It’s always been sort of axiomatic that the main reason people watch digital videos like explainers and tutorials is to avoid reading text. “59% of executives prefer video to text”…
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The Power of Video for Marketing to Millennial Decision-makers
In case you missed it, Gen Y surpassed Gen X’s share of the workforce a couple of years ago. IDG recently published a report, Marketing Your Technology to Millennials, on…
Read More2019 Video Trends Watch
This is the time of year when content creators mull over the year’s “trends” and opine about what we should be doing during the coming year. I’m not going to…
Read MoreVideo tactics for today’s B2B buyer experience
A fascinating new Forrester research report from finds that companies “waste a ton of money” on bad content that “buyers don’t want and sellers won’t use.” The survey of marketing…
Read MoreImproving the video customer experience of IT decision-makers
Customer experience is increasingly where the action is — whether your customers are consumers or IT decision-makers. Since watching your videos is part of the sales process, it makes sense…
Read MoreUsing video for “buyer enablement”
Gartner, the leading supplier of categories to the Information Technology Industry, has come out with a new one: Buyer Enablement Tools. “Today’s buying journey isn’t just hard — it has…
Read MoreHow to make interactive video for free
You can increase engagement and provide superior customer experience at the same time by making interactive videos out of your ordinary “passive” videos. I mean, wouldn’t you, as a viewer,…
Read MoreWhat kind of video do you need in sales communication?
“Are Salespeople Relevant to the Modern Buyer?” is the question posed in an article by Tamara Schenck about about CSO Insights’ 2018 Buyer Preferences Study. At first glance, its results seem…
Read MoreThe untapped potential of video for sales enablement
“Tech Providers Will Pay Far More Attention to Sales Enablement” was one of “10 Fearless Predictions for B2B Tech Sales and Marketing in 2017” from Gartner technology marketing analyst Todd…
Read MoreOne differentiator per video. A format that’s about to take off.
Technology products have become increasingly hard for buyers to differentiate. Gartner has published research on the prevalence and dismal consequences of failure to differentiate. It’s the product of “commoditization” that is driving consumer…
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