainer video concept needs to balance creative and strategy. The creative is required to engage the viewer and give them a reason to care about watching your video. The strategy is required to ensure you deliver a message that resonates with your viewers and motivates them to take the desired action.
BWD Company Explainer Video
Difference in symptoms between Cold/Flu and Covid-19
Australia Awards Africa Scholarship
T-Systems Load Limiting Explainer Video
Product Demo Videos
Showcase your product or service by means of an animated video or live-action.
An animated product video can be the perfect way to show potential customers how a product works and the benefits of using it. Unlike live action, animation gives you the freedom to break out of the real-world and simplify complex ideas or processes using whatever environments, characters and graphics you dream up. Videos like these allow current and potential customers to see your products in action at their own convenience, without having to rely on a rep to walk them through the process. Of course, videos like these are also valuable selling tools, as salespeople can send them along to prospects before or after meetings.
Unpluggit Software Product Demo Video
FNB Product Demo Video
Social Media Videos
A & A Containers Self Storage Social Media Video
A & A Containers Flatpacks Social Media Video
A & A Containers Conversions Social Media Video
A & A Containers Logistics Promotional, Social Media Video
Video Stings
A & A Containers Self Storage Social Media Video
A & A Containers Flatpacks Social Media Video
A & A Containers Conversions Social Media Video
A & A Containers Logistics Promotional, Social Media Video
Whiteboard Animation
Company Animated Explainer
Statistics
Public Holidays
BWD Animation Day Video
Africa Day Video
Introduction Videos
Hosting an event and need a video to introduce a representative? Why no use an introduction video? This type of video introduces guest speakers before the come on stage and speak and doesn’t need to be very long.
T-Systems Speaker: Aki Anastasiou, Introduction Video
T-Systems Speaker: Mpumi Nhlapo, Introduction Video
Awards Ceremonies Videos
Thebe Excellence Awards Video
T-Systems Intouch Technology Video
Conference Videos
T-Systems Intouch Technology Video
Aha Hotels & Lodges, Cook Off Video
Team Building Videos
Aha Hotels & Lodges, Adventure Moment Video
Total, Golf Day Concept Video
Barclays Africa Tech Video
Gender Mainstreaming Awards 2015 Awards
I Am Launch, Event Video
A teaser video is a “behind the scenes” look into what your event is all about. It helps explain:
- What the event is all about.
- Who should attend.
- Answers to common questions about the event.
- Basic logistics.
An event teaser must have personality and warmth in the message. As a video, you can show the actual people behind the event and add your own culture and personality into it. This will engage viewers and make them interested in the event. A full event video will consist of a story: going from a build up of small events throughout the day to the big event and the overall achievement (such as finding out the winner of a competition). The event can be on one day or spread over weeks or months.
Sales and Marketing Videos
Sales and Marketing videos include:
1) Promotional Videos
2) Product Demo Videos
3) Testimonial Video
4) Brand Videos
5) Airport Media Videos
6) Social Media Videos
7) Video Email Videos
8) Website Cinemagraphs
9) Commercials
Promotional Videos
Promotional videos are similar to company profile videos as they introduce your business. However, they are used to introduce your brand, services or products without putting too much information about your company profile. They can be seen as videos that are used after the company profile video has been attained. Promotional videos can include holiday greetings, specifying a specific holiday to entertain clients.
Urban Brew Studios, Promotional Video
Diners Club Promotional Video
Customer Testimonial Videos
Customer testimonial videos are a way to let your customers do the talking for you. Putting your most successful, happy, or unique customers on screen is a powerful way to attach a real-life narrative to your product or service. Customer stories typically feature one or more customers talking testimonial-style about how your company has made a positive impact on their life or business.
The most valuable part of a customer story video is the getting your customers to vocalise the problem they were faced with and how your company provided a solution. Along with interview footage, this type of video is typically packed with lifestyle shots (known in the biz as b-roll) of your customer using your product or service in their own environment.
Yourself Management, Ace Debrief, Customer Testimonial Video
T-Systems, Customer Testimonial Video
Branded Videos
Branded video content is a way of advancing a specific message or mission while keeping your company in the background. Branded video content should be authentic, entertaining, usually under 60 seconds, and target your core audience. Unlike traditional advertisements, branded videos don’t sell anything, in fact, most of this content doesn’t even mention the brand at all. Instead, branded video content helps humanise your business by connecting to viewers emotionally and strengthening your brand voice.
Aiport Media Videos
T-Systems: Management, Airport Media Video
T-Systems: South African Journey, Airport Media Video
T-Systems: Service Levels & Quality, Airport Media Video
T-Systems: About Us, Airport Media Video
Website Cinemagraphs
A cinemagraph is using a video or gif that play in the background of your website. This attracts a reader’s attention to the clever use of movement. It also allows viewers to interact with the website and stay interested and navigate through the website. Click on image below to see the effect. Promotional videos are similar to company profile videos as they introduce your business. However, they are used to introduce your brand, services or products without putting too much information about your company profile. They can be seen as videos that are used after the company profile video has been attained. Promotional videos can include holiday greetings, specifying a specific holiday to entertain clients.
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Background Gifs
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Background Gifs
Commercials
A video advertisement, like those you see on TV or the Internet, is a short (30 seconds or less) branding-oriented video that promotes your company, product or service. A commercial video is inherently high level and should not dive into the details of what you do and how you do it like an explainer video would. An advertisement is meant to grab attention, garner interest, and get people excited about what you do. It’s a teaser designed to draw in potential customers.
Commercial Behind The Scenes
I Am Unlimited Advert
Information Videos
Information videos consist of:
- Tutorial Videos
- Animated Explainer Videos
- Educational Videos
- Infographic Videos
Tutorial Videos
Tutorial videos are instructional videos that walk viewers through the proper way to use your product or service. For a website or mobile app, this usually involves a screencast and step-by-step directions on how to perform certain functions within your user interface (UI). For a physical product, this may include some live action shots of your product’s features and a visual guide to making them work. Tutorial videos cut down the ambiguity for users working their way through your product or service, which means fewer calls or emails for your customer support team. Rather than trying to talk someone through their issue with detailed copy, or crafting an instruction manual, tutorial videos allow users to follow along visually. Finally, since so much of your content marketing strategy will likely be geared toward non-promotional, thought leadership content, you should utilise video for those purposes too. The easiest video type to start with is the “how to.” This is a great opportunity to repurpose blog posts that require lots of screen shots and visuals to effectively demonstrate a particular process. As they say, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million!
PEP’s +4 Smart Touch Dual 3G Smartphone, Tutorial video
UJ Alumni Tutorial Video
Educational Videos
Educational video content is useful, informative, share-worthy content that helps position you and your company as an expert or thought leader in your field. It could be a behind the scenes look into how your product is made, an animated infographic, or a video about current trends in your industry. You might also consider turning your most popular blog posts and most frequently asked questions into educational video content. If it’s something your audience would benefit from knowing, it would make a good candidate for a video. Educational videos should be used to generate awareness and build trust. They are not meant to sell a product or service. They’re most successful as an engagement tool on social media or strategically placed on your blog as part of your content marketing efforts.
Infographic Videos
Turning an infographic into a video. Infographics:
- Also known as Information graphics
- A graphic visual representation of information, data or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly
- Can improve cognition by utilising graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends
An infographic video combines storytelling, visual text, and a voice-over to make complex issues understandable, memorable and to highlight certain points.
T-Systems: Health Care. Infographic Video
BWD Advertising: Website Design, Infographic Video
Travel Videos
Travel videos are a great way to show places or to advertise incentive trips for your company – and it motivates to staff to work even harder knowing they have the opportunity to go on holiday!
T-Systems: Incentive Trip Maldives, Travel Video
T-Systems: Exotic Lands, Travel Video
Behind the scenes videos
Do you have funny moments in the office or processes that you go through in completing a task? Why don’t you create a video showing the steps towards the end goal? This will help people understand what goes on ‘Behind the Scenes’. Show your personality and culture in the office environment. You can show silly and more human moments – tripping up or pulling pranks on colleagues. The video could be moments when making any of the videos in this blog: from music videos to tutorials to testimonials. All the bloopers could be transformed into one behind the scenes video.
Wahl TV Commercial – Behind the scenes part 1
Wahl TV Commercial – Behind the scenes part 2
Online Journalism Videos
Bringing light to a matter in the news or creating your own company news channel could interest viewers in a more catchy way than writing an article. Video can capture the audience’s attention more easily and for a longer period of time due to a deeper connection to the story. Instead of words on a page, there are actual moving images of a news event in video journalism.
Interview Videos
Interviewing a well-known person in their field about themselves and their achievements. Being interviewed on a certain topic – expertise. Interview to help promote a product or service – brains behind the operation. Informational, promoting a cause.
UJ, Alex Harris, Alumni Interview Video
UJ, Simphiwe Dana, Alumni Interview Video
Remember videos can cover multiple sections in one video e.g. Promotional and branded video. If you are interested please contact BWD Advertising for your video marketing strategy plan.
Documentary/CSI Videos
Interviewing everyday people about themselves and what they do. Bringing awareness to everyday people.
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