Effective Tips To Close Sales With Video Content

Tip 1: Know What They Are Looking For

  • Potential buyers have done the research and have probably come up with a shortlist of solutions to solve their problems.
  • Only one of those solutions will ultimately make the cut.
  • Don’t waste time presenting them with a product-centric video.

Tip 2: Decide The Appropriate Type Of Video

  • Start thinking about the types of videos you can make to push these leads into sales.

  • Discard educational or how-to videos (good for earlier stage)

  • Concentrate on how to build the brand trust.

  • A testimonial video can be a good start.

  • Reach out to currently satisfied customers and/or experts and let them do the talking.

  • People trust their peers

Tip 3: Choose Your Channel

  • Think about where you are going to publish it and who you are going to target.

  • You can always start with the bigger, more encompassing social networks like Facebook and YouTube.

  • Or focus on more specific channels for specific reasons:

    • If your services are more geared towards businesses, LinkedIn is a better fit.
    • If you are looking to target a young trendy audience, try Snapchat.

Tip 4: Create High-Quality Videos - They Matter!

  • Take care to make every aspect of your video the best quality possible.

  • Should be well lit and recorded with HD Video, it’s 2021!

  • Tip 1: Know What They Are Looking For

  • Potential buyers have done the research and have probably come up with a shortlist of solutions to solve their problem.

  • Only one of those solutions will ultimately make the cut.

  • Don’t waste time presenting them with a product-centric video.

Tip 2: Decide The Appropriate Type Of Video

  • Start thinking about the types of videos you can make to push these leads into sales.

  • Discard educational or how-to videos (good for earlier stage)

  • Concentrate on how to build the brand trust.

  • A testimonial video can be a good start.

  • Reach out to currently satisfied customers and/or experts and let them do the talking.

  • People trust their peers

Tip 3: Choose Your Channel

  • Think about where you are going to publish it and who you are going to target.

  • You can always start with the bigger, more encompassing social networks like Facebook and YouTube.

  • Or focus on more specific channels for specific reasons:

    • If your services are more geared towards businesses, LinkedIn is a better fit.
    • If you are looking to target a young trendy audience, try Snapchat.

Tip 4: Create High-Quality Videos - They Matter!

  • Take care to make every aspect of your video the best quality possible.
  • Should be well lit and recorded with HD Video, it’s 2021!
  • Advice: Take care of the SOUND.

Tip 5: Make Your Videos Flexible

  • Make different videos for different platforms.
  • Read up on the video guidelines for each platform and then tailor your video to meet those guidelines.
  • Adapting your video goes beyond just tweaking the technical specifications of it.

Tip 6: Choose The Right Voice And Tone

  • Know what your brand wants to communicate and how it wants to present itself to the world.

Tip 7: Measure Results With Analytics

  • Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube will give you all kinds of useful data regarding user engagement with your video.
  • You will be able to identify which users are not just scrolling past your video, but which ones are actually engaging with it.
  • You could also use one of the many third-party tracking solutions.

Tip 8: Apply What You Gathered For Your Next Campaign

  • Turn those numbers into insights and those insights into action.
  • Focus on video engagement.

Bonus Tip: Show Your Team

  • Include a company culture video.
  • Try to avoid overly-scripted videos. Take care of the SOUND.

Tip 5: Make Your Videos Flexible

  • Make different videos for different platforms.
  • Read up on the video guidelines for each platform and then tailor your video to meet those guidelines.
  • Adapting your video goes beyond just tweaking the technical specifications of it.

Tip 6: Choose The Right Voice And Tone

  • Know what your brand wants to communicate and how it wants to present itself to the world.

Tip 7: Measure Results With Analytics

  • Facebook, Instagram and YouTube will give you all kinds of useful data regarding user engagement with your video.
  • You will be able to identify which users are not just scrolling past your video, but which ones are actually engaging with it.
  • You could also use one of the many third-party tracking solutions.

Tip 8: Apply What You Gathered For Your Next Campaign

  • Turn those numbers into insights and those insights into action.
  • Focus on video engagement.

Bonus Tip: Show Your Team

  • Include a company culture video.
  • Try to avoid overly-scripted videos.