Comments on: How Online Video Can Help Your Business http://www.startupscotland.co.uk/internet-marketing/how-online-video-can-help-your-business/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Orrymain http://www.startupscotland.co.uk/internet-marketing/how-online-video-can-help-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-2210 Orrymain Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:57:50 +0000 http://www.scottishbusinessblog.co.uk/?p=1010#comment-2210 When the videos are not intrusive, I absolutely believe in their value. It allows the website visitor to see and hear a product in use or hear a company's philosophy. When the videos are not intrusive, I absolutely believe in their value. It allows the website visitor to see and hear a product in use or hear a company’s philosophy.

]]> By: Gareth Rees http://www.startupscotland.co.uk/internet-marketing/how-online-video-can-help-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Gareth Rees Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:20:22 +0000 http://www.scottishbusinessblog.co.uk/?p=1010#comment-1096 Videos are great on all levels so whenever they are possible for my client I fully recommend them. They are naturally viral, easy on the eye, personable, great link bait and the new one I've discovered lately is that Google News loves them. (well, some of them anyway.) Videos are great on all levels so whenever they are possible for my client I fully recommend them. They are naturally viral, easy on the eye, personable, great link bait and the new one I’ve discovered lately is that Google News loves them. (well, some of them anyway.)

]]> By: Matt Quinn, TFGtv. http://www.startupscotland.co.uk/internet-marketing/how-online-video-can-help-your-business/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Matt Quinn, TFGtv. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:18:01 +0000 http://www.scottishbusinessblog.co.uk/?p=1010#comment-867 A good quality video; clearly put together by someone who has invested in both editorial skill (as you'd expect from a P.R. professional) and a reasonable level of skilled technical assistance... This IS one thing though, and a home movies is something else completely... It's vital to realise that! Just because 'it's on YouTube' rather than badly scrawled over a home made sandwich board DOESN'T make it effective... Sandwich board aficionados will tell you that their beloved boards need to be well designed, well made, well presented and in the right place at the right time to have an effect. Think top quality graphics and a board carried down the street by a smiling leggy Brunette (or Chippendale candidate if that's what floats your boat). The same is true for almost ANY promotional platform. To get a return on investment you actually have to make an investment! AND at an appropriate level There's no point just playing at it! Craig shows us here a basic technical and editorial standard that must be met by anyone seriously expecting to use video effectively. And it CAN be met, quite economically... Companies exist that can get your video message online profesionally and effectively for less than the price of posting out a few thousand thousand leaflets... And I dare say we could find a signwriter to help you out with that sandwich board Craig... ;-) A good quality video; clearly put together by someone who has invested in both editorial skill (as you’d expect from a P.R. professional) and a reasonable level of skilled technical assistance…

This IS one thing though, and a home movies is something else completely… It’s vital to realise that! Just because ‘it’s on YouTube’ rather than badly scrawled over a home made sandwich board DOESN’T make it effective…

Sandwich board aficionados will tell you that their beloved boards need to be well designed, well made, well presented and in the right place at the right time to have an effect. Think top quality graphics and a board carried down the street by a smiling leggy Brunette (or Chippendale candidate if that’s what floats your boat).

The same is true for almost ANY promotional platform. To get a return on investment you actually have to make an investment! AND at an appropriate level There’s no point just playing at it!

Craig shows us here a basic technical and editorial standard that must be met by anyone seriously expecting to use video effectively. And it CAN be met, quite economically… Companies exist that can get your video message online profesionally and effectively for less than the price of posting out a few thousand thousand leaflets…

And I dare say we could find a signwriter to help you out with that sandwich board Craig… ;-)

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