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Women Who Rock – Using Online Video in Business

“This is the year of video!” Have many years have we heard that proclamation? I created my first online videos in 2005. They were terrible. And, I just kept at it. I won’t say my videos are great now, and for many purposes, that’s OK since the range of video options has grown to the point that video can be created from easily in the moment to being professionally produced.

Recently my good friend and colleague Lou Bortone asked if he could interview me for his series, Women Who Rock, to discuss how successful women business owners use online video in their businesses. [Read more…]

Video Marketing Rules! Enter Giveaway to Win 1 of 7 Books

By Denise Wakeman Leave a Comment

Win 1 of 7 Copies of Lou Bortone’s book, Video Marketing Rules + a 30-Minute Visual Marketing Strategy Session

It’s not “fake news.” The stats don’t lie.

Video marketing isn’t going away. It is the most effective way to market your business… today and into the foreseeable future. [Read more…]

What Do You Do When Your Live Video Sucks?

By Denise Wakeman 12 Comments

Have you ever published a blog post or status update, or video and then realized it was terrible? Maybe not the content, but the format or presentation of the content? What do you do? How do you handle it?

In the case of live video, on Facebook, for example, you may not know the video sucked until after the fact. Like the video below. I’m sharing with you to share a lesson and a point. Under normal circumstances, I would never put this video on my blog.

But when I realized that I wouldn’t normally share it, I also realized you may have experienced this too and that I could share some ways to “turn a lemon into lemonade” — to paraphrase a bit. [Read more…]

The Video Godfather’s Top 10 Proven Video Marketing Tips

By Lou Bortone 2 Comments

Many entrepreneurs are missing an enormous marketing opportunity because they’re still not using video, or not using it consistently. Often times business owners shy away from video marketing because they assume it’s too complicated or time-consuming. But it doesn’t have to be!

Here are ten quick tools, tactics and time-savers for taking the overwhelm out of video:

1. Upgrade Your Website’s Home Page Video! Your “welcome” video on your home page is really your “first impression” for most web visitors, so make it count! Keep it short, on brand, and viewer-centric. Even though it’s your introduction, you still have to think in terms of “what’s in it for them?” Most important, be sure to include a clear call to action and tell your viewer exactly what you want them to do! [Read more…]