Use Video on a Blog for More Engagement
Posted: October 17, 2017
Simply embedding video in a blog in hopes of increasing engagement isn't enough anymore. Leading in with text, creating a way for readers to engage and customizing the video are a few ways to make it more attractive to your audience. Use these tricks, and a few more, to get more engagement.
Mark Zeni, writer for Daily Blog Tips, shares how to use videos on blogs to boost engagement.
You’ve probably used or are using video to make your posts more effective, but has it ever occurred to you that there are several other innovative ways you can use video to amplify your blog’s impact? Yes, they do exist, but it’s a little unfortunate that the majority of us haven’t learnt these tricks.
Don’t fret though, because we dug them up and, today, we present them to you just so that you may have a better opportunity to make your blog posts more inventive, engaging, and successful.
1. Add Text Content
Simply embedding the video without providing a context won’t draw in enough viewership. In fact, this might turn away a part of your audience as they might not be convinced enough to watch the video. It’s, thus, a great idea to introduce the video with beautiful and captivating sentences, and if possible, add a few short paragraphs that lead into it. Applying this to your explainer, how-to, or testimonials video is a sure way to convince your prospective audience to watch it. If you do it well enough, they will watch through to the end.
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