Hello my lovely readers!
I hope everyone is having a great week! I just had an idea on a wonderful tool to use for entertaining your followers and I HAD to share it ASAP!
My last blog post was about how to grow your following and build your presence on social media for your business. My client Andrea Whaley of Wardrobe Interventions. As you all know, if you’ve been following my posts, she is a fashion consultant/stylist based in Austin, Texas.
So, this new idea I had are on videos that can be used for Instagram and Vine. These videos are 6 seconds for Vine and 15 seconds for Instagram. There are numerous apps that create different ways to edit the videos into video mixed with picture collages, filters to add effects to the color and turn the videos into different shapes. Some of these app are InstaVid for Instagram, ClipStitch and VidStitch.
In these collages, you can say so much in so little time! When you have a video you want to show along with pictures of examples, information or other things, this is the perfect way to do so!
This is an example of the layouts you can choose from
After choosing a layout that suites your needs, you add the video and pictures into the spots you want! Remember, this app can also allow you to put up to 4 videos in ONE collage! So your creativity can definitely shine through!
This is what the end result would look like in this particular collage style with 2 pictures on the left and the video on the right:
Another way to use these videos is by creating stories that reach the full length of time, OR use sectional pieces that create the video. Vine and Instagram both are designed in a way for you to film short, separate instances so they can be linked together for a total of six seconds. Cool, right?!
Here is an example of Malibu Rum’s Vine video using separate shots to create a whole video compilation!
I hope this cool new technique gave you ideas on how to be creative for your business! Remember, followers love fun and different ways to stay entertained!
Until next time!
XOXO
Murphie
Murphie, I totally agree that using small video content is a trendy and fun way to engage followers! I believe that it can make a brand or company seem more “real” and add personality and utility to their products, like in your Vine example. As people often say “seeing is believing” now that video is a feature for many social media applications, this is something people should really take advantage of, for example like our client Andrea Whaley.
I think video is a great tool small businesses can use to help market their product/brand! Using this social media platform allows businesses to show their creativity and really market to their target audience!
Great ideas on how to keep customers engaged in your business! Vine and Instagram offer fun and cool ways for you to give people an idea of what your brand/business is about through the use of videos. I like that it can help show off the culture/personality of a brand and all the people involved. Great idea!
We are seeing videos more and more and becoming more invovled in social media everyday. People may not always watch a video but when they do it is because they appreciate what is happening in the video. Video is the future in keeping the audinence stimulated and this is a great way of captivating an audience.