{"id":459,"date":"2007-11-27T19:23:28","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T18:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biestmilch.com\/wordpress\/?p=459"},"modified":"2016-04-30T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T09:28:19","slug":"youtubers-can-help-you-to-promote-your-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biestmilch.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/27\/youtubers-can-help-you-to-promote-your-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTubers can help you to promote your brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/profile?user=biestmilch\">Biestmilch team<\/a> has posted quite a video up to now. We never reached the for us magic figure of 10,000 to 100,000. Why not? Perhaps, the following paragraphs give some hints. I think it is worthwhile to read it, if you want to promote your brand on Youtube.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/digital\/article.php?article_id=122205\">Kevin Nalts<\/a> is a career marketer (formerly with Johnson &amp; Johnson)<br \/> and now is a consumer-product director at a Fortune 100 company. He<br \/> moonlights as &#8216;Nalts,&#8217; one of YouTube&#8217;s top video creators and one of<br \/> the top 10 &#8216;most subscribed&#8217; YouTube comedians. Here an excerpt of his views.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson one: Tap into the video community<\/strong><br \/>Some amateurs (YouTubers) have built audiences, and when they entertain or<br \/> market, each video is guaranteed to get 10,000-100,000 views. That&#8217;s<br \/> not a huge number relative to TV&#8217;s reach, but you should try getting that many<br \/> views with a video you upload yourself to YouTube. And here&#8217;s the best<br \/> kept secret. Some of Youtubers will promote a brand for a modest fee. While<br \/> some of them are certifiably nuts, others can be your spokesperson<br \/> and a way to connect with large audiences. And some video creators will<br \/> make a promotional video for less than your agency bills you for that<br \/> lunch meeting; others will do it for free product samples.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson two: Quality of the video is not what determines its popularity<br \/><\/strong>Nalts&#8217; most popular videos are far from his best, he says about himself. Almost every day the videos<br \/> rank in the &#8220;highest rated&#8221; section of the comedy category, and yet he says: \u00bbI&#8217;m<br \/> far from the funniest creator on YouTube\u00ab.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson three: A video of a dog skateboarding can get 3 million views, but that doesn&#8217;t mean your commercial will<\/strong><br \/> While some clever advertisements (with surprise endings, humor or sex)<br \/> do become viral, most ads don&#8217;t translate online, and it&#8217;s a rare<br \/> promotional video that gets millions of views.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson four: Online-video marketing is not just about contests<\/strong><br \/> While contests are pervasive tools to engage online video creators and<br \/> audiences, they&#8217;re just one tactic of many. Smarter brands are<br \/> connecting directly with prominent viral video creators. These folks<br \/> have huge subscriber bases and fans, and are often delighted to get<br \/> paid relatively small amounts for a sponsored video. I&#8217;m perplexed why<br \/> some of the &#8220;most subscribed&#8221; video creators on YouTube don&#8217;t have<br \/> sponsors breaking their doors down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson five: &#8220;Tagging&#8221; your video with keywords doesn&#8217;t get them seen<\/strong><br \/> Keywords may get your video to rank in searches, but there are far more<br \/> effective ways to get your videos seen, such as title and thumbnail. A<br \/> short funny video with a surprise ending will be exponentially more<br \/> viral. That said, well-tagged videos can help brands in search.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson six: Consumers might see your video, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;ll visit your site and buy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson six: Consumers might see your video, but that doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;ll visit your site and buy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on <a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/digital\/article.php?article_id=122205\">AdvertisingAge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youtube is a tempting marketing platform for many of us. But it is not that easy. 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