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1. Introduction: I am so passionate about
video concept for businesses because video is the most
engaging form of concept. But it's like, where do I start? What's the best type of
video to incorporate? How do I make sure I'm
hitting all of the marks? That's what we're going to be
covering in today's class. What's up beautiful people. I'm Erin and I am the
owner of Erin On Demand. I am a YouTuber and entrepreneur who helps
other entrepreneurs and companies take demand
of their brands through video and
content marketing. Today's class is all about using video content to
humanize your brand. I'm going to be sharing
with you some of my favorite types
of videos to use, such as logs,
educational videos, testimonials, and
user-generated content. I'm going to give you
some ways that you can use these videos
in your business, as well as some of
my favorite tips so you can make them as
amazing as possible. Video is truly taking
over the Internet. If you're not using
it at this point, I really want to help
boost your confidence to start using it today. Throughout class,
I'm going to be sharing some prompts to get your wheels turning about
your video content ideas. Feel free to drop your ideas or your complete videos
in the project gallery. Feel free to use the
discussion boards and share any struggles or
questions you may have. I can't wait to see all
of your video content. So let's get into it.
2. Humanizing Your Brand : Let's get started by talking
about the power of video, and why you definitely
need to be using it. Brands, big and small, should be creating video
content because it is the most powerful
form of content. Video really helps
bridge the gap between you and your audience or your
customer and even for me. Since using video
in my business, I have seen incredible results with garnering an audience, and really helping them
understand not just what it is that I do and what
I sell but who I am. Because ultimately,
that's the thing that gets them interested
in my business. Video has really helped
break down the wall between me and my target audience
and target customers, and it really has just made
my business feel more human. That is possible for large companies and
corporations as well, making your brand feel more touchable or real to
your target customers. Having diversity in the types of videos you use for your brand is really important because
they all do different things. They don't all serve
the same purpose. Some are going to be to
help your audience get to know you or your company better, Some are going to be to
help sell your products, or some are going
to be to really inform and educate
your audience. By using a mixture, you're able to touch on all of these different pinpoints or desires or interests of your audience to help bridge that gap
between you and them. Let's talk some numbers, because I know that
can be very valuable for marketers or professionals who are trying to figure
out whether or not they want to use video or if you're trying
to sell it your boss. Studies have shown that over
70 percent of people would rather learn about a product
or service through video, and honestly,
people don't really like to read so this
isn't hard to believe. In my business, I've noticed
that when I have a video on a sales page
or on a web page, people stay on the
page for a lot longer than pages
that only have text. Studies also show that
video content really helps people understand
your product or service a lot better, and this can help generate leads and even increase
the bottom line. I've seen major results
using video in my business. Before I started using video, I had to pitch to
different companies, sending them proposals, and really trying to prove
myself and my expertise. But with using video and really sharing
that with the world, I'm able to talk to
thousands of people at one time by using
video to share about myself and what I do
and the services I offer in informing people to
prove my expertise. I really want to share
with you today how you can use all of these
different forms of video, and why they are so
important to getting the message of your
brand out there. Obviously there are a lot of different places that you
can post your videos, but I like to focus on YouTube and I'm going
to share with you why. I prefer YouTube, and think it's the best
channel for you to upload video content because
it is a search engine. This is going to be very
valuable when you are putting out your content in hopes
of people finding you. With it being a search engine, this means that the
content is evergreen, it has a much longer lifespan than a lot of other platforms. For example, if I
post a video on my YouTube channel about Instagram tips to use
for your business, and then Instagram goes through this major update in a month from the time
I uploaded the video, people are on YouTube and online searching about Instagram, and with YouTube being
a search engine, this is really going to help your video gain more traffic. Having that SEO with YouTube, unlike any other
platform for video, is going to really work in your company's favor when you're posting video content
to the platform. Just because I prefer YouTube, that doesn't mean that
I only use YouTube, and that doesn't
mean that you have to only use YouTube either. You can upload your
content and repurpose different videos to
different platforms that you prefer or see fit. I want you to go
and look at some of your favorite brands or even
some of your competitors, and see what their most
popular videos are. This is going to
be a great way for you to not only see the impact, but also see how you can get your wheels turning to see
what could work for you. Up next, we're going
to get into one of my favorite video formats to use of vlogging and
behind-the-scenes videos.
3. Showing Behind the Scenes : This lesson is all about my favorite type
of video content, which is vlogs and
behind-the-scenes footage. Vlogs can be a form of
behind-the-scenes video, but they have more
of a storyline. Usually, there is character
development or some buildup. Whereas behind-the-scenes
videos don't have to have those elements, they can simply be video of what's happening
behind the scenes. Vlogs humanize your brand
because they put a face to it. They're people and it
allows other people or your customers or clients to see that this business
is run by a person. When I would share behind the scenes of different
processes within my business or just
different decisions that I had to make
for my business, it helped my audience
trust me a lot more. On top of the fact that they
got to know me a lot better. The more relatable you feel, the more people trust you and
the more people trust you, the more they're willing to
engage with your business. Behind the scenes footage
is also very valuable. It doesn't have to be in
the form of a vlog for it have a high impact
on your business. It is a great way to
give people a peek behind the curtain of
what's really going on. If you have a business or a clothing line and you
take your camera to show as you're picking out
different pieces or as you're pouring candles for
your candle company, it allows people
to just feel like they're a part of the process. That has a lot of value as well because they feel like they are watching your growth
or they're watching something that maybe
they shouldn't see like some exclusivity, but it just breaks down that wall between you
and your audience. An example of a vlog or
behind-the-scenes video on my channel is my vlog
on how to make a vlog. I actually did a
vlog showing people how I go through my
vlog creating process. I shared lots of tips on using speed to make your
vlog more interesting, how to transition between one scene to the next and how to use text on screen and how I like to really
plan out my vlogs. This video isn't just
informational though, I'm actually vlogging, so you're going through my
day with me as I'm waking up, making breakfast, and
doing work for the day, but throughout there I'm
sharing little tip bits about how I'm actually
achieving the vlog. Now I'm going to share some
tactics on how to make some really engaging vlogs
and behind-the-scenes videos. First of all, you have
to plan your vlogs, especially when you're
just starting out. I know vlogs seem like
they're off the cuff, but to have a really good, strong, engaging vlog, it does require some planning. It is not a fun place to be in when you're speaking
in front of the camera, but you don't really
know what's to come. Not only is this not the
best idea for your sake, but for your audience's sake. They can tell when you're
not prepared when you're speaking and just floating and aimlessly going
throughout your day. I recommend planning your
vlogs, write an outline, write down some things that
you're going to do for the day and then write down the main intention of the vlog. That leads to
having a storyline. Just makes sure that your
vlog has a clear storyline. That you make that very apparent in the
beginning of the vlog, so that your audience
has some idea of what to expect and that there
is a nice beginning, a middle, and an
end to the vlog. The second thing
you want to do is, make sure you have a character. By that, I really mean a
personality, a person, that people can see this story
through their perspective. That is what makes a
vlog a vlog is that it is coming from one
person's perspective, you're seeing the
world basically or saying the experience
through their lens. This is the person who should represent the energy
of your company. They should be relatable to the target audience or the target customer that
you're looking for. Keep that in mind when you
are trying to decide who you want to run your vlog
or do your vlogs. This doesn't have to
just be one person, if you have a small
team of people or if you have a few
different people that you want to show your company from three different perspectives,
that's totally fine. But the whole point is, you want to make sure
you're developing one or a few people that your audience can really relate to and
really engage with. Feel free to get
creative with who these personalities can
be for your business. When I think about
larger corporations, I think about bigger
spokespersons like Flo from Progressive
or Jake from State Farm. How fun would it be if Jake from State Farm was
on YouTube and we could actually see what he was doing behind the scenes
from his perspective, behind the scenes of
maybe a commercial shoot, what his day-to-day looks like. That would be such a cool
way to break that wall between State Farm or Jake from State Farm
and their audience. It can even be someone who is representing your company
on a larger scale. That is an incredible way to incorporate vlogging into
your marketing strategy. Another tip to make
your vlogs and behind-the-scenes footage
really strong is, using a technique
called show and tell. What this means is that you're
showing as you're telling. A lot of people think that sitting down and
talking in front of the camera as a talking
head video is vlogging, that is not vlogging. You want to show the things
that you're talking about. For example, if you are walking into your
office building, show us your perspective
as you're walking. Maybe show us your feet. Show us you pushing the elevator button for whatever floor it
is you're going to. You want to make
sure that you're engaging as many
senses as you can, to keep people engaged. I told y'all that vlogging is my favorite type of
video content to use. Actually did a full
class on vlogging and I take a deep dive into
a lot of these tactics. How to film, how to plan, how to edit your vlogs. Make sure you go to my Skillshare profile
and check that out. You can come up with
great vlog topics by doing things like
writing the list of tasks that you or your team perform on a daily
or weekly basis. You can also look at
your calendar and see what cool things
do we have coming up. Those are great times to put together a vlog.
Now it's your turn. It's time to write down some different vlog video ideas that you and your team
can start to create. Here's a little prompt
to get you started. What's the most
interesting thing that your company does that would be great to capture in a vlog? Brainstorm as much as you can. In the next video,
we're going to dive into educational videos.
4. Educating Your Audience : Educational videos are going
to inform your audience. They're going to
provide information that maybe your audience
is looking for, or searching for to
learn for themselves. Or maybe they're looking to learn more about your business. The whole principle of educational videos is simply
educate your audience. Some of the things
you can be educating your audience on are, how to perform certain tasks that you or your
company are experts in, or how to use your
products or services, or just simple
general information that your company
understands really well and is able
to break down for a group of people who are
looking for that information. Educational videos don't always have to be about your brand. I really want to emphasize this because it's still
working in your favor because you're
positioning yourself as an expert in some area. When I create videos about
how to brand yourself or marketing strategies that
you should use this year, they're not necessarily directly tied to my products or services, but they're positioning me as
an expert so that people do trust me when it comes to my
paid products and services. Say for example, you
have a candle company. You may have your
candle in the video, but be educating
your audience on the best ways to
light the candle, trim the wick, put out the fire, to preserve the
candle for longer, or even a video about how to
actually make a candle and take them through step-by-step of the process of candle making. These are great
informational videos that can still incorporate
your product lightly, but they're not about
the actual products, and that's the whole premise
of educational content. It is very SEO friendly, which means, it's friendly to search engine optimization, and that means that if
people are looking for how to make a candle and they run into this company's video, now they are in
that ecosystem of learning from this company and developing a relationship
with this company. It's not even about
selling the products, it's about helping the
audience understand something. Another great thing about educational videos is
that these are evergreen. They are very
foundational videos. They're very unlikely
to change and they are forever able to be searched for when your audience is
looking for that solution. Educationals are
great and really humanize your brand
because they let your audience know that you understand exactly what
they're going through, but that you are there to
help them find a solution. I have lots of examples of educational videos on
my YouTube channel, and one of my favorites
is a video on how to start a profitable
six-figure online business. In this video, I walk you
through step-by-step of all the steps that I took in growing my business
to where it is today. From mapping out your
customer journey to figuring out what
type of lifestyle you want to have and how to create your business around your goals and your dreams as a person. The impact that I've seen
using educational videos, whether it's this video or just any of the
other ones that I have published is the fact that it has helped me build
more credibility. These educational
videos are always the ones that my audience
comes back and says, this was the first
video I watched of yours and I took this tip
and this is what happened. The educational
videos are the ones that people can go forth and do the things that I recommend and they see the
results for themselves. That's really so special to me because I get emotional
just knowing how much the knowledge
that I've learned and have makes such a big impact
in someone else's lives. Now let's get into
some of the tactics I use to make great
educational videos. The first thing I want
you to keep in mind when creating educational content is, assume your audience
doesn't know anything. Because nine times out
of 10, they don't. Now, by assuming they
don't know anything, I don't want you to
assume that they're dumb, so don't talk to your
audience like they're stupid. But assuming that people know more than
what they do know, they get overwhelmed
and they don't watch. Don't use a lot of
professional jargon if you're not targeting an audience full of professionals who
already know that. If you have a dental office
people know toothbrush, toothpaste, brush their
teeth, Listerine. They know the basics, but you don't want
to get too far into all the technicalities of the gums and the bones and all of that when you're
talking to customers. If you are talking
to other dentists, that's where you can use more professional
terminology that you know the dentists
are going to understand. This is where assessing
your audience for educational videos
is very important because that's going to
dictate the language and the speed and the way in which
you present the message. The second tactic is deciding on how you want to present
this educational context. You can do this by simply sitting and talking
to the camera and telling your audience about something or walking
them through a process, like how we're doing right now or you can demonstrate
to them something. If you have a
seasoning line full of cool ****** and things that
you use in the kitchen, maybe your informational
videos are videos in the kitchen showing how you cook recipes with those ******. Educational videos aren't always sit-down talking head videos. They can be step-by-step
demonstrational videos. The next tactic is being mindful of how you
organize the content. Whenever you're throwing a lot
of information at someone, they can get overwhelmed
very easily. One of the things that
I've learned helps me break the information
down a lot easier while also helping my
audience consuming a lot easier is by numbering things. Using more of a listicle format. For example, if you're
doing a makeup tutorial, I would break down each step of what that
process looks like. Maybe Step 1, put on a moisturizer. Step 2, this is how I put on my foundation
using this brush. When you can
specifically isolate different steps for
your audience and let them know exactly
what you're doing, that is extremely helpful in making them less overwhelmed. This is also going to be
helpful for when you do upload the video if
you're using YouTube. A lot of people like
to take their cursor and go to the part that
they need the most. If somebody wants to just know about how to
apply eye-shadow, they're probably going to skip through and see the
eye-shadow part, to which you have
already put Step 7, eye, maybe that's on the screen. If someone doesn't use
that listicle format, they might miss out
on the opportunity of educating someone else. The next tactic I
like to use for educational videos is
putting text on screen. It's going to help really
drive the message home, and it lets your audience know that you're making
sure that they really understand exactly
what it is you're doing with that
text reinforcement. A way I like come up with
educational video ideas is by thinking about where my
audience is in their journey. If they are a college student who is looking to be recruited
for their first job, what are the things that that
person is going through? It makes it so much
easier to come up with different topic ideas based around the needs of who
you're trying to reach. I think that it's
great to work a little bit backwards when you're coming up with
educational content. Because at the end of the day, you want to make
sure that you're educating the right people. If you already have some
content out there or you have interactions with
their customers or clients, think about some questions
that they ask you. Think about some of
the struggles that they tell you when
you talk to them or things that they
may have commented on another video
that you created. These are also great sources of inspiration for
educational videos. Now it's your turn to brainstorm some educational videos
that your team can create. Here's a little prompt
to get you going. What is a frequently asked
question or an area of expertise that you can break
down into five simple steps. Drop that down along with any
other ideas that you have, and in the next video, we're going to talk all
about testimonials.
5. Sharing Testimonial Videos : Testimonial videos are from
your customers or clients that are positively sharing their experience
with your business. Now, something you
should know about testimonials is that
they don't have to just be a video
of your customer or client sitting in front of the camera talking
about their experience. I personally think you
should shoot it up a bit. Some ways you can do
that is you can go live with a customer
or a client and recap their experience
to get there and that's a public live video that
other people can join in on. You can do them in the
form of before and after videos or even having your customers or clients
vlogging their experience as they're working with you and the results that
they get in the end. Testimonials can vary. You can have fun with them and they can come in
different forms. Testimonials are good for your business because they
legitimize your business. They are going to
let people know that other people have
experienced this, other people have purchased
this and it's fine. It's going to relieve some of that pressure of maybe
buying something for the first time by simply
knowing that someone else has experienced it or purchased it and
received the results. Testimonials are also a
great form of sales content because your customer is doing
all the talking for you. This is something great
for building trust because everyone knows that
the company is going to say great things
about themselves, but what really sells is when your customers can say those same great things
about you as well. Testimonials are also great for the business to understand
the headspace of their customers or clients to know what was the best
part of this experience. This is probably the
most direct form of feedback you're going to get as a business from your audience. What's so great about doing testimonial videos instead of only just written testimonials, is that the future customer
or client can see, can hear, can really engage, and experience the emotion
in the person's voice when they're watching a video testimonial opposed to a
written a testimonial. This is really
going to help with selling the business
without being overly salesy because
you're letting the customer do all the talking. An example of how I use
testimonials in my business is I make it a win-win for
my e-brand club members, and that is my
membership club for entrepreneurs and
content creators. I decided to bring them onto my YouTube channel for
what I call an EBUS talk. Basically, that's an
interview of me asking them questions about how
successful their business is. What is their business? They get to talk all
about what it is they do. Then we also talked
about what have they learned from being in
my membership club. What are some
things that they've implemented into their
business that really worked? This is them talking about my membership club organically
from their perspective, many of the members who are
in the club have told me, I came in here from your EBUS talks that you do
on your YouTube channel. If you find a format that works
well for you like I found that going live and doing
these EBUS talks works for me, this is something that
you want to implement regularly into your
marketing strategy. Now we're going to talk
through some tactics on how to make great
testimonial videos. The first thing is
that the way you ask the testimonials is the way people are going to
respond to them. If you ask a very
short question, most likely you're going to
get a very short response. If you ask a very
general question, you're going to get a
very general response. I encourage businesses
when they are looking to get
testimonials to ask the question in the way that you want the customer to respond. If you have a bookkeeping
business and you're helping companies keep their
financial records very clean. A general question would be, how does my bookkeeping
business helped you? A specific question would
be before you hired me, what were you
struggling with with managing your business finances, and since working with me how has that impacted your business? Think about how you
frame the question to get the answer that
you're looking for. Now, sometimes
with testimonials, they can come across as a
little bit fake or phony or just overly positive and you
don't want that to happen. What I recommend doing is
letting them know that look, I want this to be your
most honest feedback. Just tell them you don't
want them to overly praise you in a way where
it's going to seem phony. Anything specific
if they can give details about their
actual experience, that is going to be
what you want to hear and not just a whole
bunch of fluffy praises. Another tip about
testimonials is that they shouldn't be too long. They really have one purpose
which is to share with your audience the
experience that one of your customers
or clients have had. It doesn't take long for
someone to get the picture. If it is a standalone
testimonial, that is someone just simply
talking to the camera. I recommend keeping
those very short. A minute, maybe no more than two minutes long because you
don't want to drag it out. What you do have these short one-minute,
two-minute testimonials. These are also things
you can incorporate into your vlogs or into
educational videos. Testimonials are
easy to embed into other videos and don't have
to be standalone content. My next tip is that I do
highly recommend using testimonials alongside other
forms of video content. Honestly, viewers can get a little bit burnt out
from testimonials. So you do want to be careful
that you don't overuse them. Testimonial videos
are great addition, they're great to have sprinkled throughout your
content strategy, but they're not a prominent form of video that you need to just have everywhere or be uploading once a week onto
your YouTube channel. When thinking of who to select and what are
they actually going to talk about when you ask them
to do the testimonial video. Some things that I think you
should keep in mind are, picking someone who has
gotten the results. You want to make sure
that this is someone who is excited about your brand, excited about your business, they're like advocates,
they're brand advocates. These are the people who are
perfect for testimonials. Sometimes I find these
people who just comment a whole bunch of my
YouTube videos or are just super active
in my community. The second thing is someone
who just really doesn't mind, someone who is pretty
colorful on camera. Now, you may have never
talked to this person before so it may
be worth vetting them a little bit through
email and see if this person seems like they
would be a good fit for creating this type
of concept for you. Then the third thing to keep in mind is that you can ask people for different testimonials based on the different offerings
your business has. I will ask someone from my e-brand club for a
testimonial for that specifically and
maybe someone who has purchased a top three notebook for a different testimonial. You want to make sure that your testimonials
aren't covering too much ground within your
business from one person. It's good to isolate them if you have more than one
thing that you offer. Start brainstorming
some customers or clients that you'd like
to get testimonials from. Then think about what do you
want them to talk about? If you're feeling
a little stuck, try asking your favorite
customers or clients, how has your business transformed
or impacted their life? It's time for you to
do a little digging into testimonials and
in the next video, we're going to talk all about
user-generated content.
6. Utilizing User Generated Content: This lesson I'm
talking all about user-generated content or
what's commonly called UGC. UGC videos are videos that your customers
or clients create, whether they're talking about your company or something that your company has prompted them to publicly
share in a video. Some examples of
UGC videos could be challenges that
you startup to let your audience engage in
or unboxing videos that you're asking your audience to create once they
receive your products, or just really any type of video content where
you're prompting them to share with you
or show how they incorporate your product or service into their
day-to-day lives. Someone sharing a little video
of their favorite drinks to order at Starbucks would
be user-generated content, whereas someone talking
about how delicious their coffee is would
be a testimonial video. I just want to
differentiate the two because they are not the same. UGC videos are valuable in
your marketing strategy because they're going to help
amplify your brand's reach. They're going to do this because your customers are sharing
it with their audiences, and what makes UGC
cool is that it should be something that
your customers relate to. It's something that they want to share with their audience. People love sharing their
Starbucks orders not because Starbucks is
asking them to share it, but because it's
something that is authentically integrated
in their daily lives. UGC video is also very valuable for businesses
because you now have a wealth of video
content from all of these different users that
you can now explore how you can incorporate that and use that on your own platform. UGC videos can help humanize
your brand because they're showing that day-to-day use of whatever it is
that you're selling. It's showing how people
integrate it into their normal lives and it really has a
very authentic feel because the company doesn't have that much creative control over how people choose to
create this content. One way that I've
used UGC videos in my business is when I was launching my
top three notebook, I created this challenge. It was a calendar that shared all these different
prompts that people should create their top three
priorities for the day about. On the calendar,
one day might say your top three areas of the
house you need to clean. Your top three business
tasks you need to do. In the challenge, I encouraged
my audience to share a video of themselves
completing these tasks. Having a top three
really just gives me a place where I can say, "Sarah, if you get these top
three things done today, then you've done good." In doing that, people were
spreading the awareness about not only the top three challenge but what the top
three method was. Building my brand awareness around a product that
I was soon to launch, and I was getting a lot
of video of people being very productive and just
fulfilling their top three. This was great because
when we did our launch, these are videos that we were
able use as testimonials or were able to save this content and do something
with it whenever we'd like. Here's some of my
favorite tactics on how to collect UGC videos. First thing is, it's great to think about the
end before you get started. Having a purpose behind the UGC videos is really
going to help you figure out what you want to do with all this content once
it's been published. That really just ensures
that it doesn't go to waste. Of course, it's great when you're building
brand awareness, and all of these
people are posting this content onto
their own platforms, but you also want
to show people that I see the content
that you've created, which includes my business, and you repurposing
that in some way, it's like building
that relationship between you and your customers. The second thing I recommend is making it very clear the type of content that you're looking for your audience to create. Also don't be afraid to nudge them on where you
want them to post it. For example, if you're a
makeup company and you're looking for lots of
unboxing videos, then it will be great to
include some messaging or a card inside of
the package that people will see as soon
as they open the box. Let them know that
you want to see their unboxing experience, or you want to see their
first reaction when they take their first bite of the cupcake. Whatever your business is, it's great to include
some marketing material, whether it's a card or a social media post telling users exactly what
you want them to do. This is going to
streamline your UGC, especially if you
incorporate things like hashtags that are exclusive
to your brand or business, or asking them to tag you in the post so that you don't
miss this great content. Another great way to get good UGC videos is to
incentivize creating them. One way you can do that
is through challenges. People love challenges. I think people really like
challenges because it makes them feel they're a
part of something bigger. It makes them feel they're
a part of a community. Challenges are great ways to incentivize without really any overhead
from the business. Or on the flip side, you can
give actual prizes away such as gift cards or other
products that you may sell, or even discount codes that they can use or share
with their audience. There are lots of
different ways that you can incentivize UGC to just make it more enticing and exciting for people to create. Another thing that
you can do is really focus on building
a strong community because sometimes you
don't even have to prompt your audience to create
content on your behalf. They're just going
to naturally do it because they're that invested, and they're that engaged with your brand and your community. You want to make
sure that when you do see this starting to happen, you capitalize on it. Make sure you let your audience know that you appreciate
their content, that you see it, and when you
reshare content like that, it just spreads naturally. People will begin to see that others are creating
content about this, so maybe they should too. For example, I have my eBrand
Club, my membership club, and there have been people
who've created videos about their experiences in the club
and how much they like it, and some of the major
takeaways they've had, and that is not
something that I've ever asked them to do. But the more people who
create that content, the more people
create that content. So now there's lots of
videos floating around about my top three notebooks
or my membership club, and that's because
I really focus on building a strong
community that people really resonate with and feel like they're
really a part of. It can be a bit
overwhelming where you have a lot of UGC videos and you're trying to figure out what exactly should
I do with all this. A few things you
can try are; one, re-posting the content directly to your channels, and secondly, you can use it by combining multiple UGC clips
together to form more of a long-form video that
can then be repurposed on your website or as a piece
of promotional content. Now, I do recommend
reaching out to the content creator before you repost UGC
onto your website, or if you are going to use
it as promotional material, I would definitely
reach out to them to get their permission
before doing that. My last step is to
make sure you're not wasting UGC videos. Keep them organized and
save them so that when you are going to be promoting this product or service again, you have all of this content already created that
you can then repurpose. You can just save it. You don't have to always
repost it immediately. You can come up with
some UGC video ideas by simply paying attention
to your audience, looking at how they naturally
use your products or services and then looking at
how they're already sharing. It's worth jotting
down just in case it's something that you want
to implement in the future. Now it's time for you to
brainstorm some ideas of UGC videos that your audience
can go out and create. Here's a little question
to help you out. Ask yourself and your team, what are some ways that
our customers are using our products or services
in their daily lives? Then you can actually ask the same question
to your audience. You may be surprised at
all the different ways they're actually using your
products and services.
7. Final Thoughts: [MUSIC] That is it. This is the end of the class. I hope you got a lot
of information on different types of
video that you can use in your marketing strategy. Above all, I hope
you feel really confident to go ahead and start implementing
these things. I want you to feel encouraged to try these different
types of videos, even if they feel a bit
uncomfortable to you, they all do something a little different
for your business, but one thing they
all do have in common is they get results. As you are trying all these
different types of video, please make sure you're
paying attention to what your audience likes, what they're gravitating to, what they're engaging
the most with. This is going to help
you be able to refine your video content
strategy even more. Be sure to share any video ideas you've brainstormed today in the project gallery
and you can also share any final videos you have because we would
love to see them. Thanks again for joining me in this class and I
will see you soon. Bye for now.