Tips to use online videos to engage viewers

Many television advertisements are not effective (and I will not discuss the effectiveness of TV ads in general, they exist). They often fail to capture attention and are generally poor at engaging viewers.

Other television advertisements are very effective. They draw in viewers and even convert them to customers. Why the big difference? Simple. Because some advertisements connect and others do not.

Online videos are remarkably similar. For businesses they can be effective marketing tools but they can suffer from the same issues that often plague ineffective TV advertisements.

If you want your online video to remain effective, inspiring, and cause for real customer engagement, these tips might help you get there.

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Contradiction: email marketers find it hard to reach the inbox but at the same time don’t seem to care too much

Deliverability is a hot topic in email marketing today. There are many reasons for that: an increased volume of emails sent (email has recently been used more frequently due to the recession), a growth of lists, changing techniques at the ISPs to filter emails, etc.

The emphasis increasingly lies with relevance, content and interaction by and with the email recipients.

The ‘Email Marketing Industry Census 2010 report’ by Econsultancy, carried out in cooperation with Adestra, shows that the number of businesses claiming to have problems reaching their email subscribers’ mailboxes has increased by 3% compared to last year, reaching no less than 54%. 

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