Key Tips to Maximise Your YouTube Marketing Results

Since the internet has become an integral part of consumer’s lives, it has become imperative for businesses to include social media as an intrinsic part of their marketing strategies. YouTube is one the most cost-effective and results-oriented marketing tools that can be used to reach large audiences to promote your products or services. Below are some of the tips that can help your business tap into the full potential of YouTube videos.

1. Create engaging videos:

Identify what your consumers seek and then create a video that addresses their needs. A video within a few seconds should arouse curiosity amongst the consumers and engage them. Use creative graphics, sounds, humour and music to make your video interesting. Illustrate your expertise by sharing knowledge and create informative and useful videos. The videos can be on industry trends, benefits of your products/services or just some useful tips. The More information your video provides, the more the chances are of your business gaining credibility in your sector. It will make consumers trust your products/services and in turn purchase/use them.

2. Optimize your videos:

Creating interesting videos is not enough to attract consumers and enhance sales. You need to make the videos available to audiences when they search for your products/services. In order to make your video appear on search engines, you will need to ensure that the title, description and tags columns are aptly filled. The title needs to be short, crisp and should include the right keywords. The description should be clear and keyword-rich. It should also include the URL of the video for effective results. In the tag field, fill the keywords that best describe your products/services and are most searched for by consumers looking for your products/services.

3. Include annotations in your videos:

Adding persuasive call-to-action in the annotation is a great way of engaging consumers and evoking a response from them. You can ask consumers to participate in various ways such as asking them to subscribe to your YouTube channel, comment on the video, or simply ask them to visit your website for more information.

4. Leverage other social media platforms:

Cross-linking your YouTube video on other social media platforms is one of the best methods to attract high traffic and increase views of the video. You can blog about your video thus ensuring it reaches to all your blog subscribers. Also, sharing it on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus and StumbleUpon will make your video visible to a maximum audience.

5. Measure performance of your videos:

Posting videos alone won’t give effective results but measuring the results and then working on it will give a higher ROI. With the help of YouTube analytics, measure your performance. Study your demographics to see which type of audiences you are catering to. Check what type of videos resonates most with your audience or what type of videos get the most participation. Tailor your strategies accordingly after measuring the results.

There are many SEO companies in the UK offering YouTube Marketing services to help businesses to build and establish their brand on YouTube. If you lack the time, resources and expertise, then you can hire any SEO company in the UK to take advantage of YouTube for your business.

Bal Rai is an Internet Marketing Consultant at eTrack Media, a leading SEO company in Redditch, UK.