Most Effective Ways To Use Photos And Videos To Promote Your Business

By Author: Rudy Camp
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LocalNet360-According to a recent article on Online PR News, the increasing popularity of social media sites like Face Book and Twitter makes this a growing medium that can be used to market your business out to potential consumers. While it’s still early for most small businesses to buy into the concept of social media marketing, the truth is that now is the time to get started. This article will discuss the benefits and best methods of using Photos and Videos to help promote your business.

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The use of social media is growing in popularity and many large corporations are taking advantage of this new niche market and reaching out to potential and current consumers through a series of online ads on these sites. Everything from breaking company news to special promotions and coupons can be posted on their sites, and there are a number of applications and services to make this easier on your company.

Using photos and Videos can help get your message out to your customers more efficiently than just text alone. However, you may need to get outside help unless ...
... you are familiar with taking pictures and/or videos yourself. The good news is that you probably know someone who is willing to help you out for a small fee, so the expense here is not very high. Photos can be taken to highlight your products or services and/or Company personnel or vehicles. Videos can be used to interview yourself and/or company employees. You may even consider making Video Testimonials from satisfied customers, but don’t forget to get a release from them authorizing you to use their name and image. The same goes for photos too.

To get ideas search the websites of companies in your type of business and then also look at others such as Car Dealers, Plumbers and Attorneys who typically use testimonial letters from satisfied customers to help promote their business. You should also spend some quality time looking at videos posted on YouTube to see how easy it can be to make a video.

Of course, this is but an example of how social media sites can be used for marketing the products and services of small businesses. And that should the market for social media marketing continue to grow in popularity as suggested by Online PR News, many small businesses can begin to use this inexpensive resource to help grow their businesses regardless of whether they develop specific promotions or choose to use social media in a more general way such as highlighting the company’s products or services.

As you begin to develop and/or expand your presence on the Internet for your business consider this: Websites and/or services like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and others are good solutions to help jumpstart your marketing campaigns online. However, you will need to develop more comprehensive strategies, since no one way will work for all businesses as you begin to build a customer base that you can then market to online on a regular basis. As stated earlier in this series, in order to rise above the crowd you will need more than just a website. Therefore, implementing several Internet based solutions over the next 12-24 months will be critical to the long term success for virtually every small and local business in America.

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Rudy Camp holds a BSBA in Business Administration with a Minor in Marketing. He spent 25 years in the Telecom and multimedia Yellow Pages Publishing Industry in sales, training, management and Senior Officer Capacities including having served as CEO of a multi-state Directory Publisher with over 30,000 customers. He is the founder/CEO of LocalNet360 and the company currently serves local and national clients with Internet Marketing solutions. Additionally, Mr. Camp participates as part of an independent consulting team that assists investors and business groups with business plan development including historical and projected financial data, research and analysis and other services used in venture capital and private equity funding transactions. For more information on visit: http://www.localnet360.com or email at: news@localnet360.com.