Topic - Online Video & ROI

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Is Your Video A Vehicle Or A Destination?

departure3 Is Your Video A Vehicle Or A Destination?I had a really interesting and occasionally heated discussion with a client today about the purpose of video, and I thought it was worth a broader discussion.

The issue was the use of online video—specifically with YouTube in this instance—and how it’s intended purpose drives the SEO, link-building, and other various marketing efforts supporting the video.

On the Importance of AB Testing to Measure Landing Page Video ROI

2492945625 e7f1c078b3 200x137 On the Importance of AB Testing to Measure Landing Page Video ROIYou’re already spending part of your budget on Search Engine Marketing. You’ve done your research into the most effective keywords for your product and you spend some time every day looking at incoming traffic numbers and the traffic sources. We know that traffic is important in helping you achieve the goals you have set for your site, but what else should you be concentrating on?

Video Marketing Tops Search Marketing as a #1 Priority for Brands and Agencies in 2010?

TurnHere just released some findings from a survey that they conducted in Q3 with brands and marketing agencies from a wide range of industries.  The purpose of the research study was to explore current and future trends in the use of online video amongst marketers across companies of all sizes. And, as you might expect, the news is good for the business of online video.

Defining ROI for Online Video: A Fluid & Frank Discussion

mark portu Defining ROI for Online Video: A Fluid & Frank DiscussionMark Portu, CEO of The FeedRoom, looks back at the first 10 years of online video and offers practical advice on achieving ROI

Over the years, we’ve seen Web video evolve from a relatively nascent, one-way mass medium into a popular and far-reaching platform for delivering engaging, online user experiences. Not unlike the Web itself, online video has truly transformed the way that content creators and audiences engage, share, learn and collaborate. No longer viewed as “emerging” technology, tools for creating, managing, distributing and measuring video content have matured to the point that we enter our second decade in a business climate where online video is not only widely accepted, but also expected.

More Speculating On Google’s Profitability Plans For YouTube

google logo 5 200x133 More Speculating On Googles Profitability Plans For YouTubeFrom the very moment Google’s $1.65 Billion purchase of YouTube was announced three years ago, many of us in the tech space have been curious to see how they’d make money from the video sharing site.  Google’s investors have undoubtedly been a bit more pointed in their inquiries, especially in the face of reports that YouTube costs the search giant over $1-2 Million a day just to operate.

Video Marketing IQ Quiz – Test Your Instincts

eyeview logo Video Marketing IQ Quiz   Test Your InstinctsToday, EyeView launched what I think is a fun, interactive quiz designed to “test your instincts” for video marketing.  The quiz showcases several example A/B test campaigns and shares data collected about those campaigns in order to give marketers a peak into which tests produced better website conversions.

eTailers Improve ROI with Video Says Adobe Scene7 White Paper

s7logosub eTailers Improve ROI with Video Says Adobe Scene7 White PaperA new white paper has been released by Adobe Scene7, the rich-media enterprise solution, detailing how eTailers are using Video to better ROi. I got my hands on it and have the juicy details below (albeit in brief of course) along with my thoughts.