As an entrepreneur, I am sure you have heard all the buzz surrounding social media marketing and the successful results it produces - IMMEDIATELY! Le me tell you, it is NO hoax...we have tested it multiple times with our tools and resources and it really does work -- IMMEDIATELY! We put 3 start-up clients on page one of Google results (multiple positions!) for their respective keywords...these results were within 2 days or less!
Need further convincing that Internet Video Marketing is the minimum aspect of social media marketing that your business needs...here's 16 astonishing facts.
- 1.US internet users watched over 10 billion videos online in December 2007, according to comScore’s Video Metrix, which reported that the month was the heaviest in viewing since it began tracking online video consumption, writes MarketingCharts.
- 2. Top-ranked video property Google Sites (including YouTube) extended video market share gains and now account for nearly one out of three videos viewed online, comScore said.
- Google Sites accounted for 3.3 billion videos viewed (32.6 percent share of videos) in December, gaining 1.3 share points from the previous month.
- YouTube.com accounted for more than 97 percent of all videos viewed at Google Sites.
- Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 358 million (3.5 percent).
- Yahoo Sites followed with 340 million (3.4 percent), as did Viacom Digital with 238 million (2.3 percent).
- Nearly 141 million Americans viewed online video in December
- Google Sites also captured the largest online video audience with 79 million unique viewers.
- Fox Interactive Media followed with 43.9 million and Yahoo Sites with 38.2 million.
- 77.6 million viewers watched 3.2 billion videos on YouTube.com (41.6 videos per viewer).
- 40.5 million viewers watched 334 million videos on MySpace.com (8.2 videos per viewer).
- Online viewers watched an average of 3.4 hours (203 minutes) of online video during the month - a 34 percent gain since the beginning of 2007.
- The average online video duration was 2.8 minutes.
- The average online video viewer consumed 72 videos.
- “With the writer’s strike keeping new TV episodes from reaching the airwaves, viewers have been seeking alternatives for fresh content,” said Erin Hunter, comScore EVP of media and entertainment. “It appears that online video is stepping in to help fill that void.”
- With these amazing stats and the results we are getting ourselves -- the talented gurus that make up Giraffe Communications LLC have decided to segment a division of our social media marketing service to create a stand alone service - "Video Marketing". Although we recommend the full and complete social media marketing program, we feel the package posted below (as well as the others we have) allow our clients the luxury of seeing the treasure before buying the map.
To check out out available service packages, including out "SPOT Test" Trial Package, visit our Marketing Services tab at http://www.giraffecomm.com and click on SMM.
I am curious to receive feedback from other professional on what they think of the Internet Video Marketing platforms as well as Social Media Marketing in general --- Comments Welcome!!
Amy
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