Video Marketing

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Barbie, the iconic doll that has captured the hearts of millions worldwide for over six decades, was created by businesswoman Ruth Handler, the co-founder of Mattel. Barbie was inspired by Ruth’s observation that her daughter enjoyed playing with paper dolls representing adult women. Ruth envisioned a three-dimensional

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If the successes of YouTube creators like Jimmy Donaldson (who boasts 153 million subscribers as MrBeast) and Felix Kjellberg (also known as PewDiePie, with 111 million subscribers) are any clue, video is in a class all its own when it comes to marketing and gaining reach. As

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The ever-increasing competition among franchisors to get an edge on one another has led to some innovative marketing campaigns and initiatives. Amidst this backdrop, video marketing has become a vital component for many brands precisely because it can be utilized in so many ways. But it’s also

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’ve probably been to a dozen of marketing meetings that started with someone pulling out a whiteboard and saying, “Let’s think about our competition for a minute.” I bet there were some A-type personalities (maybe you?) who’ve done their homework and unloaded a whole laundry list of

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. According to Clutch, 64% of small businesses have a digital footprint on the web, and each is trying to win as many customers as possible. Moreover, thousands of businesses come to the web daily to make their mark. Yes. The digital market is nearly saturated, making it

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Advertising your business is instrumental to its growth. In the U.S., up to 80% of all revenue is

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Since its inception in 2005, YouTube has grown in monumental proportions. Today, YouTube has 1.7 billion unique monthly visitors, and 62 percent of its users access the platform daily. The only site visited more than YouTube? Google. If you’ve been considering starting a YouTube Channel to boost

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Over the past few years, short-form video has become one of the most engaging and fastest-growing content types across social media platforms. TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels have all seen meteoric growth, garnering billions of users. According to Statista, Shorts alone boasts 30 billion views daily

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Over the past decade, selling franchises has become an extremely competitive business, and any advantage that one brand can develop, cultivate and deploy can make or break annual sales goals. Now more than ever, video marketing and production is beginning to fill that void. According to an

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Whether you’re an eCommerce shop or want to establish your business’s web presence, you may want videos to

Se ha dicho que tres cuartas partes de nuestro conocimiento nos llega a través de la mirada. Esto hace que resulte mucho más confuso el que las marcas de franquicia todavía no utilicen las opciones del video marketing a su disposición como parte de su proceso integral de desarrollo de ventas. Especialmente en lo que

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s been said that three-quarters of our knowledge comes to us from our sight — visually. This makes it all that much more confusing that franchise brands still fail to utilize the video marketing options at their disposal as part of their comprehensive sales development process. Especially

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’ve been on social media at all in the past three years, you’d undoubtedly have realized that more and more entrepreneurs, influencers and business owners are creating and leveraging short-form video content as a part of their marketing. That being said, 14% of businesses are still

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There is no doubt that TikTok has evolved beyond the newcomer application that brands initially dismissed. TikTok has come a long way since its early 2020, deep-in-a-pandemic-lockdown days. Indeed, the platform started as an app for dancing teenagers, lipsyncs and pure entertainment — and this is the

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Attention has always been a currency in marketing, but with the rapid increase in short-form video popularity in recent years, social media platforms like Tiktok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram and Facebook Reels have become the prime marketplace for user attention. Apps that trace their roots to a place

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. You hear it all the time these days: “Vertical videos are the most important aspect of your content strategy for 2023,” or “TikTok and Reels have the best organic reach,” and -always- “The algorithms are favoring

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A marketing strategy is the “plan identifying what marketing goals and objectives will be pursued to sell a particular product or product line and how these objectives will be achieved in the time available.” Keep in mind that you need to consider the following three pillars in

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As entrepreneurs, I doubt any of us start out thinking, “I want to start my own business, so I can work 16-hour days, seven days per week for years and years until it’s finally profitable enough that I can take a little time off and enjoy life.”

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. One of the best ways to market any consumer product is through video. Images and text can only contain so much information — with a video, you can tell your audience everything they need to know in a matter of seconds. If you’ve yet to incorporate video

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. With the rise of short-form content across TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram reels, this is the perfect way to build an audience and any niche in 2023. Over the past six months, I’ve been testing out different ways to apply trends using short videos. I did this

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I was a painfully introverted geeky sound engineer who was only comfortable behind my laptop. I stumbled into internet marketing after I recognized the unbeatable power of video while learning from different courses. It struck me that this was a medium that I had to explore. But

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Video marketing has seen massive growth over the past few years — especially as a result of the

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A recent survey found that 68% of consumers spend a quarter or more of their time on social media watching videos. This is great news for marketers who want to find ways to connect with their target audience. But simply putting content out there is not enough — you

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a kid who grew up in the ’80s — sporting my Jams and Swatch watch as I navigated the neighborhood on my BMX Mongoose – I fell for Stranger Things within the first few minutes of episode one. The phenomenon that is now Stranger Things couldn’t be better timed for

Audio media company iHeartMedia announced that it has entered a strategic partnership with audio intelligence platform Sounder, that will provide access to insights that help podcasts and audiences find each other while improving brands’ targeting capabilities. The key to this partnership is Sounder’s Audio Data Cloud, which uses AI and machine learning tools to enable

Over the past couple of years, research firms Gartner, Forrester, and others have heralded the arrival of digital experience platforms (DXPs); the future is now and all that (for a DXP primer, you might enjoy Pamela Parker’s article). But practically speaking, is there such a thing as a digital experience platform? As Tony Byrne of

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YouTube is emphasizing enhancements to it Shorts feature as well as laying out plans to improve shopping experiences in a blog post by Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan setting out its 2022 roadmap. While Mohan did not go into specific detail, he did provide a useful overview of what to expect from YouTube this year. Shorts. YouTube plans

CX software company VHT has announced the availability of their Mindful engagement app on the Genesys AppFoundry marketplace. The app aims at giving marketers better control over where conversations with customers occur. Using the Mindful app, users can transition customer conversations across channels. For instance, if during the conversation, a customer indicates that they need

With so many brand messages flooding customer inboxes and smartphones, it’s no wonder marketers are having a hard time connecting with audiences. Even with more technology solutions available than ever before, 74% of marketing leaders say they struggle to scale their personalization efforts, according to a Gartner survey. What’s more, that same data suggests brands