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title: Why Not To Ignore Video In Your PR And Marketing Efforts
description: The video revolution has begun - here are some reasons why brands can no longer ignore video in their PR and marketing strategy.
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## [Why Not To Ignore Video In Your PR And Marketing Efforts](https://www.iliyanastareva.com/blog/why-not-to-ignore-video-in-your-pr-and-marketing-efforts)

 [fa icon="calendar"] 14-Oct-2012 13:34:00 / by [Iliyana Stareva](https://www.iliyanastareva.com/blog/author/iliyana-stareva)

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Video is everywhere. More and more people [![](https://www.iliyanastareva.com/hs-fs/file-2171355819-jpg/blog-files/video-marketing.jpg?width=285&name=video-marketing.jpg)](http://iliyanastareva.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Video-Marketing.jpg)view videos online on a daily basis. By 2015 online video watching is expected [to double](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/05/cisco-inter-usage-forecast.html). No wonder YouTube is the third most visited website in the world and the second largest search engine after Google. Even video creation has become much easier with all these new gadgets and phones that allow us to make videos in a fairly good quality anywhere, anytime.

From a business perspective, video is becoming a must in marketing and PR strategies and campaigns to improve brand awareness and promote products and services.

But why video?

Simple. It’s a more compelling and interactive way of creating and sharing content that’s more engaging than plain text is. In the world of social media solely broadcasting a message is no longer effective; however storytelling is. Telling the story of your brand, your products or services through video can be way more exciting for your audience that is often not patient enough or doesn’t have the time to sit down and read through a lengthy product/service description. Demo videos for example are a great way of showcasing how your products work - something text often cannot explain well enough.

What’s more, videos can create a unique viewer experience much more realistic and life-like than text because they communicate feelings and expressions that can be easily perceived by yout audience. This is where the power of web videos for brand lies – in the ability to show their “human” side to build loyalty and trust. And by that, videos can be a great promotional campaign to boost your overall PR and marketing efforts.

Besides increasing online brand presence and consumer engagement videos can also improve SEO efforts - the chance of your business to appear in the first pages of a Google search. Most importantly, inspiring, provoking and funny videos are often shared, liked and commented by your audience, which can potentially make them [go viral](http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral.html). 

Here are some numbers indicating how you as a business can no longer neglect video in your PR and marketing strategy:

- YouTube has more than 800 million unique users.
- YouTube receives more than 4 billion video views every day.
- In 2011 YouTube had over one TRILLION video views.
- 100 new YouTube accounts are created every minute.
- 2.8 million YouTube videos are viewed in one minute. 

 

Remember: videos are not intented to sell, but to engage!

 

There’s no doubt that the video revolution is here. How are you going to stand out? 

 

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