Stay memorable with personalized videos
In addition to social media and other online marketing activities, the moving image and the Using videos in marketing meanwhile a very popular channel to reach customers. Videos and films excite through the moving images more attention than text and image ads And can therefore a enable better marketing success. The use of videos and short clips is becoming increasingly popular, particularly on social media such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok and the development towards sharing short stories instead of fixed contributions. To stand out among the mass of advertisements and videos and commercials that have already been published, help personalized videos that appeal to and attract customers individually.
Personalization generally successful in marketing
The topic of personalization and the individual approach of interested parties is not a new phenomenon. In addition to developing in terms of videos We have seen personalization more and more frequently in marketing in recent years. Be it a website that addresses you with your own name, personalized newsletter content or even products that can be provided with your own name or preferences. One example of this would be the campaign by chocolate spread manufacturer Nutella, which had its glasses printed with a wide variety of first names instead of the brand name. Many people then only bought the product to receive a glass with their own name. In this way, the target group's willingness to buy and thus also sales can be significantly increased.
Video communication one-to-many vs. one-to-one
In video communication, however, personalization makes a significant difference. A large part of communication via videos is one-to-many. That means that one person (the speaker or sender of the video) speaks to a variety of people (the target group). A single person in this target group usually does not feel addressed directly. Based on In personalized videos, communication can be changed to an apparent one-to-one communication. By addressing a customer individually, the video looks as though a person (the speaker) is communicating directly with a specific customer. This suggests a personal level and an apparent closeness between broadcaster and viewer.
Why is a personalized video worthwhile?
By communicating more personally with customers and prospects, video personalization can result in the viewer shows significantly more engagement with the video. Personalized videos are clicked on average more, shared and remembered. This is primarily due to the fact that an emotionality is created in the viewer. In particular, an individual approach makes customers and interested parties feel welcomed and perceive the message as more positive and important. Customers are addressed and usually build up greater trust in the company and the contact persons more quickly. In this way, brand loyalty and trust in the company can also increase and thus generate higher sales. This is particularly the case when personalized videos also use a personal call-to-action.
The more personal data about the viewer is known, the more individually the personalized video can be designed. Information about the person and also about the person's activities (such as the purchase of products) can be used for personalization.
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How can personalized videos be implemented?
In order to integrate a personalized video into your own marketing, you must two major requirements be given: The availability of data and the technical possibility of video personalization.
In order to create a personalized video and customize the parts described in the last paragraph, you must have the personal data of the customer or prospect. Interactions with your own website or social media channels can also be important here. When the data is available, the individual customers can be assigned to a suitable video campaign. In order to create these campaign concepts, it is first necessary to consider for which people video personalization could be relevant. On the basis of this, video production can be planned and the video templates shot or animated. With the right software, these templates can ultimately be adapted and finalized to individual viewers very easily and in some cases automatically.
What are the possible uses of a personalized video?
In marketing and sales, personalized videos can be used in many different places. A very easy way to use video personalization is to use the own customers and contacts to congratulate you on your birthday or anniversary with a personal video. In general, videos with a personal message are particularly suitable for individual customer communication, such as through e-mail newsletters or email traffic after a purchase or an aborted purchase process.
Also for the Personnel marketing and recruiting Personalized videos can be used to address applicants personally and establish a certain level of closeness even before the first day. Here, for example, a welcome video or explanatory video for future tasks can be created or the company story told in a personal version.
Even in Social media and online marketing Video personalization is ideal for use. By generating customer attention, personalized films can be used, for example, as a lead magnet or as an effective cross-selling variant on the website.
In the end, they are The uses of personalized videos have no limits. With enough imagination and the right implementation, you can create and use a personalized video in many areas of marketing.