Category Archives: Video Marketing

The Advertising Potential Of Snapchat

Charles Doyle

Posted on: November 4, 2014

Posted by: Charles Doyle

Categories: Digital Culture, Social Management, Video Marketing and tagged , , , , ,

SnapChat, the photo messaging app currently taking the world by storm, is one of the newest social media platforms to have skyrocketed into extreme popularity in a relatively short time. Having recently rolled out it’s first set of paid advertisements, it’s marketing potential has piqued our curiosity here at YaBlog, and as one who has the app and quite enjoys it on a personal level, I’ll now speculate on three possible ways that they could creatively harness their advertising potential:
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Graphics and Greater Social Engagement: Why They Go Hand in Hand

Chelsea Oliver

Posted on: February 25, 2014

Posted by: Chelsea Oliver

Categories: Branding, Digital Culture, Social Management, Video Marketing and tagged , , , , , ,

It’s recently come to our attention that Facebook is going to be lessening the exposure of text based statuses for Business Pages. Why, you ask? You can read the full article here but the jist of it is that, while text status updates from friends encourage engagement by prompting others to update their own statuses, text status updates from Business Pages do not function in a similar fashion. Facebook is encouraging brands to get creative and the YaBlog team wants to get the word out.
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Inbound Marketing: Brand Persona & Video

Charles Doyle

Posted on: May 15, 2013

Posted by: Charles Doyle

Categories: Creative & Design, Video Marketing

Faced with so many competing advertising mediums, web users today are increasingly cautious about what type of content warrants their trust online. Spam, scams and Nigerian Prince-infused junk mail have eroded public confidence in the internet’s power as a reliable marketing tool and continue to hinder honest advertiers who have a genuine product or service to offer. Consequently, producing and marketing engaging web video has emerged as one of the most successful inbound marketing strategies for brands: not only does it present your offerings in a fluid visual medium, but encourages users to stick around and watch the whole thing, thereby keeping them on your site longer.

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