Engage With Story

Let’s talk about podcasting and the power of long form audio… Wait, hang on a minute. Isn’t this the Engage VIDEO Marketing Podcast? Why yes it is… but with now over 2Million audio podcasts published globally and the industry continuing to grow each and every month what role can video play in building and scaling a top ranked podcast? We’ll find out in today’s show. Luis Ryan Diaz is an author, podcaster & entrepreneur.. His agency & consultancy, Podcast Domination,  helps coaches, consultants and entrepreneurs launch and grow their podcasts with their white glove done for services and step by step mentorship programs. Outside of business, Luis is a die hard Yankees Fan and marketing nerd who loves learning how to move the needle in business and life. Support this podcast

Whether you are the entrepreneur or owner of your business or working for an employer - either way. What’s holding you back from being where you want to be, achieving what you want to achieve or having the impact that you want to have? It’s not an easy question… but it is one that we’ll be addressing in today’s episode.  Rick Mulready is an online marketing expert, coach, speaker and the host of The Art of Online Business podcast. He’s an industry-leading authority on breaking down complex topics—like Facebook ads, automation and funnels—into bite-sized, actionable pieces for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Support this podcast

How are you dealing with the data available around your video strategy? Is it a case of every now and then just opening your analytics trunk, poke around a bit, and then close it back up again? Or do you get overwhelmed by it all, and metaphorically sweep it under a rug? Or perhaps you’re handpicking a few bits of data that you can make sense of, and simply letting the rest pass you by?  The fact is that understanding the data, and setting things up to effectively measure and interpret that data can be your video marketing secret weapon. So this is an episode you won’t want to miss. Chris “Mercer” Mercer, co-founder of MeasurementMarketing.io, is a sought after measurement marketing expert and has been helping marketers, marketing teams, and agencies, plan out what’s important to measure in their marketing, build measurement systems (using Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics), create actionable dashboard reports, and finally use those reports to forecast and optimize their marketing results. In short

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast we’ll dive into how Socrates can help us become better and successful video marketers. The concept of Socratic Questioning is one that has been widely used in sociology, psychology and even in sales but it’s when we apply this concept to marketing that we can really discover true insight into a target audience’s pain, desires, and triggers that will lead them to take action through your marketing. Support this podcast

The role for video in modern business today in 2021 has never been more important. It’s no longer just about top of funnel video campaigns, advertising, and marketing with video, rather… video has become integrated into so much of the way we do business today. The way we communicate with prospects, educate our industry, and build relationships with our clients. Join me in today's episode as we explore the evolution of video in modern business today with Tyler Lessard. Tyler is VP Marketing at Vidyard where he helps sales and marketing teams embrace on-demand, one-to-one, and interactive video as a new way to connect with buyers. He's the co-author of the new book The Visual Sale, host of the Creating Connections show, and has been recognized by Demand Gen Report as one of the top Customer-Centric Marketers in B2B. Most importantly, he's the father of four wonderful children who inspire and teach him every day.  Support this podcast

What value does video strategy actually bring to the table? For a business choosing to work with a video company to produce their videos, how does the conversation change when the focus is on strategy first? In today’s interview we’ll be exploring just that. My guest today is a video strategist (and an awesome student of the Online Video Strategy Blueprint Program) who together with her husband run their own video production and strategy company based in Canada. Fiorella Cunha is Co-founder & Video Strategist at Storia Photo Video.  Where her main role is working with business owners in designing an effective video strategy which forms the foundation for all other aspects of video production and distribution.   She also manages client accounts, production schedules and works to acquire and build new client relationships.  A Ryerson graduate with 22+ years of experience as a business owner, and 12 years of experience in the corporate universe prior to that, Fiorella is no stranger to the wor

As video producers I think it’s so important for us to realise that our clients don’t actually want a video. What they really want is the results that the right video used in the right way will get for their business. You wouldn’t board a train if there are no tracks laid, right? Or if the tracks were heading in the wrong direction! The purpose of the train to get you to a destination. The train… just like a video is a vehicle to achieve a desired outcome. My guest today is a video producer who understands the importance of this wholeheartedly… and it was this realisation that kicked off his own journey from video producer to video strategist which we’ll be exploring in today’s episode. Josh got his start in video as a photographer for a local news station in Virginia. After studying journalism and international relations at university, he began a career in marketing and rediscovered his love for video. Today he serves as the communications director for a large church in Tallahassee, Florida, where he regular

In this episode we’re going to be talking about corporate videos and the stigma wrapped around it. Are you really resigned to the idea that your videos will be talking heads and b-roll, stock music and a couple of carefully placed slow motion footsteps down a corridor? Do all corporate videos basically fit the same mold? My guest today is Guy Bauer, Founder and Creative Director of Umault, an agency that makes wildly creative B2B video marketing campaigns people actually want to watch.  Guy has been making commercial videos for over 20 years and is the author of Death to the Corporate Video: A Modern Approach that Works. He started the agency in 2010 after a decade of working in TV, film, and radio. Umault’s goal is to make sure an amazing product or service stands out in a sea of mediocre content. Guy believes that in video marketing, the idea is everything and his fleet of creatives and producers excels at shepherding an idea through the entire process, from concepting to scripting through to delivery

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast I’m sharing Part 7 of my special 7-part mini series called Video Strategy 101. We’re going to be talking about the final element for an effective online video strategy  which is… production. The final element to consider as part of an effective online video strategy is the actual production of the content.  As a video producer, it may surprise you to hear me say that this really should be the last thing to consider when defining how online video content can best reach a market and achieve a goal for a business. Too often video producers, (and often the business owners as well) get hung up on aspects of production such as which cameras or software to use, where to film content or whether to use a green screen or not. What should be done, however, is to first define the audience, goals, the content plan, the distribution and promotion strategy, how is success going to be measured and then (and only then) it should be discussed how you are actually

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast I’m sharing Part 6 of my special 7-part mini series called Video Strategy 101. We’re going to be talking about the sixth element for an effective online video strategy  which is… metrics. The only real way to gauge the success or effectiveness of an online video strategy is to measure it. This is where the real power of digital marketing becomes evident. As opposed to traditional (offline) marketing, online marketing provides access to masses of information, data and reports that allow extremely detailed insight into what activity is happening around the online video content. The critical part of defining a strategy however is in identifying which metrics actually matter. Support this podcast

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast I’m sharing Part 5 of my special 7-part mini series called Video Strategy 101. We’re going to be talking about the fifth element for an effective online video strategy  which is… optimisation. Optimisation of video content is the process of ensuring that the content is found and engaged with online, and with over 500 hours of new video content being uploaded to YouTube alone every 60 seconds, being found is often the hardest part to building an effective strategy. At this point I must stress that optimisation is not the most important factor to consider to ensure that videos are getting watched, a distribution strategy will be much more effective at driving content engagement than any search engine optimisation ever will. That said, without the right optimisation strategies applied to your client’s video content they’ll be missing out on any possibility of benefit that their content strategy will bring to their brand’s overall digital footprint. Su

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast I’m sharing Part 4 of my special 7-part mini series called Video Strategy 101. We’re going to be talking about the fourth element for an effective online video strategy  which is… distribution. Without distribution of your video content, your strategy will, quite simply, reach no one. Distribution strategy, however, is not simply a matter of deciding which platforms to host your videos on, or where to embed them on a website. To develop a more strategic understanding of the possibilities of content distribution we need to consider certain aspects. Support this podcast

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast I’m sharing Part 3 of my special 7-part mini series called Video Strategy 101. We’re going to be talking about the third element for an effective online video strategy  which is… content. This is where you need to start brainstorming ideas for the actual pieces of video content that are going to be created within the strategy. With a strategy first perspective you’ll have a greater understanding of not only what to make the videos about but also what style of videos will best suit the strategy. Support this podcast

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast I’m sharing Part 2 of my special 7-part mini series called Video Strategy 101. We’re going to unpack the second element essential to a video marketing strategy which is… goals. Without defining goals for a video strategy, you really have no chance of achieving success. In fact, without clear goals in place you really have no idea of what success actually is for your strategy or your clients’. Support this podcast

Let’s take things back to basics. In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast I’m kicking off a special 7 part ‘Video Strategy 101’ Series in which I’ll be breaking down an overview of the 7 elements that I believe are critical to success when planning for video marketing. Master these 7 elements and you’ll be on your way to becoming a video marketing legend for your business or your clients. The first element is ‘Audience’, and it’s all about really understanding who it is that your video strategy is intended for, and how you’ll engage them to take action in the right way. Be sure to subscribe as the next 6 episodes in this series are coming your way. Don’t forget… The Video Strategist’s Facebook group is open right now, and it’s 100% free to join. To apply, and request entry simply head on over now to http://engagevideomarketing.com/group (http://engagevideomarketing.com/group). Support this podcast

In this episode of the podcast, I’m going to share more about how to optimize your creative approach when producing (or repurposing) native video for that juggernaut of social media video platforms… Facebook. Support this podcast

In this episode of the podcast, we’ll kick off 2021 exploring a conversation based audio only social app called Clubhouse and how video marketers can leverage this brand new app. Support this podcast

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast, I’m excited to share my interview with Matt Johnston as we discuss the world of viral video. Matt helped invent the format, system, and science of viral videos in the publishing world at Business Insider, NowThis, New York Magazine, Men’s Health, and others. He produced and oversaw over 2,000+ pieces of video content (both branded and editorial) that generated well over 10 billion video views across platforms. He’s worked on viral video campaigns with brands such as Toyota, the National Football League, Campbell’s, Chase Bank, Verizon, Adobe, Tidal, Fresh Direct, and many others. He’s also driven hundreds of millions of page views in content to websites, and built many successful content and video teams from scratch. Matt left the publishing world in 2018 to bring viral branded video and disruptive, content-based PR to innovative companies across the globe.  Support this podcast

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast, we are diving deep into the strategy behind good video marketing and how we can measure its success. Phil Nottingham is a marketing strategist who specialises in media transformation and regularly speaks around the world about video strategy, brand marketing and search engine optimization.  An expert in the use of video and creative content to build lasting brands, he has consulted on video strategy for both large and small brands including Red Bull, The Financial Times, Travelex, Tesco, Lidl and Thoughtworks.  Phil currently works as Director of Brand Strategy at the marketing software company, Wistia, where they recently secured the Webby Award for best original series with a documentary about video production, “One, Ten, One Hundred”.  Support this podcast

In this episode of the Engage Video Marketing Podcast, we will be unpacking the power of story in business with a focus on the Storybrand framework in a video context. My guest in this episode is the Chief of Teaching and Facilitation of StoryBrand as well as co-host for chart-topping podcast Building a StoryBrand with Donald Miller.  J.J. is a PhD in Communication and prior to joining StoryBrand spent the previous 20 years teaching and practicing communication in the entertainment industry and higher education. Support this podcast