#1: Share It on Social Media 

Social media lets you interact directly with potential like-minded customers on a worldwide scale. It also provides a way to stay ahead of trends and stay connected with the community you’re hoping to reach, which makes it a great outlet for video content. 

If you have a great long-form video, cut it into smaller segments and share it on social media. These will function as teasers for your longer video and promote your brand. By cutting up a longer-form video and releasing it on social media, you’re staying active with little work on your own by creating conversation pieces around your brand. You’re able to enhance your legitimacy and industry exposure at very little cost. 

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#2: Put It on Your Website 

Place your video on your website landing page. This can increase conversion rates by up to 86%. Using video content adds a personal touch to your website and engages a visitor more than static screen or design. Doing so also increases your SEO for Google ranking, as they are starting to prioritize websites that feature video content more heavily. 

#3: Transform It Into Blog Content 

Transcribe your video content into a blog article! This is easy to do with software like Rev or Otter.ai. Once you have the audio transcribed, just create subheads, add some images and keywords to rank for SEO, and you’re off and running. 

And, that’s only one possibility with blog content. You could also opt to create a textual summary of your video’s points and post it. This is even faster and simplifies the content for your audience. Or, go deep into one topic from the video, diving into the nitty-gritty, and hint at what else the video has to offer. 

#4: Create an Email Campaign

It depends on what your long-form video is about, but email is a powerful way of reaching your followers. Video enhances that, especially if it’s conversational. Those people who are subscribed to your email lists care about what you have to say, so if you say it in a video, you’re even more likely to capture the attention of those viewers. 

Engaging your audience in this way strengthens the authentic relationship you already have with them and keeps them wanting to open up the content you send. 

#5: Create Multiple Videos at Once 

With so many avenues and uses for video content, the potential is limitless. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to capture the attention of the people that matter to your business! Creative, high-quality film work is expensive and time-consuming. Why not make the most of the filming and editing process by having your video team create several at once? 

Take advantage of the economies of scale and reduce your overall cost by planning ahead for multiple videos at once. Rather than having a film crew come out for 3 days for one video and then 3 days the next month for another, have the team come out once and film for 4 days and get content for both! Fewer overall production days and setup time equates to a lower cost to you and your business! 

Alongside the lower overall cost, creating videos in “bulk” like this allows your business to stockpile video to promote across all of the channels discussed in this blog. It’s a win-win!