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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. As you know, marketing in our currently powerful digitally-driven world offers a lot of opportunity and frustration. From a performance standpoint, marketers are expected to live up to KPIs more than ever before. To power the brands that employ us, we must be more strategic and adaptable

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

Las opiniones expresadas por los colaboradores de Entrepreneur son personales. 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

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. Return on Investment (ROI). It’s what every brand wants from its franchise digital marketing dollar — money that’s often begrudgingly spent even though most brand leaders know they need to budget for it. Still, doing so isn’t like allocating money for research and development or human resources,

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Over the last couple of years, video has taken over social media, as there’s a new tendency to consume video content. Users prefer to watch short videos rather than see pictures or read posts on social media platforms. The tendency to prefer video over images started with

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Content, likes, shares — there’s so much more to an online presence than SEO, and we’ve been empowered to do it all. But why are so many Entrepreneurs falling short regarding content for their business? The answer is plain and straightforward; they are not a photographer or

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The so-called “creator economy” spans a hugely diverse field with products including dance videos on TikTok, crocheted doilies on Etsy and eye-popping memes on iFunny. It is becoming a formidable force. In 2021 alone, the creator economy raised a record $1.3 billion in funding, underscoring the investment

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. New media has changed the way entrepreneurs and small businesses attempt to reach and engage customers. Today, marketers

Este artículo fue traducido de nuestra edición en inglés utilizando tecnologías de IA. Pueden existir errores debido a este proceso. Las opiniones expresadas por los colaboradores de Entrepreneur son personales. Yo era un ingeniero de sonido geek dolorosamente introvertido que solo se sentía cómodo detrás de mi computadora portátil. Me topé con el marketing en

Este artículo fue traducido de nuestra edición en inglés utilizando tecnologías de IA. Pueden existir errores debido a este proceso. Las opiniones expresadas por los colaboradores de Entrepreneur son personales. La inteligencia artificial (IA) es una forma de hacer que las máquinas hagan cosas que normalmente requerirían inteligencia humana. Es tanto la teoría como el

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. How do brands keep themselves in the public eye? Marketing isn’t as easy as a few decades ago when a billboard or a newspaper ad might have sufficed. Today, brands have a much larger area to cover. With the internet and ecommerce being more prominent, businesses now