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How To Repurpose Corporate Content

How To Repurpose Corporate Content

The old business adage ‘time is money’ may sound tired, but it’s still valuable. Today, we’re talking about that idea in conjunction with your company’s digital footprint.

A brand’s online presence is extremely powerful and drives sales. Reputation is increasingly important to consumers. Your website and social media profiles are a vehicle to express your values and corporate personality.

But… What Do I Post?

That all sounds great and even exciting to a lot of marketing teams. The trouble is, it takes a huge amount of content to drive these digital profiles. You have to keep them active, fresh, and on-brand. If customers sense you’re phoning in your efforts, your reputation takes a nosedive.

Even worse, they see you as out of touch with their interests and the world.

Don’t panic. You can manage your social media on a budget.

One of the easiest ways to simplify your digital marketing efforts is to adeptly repurpose content you already have. You spent time and probably money to create it. Therefore, if you leverage it right, you’re actually coming out ahead.

Here are some suggestions we have and how companies like ours can help.

Repurpose Corporate Content: Run Video And Hire Editors

Anytime your company does something worth noting, get someone to film it. This includes behind the scenes moments during commercial shoots, energized moments at team meetings, eureka moments in product development and corporate giving opportunities.

You’re already doing these activities during your normal course of business. Your customers will appreciate seeing the inner workings of your company. People love exclusive content because it brims with relatable moments.

Ok, so maybe you don’t have to film everything, but start seeing normal business activities as a potential social media moment. This is especially true during corporate events from conferences to social gatherings.

Chopping And Changing

The second part of this tip requires a relationship with an editor. We think it’s most effective to hire a videographer to shoot your footage in the first place as well as edit it after the fact. If you establish a long-term relationship with this company or individual, they have a wide breadth of your content to pull from for future projects.

You can ask them to repurpose existing content in a variety of ways and they already have the footage on hand or have a familiarity with it. They also have an understanding of your corporate persona.

Repurpose Corporate Content: Photography

Want to maximize your spend even more? Ask for some still shots in tandem with your video services. By doing this, you’ll have an incredible amount of original, branded content to use in your marketing, training and commercial materials.

Establish a dropbox or external storage depository that different teams within your company can access. This gives them a one-stop-shop for the content they may need during campaigns or other events.

Repurpose Corporate Content: Written Content

Are you blogging or microblogging on social media? You’ll need photos to accompany those posts. Upload your interesting corporate videos and link between your profiles to build online authority and provide more value to your audience.

In fact, a picture or video can provide inspiration for written content by serving as the basis for a blog or the text of a post. Guests speakers at events can be transcribed and released as blogs, ebooks, and even notable quotations to crush your Instagram game.

The Big Picture

Ultimately, we want you to start thinking about your content as the lifeblood of your business. Maximizing the take from every effort will keep your digital outreach strong without costing you an arm and a leg.

Inbound marketing is already infinitely more affordable than traditional marketing. Stretch your budget even further with creative content repurposing.

We’re big fans of social media and we understand the mechanics of inbound marketing. This helps us create a variety of deliverables that meet clients’ needs. If you already have content you need repurposed or want us to shoot your next event, contact us today!

Blog - 01/15/2020

The Best Way To Use Video To Increase Sales

This Is The Easiest Way To Use Video To Increase Sales

We love talking about video and how it fits into your business strategy for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s our passion. It makes up a huge portion of the work we do for clients. Another reason we love talking about this subject is that it’s a low-cost way for you to get your message out to a huge audience.

The crux of the conversation today is all about inbound marketing and how video fits into your strategy. Inbound marketing is very effective, extremely easy and intuitive to understand, and simple to implement. It’s worth hiring an inbound expert as your marketing consultant if you want to reap the full benefits of this approach.

However, if you’re just getting started or don’t have the budget for that, this article will get you on the path to inbound success.

What Is Inbound Marketing?

According to Hubspot, one of the leading authorities on the topic:

Inbound marketing is a business methodology that attracts customers by creating valuable content and experiences tailored to them. While outbound marketing interrupts your audience with content they don’t want, inbound marketing forms connections they’re looking for and solves problems they already have.

In other words, when you create your inbound content, think about what the audience needs not what you need. The more you actually help them, the more comfortable they’ll be with you. This means they’ll think positively about you and be more willing to buy your products and services.

Helping your audience also establishes authority in a completely seamless way. It doesn’t feel like you’re trying, it feels like you’re a friend sharing knowledge. This is extremely powerful, especially in today’s saturated online space.

How To Use Video To Increase Sales

The easiest way to use video to increase sales is to create targeted, useful content and distribute it across all of your digital channels. That means you’ll be using a single piece of video content on your website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and any other platform you use.

Experts can tell you how to use lead magnets and landing pages to move your audience through your marketing funnel from awareness to a sale. The great news is that you don’t have to go that far just to make corporate video work for you.

Choosing The Perfect Video To Increase Sales With Inbound Marketing

Because video is such an important aspect of business today, there are many videography businesses like ours that offer studio space for you to film in. They’ll lend you a professional videographer to take the video as well as the space to shoot in.

You need to come prepared with a script and a concept, however. Some companies choose to pay a marketer or a freelance writer to come up with this content for them. If you want to make the content yourself, however, keep these things in mind.

Who Is Your Ideal Customer?

Think about who you’re selling most of your product or service to. Pretend you’re talking to them with your video.

What Problem Does Your Ideal Customer Have?

Where does your product and your customer’s problems intersect? This area gives you insight into what you can talk about in your video.

How Can You Help Your Customer Solve That Problem Without Selling Your Product?

This is the trickiest part. Let’s use an example.

If you sell upscale raincoats and understand that your biggest customer demographic is young professionals, think about some weather-related issues young professionals might face. For instance, you could make a short explainer video about how to care for luxury weather gear. Perhaps a film about how to choose the right raincoat for your job would be interesting.

Entertainment is valuable too, so making a film ranking the top 10 rainiest metropolitan areas in the country or world could elicit clicks.

Once your video enters a potential customer’s awareness, they may click on your page or check out your wares. Try to get them to sign your mailing list after they watch your video if you can.

Shoot It And Share It!

If you think a video could boost your inbound marketing strategy and sales, just write it, shoot it and share it! Reach out to other professionals like writers, marketers and a videographer that can host and shoot your film for you for help.

Maybe the people you collaborate with on the project will share your video with their audiences as well. Imagine the views rolling in!

Blog - 11/14/2019

The Power Of Video Content For SEO Ranking & Social Media Impact

The Power Of Video Content For SEO Ranking & Social Media Impact

There is no doubt that video is the new online media. If you truly want to improve your SEO rankings, make your social media posts stand out, and tell effective stories to your followers and customers, video is crucial. Although you can produce some video content yourself, professionals take it the extra mile.

If you’re looking for someone to help you create outstanding video content or the facilities to shoot your own online videos, give us a call. This article will impart the importance of video in your online strategy whether you’re in the Bay Area or elsewhere in the world.

Video Content For SEO: Traffic Is The Key

Your SEO strategy brings traffic to your website or social media presence. For some creators and influencers, social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube are their primary online presence. For other types of businesses, social media lures potential customers to your actual website.

In some cases, customers or clients will buy or hire through social media alone.

All of these efforts are part of a powerful inbound marketing strategy which entices and warms up a potential market to increase your business success.

Using video as a tool can increase your engagement and sales in measurable ways.

Video Content For SEO: Capture Attention

It feels logical that video captures attention faster than blocks of text. Do you know how powerful it actually is? The numbers may surprise you.

Social videos generate 1200% more shares on social media than any other content combined. To put it plainly, that’s astronomical.

Pro Tip: Remember that 85% of Facebook video views occur without sound. Users are likely watching your videos with no soundtrack. You can still get your message across by adding text subtitles.

Additionally, properly optimized video can create 41% more traffic from searches. That’s significant.

Video Content For SEO: Improve Your Digital Footprint

According to SEO thought leader, Neil Patel, video generates major backlinks to your website. These are links that get your ideas, products and creations to a whole new market of potential buyers. Patel advocates for video that sparks emotion in the viewer and provides them value.

This is a formula that generates shares and links from other blogs and articles.

If your product, service or non-profit is technical or education-based, providing great information in a ‘snackable’ package is a great way to use video to generate backlinks.

Backlinks are still considered a foundational piece of your overall SEO strategy.

Video Content For SEO: Increase Your Social Media Engagement

Chances are, you aren’t maintaining a social media presence for fun. You’re using it as a business tool. Because of the way the algorithms of the popular SM platforms work, the more engagement a post gets, the more likely it is to get seen.

Engagement is all about likes, comments, and of course, shares.

Facebooks has the most users of the, nearly one-third of the population, and video gains *far* more engagement on this platform than any other.

When working with Instagram, the platform known for garnering the most engagement across the board, videos play automatically. This means that as users scroll through their timeline, they see at least a few seconds of your video.

If you can catch their attention before they flick on down the line, they’re more likely to ‘like’ your post. This gives other people an opportunity to see it.

Video Content For SEO: It’s Easier To Implement Than You Think

The best way to create video that works hard for you online is to hire professionals with some experience shooting social media or SEO minded video content. The second best and more cost-effective way to get similar results is to visit a studio where you can shoot your own content.

Diamond Sonic offers both types of services in the Bay Area and we’re excited to expand this part of our business. Give us a call for competitive rates and kick start your online presence today!

Blog - 04/04/2019

The Power Of Video Marketing On Social Media For Your Business

The Power Of Video Marketing On Social Media For Your Business

We get a lot of questions from people about video marketing for their business on social media. While we are not a social media management company, we can help you create powerful visual content to provide valuable content as a part of your inbound marketing strategy. This increases your online authority and warms up your potential market. That means they are more likely to choose you when they need the services you provide because of their positive association with you.

Video marketing is the wave of the future, but many are intimidated by a lack of skill in this area. If you have a marketing budget and access to video professionals like the Diamond Sonic team, you could realize a return on your investment through the power of video.

What Is Inbound Marketing And How Does Video Marketing On Social Media Fit In?

Simply put, inbound marketing is a part of your strategy that costs very little and exists to provide value to your audience. This is important because, without a reputation, you are just one of a sea of businesses competing for the same market. By offering valuable content to your audience, you develop brand loyalty, trust, and name recognition.

It is well established that it is easier to convert a warm market into a sale than approaching potential customers cold. Inbound marketing focuses on what you provide your customers for free instead of driving sales through conventional hard-sell methods.

How Video Marketing On Social Media Works

If you are not already convinced that video marketing works, here are some hard and fast statistics.

Video generates 1200% more shares on social media than photos and text combined. Facebook users alone watch an incredible 100 million hours of video. Furthermore, platforms that automatically stream your videos deliver content to users effortlessly. All you have to do is grab their attention in the first few seconds and they are receiving your message.

This is powerful because people in your network will consume your content and probably share it with others. This is absolutely free promotion for you and also boosts your engagement online.

Additionally, video is a format that appeals to almost every potential customer no matter what your business is. Whether you sell a product, are an influencer, or even offer a community service, video can make a big difference.

Your social media strategy is only as good as the content that drives it. It is worth spending some resources on such a valuable piece of your marketing plan. Think of what it will save you in conventional advertising.

However, we are not here to convince you that video is the right choice. We want to show you how we can help you turn your ideas into a living, breathing piece of content that speaks directly to your audience.

The Best Practices For Video Marketing On Social Media

Diamond Sonic is up to date on the best practices for video marketing and we will ensure your final product meets these criteria!

Proper Length

Videos that last 30 to 60 seconds are not only palatable for your audience, but they also work across platforms. Share videos we create on social media directly, or upload them to YouTube and share the links. Remember that platforms like Instagram will auto play your videos if you upload them directly. Length matters and we can deliver the right format and length so posting is a no-brainer for you or your social media team.

Proper Editing

While raw, unedited videos do have a place in your social media strategy, the presentation also counts. If your videos are professionally edited you can express your message concisely. A professionally edited video also increases your brand authority. People will notice the difference!

The Right Orientation

We have all of the best equipment to shoot your videos in the right way. That means avoiding the faux pas of portrait orientation and opting for landscape instead. We can insert B Roll footage and music as well as properly zoom in on your subject matter. Lighting makes a difference as well and we have you covered there too.

The Right Concept

You can provide us with a detailed script or a broad concept and we will take you the rest of the way. If you need some help creating your script, let us know! We have relationships with freelance content creators who would be happy to help turn your ideas into a strong script that expresses your message. Here is a pro tip to consider as well. If you have a blog, it is easy to turn a popular post into an explainer video that makes it effortless for your audience to receive your message.

Contact Us Today To Discuss Video Marketing On Social Media

If you would like to learn more about our video production services drop us an email or give us a call. We love unlocking the power of social media videos for clients all over the world!

Blog - 12/06/2018

The 6 Best Types Of Video For Successful Event Marketing

The 5 Best Types Of Video For Successful Event Marketing

Video marketing is a powerful tool to bring your event to life. This tactic works before your event for promotion and after as a way to keep people engaged. Here is a list of some of our favorite ways to use video for event marketing.

Before The Event

Here are some ways to start before your event takes place.

Best Event Marketing Videos #1: Send Valuable Videos To Your Email List

Attention is a hot commodity and we’re busier than ever before. Video captures attention almost effortlessly. According to Word Stream, One-third of online activity is spent watching video.

Contrary to popular belief, email marketing is not dead. You simply have to give your list something they actually benefit from. You also have to cut to the front of the line in their inboxes.

Create and share videos that truly educate people on why your event will make their lives better. Focus on how your event (and the video itself) benefits them, not you. When you cater to people, they’re far more likely to open your email marketing messages.

Best Event Marketing Videos #2: Personal Introductions or You Videos

Another excellent way to connect with potential event attendees is to show them who you are. Create personable video content identifying yourself to build a connection with people. When they see you or your staff in person, they already feel attracted to you and the goal of your event.

Examples of “You” Videos

A quick introduction and “look forward to seeing you there” video. This is the least valuable to the audience but still effective in connection building.

A How-to instructional video. These provide real value and introduce people to you and your brand. Can you show them how to do something that relates to your event?

An Interview. Speak with staff, management or event organizers on camera, asking questions that stress what the attendees (the viewer) will learn/gain/accomplish at the event.

Best Event Marketing Videos #3: Prize Promotion Videos

If it makes sense to hold a giveaway at your event or if a raffle or auction takes place during it, promote them with a video!

Make everyone is excited about the prizes or auction items by creating a high energy sizzle reel about it. You can engage your social media followers by offering them an incentive to share your video. Be sure to announce when the drawing, auction or prize announcement will occur. Doing it early can increase attendance at the start of your event.

During the Event

You and your event team will shoot video during your event for you to distribute later. Creating movies during the event is about creating or increasing your video marketing library.

Best Event Marketing Videos #4: Interview Industry Leaders

Conduct interviews for your YouTube channel, social media, and blogs. Ask industry influencers that stop by several questions about your field, and use video to distribute as a value video to your network as part of your marketing or fundraising strategy.

Best Event Marketing Videos #5: Testimonials

Gather sound bites during your event by prompting people to comment on your brand or organization. These are ideal for social media and also as a valuable part of your event recap video.

Best Event Marketing Videos #6: Event Recap Video

Event recap videos provide easy and quick video content that you can use to keep attendees engaged and gain new customers, donors, or future attendees. Event videos allow businesses to showcase their culture or effective business event.

Far too often, however, event videos mostly connect with people who already attended. While that is excellent for internal camaraderie, don’t overlook the opportunity to interact with a broader audience. This audience includes potential clients and talent.

Tell Stories

Weave narrative into your event recap video by pairing live footage, engaging music and testimonials or comments from leaders and attendees. You already have this footage on hand. Including interviews with additional text overlays and candid moments tells your viewers a story about your company and event.

Powerful And Brief

No matter how engaging your story is, shorter is generally better. Respect your audience’s time by artful editing.

Capitalize on Engagement

You have their attention, now it’s time for your ask. Determine what call-to-action is most in line with your goals and choose your language carefully. You’re motivating people to meet you halfway and take action that benefits you. This is like a soft ‘close’ and it’s very important.

Why Your Event Production Company Matters

If you’re looking for a professional event management and event rental business in the San Francisco area, give us a call! We would love to work with you to capture and create a compelling video about your organization and event.

Blog - 07/02/2018

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